The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 1

L, 1, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5675. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENTS SEATTLE COUNCIL BLOCKS MOVES BY MAYOR EDWARDS Bradley SECOND MILLING PLANT POSSIBLE, SAYS ENGINEER P. R. Bradley in Annual Report Tells of Great Development Program WORK INITIATED IN PAST YEAR PROMISING Depth Work in North Ore! Body Leads to Options on Other Groups Developments now under way at the Alaska Juneau and others tof be initiated in the near future may, in the not very distant future, lead to the driving of a second big working tunnel at sea level, bridg- ing Gastineau Channel and "con- uction of a second mill on Doug- las Island on property already own- ed by the company. This was disclosed in the annual report of P. R. Bradley, Consulting Engineer, a copy of which has just been received here. This eventu- ality depends on the result of de-| velopment work in progress for sometime in the North orebody and on the Hallum and Dora | | | peals, he was first assigned to in- ing NEW YORK, March 24.—Samuel Seabury, investigator of New York's muddy stories of graft and corrup- tion is one of New York's most in- dependent public men. And one of its eminently respect- able citizens. These qualities are combining to make him one of the city’s busiest officials, and his fellow-citizens rely upon him mare and more to settle growing doubts about some of their other officials. As a judge of the Court of Ap- vestigate the conduct of the Magis- trates’ courts. His inquiry brought forth shock- accusations regarding bonds- men and bribes, crooked lawyers and crafty judges, spying men, straging girls, grafting police and cfficial incompetence or impotence. These tales brought about a de-| mand for an investigation of the office of District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain. This task, too, was laid on Judge Seabury’s shoulders by Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. On top of this several groups of | citizens prepared proposals that | fJudge Seabury should be given the | stitl greater task of investigating | ievery department of the city gov- | ernment. By ancestry he is' far removed from all such sordidness as his in- | vestigations of the Magistrates’ SAMU EL SEABURY sourts has revealed. He is the first to break a line of clergymen run- ning back five generations. His namesake, Bishop Samuel Seabury, was the first Protestant Episcopal bishop in America. His father was the late Rev. William Jones Seabury, rector of the Church of the Annunciation. 2 Judge Seabury was born in New | York 58 years ago and privately | educated before he was graduated from the New York law school. | His independence soon asserted | |itself in politics. He has always | been a non-Tammany Demoornt.i if not always anti-Tammany. Tam- many has indorsed him on occa- sion, but he never has indorsed | Tammany. He once was a political ally of | William Randolph Hearst, but he | broke from Hearst in 1908. He | was once opposed to Alfred E. | Smith, but later supported Smith's | candidacy. | He was elected in 1901 to the City Court as an anti-Tammany | judge. Subsequently he was elected | a Supreme Court Judge and then, in 1914, to the Court of Appeals. Two years later his prestige was such that he ran for governor against Charles S. Whitman, Tam- many indorsed his candidacy, but | was apathetic toward him at the polls and he was defeated. With all his distinguished churchly ancestry Seabury is no | “blue nose.” As a lawyer he was counsel for the motion picture in- | dustry in opposing the Sunday clos- ing of theatres. As a judge he passed upon cases reminiscent of the current charges, and seldom were his judicial opin- jons overruled by higher courts. 