The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1931, Page 1

| | i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5673, NEW CLEW AS TO WHEREABOUTS OF MISSING AVIATOR JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ACTION TAKEN AGAINST CITY CHIEF PETITION FOR RECALL, MAYOR EDWARDS, FILED Two Committee of Seattle City Council to Make Decision WIDESPREAD POLICE GRAFT IS CHARGED Action Follows Dismissal of Superintendent of City Light Dept. SEATTLE, March 21.—A recall petition filed against Mayor Frank Edwards in which he is accused of “knowingly and wilfully permit- ting widespread police graft,” will be considered by the City Council’s Judiciary and Finance committees. The petition was filed by the Titizen’s Municipal Utilities Pro- tec/ive League as the outgrowth of th: Mayor’s dismissal of J. D. Ross, ‘@ Superintendent of the City Light “department. The League contended the Mayor “knowingly and wilfully permit- ted collection of large sums of money by members of the Police force for protection, unlawful trans- portation, sale and disposition of intoxicating liquors; prostitution, operation of bawdy and gambling houses.” The two committees of the Coun- / cil will decide whether to start impeachment proceedings. CONSIDERATION POSTPONED SEATTLE, March 21.—Chairman Philip Tindall, of the City Coun- cil’s Judiciary Committee, announc- ed a postponment of consideration of the impeachment petition against Mayor Edwards pending advice from the Corporation Counsel con- cerning powers of the committee and procedure. Officials of the Municipal Utili- ties Protective League said they planned to press the move to re- move the Mayor regardless of the outcome of the impeachment pe- tition. '0LD WEST' I BACK IN RENO: WHEELS CLICK Hundreds Mill and Play Around Tables, Legal- ized Gambling RENO, Nevada, March 21.—Along with the rest of Nevada, Reno went “Old West” at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The principal gambling hall is in the heart of the city and it was thronged by hundreds who played and milled about the roulette wheels, faro tables ,mechanical dice tables and other dice throwing games. The new State statute merely makes legal that which has been going on under cover for years Mayor E. E. Roberts said. “It is all nonsense trying to regu- late people’s morals by law,” said the Mayor. Independent Oil Men Form Combine in Cal. LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 21. —Representatives of 75 percent of the independent crude oil produc- tion in California met at the call of Ralph B. Lloyd, prominent in the Ventura field, and unanimously voted to band together on cooper- ative marketing. practice of UNITED STATES MARSHAL ALBERT WHITE TO TAKE OATH AT KETCHIKAN Will go to First City RELIEF SHIP Walker Sucgessor? One Hundred and Ten Sur- vivors of Wrecked Viking Are Aboard TWO BODIES FOUND; 26 STILL MISSING ‘Aviator Balc_l':e—l; Is Held Up Owing to Weather Conditions ST. JOHNS, Newfoundlapd, Mar. 21.—The finding of two bodies has | accounted for two of the 28 missing ! from the wreck of the sealer Vi- | king. Further search today depended ‘on an improvement of ice condi- tions and the weather. Bernt Balchen, who left Boston, 1 Mass., yesterday with two others |in an airplane, is being held in New Brunswick waiting for weather to permit flying to Horse Island. The rescue ship Sagona, with 110 survivors of the Viking abroard, is fast in the ice waiting for a west wind to free her. Capt. Keen, master of the Viking and seven of the men of the crew imust await changed ice conditions which will permit them to be car- riéd in boats across the ice from Horse Island. Balchen intends to fly over the |ice in search of possible bodies or | survivors who may be marooned. - e TODAY’ STOCK | QUOTATIONS . | | L) ! NEW YORK, March 21.—Clos- ling quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 126%, Anaconda Copper 38%, | Bethehem Steel 63%, General Mo- !tors 47%, Granby Consolidated 24, | International Harvester 57%, Ken- necott 28%, Packard Motors 10%, Simmons Beds 18%, Standard |Brands 20%, Standard Oll of Cali- fornia 45'%, Standard Oil of New | Jersey 45%, United Aircraft 36%, U. S. Steel 147%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, General Foods 55, Checker Cab 14%, 14, 14; Hudson Bay 6%. ptadlr g i VIOLATOR IS SENTENCED { Fritz Willard, arrested ‘at Wran- gell by United States Deputy Mar- shal H. D. Campbell, for vielation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, has been tried and convicted and sen- tenced to 50 days in jail and also fined $100 according to advices received by U. S. Marshal Albert ‘White. Face of Sinclair Lewis Slapped by Theo. Dreiser NEW YORK, Match 21.