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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AEL THE NEV& ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVII NO 5662. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ ALASKA AIRMAN CARRIES RELIEF TO ARCTIC TOWN | | G. 0. P. DRIES GET BUSY ON 32 CAMPAIGN To Work fofi{enomination‘ of Hoover on Pro- hibition Platform SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW ISSUE TO ADVANCE, Third Elem_ent Entering Into Fight—Senator Norris Is Leader WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. —Republican dries have snapped/ up the Prohibition issue for 1932,| advanced by John J. Raskob, Chair- man of the Democratic National Committee. From Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, came the first call for the renomination of Herbert Hoover by the Republicans and a challenge for a Prohibition show-down. Senator Capper said: “Hoover will be nominated and will lead the! Republicans to victory in 1932 on a Prchibition platform. The R.epub-| licans are dry and let us settle it now.” Aroused Democrats But aroused Democrats are rally- ing behind Senator Joseph T. Rob- inson of Arkansas that economic rehabilitation be made the cam- paign issue in 1932. Alarmed at the prospects of a di- on in the ranks over the State Liquor Control plank, proposed by Chairman Raskob, the Democrats are preparing to quash the pro- posal at the December meeting of the National Committee. New Element Meanwhile a new element in the approaching Presidential campaign is getting organized with a meet- ing of Democrats and Republican Independents. been called by Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. Economic pol- icies of Hoover and those advanced by Raskob are due for an attack, although the group denies plans for organizing a Third Party. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York State declined an invi- tation to attend the meeting. ANTI - SALOON LEAGUE HOLDS ANNUAL MEET| Is Prepared_t—; Battle for! Prohibition—McBride Makes Prediction ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, March 9.—The Anti-Saloon League in annual session here today, is prepared for another battle in be- half of Prohibition in the 1932 Presidential campaign. F. Scott McBride, General Super- intendent, predicted the dry law will be a leading issue. He de- nounced the Raskob plan for state control and charged the proposal was backed by multimillionaires of | the east and they are coming for- ward now to tell the Southern States what the States should do. They offer states the right to re- peal Prohibition. This is merely to encourage those fellows who are enemies of the things we love. “President Hoover said more in ten minutes, following his oath of office, and has stood by it more| closely than any of the Presidents who preceded him. It is now up to the law-abiding people to stand| behind Hoover and the Constitu- tion, and to block any movement making Prohibition a question of State options.” ——t— Trappers estimated at 15,000 have been engaged this season in the swamps of Louisiana. The meeting has| Royalty Coming On Visit (Japanese Honeymooners Will Arrive in U. S. Next Month WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9 —America’s first Royal visitors of 1931 will be Prince Takamatsu, second younger brother of the Em- peror c¢f Japan, and his bride of a year. This couple will be in Washing- ton by the middle of next month. The couple has been on a honey- moen trip around the world since Fcbruary, 1930. They expect to remain in Washington for a weel thence travel westward leisurely before leaving for Japan. WINTER HITS | EUROPE;;SNOW BLOCKS ROADS Temperatures Are Report- ed Low—Rivers Threat- en to Overflow Banks LONDON, March 9.—Winter rode rough shod over Europe today with temperatures low and high winds prevailing which drove snow befors them. Eastern Scotland is knee deep in Snow. Northern France, Germany, Bel- gium, Austria, Poland and the Scandinavian countries are all af- fected by the extreme cold. Snowdrifts block the highways and trains are delayed. Near Paris, swollen rivers threat- en floods. GROUND WORK, MURDER CASE, BEING BUILT Preliminary?stimony in Bowles-Loucks Case Occupies Week HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 9. murder trial was concluded Satur- day afternoon as the state tedious- {ly sought to fashion ecircumstan- tial evidence against Nelson OC. Bowles, Portland millionaire, and Miss Irma Loucks, his former sec- |retary, charged with killing Bowles wife. Practically all of last week was spent in preliminary testimony, | building up for what is expected to | follow. H. D. FULLER PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. —Henry D. Fuller, aged 51 years, | Assistant Chief of the Alaska Di- |vision of the Bureau of Fisheries, |died Sunday as the result of an attack of the heart. He had been iwith the Bureau since 1893. He is |survived by his widow, daughter and sister. The funeral will take | place tomorrow at Gladstone, New (Jersey e, HARDWARE MAN HOME | J. C. Thomas of the Thomas |Hardware Company and Mrs. | Thomas have returned from a trip Ito the States. They were incom- ing passengers on the steamship Queen. Su For Large pposed Bachelor Doctor Had Daughter; Claim Made Spokane Estate SPOKANE, Wash., March 9.