The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1931, Page 1

Tl ol At T T WAoo A bl YAl Kl R At THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” & JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ CITY GRAFT, HOOVER POLICIES, START CONTROVERSIES WILKINS' SUB | ma HALIBUT STRIKE | SHOUSE COMES 1S CHRISTENED ENDS; SEATTLE. RIGHT BACK AT IN NOVEL WAY FLEET COMES 6.0, CHARGES Cracked Ice from Silver: iCompares Conditions in Barre} Is l:]se%jbfy Ex- New York City with plorer’s . Wife Those of Chicago MANY NOTABLES ARE | CORRUPTION PLAINT PRESENT, CEREMONY ANSWERS CRITICISM Arctic Trip Extremely Progressives At tem pting Dangerous, Declared to Iron Out Their Donald MacMillan Differences NEW YORK, March 25.—Cracked jce was used yesterday afternoon to christen the Nautilus, recondi- tioned submarine by which Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to cross the Arctic Ocean next summer. The ice was in a small silver barrell perched on the prow of the vessel. Lady Wilkins yanked a string and the ice fell. Jean Jules Verne, grandson of the French novelist; Dr. Hugo 5676. VOL. XXXVIL, NO. PROGRESSIVES CONFER ON MAY BE CHAPLIN’S LEADING LADY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES Union Fishermen Vote loj Accept Federal Con- | ciliator’s Plan ‘ Union halibut fishermen have ended their strike against the Fish- | ing Vessel Owners' Assocfation, and | all boats in the Seattle. fleet will | leave for the banks just as soon as | ossible, according to a dispatch | received today in Juneau by The Empire from the offices of the! As- sociated Press in Seattle; SRR At a meeting in Seattle last | night of 1,200 members of the Fish- | ermen's Union, a plan of settlement proposed by E. T. Marsh, Commis- sioner of Conciliation for the De- partment of Labor, was ratified without a single dissenting vote. (The plan had previously been ac- cepted by the Fishing Vessel Own- ers’ Ascociation. Kctchikan Boats Coming Out The settlement releases from strike conditions 200 members of Associated Press Photo Four leaders among the Independent republicans and democrats who assembled at Washington force conference on legislative issues are shown as the meeting got under way. Left to right: Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Senator Edward Costigan of Colorado, Senator Bronzon Cutting of New Mexico. REAR ADMIRAL C.P, PLUNKETT WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25. —While the twe major political parties wrangled over alleged core SIS ruption in Chicago and New York, essives are trying to elim= No Peacein LASTCURTAIN Fiifissroins Li’na;Revolt ‘ | expect to force through the next Breaks 0ur TON DOWN ON The Republican National Com= mittee issued a statement saying lyn Navy Yard. | The use of the ice was a last minute compromise, Sir Hubert said, in deference to the law of the land and he did not use a stimu- iating fluid. vessels of the Ketchikan fleef, idle since the opening of the halibut season. Ketchikan boats, it 1s thought, will leave for the banks at once. | As announced in an Assoclated | Press dispatch from Seattle yes-| | terday, Mr. Marsh's plan of Set-| Eckener and Simon Lake were pres- the Pish B ion in Ketchi- New York is the “sink of corrup= ent at the ceremony in the Brook- R a’: de:?ee;‘:revgx;:c;d mei ;A E tion.” Chairman Shouse, of the 3 5 1 Democratic Executive Committee Forty Rebels Killed Before i i answered with reference to the “Big Bill Thompson and Al Capone combination,” in Chicago. Farm Relief Plans The Progressives are watching Senator Norbeck and Representa- | tive La Guardia in efforts to settle Uprising Put Down by Loyal Troops | Veteran Character Actor Passes Away in Cali- fornia City Silencer of Germans’ Long Range Guns, Dies in Washington LIMA, Peru, March 25.—After a' brief period of peace, Lima i3 HAZARDOUS TRIP LOWELL, Mass, March 25.—| Commander Donald B. MacMillan | declared here today that the pro- posed Wilkins cruise is the most Charlie C in's next leading lad; hazardous ever attempted. The Arctic explorer said that to reach the North Pole will be only | by chance because navigation is| dependent on the moon and stars| when submerged as the navigator will be unable to get nnvlganon“ points. He here is nol chance to escape If the submarine is caught in an ice pack. ! ————— | | SEATILE TO BE | ONLY 32 HOURS FROM N. Y. CITY | New Air Service, Mail and! Passenger, to Start on Apnl | SEATTLE, March 25—The Pacific | Northwest, from Seattle, will be 32| hours from New York starting April | 1. A new through day and night| mail and passenger air service will begin operation on that date, P. G. Johnson, President of the Boeing Airplane