1 | 1S NOT MOVED obtained 10-year options. groups on which the company have ]\ BY Ex H lB IT s ) Depth Prospecting Done Regarding this exploratory pro- gram, Mr. Bradley said: “The mine preparatory work for the past several years has been confined to the South half of the mine, and has been done with a MURDER TRIAL Knife and BT)—o dstained fixed crew. Because the work done | at this time is well in advance of | necessities, a portion of the fixed| crew has been transferred to the‘ | Clothing Does Not Disturb Bowles North half of the mine where the, HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 24. North ore body is being prospectedl__Nelson C. Bowles has finished below the Gold Creek Tunnel Oripis testfmony and cross examina- main haulage level. |tion in the trial with Irma Loucks “The average gold assay value|for the alleged murder of his wife. of all samples taken from the! The knife and bloodstained cloth- North ore body on the main level,‘mg Mrs. Bowles wore at the time, F ifty-t;wee Bills Vetoed by Governor Washington’s Executive Ex- ercises Powers—Has Twelve More Bills OLYMPIA, Wash,, March 24— Gov. R. H. Hartley has vetoed- 53 bills including the gin marriage law, the pistol bill, the Columbia Basin organization and the Narcotics Farm acts, the Legislative reappor- tionment and Partisan Primary registration bills, and the abandon- ed horse bill. JUDSON FILES WHEAT TAKES SLUMP; DROPS T0 63 GENTS June Deliveries Collapse to Lowest Price Since Year of 1895 SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS LOOMING Farm Board Announces it Will Not Stabilize | Season’s Product i CHICAGO, Ill., March 24.—Hold- ers of future contracts of wheat yesterday sold for the lowest prices since 1895 as an aftermath of the anncuncement by the Government that stabilization of wheat prices of the 1931 crop, rests with the farmers. June wheat collapsed 11'% cents to touch 65 cents and recovered at 67 cents. The maximum loss on other months was 2% cents. WASHINGTON, March 24—The equalization fee is back on the' Congressional doorstep today along! with the power and unemployment relief with demands for a special session following the Farm Board's King Ris ked Life to Visit Her il | TR Reveals Alaska Juneau Development Plans N. ew Yorl;’s Investigator F lc;oded by Jobs REJECT NAMES FOR SUPT, OF LIGHT SYSTEM Nominations of A. F. Mar- ion and W. C. Morse Are “Filed” ULTIMATUM GIVEN TO CITY EXECUTIVE Deposed Mms Only One to Be Considered for Reappointment SEATTLE, March 24.—Repulsed twice by the City Council in at- tempts to name a successor fo J. D. Ross, deposed City Light Superintendent, the next move of Mayor Frank Edwards is being watched closely. | The Mayor is expected to re~ nominate A. F. Marion, whose name |was placed on file by the Council |last week when the Council in= announcement that it would not | The Baroness Marie De Janko (above) is said to be the unwit- ting cause of the attempt which was made on the life of King Zogu (inset) of Albania, ¢ rvecently. The attempted assas- sination took place during the King's visit to Vienna which, it is said, undertook because of his friendship for the Barousass. | formed the Mayor it would con= sider no one but Ross. The name of W. C. Moese, the Mayor's second choice, has also been filed by the Council which the Corporation Counsel said is the same as a rejection, Mayor Edwards refused to re= - name Ross yesterday and filed CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR AGAN Krause, Blomgren, Green and Bothwell Seek Coun- | cilmanic Positions Mayor Thomas B. Judson has filed his candidacy for re-election. | He heads the Citizens’ Ticket, which includes besides him G. E. Krause, Gunnar Blomgren and John E. Green, candidates for the three councilmanic positions that |attempt to stabilize the season's .~ wheat. | Demands for a special session were made by Senators Watson and McNary who proposed anew the equalization fee. Senator Borah promised agitation for export de-| benture. i B — CAPT. KENNEDY | DIES ON SHIP, Master of Wrecked Viking WANTS PROBE OF AFFAIRS specific charges against the former | Superintendent saying he attempt- |ed to sell a power site to the iclty In which he was interested Aand also made an estimate of About"$4,000,000 on & project which 513 costing the eity more than $15,« | 000,000 on the Skagit River. ; The Mayor said the Ross estis PORTORiANS - GREET HOOVER OF N. Y. GITY, WITH CHEERS State Senate, on Straight Crowd Wel(—::);es Chief Ex-. Party Vote, Asks for ecutive at New Capi- | Investigation tol in San Juan SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March ALBANY, N. Y, March 24—By a 24—The rise of Porto Rico in al | mate was given to deliberately mis~ guide the Council and Mayor, RALPH LOMEN SEES FUTURE from an area 850 feet long by 450 |were exhibited but apparently did| The Governor has twelve bills | will be filled at the municipal elee-i Passes Away on | strictly party vote, 26 to 24, the single generation from “stagnation | feet wide, is $2.01; this ore