—The estate of Dr. C. O. Linder, who died of burns recently in an elec- trical cabinet, is claimed here by Henrietta Anderson Linder, 19-year- old Los Angeles radio singer on the grounds she is the doctor’s daughter. Dr. Linder was understood here to have been a bachelor. _#The estate is worth $100,000. ‘Amanda Jakobson, sister of Dr. Linder, of Minnesota, has filed a claim for the estate, as has also, the attorney for Miss Linder. The girl's attorney said he had docu- ments which would “prove the par- entage” of the girl. A friend of Dr. Linder said a “release from all liability in con- nection with the girl was found ard among the doctor's documents.” —The first week of the Bowles) CLAIMS MOVE Dorbandi Lands His Plane In Valley, 10,000 Smokes; Sights Volcano Erupting T0 RECOGNIZE SOVIET GAINS Senator Wheeler Says Am-| erican Businessmen Swinging Over FIVE YEAR PLAN IS | NOT AFFECTING U. S. Declares Way to Kill Com-| munism Is to Give l Men Employment \ NEW YORK, March 9.—-Unlted; States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, said a| novement to recognize Russia is aining way among American busi- less men, in a speech to the -cague of Industrial Democracy. “The surest way to prevent Com- nunism in this country is to keep ‘he unemployed working,” said Senator Wheeler. “Our factories are making finished products for “he peasants of Soviet Russia.” Senator Wheeler asserted tha‘ during the last year fifty thousand men ih this country were kept busy manufacturing thirty million dol- 'ars worth of goods that Russia im- corted from the United States and ‘but for the shortsighted and stu- pid policy of dealing with Rus-' sia, the amount might have been much greater.” Senator Wheeler said there was no danger of Russia’s five year in- dustrial plan affecting the United States, regardless of whether it is successful or a failure, NOT TO CHANGE POLICY 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9: —Assistant Secretary of Stnte Wil- llam Castle intimated today that| Secretary Stimson's projected study of Russian afafirs would not change the policy of the United States to recognition of the Soviet Union. Castle said Secretary snmsons purpose will be to acquaint himself | with the general subject of 50v1et both political and economical. Order 500 | Marinesto | Come Home' Rear Admiral Smith Re-| ceives Instructions, Nicaragua Force WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. —Instructions have been issued to Rear Admiral Arthur Smith, Com-| mander of the United States Naval| forces in Central America, for the, withdrawal of 500 Marines from| Nicaragua by June 1. The remainder of the force of| 1,000 Marines will be withdrawn by January 1933. Telegraph Operator Rescues Aviator He Sees Take Nose Dive SEATTLE, March 9. — William Thompson, aged 25 years, British Oolumbia Airways pilot, was seri- ously injured Sunday, believed to have fractured his skull, when his plane nosedived in a slough at the south end of the city. G. W. Johnson, telegraph opera- tor, saw the accident from the Great Northern Railway Tower, waded out into the slough and res- cued Thompson. Monsignor E. Grouard, Fluent in Dialects of | Canadian Indians, Dies | EDMONTON, March 9.—Monsig- nor Emile Grouard, aged 91 years, former Vicar Apostolic of Atha- basca and reputed to be more fa-| miliar with Indian tribes in North- ern Canada than any other white man, died at the hamlet named from him in the Peace River Country, according to advices received here. He was fluent in a dozen Indian dialects. b Named Minister to . . . United States from Dominion of Canada' | OTTAWA, March 9—W. D. Her-' IPresldent Uriburi of Argentina, will address the United States over a |part of the inaguration ceremonies {boarded a special train last Satur- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 9. —Frank Dorbandt, piloting Edward |ation firm, |a week's air travel over the Bristol Bay section. Dorbandt landed his plane inside the Valley of Ten Thousand complish the feat. The plane taxied to the edge of the smoking fumerole and pictures were taken. Dorbandt dormant a year ago. Derbandt reported he visited trappers at the mouth of Kvichak River and on Brooks Lake. penses. HEADLESS BODY IS IDENTIFIED, | FINGER PRINTS Eighth Mysl_er_ious Slaying In California Is Discovered RIO VISTA, Cal, March 9.