The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL XXXVII NO. 5668. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH I6 1931 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE-_D PRESS PRIC" TEN CE"T ] IFTING OUT UPON OCEAN NEW AGENCY COMES INTO ALASKA INDIAN BUREAU IS OPERATING IN NORTHLAND Native Education Is Taken | From Long Establish- ed Service APPROPRIATIONS | ARE TRANSFERRED | o sr | Part of Present Staff Willj - Aid New System to* Start Program WASHINGTON, D. C, March 186. —Secretary of Interior Wilbur has | issued an order which transferred | relief of Eskimos, Aleuts and In- dians in Alaska from the Officd of Education to the Bureau of Indlan‘ Affairs. The transfer was effec-| tive yesterday, Sunday, March 15. ‘ Act of Congress [ This step was a result of the ac-| tion of the recent Congress in; transferring the appropriations | made for the health and education of Alaskan natives from one of these government bureaus to the other. These appropriations in- clude about $800,000 for Alaska Na- tive Schools, $320,000 for health and $100,000 for the completion of an industrial and boarding school for natives at Shoemaker Bay, Alaska, a total of about $1,200,000. Proper Functioning l This step is in atcordance with; the present policy of the Depart~ ment of the Interior, with relation to the proper functioning of the Indian Service and Office of Edu- cation. The intention of the law which created the Office of Educa- tion was that its primary purpose was research and that its business was to study educational problems. ‘The purpose of the present change is to relieve it of functions, chiefly administrative, and to place those functions where they more proper- "'AS PRESIDENT PASSED MID.TERM With a rush of legislation adjourned, President Hoover passed the halfway mark of his term in office, Here he is with Secretary Adams (left) and Vice President Curtis (right) at the capitol to receive official notification that the seventy- first congress, which went Into office with him two yea CROSSON BACK, AT FAIRBANKS; Reindeer Herders on Colville River TENTS LOCATED Poor Feeding Ground FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 16. —Pilot Joe Crosson arrived here late last Saturday, tired as a re- sult of continuous flying over a most forbidding territory. He sald northeast winds have driven the ice pack to sea and it was not even Hope northward. He did not have a drop of avia- Ition gas left when he started from Point Barrow. Crosson stopped last Assoclated Ereda Photo | Friday night at Wiseman. demanding attention as congress VISITS REINDEER HERDS WISEMAN, Alaska, March 16— Pilot Crosson, returning to Fair- banks from Point Barrow, stopped to see the reindeer herd being ago, had ended. | HOOVER IS TO 60°ON 10-DAY OCEAN VOYAGE Will Visit Porto Rico and Virgin Islands Aboard U. S. Battleship ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. ly belong. —President Hoover is leaving this week on a ten-day trip that will take him to Porto Rico and the Virgin ‘Islands. Early History From the time Alaska was pur- chased from Russia in 1816, 1817 driven to Canada. He learned the herdsmen were running short of grub. The herders are having dif- ficulty in finding the best feeding WASHINGTON LEGISI;ATURE ihead of the Colville River and, spotted the round tents in a deep ravine. He landed half a mile away and the herdsmen came run- ing to him. Bahr said the herd was making good time on the drive | to Canada. thin. -Andrew Bahr, in charge of. the drive, said the deer would come| through the winter all right. Appropr iation Bills and Others Stave Off Adjournment OLYMPIA, Wash, March 16— A final agreement hetween thel House and Senate on the genernl; POINT BARROW, Alaska, Mm'ch appropriations . bill involving ap-)16—Two new cases of diphtheria proximately $45,000,000 was report-| have been discovered and another NEW DIPHTHERIA CASES ~ TOUGH FLIGHT Springs Surprise Visit on| IN DEEP RAVINE Deer Are Thin Because off —Good Time Made ¢ visible, from the air from Peint grounds for the deer and they ue' Crosson located the herders' | With tumult and contention prevaliling to the end the seventy first congrcss passed into historv. £2 members are shown closing the sess.on in the traJ HOUSE BRINGS TURBULEN SESSION TO A CLOSE itionial mannar by singing the national antnem, | | | | I | I'ress Phato HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION TO PROBE OFFICERS {Broad Leglslatlve Investi- gation of All Offices Is Now Demanded * A movement for a Iegislative in- | vestigation of all