The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1931, Page 1

A ST THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE_ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL., NO. 5677. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THU DAY MARCH 26 1931, MLMBER‘ OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AIRPLANE SERVICE TO JUNEAU STARTS NEXT WEEK ALASKA JUNEAU STOCK GOES UP; NEW YEAR HigH Regular Dividend. to Be‘ Paid During Month of May NEW YORK, March 26.— Following announcement that the regular 10 cent dividend of the Alaska Juneau for the stockholders of record on April 10 will be paid on May 1, the stock today reached a new high for the year at 10%. Other quotations today are as follows: American Can 126%, Anaconda Copper 34%, Betheldem Steel 62%, General Motors 45%, Granby Con- solidated 19, International Harvest- er 54%, Kennecott 26%, Packard Motors 9%, Simmons Beds 18, Stan- dard Brands 19%, Standard Oil of California 44, Standard Oil of New Jersey 44'%, United Aircraft 37%, U. S. Steel 145%, Curtiss - Wright 47, Hudson Bay 5%, General Foods 54%, Checker Cab 14%, 14 14%. | —.—— ENFORCEMENT LAW REPEALED | IN ILLINOIS gg77LE BOARD Senate and House Pass MOVES IN CITY Upon Question—Bill | Up to Governor 1 SPRINGF'IELD I, March 26—, The State Senate by a vote of 26 to 24 passed a bill repealing the state’s Prohibition enforcement along the lloodad nrnta. LIGHT TROUBLE ke Ttch Powder Applied by Secretary George Roberge| laws. The House has already passed the bill which now goes to Gov.| Is Temporary Louis L. Emmerson. He has not| Supel‘inlendenl indicated what action he will take. | - eo*-— —— LONG SOUGHT FOR GANESTER UNDER ARREST Rewards for Man Total $90,000—Wanted for SEATTLE, March 26. — George | Roberge. Secretary of the Board of | Public Works, today took charge of | the City Light Department as tem- | porary Superintendent pending i agreement between Mayor Frank ‘Edwurds and the City Council upon | a successor to J. D. Ross, recently dismissed. The appointment of Roberge was lof a rule by the Board of Public ' Works providing that whenever any position on the Board, which is ,made up of city department heads, \becomes vacant for more than 15 | days, the Secretary of the Murders, Robberies ST." JOSEPH, Mo.,, March 26— Detectives have arrested a man near here whom they have identi- fied through finger prints at Fred Burke, long sought Chicago gang- ster with rewards totalling $90,000 offered for his capture. Charges are against Burke for a dozen alleged murders and robber- ies. It is said the robberies have totaled nearly $1,000,000. $72.000 WORTH OF FURS SOL Monthly Sale in Tacoma Is Well Attended— Prices Lower Fur buyers of the United States and Canada spent $72,000 at the monthly fur sale of the West Coast Fur Sales, Incorporated. Alaska catches of mink and red fox were the most popular but prices were slightly lower than a month ago. ! the |term of office expires at the end (of the current month, yesterday TACOMA, Wash, March 26— | takes charge. Ross was dismissed on March 9. The Mayor has sent in two nom- inations for the position of Super- intendent but they have been tabled by the Council which has said only Ross’s name will be considered. Mayor Edwards said he would continue sending names of en- gineers for the post to the Coun- cil at 10-day intervals. If the Mayor fails to have a nomination ready within 10 days after each Councilmanic rejection, the Coun- cil could appoint r. successor. WINN IS CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL BOARD; HAS NO OPPOSITION Grover ' C. Winn, Treasurer of local School Board, whose filed his declaration of candidacy for re-election. He is the only candidate for the Board. Mr. Winn s just rounding out ,his sixth two-year term on the Board. He is an alumnlis of the local High School and is its only graduate ever to serve on the ' board. Native B. C. Medicine Men Convicted of Witchcraft; Sentence Given, Suspended SMITHERS, B. C., March 26— the throat of Tyee and David Fran- Two native medicine mens Alex | ¢ls had blown it away. Tyee and Donald Grey, convicted of practising witcheraft, have been given one year each, suspended sentence, by Judge F.