—A headless body found anchored to a tractor wheel in the Sacramenio River, has been identified as that of Sant Ham Pande, University of California student, and active in India politics. The slaying is the eighth mys- terious murder in California wif five years. The body was identifl by finger prints. On February X Pande went to the Bureau of Crim- | inal Investigation in Sacramento and asked to be flnger»printed “in case something happene Pande was lnvestigatlng other deaths of his countrymen for the Police and was known to have bheen an outspoken advocate of British irule in India. —————— WALES IS TO BROADCAST ON NEXT SATURDAY Ten Minute 2 Address to Americans Part of Ex- position Program NEW YORK, March 9. — The! Prince of Wales and Provisional | national broadcasting network on March 14, from Buenos Aires. The program will start at 11:30) |am., Pacific Coast Time, and is 1of tht British Trade Exposition which opens March 14 at Buenos Aires. The Prince is to talk ten minutes. HOOVERS OFF T0 SEE SON PresidentialTarty Goes to North Carolina Over Week End ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. —President Hoover, Mrs. Hoover and two members of the official staff with a few newspaper men, day and headed for Asheville, N. C., where they spent the week-end | with Herbert Hoover, Jr., recover- ing from an illness. This is the first time the President has seen his son since last October. e HOUSE UPSETS REPORT:BOYLE FOR CHAIRMAN Ziegler Lea 3 Soccesehl mittee on Committees The House this morning took committee organization into its own hands, overturning the recom- mendation of the Committee on Committees as to the Chairman of the Fisheries Committee, and mak- ing a few other adjustments made necessary by that action. Frank A. Boyle, Juneau, was the final choice of the House for head of the Fisheries Committee, named by the House after two others had been rejected. His candidacy was a compromise put forward by Rep- resentative A. H. Ziegler at the last minute after, he declared, his own efforts to reach an understand- ing with Messrs, Grover C. Winn and J. E. Johnson of this Division had come to naught. Slated for Donnelly When the House met this morn- ing the Committee on Committtes had a new report to substitute the one made early last week which was held up ‘on account of the | disagreement over the Fisheries | Committee. Last Tuesday, when the report was submitted, Mr. Boyle moved to!substitute Mr. Ziegler for Mr. Johnson on that body. With Representatives Burgh, Foster and | Allyn on the sick list all last week, the matter was continued by unan- |imous consent until today. The Committee on Committees met before this morning's session and, with an apparently hopeless | deadlock between Ziegler and John- son still prevailing, it compromised with the selection of Representa- tive Donnelly, Fourth Division, for the place. Mr. Donnelly frankly said he didn't want it and would ionly agree to accept it to settle the difficulty. Ziegler Starts Revolt Mr. Ziegler led the revolt against |the Committee’'s recommendations. He asserted that the disputed posi- tion by right should go to a First Division ‘member, adding this was " (Continued or. Page Three) 2 @0 000000080 WITH THE LEGISLATURE Bills Introduced In the House: H. B. No. 6, by Mr. John- son, To provide for the op- eration of the salmon hatch- ery at Ketchikan Creek. H. B. No. 7, by Mr. John- son, To amend Section 22, Article V of Chap. 65 of the Session Laws of 1929. H. B. No. 8, by Mr. Hel- lerich, Authorizing annual expenditure of $2,500 for maintenance of Nome Har- bor. e0ee0ocoe In the Senate: 8. B. No. 9, by Senator Lomen, For relief of Harry Gavin and appropriating 4284 SOIL VALUES DIFFER WIDELY URBANA, Iil—Illinois farm lands ! |vary so widely that crop yieldsl from the most productive are worth | about 10 times as much as those ® from the Jeast productive, a 26-| year study by the agricultural col. lege reveals. Will of Woman Broke by 8. J. R. No. 1, Senator Hess, Authorizing sale or lease of Tolovana tramroad. House met at 11 a.m. today and adjourned at 12:20 p.m. until 2 pm. Tuesday. Senate met at 2 p.m. to- day. es 0000000000 Hater Is Order of Judge LEMARS, Iowa, March 9.