administrative of- fices of the Territorial government was launched today in the House of Representatives which without !delay passed a resolution, intro- duced by Representative Frank H. to 1884, the United States Govern- ment virtually ignored the e%ng cational needs in the area, leavl them to missionary schools. In 1884, Congress made its first ap- prepriation for Education in Alas- ka, and Henry M. Teller, then Sec- retary of the Interior, assigned the| (Continued on Page Twn) INTERIOR SEC. AAN REGULATE FOR REINDEER Reply Made to Delegate Wickersham—Commit- tee Ends Sessions ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. —Solicitor E. C. PFinney, of the In- terior Department, told the Rein- deer Committee last Saturday aft-| ernoon that Becretary of Interior ‘Wilbur ‘had aufhority to sponsor legally an agreement for controlling and regulating the industry. This opinion was submitted 1in! reply to Delegate Wickersham's statement that Wilbur lacked au- thority, especially in setting aside five separate -herding ‘areas, and| making regulations for the industry which will be designed to prevent‘ further disputes. The recommendations will be‘ drawn within the near future and| will be submitted to Secretary Wil- | bur, Senator Kendrick, chairman of the committee, said the meeting last Saturday was the final one. Vetoes Measure Penalty in Elevtric Chair TOPEKA, Kansas, March 16.— (two-thirds majority is not believed Gov. Harry Woodring has vetoed |available in both Houses of the the Muir Bills providing for death |State Legislature. in the electric chair as the maxi- Killed; Man Jailed The trip is for dual purposes, |ed by Speaker Templeton and Lieut. rest and also work. | Gov. Gellatly late last Saturday The President plans to conter night. At that hour the bill was twith Governor Theodore Roosevelf, expected to be ready between 3 Jr., of the Porto Ricos, and Gov- and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and ernor Paul Pearson of the Virgin'the Legislators were invited to re- Islands. | turn about 8 o'clock. The President will travel on the' A vote was also reported by reconditioned battleship Arizonn:the conferees on the highway ap- which will also be a trial run. | propriation bill and it was said After his return, the Prealdentjthe conferees were making good will make eight speeches starting, progress. with the annual Red Cross meeting| The slashes of the compromise in Washington on April 13 and budget start with the Governor's ending with the dedication of the office and proceed through most Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, INli-' of the departments and State in- nois, June 17. | stitutions. Both the University and the State College suffer cuts. STARTS WEDNESDAY Saturday night there was hope x for adjournment of the Legisla- WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. fture by Sunday night. —President Hoover will start on/ The Legislature legally ended his trip probably Wednesday, ace last Thursday night at midnight cording to present plans. His trip| 4 gocgs were stopped at 11:57 will not include a visit to Cuba oF| .1 0k that night. 5 other Latin-American ports. Secretaries Hurley and Wilbur| are accompanying the Chief Ex- LONG OVERTIME SESSION ecutive. | OLYMPIA, Wash, March 16— L £ o 55 I The State Legislature coneluded‘ the longest overtime session In history when it adjourned shortly | after midnight. Adjournment was 72 hours after the legal 60 days had expired. The last measure enacted wag the Senate resolution calling for a joint committee to call on the Governor to notify him the Leg- islature was ready to adjourn. Gov. Hartley was in his office at the time but refused to talk. Lad Reads 1,000 Books; He Plays Football, Too FLORENCE, -I March 16— Few people read 1,000 books in a lifetime, but Robert Vandiver, Good Samaritan On Open Charge LEWISTON, Idaho, March 16, —Edward Fordyce, retired ranch owner, stopped to aid a strand- ed motorist who was out of gasoline. While standing beside the car, another machine, driven by Philip Hartlg, crashed into it, crushing Fordyce -and killing him. Hartig has been jailed on an open charge. for Death has accomplished it in four year: He reads 200 of them in six school, too, his teacher said. He's'a Boy Scout, plays football,’ and rakes leaves or runs errands joiio.o for spending money and he says he reads because he likes it. Gov. . Woodring said: “I would The packet yelcn Burke recently ! 