- B. Young. ‘Tyee is more than 80 years of age. The defense showed Gray claimed H2 had taken a spirit bear out of Corporal M. T. Berger and Con- stable A. T. Rivett, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, explained seeing the ceremony in the village of Hagwilget, through the windows of Francis's house. The ceremony has been in use | Property damage estimated In ths mililons was left In the wake of the storm which lashed the northeast coast. Pictures of Revere, suburb of Boston, shown here, show results of the extreme high tide which was responsible for the greater part of the destruction. Wrecked houses shown above are all that remain of a once thickly settled summer colony. Below; N ude Women Sit on Fence, HeraldSpring Police When “Dress” Order Unheeded NELSON, B. C, March 26— Seven Doukhobor women of the radical “Sons of Freedom,” sat sunning themselves, nude, on a fence near Thrum, stating Spring had come. The Police ordered the women to seek shelter and put on clothes but the order was not heeded, hence the police “dusted the Douk- hobor women with itch powder.” The males bethought themselves made possible through the adoption|2f a garden hose and used it on| ‘he police and women. e (AUSTRO-GERMAN . GUSTBMS PACT CAUSES PROBE United States to Study Is- sue Involved—Brit- ish Viewpoint WASHINGTON, . C, March 26. —The State Department is determ-, ining whether American manufact- urers and exporters need protection under the proposed German-Austria | agreement whereby the two coun- tries interchange goods, customs free. Secretary of State Stimson de-| clined to forecast an official atti- tude until the. facts involved are scrutinized. interested in the economic aspects.| Under the existing commercial treaty, America is allowed as low rates as any other nation on im-| ports into Germany but a similar treaty with Austria has not been ratified by that nation. The United States movement is expected to be only for protection ! of its exporters. Until the study| is completed, America will remain silent. BRITISH ATTITUDE PARIS, March 26—Arthur Hen-| derson, British Foreign Minister, said Great Britain has proposed that the entire question as to whether the Austro-German Cus- toms Treaty violated the Geneva protocol be put up to the Council of the League of Nations. . — .- - TAKING PRISONERS SOUTH Jim Hayden, one of the oldest peace officers in the interior, is a passenger aboard the Alameda, in charge of prisoners for southern for time immemorial by the tribes.) institutions, DESTRUCTION LEFT IN WAKE ¢ OE 'ATLANTIC STORM b Associated Press Photo | registered this year. 1350 names on the books. | Open at Night | The registration lists will remain ,cp’n until Saturday, April 4. For |the accommodation of day work- .ers, City Clerk H. R. Shepard will keep his office open for registra- tion until 9 o'clock Thursday, Fri- | |day and Saturday nights of next | week, At the noon luncheon meeting ‘of the Chamber of Commerce tc- Territorial Senator Aller Boatmen removing marooned householders COMMITTEE T0 SAIL SATURDAY Twelve Out of 23 Legisla-, {Filings Close Without Ad- he | i thres . Gum‘ar Blomgren, !The term of councilman is . Years. ON SITKA TRIP 5. oy Shattuck, of Juneau, suggested a JUI]S(]N ISONLY | | CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF CITY ditions to Those Made Last Monday Mayor Thomas B. Judson is th only candidate for the office th has occupied for four term for filing candidacies f pal positions to be filled « the election Tuesday, April 7, pired at 5 o'clock lasi nig an none except him made a declar ation of candidacy for the mayor alty. That he will be | amain to succeed himself is virtu ally certain. For the three councilmanic po- sitions, there were no filings in ad- i.n to those made last Monday There are four aspiranis for th2| places. Mayor Heads Citizen's Ticket with the are three council ca. E. Krause, incumbent; and John B.