Company announced to- day. Under the new schedule, a vlaue leaving Seattle at 8:30 in the morn- ing will be due in New York at 7:24 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, the following evening. The second daily schedule pro- vides for departure from Seattle of a plane at 6:25 o'clock in the eve- ning with arrival in New York the second afternoon at 4:54 o'clock in the afternoon with an overnight stop at Chicago. JUNEAU GREETS CHAMBERGUESTS AT BIC DINNER Biennial Legislative Ban- quet One of Most Not- able in Local History Some 250 residents of Juneau last night’ extended an Alaskan greet- ing to a “bunch of Alaskans,” the guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Gov. George A. Parks and members of the Tenth Alaska Legislature and their wives, at the biennial banquet of the Chamber Rumors In Britain say Sari Maritza, British actress, may become tango at a recent party in London and has been attentive to her. Aasoclated Press Photo tlement provides that boat owners' shares in boat earnings shall re- main at 20 per cent, as contended by fishermen, instead of advancing to 25 per cent, as wanted by the (Continued on Page Seven) ————— ly. Chaplin singled her out for a solo Pity the Blind | FOURTEEN AIR *1 MAIL CONTRAGYS LET IN ALASKA Star Routes to Be Covered by Planes—New Com- | pany Is Formed | SEATTLE, March 25— Pilot! Frank Dorbandt, in a message Lo the Seattle Daily Times, says he and Alonzo Cope have been award- ed a main trunk mail contract for| Alaska for a three-year period, starting July 1. ASSOCINTED [IRESS =1t PE PHOTO ADMIRAL. ¢.P.PLUNKETT WASHINGTON, D. C.,, March 25. —Rear Admiral Charles P. Plun- | kett, retired, died of heart disies? Alr-|in the Naval Hospital here last given in the auditorium of Elks The Pacific International ' i X Hall. { ways, Incorporated, has been form- |Dight at the age’ of 67 years. Ho had been in the hospital fc: ten Just before the meeting was for- mally opened, at the suggestion of Dr. W. W. Council, toastmaster, and President of the Chamber, the entire assemblage rose to its feet in a moment of silence, standing with bowed heads in tribute to the late Senator John W. Dunn, whose death occurred here last week. Is Notavie Meeting It was one of the most notable occasions of its kind ever staged by the Chamber. Wit, good-natur- ed sarcasm, bits of by-play, mel- lowed by a touch of sentiment here and there, seasoned with brief passages of serious talks, marked the "addresses, all of Which were brief and to the point. Solos by Brice Howard and Cash Cole, har- meny by a quartette composed of 8, ed with Dorbandt and Cope as| stockholders, tors. days. He retired in February tnree | years ago, and since then has been connected with a New York bank- ing house. Two sons, a daughter and his widow survive. Silenced German Guns Recognition came to Rear Acmir- al Charles Peshall Plunkett for his officers and direc- ALASKA CONTRACTS GIVEN WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25. —The Post Office Department an- nounced contracts for Alaska star routes in the mail system are f i { awarded every four years. The|dlstinguished service in the World contracts went principally to two| War as commander of the Ameri- airplane companies. can Naval Railway Battery. | The Alaska Airways has been| It was that arm of the service lb Miss Carol Jaquith makes her first | awarded contracts for nine star;'lhlfl 8 ,,-n(:u(‘l the .S'C}mzllll?’ long ¥ appearance in the last word in routes and the Dorbandt and Cope range guns and destioyed its im- \baching suits, at Catalina Island, | Aviation Company contracts for Portant arteries leading to the | Cal. The new creation is in tWo give routes, { German fror { pieces with large expanses of bare The Post Office Department| It as through Admiral Plun- eauty between. Well, it's bette: made it clear that the manner of ‘kett’s persistency 2nd agegressive- | than nothing; but only just. | the ‘battleships on | mail carried is optional. (1ess that ting of five complate | Hainer Hinshaw, Washington Wheels" cons % ; representative of the Alaska Air- Mmobile units, supporting an equal ways announced however that the number of 14-inch naval rifles, wers i | again under martial law following loyal troops putting down a revolt | on the part of the Fifth Infant:y | regiment | against the Catalina Barracks. by dircet'ng cannon fire | Forty rebels were Kkilled. uprising lasted four hours. The insurgents attempted to storm the Presidential Palace The PRESIDENT IN VIRGIN ISLES EARLY TODAY Receives Great Ovation— Assists iri Tree Plant- | ing Ceremonies ‘ ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, | March 25.