—Theo- dore Dreiser last night slapped the face of Sinclair Lewis at a private dinner attended by 25 other men of letters. Lewis had said: “I feel disinclined to speak in the presence of a man who has stolen 3,000 words of my wife, Dorothy Thompson, from her book of Russia.” The two men were talking after- wards in another room and Drieser hit Lewis. The others in the party pulled the two apart before there was any further exchange of blows. HELD IN ICE, - NEWFOUNDLAND Aldermanic President Joseph V, McKee (above) again takes over the helm in guiding the destinies of the City of New York, through the absence of Mayor James J, Walker. In the event that the proposed investigation of the city government should bring about & vaeancy in the office of Mayor. the post will automatically be taken over by Mr. McKee unti filled by election in November. $5,000 PROFITS| MADE ANNUALLY ON CITY WHARF Repairs Made to Dock will| Keep it in Good Con- dition for 5 Years Five tnousand dollars :s the profit realized by the City of Ju- neau from the Municipal Wharf in the past year, accordirg to figures compiled in the clerk’s office. This amount is $500 in excess of the net earnings for the previous 12 months. During the administrative year, which will end this month, number of landings made by ves- sels at the wharf will total 285. In the administrative year that ended last March, the Municipal Wharf was extensively repaired, al- most rebuilt. The cost of con- struction aggregated $20,000. The revenues of the last and the pres- ent administrative year have al- ready returned $9,500 of the out- lay. “It was fortunate that the city had the Municipal Wharf in good condition during the construction period of the Federal and Terri- | torial Building,” said Mayor Thom- as B. Judson. “Several there was a cargo of more than 1,000 tons in one shipment. The wharf will not need any major re- pairs for at least five years. It is to file new bond | "“‘:h “f’ke Colleagues to Honor Late oa’ or TR s Territorial Legislator | another | it Rites Sind ! four-year | ALLEAASS A MR term | With representatives of the Ter- as peace | ritorial Government, both Houses . |of the Legislature, Pioneers of Guardian Alaska, United Spanish War Vet~ of erans, and the people of the town' First Division of Ruby, where he "resided for of many years, attending, funeral cere- i monies for the late Senator John Alaska W. Dunn, veteran Alaska legislator, | with | will be held in Shrine Temple nt; ‘2 p.m. Sunday. headquarters = rpc" 1ol be held under the, n | auspices of the Masonic Order of, Juneau | which he had been a member for the ! 'DUNN FUNERAL 2P.M, SUNDAY, SHRINETEMPLE many years. Pallbearers and hon- | orary pallbearers were chosen from | iofficers of the Government, the | Legislature and other organizations: | { The pallbearers were announced | | today as follows: Senators L. C.I‘ Hess, A. J. Lomen and R. N. Sund- quist, Representatives J. E. John- son, George Hellerich and A. N. Nylen. ‘Honorary pall bearers are: Gov. George A. Parks and H. T. Tripp, representing the Territory, Sena- tors A. J. Dimond, Allen Shattuck and Charles Benjamin, represent- ing the Senate, Speaker Grover C.| lwm"' Representatives Harry Don- nelly, Joe MacDonald, PFred B. Johnson, Joseph H. Murray, Frank H. Foster, Henry Burgh, Frank A.j \Boyle, A. H. Ziegler and -H. H' MecCutcheon; John T. Spickett and H. R. Shepard. representing the Pioneers of Alaska, Charles E. Naghel and Charles W. Hawkes-| worth, representing the United Spanish War Veterans, and H. C. Wallick, of Ruby, representing that | community. I Members of the Legislature who will take part in the ritual serv- ices are: Andrew Nerland, Master, | C. M. Allyn, Senior Warden, R. S. Bragaw, Junior Warden, and Cal M. Brosius, Senior Deacon. The services will be open to the| public. Interment will be made/ in the Masonic plot in Evergreen | cemetery. 