The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 1

v THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5666. JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY MARCH I3 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS G PRICE TEN CENTS TWO AIRMEN ARE CARRYING AID INTO FAR NORTH PR@GRESSWE. GROUPS ARE TO FIGHT ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED FOR CAMPAIGN Will Playfimocrats‘ Against ‘Republicans in Next Congress FIVE GROUPS MAKE LEGISLATIVE PLANS Norris Says Neither Hoover Nor State Liquor Con- trol Man Popular WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13. —~Confident of power, five groups of Progressives are at work on specific legislation they intend to get through the next Congress. Committees were named during the Progressive session yesterday and they constitute an organization which will carry on indefinitely. The Progressives have sufficient votes to control the next Congress, they claim. Plan of Action The Progressives hope to play the Democrats against the Repub- licans until one or the other ac- cedes to demands. Which ever cap- itulates will rule both Houses, under Progressive plans. The national political campaign culminating in the 1932 election is teday underway, following the Pro- gressive conference yesterday. Senator George W. Norris call- ed for the election of a Progressive President in the concluding session but said one was not likely to be elected. What is needed, said Senator Norris, is another Roose- velt in the White House but he denied later that he was thinking of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Unsatisfactory Candidates Senator Norris granted that Hoov- er will be the Republican candi- date but said he is not satisfactory to the Progressives. Senator Norris also said that any Democratic candidate spon- soring John J. Raskob's state con- trol of liquor will also be unsat- isfactory to the Progressive groups. .- Smoke Up, Girls! Get a Pipe; More Satisfying EVANSTON, Ill, March 13.—Prof. Samuel Stevens advised fifty coeds' attending a psychology class at Northwestern University to smoke a pipe instead of cigarettes. Young women smoke too fast and too frantic, he stated. “The only way to get genuine psychological benefit out of smok- Napier's finest hotel, Associated Press Photo (left) The Masonle, was ruined when an earthquake struck the seaport Feb. 3, taking a toil of 212 dead and 954 injured. The wharf (right) collapsed and the shoreline changed by . uplieavals, ' NEW ZEALAND SEAPORT LAID WASTE BY QUAKE General view of Napier, New Zealand, wool shipping eenter, after it was demolished by a series of nls no market for butter subsmut"i} oflr(hquaku Feb. 3, nklng 212 lives and injuring 954 persons. Associated Press Photo SPEEDS UP, DRIVES OFF | AND DROWNS 1 Capt. Halve'/ Silverstone | Victim at Portland— | Wife in Hospital | PORTLAND, Oregon, March 13. ing,” said the professor, “is to re- —Capt. Harvey Silverstone, insur- lax completely. That is why men ance underwriter and retired from | find a pipe more satisfying than a the United States Army, plunged hurried cigarette. If you really en- Joy smoking, smoke a pipe.” CONRAD OLSON RITES BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral sex‘vh)es for the late Con- rad Olson will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the mortuary of the Juneau-Young Company. Inferment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Olson died early yesterday at St. Ann’s Hospital. to his death when he drove a| heavy car off the ferry slip into| the Willamette River. | Spectators said the car speeded up as it approached the slip. ! The police believe Capt. Silver- | stone was not aware of the steep| grade that ended at the river. Silverstone is critically in a hospital B Bl B il SHEAV.ER IS AT ZYNDA Marvel Shearer is among the guests registered at the Zynda Ho- tel. Argentina Jumpy with Bad Nerves After Revolution BUENOS AIRES, March 13— Their first revolution in 40 years has left the Argentinians with a collective case of nerves that makes them easy prey to disquieting ru- mors. Newspapers repeatedly have cau- tioned the public against accepting unverified reports. They have charged that many rumors have been started by sympathizers of the deposed Yrigoyen regime in a sort of whispering campaign for his re- storation to power. Reports of possible political trou- ble of an undefined nature are fre- quent, but die away when