—The will of T. M. Zink, who left his ridge, K. C., has been appointed estate for the building of a wom- Minister to the United States suc- anless library, has been ordered ceeding Honorable Vincent Massey broken by Judge C. W. Pitts, upon who resigned a year ago to become petition of Zink's daughter, Mrs. Canadian High ‘Commissioner to Margaret Becker, of Los Angeles, ‘Londan, the post now held by How- California. Ferguson Herfldge. yranlnent, Zink was found to be mentally Ottawa lawyer. ideranced. His will left his estate in trust for 75 years at which time it was to be used to build a library for men, operated by men and filled | with books written by men. No women ‘were to be allowed within the -building. The estate would have worth $3,000,000 at the end of the trust period. said a voleano was| Lowe, head of a San Francisco avi- |sighted at the head of the Valley, | and accompanied by|which was jssuing a tremendous| | Mrs. Lowe, has returned here after |volume of smoke and. which wazfl They | | Smokes, the first plane to ever ag= reported their fur catch below nor- mal and they were not making ex- | Fight on Report of Com- | been { lBay 5%, Kolster-Radio 1%. MOISTURE IS SPREAD OVER DROUGHT AREA |Snow or Rain Fell Saturday Upon Greater Part of Nation RELIEF FELT MIDDLE WEST GRAIN REGIONS |Highways Blocked in Some Sections—Gale Bat- ters Chicago ST. LOUIS, March 9.—Compen- | sation for the drought was distrib- uted lavishly last Saturday when ¢ revived winter spread snow and; raln over a large part of the na- Vlrtually the entire Middle Wes grain belt received heavy snow with rains in the south valleys. Snow and sleet blockad the high- ways, disrupted rail service and |tore wires from the poles. A biting wind swept Dixie. As the storm moved up the Ohio | Valley, 15-foot waves battered the ichxca.go waterfront. | Six Inches of snow fell over the Great Lakes region. The wheat and corn country generally nestled under snow while the cotton district of the south had rain. millions of dollars to the farmers DEAD IN BLIZZARD CHICAGO, Ill, March 9.—Six- teen are known dead in a blizzard which struck the Middle West late Saturday and Sunday. Farmers throughout the area are rejoicing at the moisture. Unemployed had employment to- day, 35,000 having been given jobs in this city. Thirteen of the deaths from the blizzard occurred here. The wind whipped snow into 20-foot drifts in some places, Motorists in Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa were stalled while workmen opened the main highways. 90 YEARS OLD: TALKS ON AIR Associate Justice Holmes Makes Broadcast on His Birthday WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. —Assoclate Justice Ollver Wendell Holmes, of the United States Su- preme Court, celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday and made hlsI first radio address, delivered from his home here on I Street. Messages from all parts of the United States, including one from President Hoover, and from foreign countries, were received. The day found him in good health. He sald he would not re- sign from the Supreme Court until forced by illness or death. EMPLOYMENT INCREASING Conditions Are Improving Over Large Portion of Country WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9. —Col. Arthur Woods, head of the Emergency Employment Committee, today said conditions were improv- ing over a considerable portion of the country, and especially did he cite the New England territory, and the Southeast and Southwest. Col. Woods said little change is noted on the Pacific Coast or in the Great Lakes districts. e e | TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS | jstock today is 9%, American Can 124, Anaconda -Copper 40%, Bethle- [hem Stee! 64%, General Mawrs 45 |Granby Consolidated 27%, Inter- Inatioral Harvester 57%, Kennecott 20%, Packard Motors 10%, Sim-| | mons Beds 20%, {20, Standard Oil of California 46, |Standard Oil of New Jersey 457%, United Aircraft 35, Experts said the molsture meant | —— o NEW YORK, ntarch 9.—Closing | jquotation of Alaska Juneau mine | Narcotics Are Seized In Seattle Placed Under Arrest as Smuggler SEATTLE, Mai mura, quartermaster on the steam- ship Paris Maru, has been arrested by Customs guards on a charge of 000. The authorities said the nar- cotics were secreted in a quilted garment tied around the body from the walst to the ankles, and worn ashore. —————— FIVE HUNDRED INJURED ;MANY DEAD, QUAKES One City I:Entirely De- stroyed—Relief Work Is Slowed Up BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia, March 9—Between eighty and one hun- dred and fifty persons are dead in eastern Jugo-Slavia and adjacent Bulgarian regions from earthquakes of last Saturday and Sunday. Five hundred are known to have been injured. The quakes extend from eastern Jugo-Slavia across Bulgaria to the shores of the Black Sea. More than 900 houses were wrecked at Pitava and 19 persons are known to have been killed. Every bullding in the town was de- molished. Rellef work is slow as raflroads suffered much damage to road- beds and rolling stock. TAKE NO ACTION 3-POWER TREATY United States and Japan Delay Official Con- firmation PARIS, March 9.