5 Senator Dunn died Thursday! afternoon from a stroke of paraly- | sis, after an illness of less than| one week. - He is survived by three ) brothers, Charles, Frank and Ar-| thur, and -a sister, Mrs. Jennie| Climo. The first named resides| in Falls City, Iowa, and the ad- dresses of the others are unknown. TWO FACE ‘LOVE Alexander Pantages, liberty pending his appeal from ault, and Jesse H. Streve, real in 8an Diego, Cal., on charges of assault in connection with the ex- oosure of an alleged ‘girl market’ in Los Angeles. FRENCH AND BRITISH IN NAVAL CONFERENCE BAZAAR’ CHARGE Assocated Press Photo (left) millionaire theater owner who is at conviction on charges of criminal tate man, were ordered arrested 10 ARRESTED Metion Fr Acquittal Shenff Bannick Swoops| SN Down on Four Alleged Is Denied Gambling Resorts [Judge Refuses to Give Di- SEATTLE, March 21—0ne hun-| rected Verdict, Bowles dred and ten persons are held » - today as the result of raids made and Loucks Trial !last night by Sheriff Claud Ban-| HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 21. |nick and eight deputies on four, _gjrcuit Judge George Bagley has overruled a defcnse motion for a alleged gambing resorts. Twenty- three prisoners are white men while | directed verdict of acquittal for the remainder are Chinese, negroes Nelson C. Bowles and Irma Loucks and Filipinos. {but reserved the right to take the bR T 5 T S A case from the jury at any time MOTHER AND CHILD ILL without further argument of coun- sel. l Mrs. F. Zink and her little] ———————— | daughter, Zella Zink, were admit-| Thirty-tnre~ miles of shade trees }Fed to St. Ann's Hospital this morn- | were planted 'along highways in {ing. Both have influenza. Alabama in 1930, ‘New Scheme to Raise H uik Of Islander Will Be Tried | PORTLAND, Oregon, March 21 | —Curtis Brothers, of Portland and Seattle, house movers, are preparing times, | chor a barge above the hulk equip- ped with lifting apparatus. They will attach lines to the hulk and a profitable investment and will| !0 salvage the steamer Islander use the lifting power of an 18-foot P, 0. OFFICIAL NOW MISSING: ACCTS. SHORT Inspectors Make Call on Astoria Office—Asst. Goes to Mountains ASTORIA, Oregon, March 21.— | Frank Peacock, Assistant Postmas- ter, is heing se hed for. He dis- appeared Thur when Post Of- arrived to audit the { fice Inspectors accounts. | The inspectors are said to have admitted a big shortage but re- |fused to divulge further tion It is indicted the postal savings account has not been kept for sev- eral months. Peacock’s bond of $6,000, inspect- ors said, is not sufficient to cover the shortage. Peacock has been in the postal service for 25 years. On Thurs- | his personal account in a bank and drove toward the mountains. - ~ men, men of large affairs, informa- Assoclated Press Photo French and British representatives are shown here as they met in Paris In a conference which directly resulted in the agreement between France, Great Britain and Italy on naval armaments. Shown in this photo which was taken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are, left to right: Lord Tyrel, Arthur Henderson, Aristide Briand, Lord Alexander and Charles Dumont. 'SEE AMERICA FIRST' SLOGAN TOBE REVIVED {Suggestion Made to Secre- :» tary of War by ‘ Long Friend 'TIP IS PASSED ALONG 'TO 2 GOVT. AGENCIES | Oklahoma Oil Magnate De- | clares Business Men Don’t Know Country | WASHINGTON, D. C,, March 21. | —Secretary of War Col. Patrick J. Hurley has given to the Depart- ment of Commerce and the Hoover Unemployment Commission for fur- ther study the proposal of L. E. Phillips, Oklahoma oil magnate, that the slogan “See America First” be revived and popularized | Phillips is a lifelong friend of Ccl. Hurley and advanced his sug- gestion in a letter in which he said: “I am amazed with the busincss h lack cf knowledge of our country. Phillips said the people of the United States should get acquaint- ed with their own country and at the same time money spent in this |way would tend to relieve unem- ployment. Phillips said most of the Eastern business men think the western boundary of the United States 1s somewhere along the New Jersey Coast and everything else is of no consequence. | Phillips said further: “I feel sure the of weight pessimism centers ind Gr New York in the ,” and if the people there get a breath of Western fresh air and see the Middle West plains their outlook will be brightened. > —— DR. SOUTHWELL TO BE BACK iN ONE WEEK Dr. R. E. Southwell of this city left on