nothing ‘happens. Dramatic demonstration of the speed of these rumors came one pight when word started circulating that the capital’s water supply had | been poisoned. Soon it was being told that scores were dead in one section of the city, and that many were suffering elsewhere. Radio listeners said they had received the report over the air. That started officials looking for an unauthcrized station. The re- port also spread by telephone, and the newspapers received hundreds of calls. Sales of drinks were affected in the cafes. Customers avoided any- thing supposed to contain city water, such as coffee and milk. There was a big run on bottled goods until the morning newspapers appeared with data showing how ridiculous was the report, ‘for the Indian Federal Indza May Yet Become a Dominion Second ROL;J Table Con- ference Will Be Held in Autumn LONDON, March 13.—The sec- ond Round Table conference to discuss a Dominion status for In- dia will be held in London, prob- ably in the early Autumn. This was revealed in a debate last night in the House of Commons by Pre- imier Ramsay MacDonald. The Premier expressed the hope that Mahatma Gandhi. himself, and his colleagues of the All-India | National Congress, will come to ! London and attend. An earlier meeting is scheduled Structure Committee. GANDHI INVITED LONDON, March 13.—The British Government has officially invited Mahatma Gandhi to come to Lon-! don to attend the second rcund| table conference. —— e {Gravel Road Ridges Made by Old Tires PULLMAN, Wash., March 13— “Washboard” highways—gravel roads that become corrugated—have been found products of high pres- sure tires and high speeds. ‘Tests of the engineering experi- ment station at Washington State College indicate that balloon tires and shock absorbers on automobiles prevented formation of the ridges. It was found that a car wita high pressure tires and no shock absorbers produced the “washboard” effect in 36 trips over a dry gravel road at 40 miles an hour and in 100 trips at 25 miles an hour, - C. E. Anderson has returned to Juneau from Skagway where he was employed by the Home Power Company in its work of rehabilitat- ing light and power lines. He will remain here indefinitely. He is 1\: the Gastineau Hotel, ARE RUNNING DOWN CLEWS, GIRL'S DEATH Two Suspects Held in Con- nection with Murder of Virginia Brooks SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 13.— With two suspects held, one at Sa- linas, California, and the other at Oklahoma City, officials continued attempts to solve the murder of ten-year-old Virginia Brooks who disappeared while on her way to school, February 11, and whose body, hacked to pieces, was found in a burlap sack in an isolated sec- tion near Camp Kearney. | The shop where the killer's auto- 'mobile tire was retreaded has been (found. This may help to trace the ownership of the tire. One suspect arrested late yester- \day after his tires showed the same {kind of retread, was released when ‘he gave a satisfactory account of himself. | Jerry Davis, aged 21, sentenced at Salinas for burglary, is being ques- tioned after he asked a speedy [transfer to San Quentin prison. He said he had herded sheep near where the girl's body was found. Gerald Davidson, aged 60 years, is held at Oklahoma City, where lflnger prints identify him as Ger- ard Dorsei, suspect. Reporters Will Not Meet Einstein Upon Arrival in Germany HAMBURG, Germany, March 13. —Prof Albert Einstein w spared the ordeal of facing r papermen when he lands at Cux haven from America. At the gent request of scientists, report have been denied the customar) privilege of riding to Cuxhaven on the boat train to interview passen- jgers. WASHINGTUNHAS GLOCKS STOPPED Legal Linit E Expires but Conference Committees | Block Adjournment ‘ | OLYMPIA, Wash, March 13— Conference committees of the‘ Washington State Legislature work- ed cvertime today as the clocks! were stopped at 11:57 last night. The legal limit for the Legislature ended at midnight, which has not officially arrived. Th: Senate and House are in disagreement over the incom2 measures, rogd appropriations, ot control and numerous other bud bills. The House has agreed to the Senate plan for a'$3 flat rate auto licensz fee with a two-cent gaso- line tax increase and raising the gasoline tax to five cents a gallon. The House previously asked a $8 flat rate fee and a one-cent gaso-| line tax increase. | - { Margarines Made from Whale OLl Butter Substltules Result from Terrific Kill- ings, Antarctic | | i CHICAGO, 111, March 13.