1 noon 12 year old, high school boy here,! months and did good work at ihouse has been quarantined. There, Foster, with that object in view. are now 60 suspected cases. The The resolution was treated with inhabitants have all been vaccin-| Ithe utmost casuality. Without a ated. Dr. Griest clalms all cases Single word of debate or explana- are doing nicely and with the last tion other than embodied in ite antitoxin he belleves most of the OWD text. It was read by the clerk, danger will be over. {Tules were suspended and it wa There is no sickness at Cape 'passed by a unanimous vote. Halkett, indicating the et{ectlveness‘ Caused by “Conflicts” |of the quarantine. | The resolution recites that “there |certain adjustments are necessary in order that the business of the Territory may be more efficiently managed.” What offices are in- keleff, Soviet Commercial Counsel- Legislature blanket power to go lor, and head of the delegation into the conduct of all administra- handling the Japanese-Russlan fish- | tive offices of the Territory. A eries dispute, was shot three times' Joint committee headed by Speaker (have arisen certain conflicts in the SBVIET AGENT |Laws” of the Territory, and that IS SHOT; TOKYO ' |volved in the “conflicts” was not | disclosed. and seriously wounded today by a'Winn and President Hess would | Japanese who jumped on the run-|conduct the inquiry: | “it appears to the Legislature thal TOKYO, March 16—Paul Ani-| The resolution, however, gives the ning board of Anikeleff's automo- Text of Resolution bile. ’ The text of the resolution follows: e “Be it Resolved, That a joint | Farmers of Rogersville, Ala., boast committee of the House and Sen- of a 95.2 per cent record in pooling this year's cotton crop. ] (Continued on Page Ei ht) By Pooival Christopher Wren. b of MYSTEBIOUS W BEAU IDEAL Chapter 1 STRANGE ILLNESS ELLOW after-| sunlight flooded the beau- | tiful yet austere 7 consulation room. | As the clock struck two, Dr. M Charters, follow- ed by his secre- tary, a young woman, - entered. Seating himself | in his own cor- ner the Doctor swiftly signed the letters placed before him, and then, | with the words: : “Miss Lauderdell in five minutes,” dismissed the secretary. Dr. Charters, drawing from his book and, leaning back in his chair. | studied the last entry that he had made in it. Dr. Charters, proprietor and chief physi¢ian of his famous Nurs- ing-Home, was quite unlike the popular concéption of an eminent physician. A tall, well-built and well-dressed man, he wore mustache, whiskers and beard, in addition to luxuri- ant locks! Nor were the Doctor's hands of the type usually associated with physicians, for they were hairy and heavy, the fingers short and blunt. The Doctor touched a button be- side his desk; the door, or to be ex- act, two doors opened, a beautiful girl, accompanied by the secre- tary, entered the room. mum penalty for first degree mur- [be derelict in my duty and could der and robbery with firearms. |find no excuse to my own consci- The veto is regarded as definitely jence if I failed‘to veto the legisla- killing the measure as a necessary ltion which I consider unsound.” carrled 4,300 bales of cotton down pocket a bunch of keys, attached the Alabama River, a record for 45 g gold chain, unlocked a draw- cotton shipment by water. er, producing a book, ublocked the tary, and departed, “Miss Lauderdeil,” said the secre- clo.smg the Cong Aswell Passes A wav, Heart Attack {Democrat Representatwe of Louisiana Dies in Washington WASHINGTON, D. C.,, March 16. —Representative James B. Aswell, Democrat of Louislana, died here SENATOR DUNN | HAS STROKE:IS | SERIOUSLY ILL Fourth Dwnslon Veteran Sinking—Recovery Is ! Said to Be Uncertain Senator John W. Dunn, Ruby, vet this morning from a heart attack. For years he had taken an netlve\ |eran Alaska lawmaker, was today in a critical condition at St. Ann’s | March 16. | tified vessel, 140 PERSONS REPORTED IN ~ PERIL; CRAFT CAUGHT, ICE {Vessel Burned to Water’s Edge—Survivors Seen —Message Brings Brief Delalls ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, — Marooned on iloose ice in the North At- lantic Ocean, surviving mem- bers of a crew of an uniden- believed to be | the sealing ship Viking, are drlftlng with the floes toward the open sea off White Bay acc(\rdmg to messages from there. The message said the ves- sel burned to the water’s | edge. The Viking was owned by the Bowring Brothers of St. —|Johns and had been report- ed fast in the ice. The message from White Bay said men were seen en- deavoring to reach port. One hundred and forty per- sons were aboard the Viking Includmg Varick Frissell, film director, who was making mo- tion pictures of the sea in the vicinity of Horse Island. Mg gl B, GHASTLY ERROR t i part in farm legisiation and was! Hospunl following a stroke of par- one of the framers of the Farm |alysis early Saturday evening. Dr, Marketing Act. He also spon~iw. W. Council, his attending phy- sored and fought for drought loans, sician, at noon today sald he was CAUSES DEATH to farmers for food. Representative Aswell was 62 years ahd was elected to the Sixty- hird Congress and served continu- Jusly up to the time of his death, e —— JAKE LINGLE SLAYING MAY BE FATHOMED Leo Brothers Goes on TrialE Today — Both Sides Confident, Outcome CHICAGO, Ili, March 16.