the motorship Norco today on a business trip to Pete He expects to return about a week. WYMAN in home HAS INFLUE} eslie Wyman, suffering from day he drew several hundreds from irfluenza, entered St. Ann's Hos- sburg. PILOT MOLLER AT KING CITY DN MARCH OTH Was Cut of Gas and Walk- ed to Chisana Village ‘ to Secure Supply FIRST INFORMATION IS GIVEN BY GILLAM Flier Scheduled to Go to Nabesna but Never Reported Landing CORDOVA, Alaska, March 21. — Harold Gillam, Presi- dent of the Gillam Airways, has wired the following from McCarty: “Pilot Fred Moller landed at King City en the Chisana on March 9 at 2 o’clock p.m., out of gas. He walked to Chisana Village and took 15 gallons of my gasoline and started back for King City intending to take off for Na- besna but never landed there. Must be at King City. If nothing further is heard from him I will fly across and see.” Pilot Moller left Fairbanks March 9 in the forenoon-with a load for Eagle, Fort Yukon and Circle. Three planes left Fairbanks and during two days searched over 2,- 000 miles of the interior .especially the Yukon Valley, without finding any trace of the aviator or nis plane. Pilot Ed Young was unable to get to the headwaters of the Tan- ana River on account of fog and it is in this locality, according to Gillam’s report, that Moller came down, out of fuel. The report substantiates the earl- !ier belief that Moller might have flown to the headwaters of the Tanana River, where he has min- ing property, before proceeding to Circle; Eagle and Fort Yukon. The place where Gillam reports Moller was last head from, is about 100 miles south of Eagle. The Chistana and Nabesna rivers flow into the Tanana River. HOUSE PASSES DEFICIT BILL FORSMALL SUM First Deficiency Measure Carrying $4,575 Pass- ed by House Today Carrying a total of $4,575, the session was passed by the House this morning by a unanimous vote. The House also passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, by Senator Hess, authorizing the discontinuance of | operation of the Tolovana tram= {road and its sale or lease. | The tram operation in the past | few years, Representative Johnston explained, has cost considerably more than the revenues recelved and the benefits therefrom are not commensurate with expenditures. Secks New Cutter An appeal to the Treasury De= partment for a new, modern and adequately equipped Coast Guard Cutter to be stationed at Seward, Cordova or some other convenient western port, is contained in House joint memorial No. 2, introduced (Continued on Page Eight) pital today . first deficiency bill of the present’ add materially to the revenues of the city.” —_——aee ITALY AIR LINES SUSPENDED ROME.—Lack of patronage has resulted in the suspension of three Italian air services, the Rome to Marseilles, Milan-Trent, and Milan-Bolzano routes. Previously the Rome-Milan service was dis- continued. ’which lies off Douglas Island, Alas- ka. | Prank curtis said the chief prize !sought was the $3,000,000 in gold dust said to be in the ship's safes. | The Curtis Brothers have con- tracted with C. H. and S. H. Wiley, of Olympia, Wash., owners and inventors of the diving bell, for an equal division of all valu- ables recovered in return for use of the Bell. The Curtis Brothers plan to an-' tide there with which to help move the hulk into shallower water, and finally onto the beach 'tom casuen Leaves | Measures to Regulate Size EMPIRE ; TO BE BANKER Of Families Now Endorsed Raymond Wiley and Capt. C. A. | Hayes are now aboard the barge | | Bremerton anchored in Green's Tom Cashen, Jr., has resigned! Bay. Work on the Islander was | from The Empire office staff to' NEW YORK, March 21 —“Care- | with a total membership of 23~ 000,000. The report’is made after several years of study by the Committee on an | Marriage, Home and Federal Coun~ of , ¢i) of Churches of Christ in Ameri- es ca. ful ceptive size of families is endorsed by use of contra- the suspended several months ago for |accept a position with the First and restrained” the winter. Wiley and Capt Hayes National Bank. He suc inspect the buoy over the wreck |liam T. Vale who left 1 frequently as required by marine |the Princess Norah for tr law. They have not been to Vale will join his parents Juneau for several weeks. ll.')]) to Norway. measures to regulate t night on south, on a tives Churc organization of 27 American ™ reprecent