—A [cr-l rific slaughter of whales has re-| sulted in an immense increase of oil production, said Royal W. B. Bell, prominent member of the Chi- cago Board of Trade, and making of butter substitutes in Europe, from the oil, has resulted. \ By a hydrogenation process, the fishy taste is eliminated. There \of this kind in the United States Bell said. The biggest whaling fleet ever! assembled in the Arctic is now ac- 'uve‘ There are 325 ships with 11,000 men aboard. The crews are, using electric harpoons. Planes are used for scouting and for locating | the herds. Because of the low prices, Ameri- can hogs are retaining a place in the market and lard is retailing for 14 cents a pound in Great Britain, one to four cents less than whale margarm"‘s JEAN DAYLE Village Mayor and Bride Miklajisk, of Bay Ridge, R. L, on a hom-ynwon visit to Atlantic J., after their marriage '»mswlh.. Pa, Prince Albert de Calais, better known at “Mayor of Greenwich Village,” New York, is shown with his bride, the former Renee UNLY 15 NAMES COMMISSIONTO 'REGISTERED FOR STUDY OLD AGE CITY ELEPTIUN PLAN APPROVED | At Least 7000 Citizens McDonald Measure Unani- Should Quality for Bal- | mously Recommended loting April 7 | for Passage to House Interest in the city election to; Creation of a commission to be held Tuesday, April 7, is not yet stuuy the question of old age in- sufficient to impel citizens to reg- d to formulate some kind ister in any considerable number. r ze pansion is rance Only 150 have qualified to the pres- stem came a step nearer yaster- ent time. day when Chairman Brosius of Register books were opened in the the Houce Comm erritor- | rlerk’s office in the City Hall ial Institutions favorably reported March 2 and they will remain open a asure having that object in 4 the close of business Satur- mind. The measure is House Bill , April 4. No which was Introduced last Rcms‘ranon qualifications are American citizenship, age of 21 years or more and residence in the Territory one year and in the city six months. this afterncon when it met at 2 At the last municipal election o'clock. Its passage was bel more than 900 ballots were cast |cartain “Registrations for the approach-/ ing election should number 1,000/ week by Donald of the The measure was have been considered by the House Representative Joe Mc- Fourth Division. Five Bills Introduced Five measures were introduced in scheduled to' FACES TRIAL lehem Steel 63'i, General Motors| 37%, Granby Consolidated 19%, In- |ternational Harvester 55%, Kenne- cmb 27%, Packard Motors 10, Sim-, mons Beds 18%, Standard Brands N 1 Standard Ofl of California’' Blonde Cabaret Singer Re-|s Standard Oil of New Jersey pudiates Confession [f2¥, United Alroraft 835, U Made to Police | , Checker Cab 13%, 12%,| ‘13‘/., Curtiss-Wright 5, Hudson Bay | SALT LAKE CI'K'Y Utah, March | 13.—It is expected that the re- » Kolster Radio 1% | | mainder of the week will be re-| - | quired in filling the jury box for| the trial of Jean Dayle, aged 21,! Taking of testimony will possibiy | mother, Mrs. Ida Lene, of Seatil>.| Log ANGELES, Cal, March 13.| on the head with a bottle and gay, blond cabaret singer, charged wlthl‘ the murder of Sam Frank, Memphis |. i start next Monday. Crowds storm the court room.; Miss Dayle has repudiated the| pacehall teams will soon be tray- confession she drugged Frank Qur- eling by air, Rogers Hornsby, man- sagged him with a stocking, onj planes will eliminate the ground it was obtained on ajand lessen the ill eff Jewelry auctioneer. The girl sits quietly with her| ing a drinking party, struck himiager of the Chicago Cubs, said to- off days‘ promise to keep her plight from|constant strain of of the distar lol her mother. [travel, as well as affording a gen- e eral economic advantage,’ Hornshy Mai - declared. ds Replacing Butlers ~|ocier Rajah -added that an air At Mayhnr Front Doors trip was a mental stimulant and| L'un if every player feels as I do LONDON, March 13.