body|not move Bowles. is known to continue westerly an| wore details of his life and the additional 1,000 feet to the 1545|3eath in the apartment were given crosscut, where the average sold‘,by Bowles. < assay value over 100 feet of width| "N ¢ Willis, defense witness, tes- is $223 per ton. The length of | tified as to Mrs. Bowles' mental at- titude and said this showed she &hnd been unhappy for a long time. ——————— MRS. HOOVER GIVES TALK {In Radio AEEI’_ess. Thanks' Women of America for Unemployment Relief this north ore body is progressively longer with extra lateral rights in depth. Winze Is Sunk “The work done during the year 1930 and to date this year, to pros- pect this ore body at a depth, con- sists of a winze 410 feet in depth, with stations and ore pockets cut at points 150 feet and 300 feet ver- tically below the main haulage lev- el. The gold assay value of all samples taken from this winze and work done from the winze to date has averaged $3.20. The station at 300 feet vertically below the haul- age level will be connected be- tween the lower workings and a proposed sea-level tonnage. “The raise and cross cutting work done in the property of the Eb- ner Gold Mining Company during the year 1930 failed to find addi- tional ore in the area above the main haulage level; further work must necessarily consist of verti- cal exploration. below the main haulage level and the above men- tioned prospect shaft ef the North ore body will serve to develop the lower levels of the Ebner property (Continued on Page Eight) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24.| | —Mrs. Herbert Hoover, in a radio address last night, delivered thanks to the women of America who had {aided in unemployment relief. It was the fourth radio speech made from the White House. - e——— ROY LUNN IN HOSPITAL | Roy Lunn of Juneau, is a pa-| tient at St. Ann’s Hospital, hav-, ing entered yesterday afternoon for medical treatment. He has in- fluenza. London Benefactor Offers Million Dollars for Big Dance Hall, Petting Palace! LONDON, March 24—TLondon is about to have a public petting pal- ace, officially recognized as such. A “wealthy impressario” has of- fered to put up the $1,000,000 or more needed to build a “winter gar- den for young lovers,” and George Lansbury, first commissioner of works, is delighted with the idea. “The man behind the proposition wants to build a great concert and dance hall, and is willing to in- clude the winter garden in order to gain his object,” Mr. Lansbury explained. | | i “I want to see some place in! London where young couples cax| ‘feel at home'—and yet not feel at} home, if you know what I mean.! Courting in the parlor or in the kitchen is sometimes embarrassing.” | Mr. Lansbury, who is 72, recalled that in his courting days therc were only the public-house, the home or the streets and to be alone “my/ sweetheart and I used to walk the, streets for miles and miles.” So far he has been unable to ac- cept the plan in full, but thej left in his hands including the in- come tax, the gas tax increase and | the general appropriations and the | peen announced, that of D. M. Highway bills. SENATOR VS. JACKASS OLYMPIA, Wash, March 24— Declaring that “some limit” will 'have to be placed on legislative enactments, Gov. Hartley in put- ting his veto on the bill providing for destruction of abandoned horses, i1said: “The bill says a mule is a horse. By a prior legislative fiat a goat is made a milk cow but even nature fakers can not make me believe a mule is a horse. A horse i might make a jackass out of it- self, as did certain members of the present State Senate but I !am still unwilling to convert a State Senator into a jackass by legislative enactment. This would be unfair to the jackass.” MORE VETOES OLYMPIA, Wash., March 24— This afternoon Gov. Hartley vetoed the personal and corporation in- | come tax measures. The Governor signed bills pro- viding a flat $3 automobile license , fee and increasing the gasoline tax | two cents to a total of five cents. - TODAY’ STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 24.