—President Hoover landed Ihere this morning coming through a line of boats and decorated floats with flags waving every- where. The President received a great i ovation from a large crowd and’ immediately went to the Governor's House where he reviewed a colorful pa rade. As the President landed, naval guns boomed a salute and ‘he | President’s flag was run up on the Governor's House. After lunching with Gov. Paul Pearson, the President assisted in three planting ceremonies and vis- ited the Colonial Council Cham- bers. OFF FOR HOME ABOARD U. S. S. ARIZONA, March 25—President Hoover sailed aboard this battleship for Norfolk this afternoon after a brief visit in Porto Rico and the Virgin differences on farm relief plans. | hairman Shouse said the “cor- ruption charge is of course a com= plete answer to the criticism of the Hoover record which must be an issue in the campaign for his reelection.” | Hoover Has Failed | Chairman Shouse said it had not occurred to the Democrats that conditions in Chicago were “proof' ROBERT EDESON Roberi Edeson, veteran character actor, d.2d yesterday as a result of heart disease. He had been in ill- health for some time A wager with a producer enabled | Robert Edeson to jump from the positive Hoover had failed in his | Presidency.”” He said it was safer and easler for the Republicans to | talk about New York than explain | that Hoover in his “two years of | failure has left every problem he promised solution for in greater confusion than ever before.” PRSNGSR - R T INDIAN POLICY | | | | | - HIT BY FOSTER boxeoffice to the stage to begin his|Memorial in House Declares career as a character actor in le- gitimate productions and on the screen. Some years later, while still play- ing minor parts, a bit of initiative on his part was the means of start- ing him on the road to stardom. Box Office Clerk Mr. Edeson’s first conn th the theatre was as a box office clerk in the Park Theatre, Brook- lyn, in 1886, then under the direc- tion of Colonel Sinn. The next year when all was in readiness f the initial performance of *“ nation,” an actor in a minor part became 1ill, threatening postpone- ment of the producti Seeking out Colenel Sinn, Young Edeson volunteered to play part but the Colonel had his doubts the | Government Shifting | Burden on Alaska | Attacking the policy of the In= }Lerior Department as one that ‘,"seeks to avoid the responsibility |of a great proportion of its wards,” aboriginal peoples of Alaska, and “to place said burden upon the | Territorial Government,” a memors= lal was introduced in the House | today by Representative Frank H. Foster urging a relaxation in that policy and asking that Federal | appropriations to care for these | wards be increased “to an amount proportionate to‘ the ratio of the Alaska Indian population bears to the total number of such wards of the Government as a whole.” as to the ability of the box office clerk. In an attempt to put off the persistent young man, the pro- ducer suggested a bet of $100 that Edeson could not succeed. The wager was promptly accepted and Edeson did so well that Colonel Sinn was glad to pay him the $100 for his first appearance as an ac- tor. Thereafter, Mr. Edeson became a regular member of the company. continuing in minor parts for sev- eral years until a matinee perform- ance one summer afternoon in Bos- ton. The young actor was in a ARE TO STUDY ESKIMO TEETH Scientists Coming North for United States Pub- lic Health Service Max Pitshmann, E. M. Polley, | airplane will be substituted for a Placed in strategic positions along NSO, J Rare R team schedule effective next the Allied front, and which proved piano accompaniment by Mrs. E. G. | | dog : - inst the G 4 @) October. so effective against the Ge.mans Krause,’ Mrs. Ogrol Beery, ‘Davisy SAYS WITNES e 2 SR olin the final stages of the coiflict. i i e gy ! TODAY’ STOCK [ | This battery, of the larzest rangs School orchestra rounded out a{ s g QUOTATIONS | |guns possessed by tne Allies was _— . —®icalled “America’s answer to the program of unusual excellence. REW TOBE March 2 —Clodng o) Speakers included: Gov. Parks, L. Big Berthas,” which had bombard- i quotation of Alaska Juneau miNe ¢4 paris. Under com:and of Ad- O Hioee, Bietiest L S PR stock today is 9%, American OBD pyi:p) Plunkett, it was destructive e, O WOR Sesetg 0. S0 128, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth-|i5 the morale of the enemy as it House, Senator A. J. Dimond, and| v A Representative H. H. MoCutcheon.l lehem Steel 63%, General MOLOIS wus to the Germars' ammumition ; [46%, Granby Consolidated 20%,|dunps, railway tracks and termi- while Representatives Harry Don-j | International Harvester 