—Trim little! \after a flight he should land at his arlormaids who have been “but- de’tmatlon with plenty of pep and ler-trained” are taking the place of a fighting spirit that would make iMayfair's solemn guardians of the him and his teammates a hard out- front door. fit to beat.” Porced to economize, households - | first dispense with the expensive KATIHCK STAYS AT AL\shA\' butler. The parlormaid takes his' Robert Katrick is staying at the' lmace. ; Alaskan Hotel, + Mr., ‘rur farms, carrying an appropria- at least,” sald City Clerk H. R.!tho House yesterday afternoon, and { Shepard today. {two Senate bills were received, g A |read for the first time and referred r— — o to committee. \ TODAY'S STOCK || A deficiency appropriation bl QUOTATIONS | [carrying $3,000 was brcugh. ‘a by > o2 ® /the Ways and Means Cf_»mmm e, It iz |included several small items ‘tor NEW YORK, March 13.—Closinz yaricus administrative officos in- {quotation of Alaska Juneat Mmine'cy-ring shortages in funds over stock today is 8%, American Can the past biennium. § 122%, Anaconda Copper 37% Beth~} s | mekaiia aithotizing - mimiol- alities to sell or lease public prop- ty which {5 not needed for muni- cipal purposes was introduced by Mr. Brosius of Seward. Representatives Johnston and Nerland, Fourth Division, intro- duced a measure asking for appro- " priation of $4,000 for erection of a schoolhouse at Eagle. Two measures were introduced by McCutcheon, Anchorage, for the promotion of fur-farming. They identical in text with bills in- uced yesterday morning in the Senator Bragaw. One pm\L s for a fur commission and establishment of experimental [tion of $50,000, and the other seeks to extend financial aid to associa- (Continued on Page Four) ANTITOXIN 18 BEING FLOWN, POINT BARROW Two Planes with Moving' Picture Expedition Carrying Serum | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 13. —Five hundred thousand additional units of antitoxin are enroute ta Point Barrow with Joe Crosson and 8. E s piloting two planes taking a moving picture expedition tc Point Hepe. 15 1t lable there, one | plane, will continue to Point Barrow direct but if not, he will return to Kotzebue and refuel and fly to Point Barrow. Half of the supply of antitoxin comes from Nome, a replacement of the serum lent Nome when diphtheria was there in 1926. Pilot Robbins brought the serum here & few days ago so there would be no delay in forwarding it to Poing Barrow Precaution Necessary Dr. J. A. Sutherland, local Ter= ritorial Health Officer and acting as intermediary between Dr. Griest, at Point Barrow, and Dr. H. C, De= Vighne, Health Commissioner at Juneau, feels that every precaution should be taken to prevent further spread of the epidemic. Dr. Des Vighne has wired here that the present flight will be the last pos= sible but not stating wiether be= cause he believes Dr. Griest has sufficient antitoxin on hand, or be= cause the strain on the Territorial | treasury is too great. Local feeling is that the serious- \ness of the situation demands & ' disregard of cost. e ,——— BOY HERDERS ARE STRICKEN - NEAR BARROW gas av Come Down with Diph- theria 40 Miles Away —Antitoxin Low | POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 13.—Two boys herding reindeer 40 miles inland are seriously ill with diphtheria and an effort is to be made ‘to bring them in to quaran= tine. It is believed the present epi= emic was brought here by inter= mingling of Wainwright and Point Barrow herders. The conditions compare to the measles epidemic of 35 years ago when 40 per cent of the inhabi= tants of the village died. Then there was no hospital, radio or airplanes to help out. Two more severe cases have de=- veloped here. The antitoxin brought by Pilof . Crosson is nearly exhausted. Weather cundnwns are bsd ALASKAN MUST PAY BOY $250 SEATTLE, March 13.—Judgment for $250 for injuries received when struck by a car driven by % H. Murie, of McCarthy, Alaska, has been awarded Herold Turner, Seat- tle school boy. Btll Corey’s leormn Huskies Wi Classic Endicott Derby FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 13 —Jack Murphy, driving Bill Corey’s eight Siberlan huskies, romped away to victory in the H. Wendell Endi- cott Derby, the opening race of the spring dog racing classics. The time for the 16 miles was one hour 14 minutes and 57 seconds. The Corey entry was the dark horse. spoiled the Times-Signal Co Judge Clegg's Siberian malamutes| trophy races last Saturday 3 were second. The watched ' Sundxy. The women races will be from & hospitsl ¢ i5 con- Gn Mareheid, e ‘. n Fairbanks ned with influenza. Wright's bird dogs, Herbert Lawrence, favorites to m were third in the race. United States Attorney Hurley’s cleven Siberians were out of the &4 | running when a dog slipped & shoulder bone and was carried of the distance on the sled. The heaviest wind of the driven by