{ ) On the Citizen's Ticket VLL}\‘ tha | Green. The fourth councilmanic candi- | date is D. M. Bothwell, incumbent. The term of Mayor is onc year. two! Citizens to be eligible to vote at the approaching election must have | There are| change in the law that would pro- |vide for permanent registration, thus doing away with annually re- | current registrations on the part VALERIE FRENCH TO WED BARON W‘m AR AN Associated Press Photo Valerie French, granddaughter of the late Field Marshal Sir John “rench, was reported in London Brougham and Vaux who Is the fourth baron of his title. In 1926 Miss French's engagement to Henry Bradley Martin of New York was an- nounced but the marriage failed to materializa L | | ‘ | as intending soon to marry Lord TENMIS COURTS T0 BE IMPROVED WITHOUT DELAY. Photogr;}; of Land in! Front of Capitol Want- NEW CHARGES ~ MADE AGAINST .. GOV.HARTLEY, Attorney Genera\ Dunbar TWO ROUND TRIPS ARE TO MADE WEEKLY First Plane “Leaves Seattle Next Tuesday for Capital SPEED 1S INCREASED TO 120 MILES HOUR Five Calls A_r*-elo Be Made on Southeast Al- aska Route SEATTLE, March 26.—The semi-weekly airplane passen- ‘ger service is to be resumed next Tuesday by the Alaska- Washington Airways. Robert Ellis will take the first plane out of Lake Union at 8 o’clock Tuesday morn- ing and thereafter planes will |leave Tuesdays and Fridays {fcr Southeast Alaska, return- | ing Sundays and Thursdays. The speed of the planes have been increased from 100 to 120 miles an hour. Planes are scheduled to reach Ket- chikan within five hours in- stead of six hours. Ports of call on the route are Ketchikan, Wrangell, Pet- ersburg, Douglas and Juneau. HOOVER IS NOW. ON WAY HOME; Presents New Phases,’ IN HEAVY SEAS AR m tors on Committee to ‘of the permanent residents of a Inspect Home Twelve out of 23 members of the Legislature were named today on a joint committee to make the ennial inspection of the Pionee e at Sitka. The committee will use three small gasboats to make the trip which will last two days.| The party is scheduled to leave, here early Saturday afternoon on the patrol ship Seal, Alaska Game.| Commission, and the Fisheries’ Jvesscls, Widgeon and Kittiwake. It )Xs due to return Monday after- l’ersonnel of Committee i President Hess of the Senate bi-! 1t:ommunl!.y The proposal was re- ferred by Dr. W, W. Council, Pres- ident of the Chamber, to its Legis- latve Committee. Blizzard*— Is Raging In South Rocky Mountain and Near- by Sections Covered with Snow—TIt's Cold ed in Washington Improvements will be made at once to the tennis courts at Fourtn and Seward Streets, reported J. J Connors, chairman of the civic improvement committee of the Chamber of Commerce, at today's| noon luncheon of the Chamber. The recregtion place will be sub- jected to cartenter’s repairs, paint- ed and then supplied with suitable equipment for play. The work will be done by the School Board, which is interested in maintair the property because of its amus ment advantages to school chil- dren. Land Photographs Wanted Photographs of the property on Loan Assn. Probe OLYMPIA, Wash., March 26— Attorney General Dunbar said he is willing to act for the receiver| of the Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association of Seattle despite the veto of Gov. R. H. Hartley of the $15,000 to defray legal expenses in connection with liquidation of the institution. The Attorney weneral accused Gov. Harley of attempting to pre- vent exposure of a transaction whereby Jay Thomas, State Printer and chief Hartley political advisor, received $1,800 from the institu- tion. | s T ttorney General also said the Governor received free use of Battleship Arizona Expect- ed to Reach Norfolk Next Sunday ABOARD U. S. 8. ARIZONA, March 26. — President Hoover is resting as the battleship plows through the rolling sea homeward. The President said he enjoyed every minute of his trip to the Caribbean territory. The ship pitched night in swells. Weather reports indicated rough seas off the Carolina coast. The Arizona is expected to reach through the The United States is| DENVER, Col, M:\rch 26.