—Closing ! quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9, American Can 127%, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth- lehem Steel 64%, General Motors 47%, Granby Consolidated 20, In- ternational Harvester 56, Kennecott 28%, Packard Motors 10, Simmons Beds 18%, Standard Brands 19%, Standard Oil of Caliofrnia 45%, Standard Ofl of New Jersey 46%, United Aircraft 36, U. S. Steel 147%, Curtiss-Wright 5, Hudson Bay 5%, General Foods 54%, Check- er Cab 14, 12%, 14. Washington State Auditor Is Married SEATTLE, March 24 — State Auditor C. W. Clausen and Mrs. Pearl Meagher were married at the bride's home here last night “The garden would be free, while | wealthy donor—whose name is un- and left on a short wedding trip. the charge for the concerts and |revealed—is willing to accept al- | Following a honeymoon Mr. and dances would enable the scheme to |ternatives, he said. The greatest|Mrs. Clausen will return to Olym- pay. difficulty is to find a suitable site.' pia. tion Tuesday, April 7. But one other candidacy has! Relief Vessel Bothwell, councilmanic incumbent,' ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,| who seeks to succeed himself and March 24.—Capt. Willilam Kennedy, | who has filed as an Independent. rescued from the Viking, died yes- { Senate has adopted a resoluuon]to a’high place in the march of calling for an investigation of the | progress constitutes a magnificent affairs of the City of New York by | example of what a capable intelli-' a Legislature Committee of three(gent people may accomplish under | state Senators and four Assembly- (free institutions,” President Herbert men. FOR REINDEER Predicts Fifteen Thousand All the filings were made yes- terday afternoon in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall ! The time for announcing candi- dacies will expire at 5 o'clock to-, morrow afternoon. Completing Fourth Term Mayor Judson is completing his fourth term. The mayor is elected for one year. The three councilmen whose terms are drawing to a close are Lockie MacKinnon, Mr. Krause| and Mr. Bothwell. Mr. MacKin-' non has decided not to run again. Mr. Krause and Mr. Bothwell are terday as a result of pneumonia, aboard the rescue ship Sagona. The Sagona also wirelessed she; had picked up a floating plece of | the Viking's cabin. SURVIVORS AT ST. JOHNS ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March 24.—The rescue ship Sagona arriv- ed here this morning and was met by ambulances which took many of the 117 survivors of the Viking| Legislature action was completed early this morning for a thorough probe into the e¢ity’s affairs by the Republicans after the Democrats made vocal assaults without avail. WALKER KEEPS SILENT NEW YORK, March 24, — Mayor ‘Walker, now in California, is quot- ed as “refusing to talk until his return to New York." to the hospitals. | Numerous versions were told of ,the disaster but none gave the! cause except that a blast occurred| .40 by civic leaders but he would in the powder stores at the stern The Mayor said he expected a letter from Gov. Franklin D. Roose- Carloads of Product Hoover told a large crowd here. A au Long before the President arriv- | Ry . y ed at the new Capitol every avail- able space was taken and when he entered the legislative chamber SEATTLE, March 24, — Ralph Lomen, President of the Lomen i}inwns glven a tremendous ova-.:::::: o{i::pg:;t:g' t‘a"gd O‘Ihu; : | ortation After a speech of welcome by yesterday that the million reindeer President Morales of the Senate, RW In Alaska will increase to the President, Gov. Rossevelt and _r ¢, OF §i¥ million head, the limit Secretaries Hurley and Adams ad-' O, 'he Present ranges. He said the journed to a platform ouisde the '°deer meat, hides and byproducts Capitol to make a reply. Gov"wx‘u refich 15,000 carloads ans Roosevelt introduced the President 2U8UY: in Spanish. When Gov. Roosevelt ! mentioned Hoover's name, the crowd velt with the charges against him, cheered. |answer when he returned from his TSNy completing their first terms. ' Counclimen are chosen for WO, piogion the ship caught afire and| Y {burned to the water’s edge, those; Mr. Blomgren and Mr. Green'ghoard being forced to the ice who are councilmanic candidates, ' fipes, are well-known citizens. Mr. Blom- gren is proprietor of ‘the Sanitary Grocery and owner of the Blom- gren Bulilding, partly occupied by the grocery. Mr. Green is the owner of the Bergmann Hotel, of the A. B. Hall building, and other property. Holdover Councilmen The holdover councilmen are Wallis 8. George, Henry Messer- schmidt and Homer G. Nordling. Their terms will not expire until next year. Registration for the city election will close Saturday night, April 4. To accommodate