55%, nelly and Andrew Nerland added| CHICAGO Ill, March 25—Th2 Ken'lnals. to the gaiety with a good story | trial of Leo Brothers f The bill is a lengthy docufnent and sharply assails the alleged neglect of the Government for Al= aska Indians and quotes Secretary Wilbur in the substantiation of its charge that he seeks to shift the burden to the Territory. % Allotment Is Unfair 3 | For more than a century, it 18 | recited, the Federal Government has followed the policy of aiding | such peoples through reservations, grants of land, assistance in the = purchase of farm machinery and equipment, maintenance of schools | 200 CLAINS ARESTAKED ; Prospectors Rush to Re- | ported Scene of Strike i of Platinum EDMONTON, Alberta, March 25. Leo Brothers Identified as! Seen Running from Murder Scene necott 28, Packard Motors 10, Sim- €00~ | mons Beds 18, Standard Brands‘ For Preparedness Shortly before his retirement { claims at the 1::? w;::ek:dpl:.: Bal ";)ng Stiglied 2298 ’gi"?y" .’].r(lhAZo' Standard Ol of California 4%, from the Navy because of age | o1EvELAND Ohlo, March 25— | cast which he characterized as “le- nd hospitals, aid to the poor and num strike has been reported, on Endorses Central Chamber W‘,‘::re:“mu;erfi:‘ ”c;q'l_mefd’;an‘xayi5“2;“‘1 ’ou of 3No:w .:Iersey ;ivxi February 15,1928, vwhex;lm lw‘n:le Dr. Lester Furnas, Professor in|thargic and showed it.” nemL anr} Lhrotx:lgh lrme:sl :?p::i il i 2 , introduced by Dr.! s Yy | Uni Alrcraft 36%|, U. S. Steel 64 years old, Admiral tv be- éntis Gets New Start priations for other for & 4 Sullivan Creek, 175 miles from here.| Gov. Parks, y 1 brakeman, pointing Brothers out 85| jag \ss-Wright 5, Hudson Bay came conspicuous because of his the School of Dentistry, Western Jef, 2y Doubt is expressed there is any “I tried to pep them up,” he re- Council as the Governor who not|ihe man who ran from the tunnel | accumulation of platinum in the only got a reappointment for a sec-|,iter Lingle had been shot £O%; ACRaenl. Npods. 544, i by ond term, but was civen a Taise in|" wijam: sai1 he hes been om-|CP0 %, 14%, 14%. (Conunuea on Page Two) e district, by Dr. J. A. Allyn, of the University of Alberta. ployed by the States Attorney’s of- | | ‘ o simce e 15 waveling ond (Coanernor Ritchie Is i | Reserve University, today announc- ed his acceptance of an invitation to join the United States Public 7 Health Service’s annual expedition (Continued on Page to the Arctic. He with six other R sclentists will sail on the Coast The Interior Department act for the next fiscal year cars | (Continuea vn Page Six) | Sr S Gold Standard Abolished By Australia; Treasurer of Commonwealth Acting preparedness for Pauc Three) Checker geclgrations for (Continued or lated some years after, speaking of the incident. “Imagine my surprise Four) Lar est Construction St. Louls, Nev York, western 1lli- 4 Guard cutter Northland when the 8 ey T Asked to Be Candidate |k, 2, % tion between the condition of the Eskimo's teeth and their food. Contract in History of U. S. Formally Made SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March/ States with-the President and Ses- 25.—The Six Companies, Inco-jor- Tetary affixing their signatures 10 a $48,890995 contract to construct for President of U. S. BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 25—Gov. Albert C. Ritchie is re- quested to become a candidate for | President on the Democratic ticket Volcano in West Alaska Is Active > HOFFMAN VISITS HERE followed a similar one adopted by the State Legislature, was voted 9| to 6 after considerable debate. The Council is composed of ten Frank Hoffman, former Deputy U. 8. Marshal at Matanuska, vis- ited friends in Juneau this morn- CANBERRA, Aus , March 25. | in the House calling for ab —E. G. Theodore, Commonwealth [Of the statutory gold reserves E.v 0“ ik x"r Aus. | Shipment to London for & Treasurer, declared today that Aus- nt in gold was thus DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, March 25—~An unnamed vol- ated has formally agreed to uud:.- Democrats and eight Republicans, ing while the Northwestern was in the Hoover Dam. The 200-page| cano at the east end of Uni- |in a resolution by the City Coun- i o take the largest construction con-|contract has been returred to Sec-| mak Island is active. No. cas- cil Three of the Councilmen did not!Port. He is returning to his home|tralia is through with the goll} Australian banks hold | «tract in the history of the Uvited |retary of Interior Wilbur. } ualties have been reported. Approval of the resolution, which | vote on the resolution, | accompanied by Mrs. Hoffman. - gstandard jaroduced a bill|in gold, Treasurcr Theodore 8 | s 1 .