—The end of the Jake Lingle murder mystery is expected to be found in the trial opening today of Leo Brothers, of St. Louis, accused of having fired the shot that killed the Tribune reporter. The gangster calmly awaited the ! trial. Both prosecution and defense are confident of the outcome of the| trial, | The prosecution closely guarded the basic charges and revealed none | of the details. The defense claims an alibi. L S AR Cousin of President | Lincoln Dies in East HARRISONBURG, Virginia, March 16—Dr. John Lincoln, aged |~ 75, cousin of President Lincoln,! died here today. He recently cele-| brated his fiftieth consecutive year in active practice. —— Cardinal Maffi Is Reported Near Death }lndoors for *-~ day. |ate this morning, Rev. Harry | PISA, Italy, March 16—Cardinal | Pietro Maffi, twice ‘considered a| Papal possibility, has been given the extreme unction by*“the Pope |very low and chances for his re-| covery were regarded as extremelyt small, Senator Dunn's entire left side is paralyzed, his atriculation stopped, and it is necessary to give him stimulants by artificlal methods. Was Il Saturday Saturday morning Senator Dunn had a fainting spell in his room at the Bergman Hotel. As he was peparing to leave the room, he fell unconscious to the floor. Later he |regained consciousness sufficiently, to get back to bed. He was found there about 2 pm. by attendants :‘nd friends were immediately noti- 2d. His absence from the Senate ses- slon Saturday morning had not caused any uneasiness as he had been suffering from a severe cold a few days previous, and it believed he had decided to remain Colleagues, ! upon learning of his condition, went | |to his aid and called Dr. Council, who had him taken at once hospital. Stroke Occurs Later A few hours after he entered the institution, the paralytic stroke oc-| curred. Before that, however, he' ihad made out his will. Since the |stroke he has falled to show any' | improvements. Apparently he is ablc to recognize those visiting him but he is not able to converse with them. Expressions of sorrow and sym- to the |pathy were heard from members in both branches of the Legisla-' ture, officials of the Territorial Government and others. In his in- vocation at the opening of the Sen- R. Allen, Chaplain, spoke of the grief (Conw\uea on Page Two) OF 2 PERSONS Mail Truck Mistaken for Rum Running Auto— Gun Battle Results WILMINGTON, North Carolina. March 16.—Five county officers, on a police tip that a load of liquor was being run into the city, mis- took a mall truck for a rum run- ner and precipitated a gun battle in which Leopold Roberts, driver, and Deputy W. T. Stirling, were slain, victims of a ghastly error. The driver, refusing to halt, fear- ing a hold-up, jumped from his mail truck and opened fire. A dozen shots were fired. Roberts had three passengers aboard his mall truck. Lad Attempts to Smoke; In Hospital 'With Serious Burns SPOKANE, Wash., March 16. —James Dorsey, aged 9, de- cided that he was almost grown up. He attempted to smoke but ignited his clothes instead of a cigarette and was taken to a hgopital with serious burns on the chest and head. i B B s B OPEN TIRE FACTORY BUENOS AIRES—Opening of the first automobile tire factory in Ar- gentina recently was such an event that Provisional President Uriburu, American Ambassador Bliss and a tralnload of guests attended. F oundation of Alaska Lighthouse Crumbles; In Danger of Toppling WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. —Winters and earthquakes have who again said the benediction as crumpled the foundations of one of he did on February 21 when it was, the government’s northermost light- “Jthought the Cardinal was dying. ’houses, at Cape Hinchinbrook, Alag- ka. This was announced in anm' for a new lighthouse there. The report sald the old rock base has been shattered and is in imminent danger of toppling over. The light is still being maintained.