—Delay by the United States and Japan in ap- proving the naval accord between Great Britain, France .and Ttaly has given rise to the impression here that the agreement may be regarded officlally as a reglonal arrangement between the three countries to run until 1936 with- out officlal modification of the London and Washington Naval | treaties. It is felt here that the tendency of Tokyo and Washington to avoid a new five-power conference to ratify the accord s to avoid the necessity of formal approval which would mean submission of the lagreement to the United States Senate and Japanese Diet. ————————— JAPAN SHAKEN, SEVERE QUAKE TOKYO, Japan, March 9.—A se- vere earthquake struck Central Ja- pan today. The quake is apparently the heaviest on Hokkaido Island but was felt in Tokyo and Aomori where shop windows were broken, chimneys were toppled to the ground and telephone and tele- graph lines broken. Pt s o SRl NEW GLOOM-CHASER LONDON—London's gayer young people are trying to banish the gloom of a gray London winter by painting birds and flowers on their window panes. Some have even had that fashion. Japanese Quar!ermaster Is, h 9.—Ichi Fuji-| smuggling narcotics valued at $10,-! JOE CROSSON " MAKES FLIGHT, POINT BARROW Carries 220,000 Units of | Antitoxin to Afflict- ed Community FLIES SMALL BIPLANE ON DANGEROUS ROUTE Makes TripE;\ Fairbanks, | with One Stop, in | Quick Time | PCINT HARROW Alaska, March —Joe Crosson, in a small open biplane, a 'd here early Satur- lay afternoon after a five hour and twenty minute flight from Fair- banks, over one of the most dan- gerous routes, with no human in- habitance. ~He stopped at Wise~ man. The antitoxin brought by Cros- sin was rushed to the hospital here where the diphtheria patients are being treated. Dr. Henry Griest administered 220,000 units to those ill and those exposed. The remainder of the antitoxin will be brought here this week via Kotzebue and Wainwright, either by Alger Graham or S. E. Robins, flying a plane. The second ship- ment is expected to consist of 500,- 000 units. Carries Fresh Fruits Pilot Crosson, on his flight from Fairbanks, directly over the Brooks Range, brought fresh vegetables and fruits, tobaccos and magazines, as well as the antitoxin. Three new cases of diphtheria have developed and five families have been quarantined. Dr. Griest expressed confidence that the epidemic will be brought, ander control. Blizzard Rages Just before Pilot Crosson ar- rived, this section experienced the worst blizazrd of the winter, More than 200 persons, mostly natives, have been exposed in the >pidemic and only about one-fourth were immunized with the small quantity of antitoxin on hand. All exposed persons have now been vaccinated with the antitoxin brought by Crosson, FLIES TO WAINWRIGHT POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 9.—In the teeth of a 25-mile an hour wind, Joe Crosson flew to Wainwright Sunday to determine the quantity of gas available there for two planes to fly to Point Bar- row with a motlon picture outfit and bringing the balance of the an- titoxin here. Crosson is continuing to Kotze- bue. Another case of diphtheria was discovered here yesterday. —————— NEWSPAPERMEN KILLED, CRASH Stee ring—E;ar of Auto Breaks—Machine Hits Tree LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 9.— Jack Campbell, aged 21, representa« tive of the Newspaper Enterprisa Association of Cleveland, Ohio, and Arthur Daly, sports writer on the Los Angeles Record, were killed last Saturday afternoon when their automobile crashed into a tree. The Police said the steering gear broke causing the car to leave the road. e ,—— PEACE OFFICERS GO HOME Deputy United States Marshal C. J. Sulllvan and Jailer Thomas Ra- gan were passengers on the Queen for Haines. They had been here landscapes and portraits done in!for several days on official busi- I ness. Nevada Plans Six W eeks’ Divorce Law; Battle Is On With Idaho and Arkansas RENO, Nevada, March 9.—Faced (and thirty lawyers as well as many Standard Brands | {with a loss of business valued at|business men, are preparing to use |all their influence to see the State millions annually because Idaho| | Senate, pass a new six weeks' di- U. 8. Steeljand Arkansas State Legislatures | yorce law. 146%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, Hudson'have passed a three months' resi- last Priday by unammms vote of ldence divorce law, one hundred tbe lower house. ‘This law was approved e s e AR O e A N R A AP S 0