persons who find it inconvenient to absent them- selves from their work during the of the vessel. Following the ex-' ——t® i BIG FORTUNE BEQUEATHED T0 CHARITY (Wendell Estate Almost Dis- tributed Among Five Institutions NEW YORK, March 24—The one day, City Clerk H. R. Shepard will keep his office open for registration until 9 o'clock Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of next week. A total of 284 names are on the registration lists. At least 900 are expected to be enrolled before the closing night. Marriage License Is Issued to Juneau Man SEATTLE, March 24—A mar- riage license has been issued here to Charles E. Johnson, aged 39, of Juneau, Alaska, and Marvel Wilkes, aged 33 years, of Seattle. hundred million dollar Wendell for- tune built on furs and real estate is bequeathed almost entirely to charity. The will of Miss Ella V. Von E. Wendell, the last of the family, has been made public. There are no near relatives. Five institutions get the bulk of the estate, among them being the Nanking Theological Seminary in China and the Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. i —— - DRIVA IS IN PORT The Driva, Capt. A. E. Owens, is in port from Hecata Island and is moored at the wharf of the| Juneau Lumber Mills, vacation. Until the State Legisla- ture acted, Mayor Walker predicted there would be no extensive probe. - e Volunteer Fire Fighters Killed Answering Alarm MALVERN, Penn., March 24. —Five members of the Malvern Volunteer Fire Company were killed and eleven were injured when a fire engine overturned late yesterday afternoon in a run to Grass. The five firemen were pinned beneath the en- gine. The tragedy brought death to the father of one c¢f the men killed. Women’s Clubs Use ALASKAN SNOV' COVER The following amounts of snow, in inches, were reported on the ground at various Alaskan stations Monday, March 22, 1931: Bethel 17, Eagle 22, Fairbanks 9, Fort Yukon 17, Nome 12. Except in the case of Fairbanks, this is less than re- ported last week. The thickness of ice has remained unchanged during the week at the two reporting sta- tions, Chena Slough at Fairbanks 35 inches and Snake River at Nome 26 inches. Long Skirts “Patriotic’ Australian Tells Women 4 i SYDNEY, Australia, March 24— Australian girls have been asked to wear dresses an inch or two longer than maidens in other parts of the world to help their country. Sheep farmers of Australia, polnt- ing out that the country's greatest industry is threatened by the cur= rent lower consumption and price of wool, have urged that fashions chould be disregarded and dresses worn as long as possible—always. Paris or patriotism, is the ery. 'Polan(j Sdécmfibs ‘to Europe’s Wave i of Pay Reductions — WARSAW, March 24—Starting of living figured in this decu"f {Dues for Relief 10f Unemployed WASHINGTON, March 24.— Women’s clubs unable to pay their dues are being kept in good standing by the general federation of women's clubs as an aid in the unemployment situation. The money from these unpaid dues is being used by many clubs to help in their own com- munities, say officials of the federation. Where the club members themselves or their families are among the unem- ployed, the dues remain uncol- lected to aid in buying family necessities, April 1, when government employes will take a 15 per cent cut in sal- aries, the European movement for reduced pay as a means of combat- ing hard times will invade Poland Hitherto the Warsaw government has resisted the advance of this panacea for economic ills, but it | succumbed when its budget balance | sheets showed a deficit. The deputies of the government party launched the movement for | | pay cuts by reducing their own sal- | |aries. Then they authorized the |administration to cancel the bon- | us of 15 per cent which had beea 'pald to all governmental work.ers] | for several years. ; A general reduction in ile cas:i | and restore the bonus if Advocates of the measure out that lowered prices on Mé' comodities had made government men better off than the r 28 who were forced to aceept ‘rm prices for their products. The government has it will keep the reductions in force for a few months as an em improve. Meanwhile it will seek wipe out its deficit by ines the income tax and amending pension system. - Until the first of the year was one of the few European with a surplus. The December balance, however, went to the side of the ledger. 7