—A blizzard, believed to be the last of the season, today struck the Rocky west Montana, |and Speaker Winn of the House | will head the delegations from the two branches. In the Senate party | will be Senators Hess, Bragaw, Mountain section, Sundquist and Benjamin. Headed southern Idaho and Utah sending by Mr. Winn, the House delegation the thermometer to sub-zero tem- .wxll include: Representatives Bro- peratures. The fall of snow is sius, Foster, Nerland, Donnelly, heavy. Hellerich, Allyn and Johnson of Snow reached Alberta and Sas- | Ketchikan. katchewan. One House bill and two of the‘\ From two to three inches of snow Senate were passed this morning fell at Boise, Idaho, and there is ’by the House, and the Senate 14 inches in the Blue Mountains, | passed two of its own and one, Eastern Oregon. | House bill. One new measure was | ———.————— | introduced in each branch. Passes Municipal Bill au-| | thorzing municipalities to sell or| MURDER TRlAL A measure, by Mr. Brosius, | lease municipal property not need- HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 26. ed for public uses, was passed by {—The Defense has rested in the the House after a minor amend- | ment had been made. Such dis- Nelson C. Bowles and Irma Loucks icase. A group of prominent Port- position of public property, how- ever, can only be made after ap-| roval at a special election by 2 B o voters of ymellnnd physicians were on the stand for the defense each indicating thzl; opinion was that Mrs. Bowles tool k her own life. " e A RS | majority of the community. Senate Bill No. 2, Mr. Hess, re-, | pealing certain sections of | compiled laws relative to limited | | partnerships, and No, 3, Mr. Hess,| Not (‘ommg to relative to suit on contracts by| foreign corporations not filed in|Alaska; Slips | the Territory, were also passed “"Alld Breaks Leg | the House. Mr. Foster's memorial urging the | stationing of a Coast Guard cuz-i ter in western Alaskan waters, passed its second reading. Mr. Ziegler introduced a meas- {ure providing for liens’ for mak- ing, altering or repairing chattels. BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 26—E. G. Usab, of Portland, won't go to Alaska for his fifth season in the canneries. He slipped and fell as he was boarding the steamer North This seeks to provide for labor erl:k'e y;"‘l::“yl“::";"x: “";l‘: i . lens for work done on Personali opg, eagreg for Tkatan for the property. Compliaton Bill Passed A measure authorizing the Gov- ernor to have prepared a comp! tion of all the laws of Alaska, in-| cluding the Compiled Laws, for| submission to the next Legislature ! ifor publication, and carrying an| NEW YORK, March 26—Direc- appropriation of $12,000 to derr:xylm of Anaconda Copper today| legal expeses, was passed by the placed stock on a $1.50 annual Senate. Senator Dimond’s bill basis against $250 previously and - declared a gquarterly dividend of (Continued ou Page Two) 371 cefits a share, Pacific American Fuheflcs. — .- 'Stock of Anaconda Copper on New Basis ™" Fourth Avenue in front of the Federal and Territorial desired for park purposes, are wanted by Delegate in Congress James Wickersham together with a plot of the land, showing lots. He expects to use the pictures and the, map to impress on authorities in Washington, D. C., the need of government ownership of the ground in order to make the Capi- tol's environment attractive in ap- pearance. H. L. Faulkner, chairman of the special committee of the Cham-‘ ber of Commerce to urge the gov- ernment to buy the property, re- ported at today’s luncheon the re- ceipt of the communication from Delegate Wickersham and said compliance would be made with| the latter's request. Highway Cooperation « Secretary G. H. Walmsley forth that the United States Cham- ber of Commerce executive com- mittee at its meéting this month | would consider the Juneau Cham- | ber’s request for cooperation in the -plan for federal government support of the International High- way. ted to the United States Chamber if the executive committee regards the matter as suitable for consid- eration. The Juneau Chamber has pre- set sented copies of the Constitution| of the United States and the Declaration of Independence to the high school and will present simi- | lar copies to the Catholic Paroch-‘ ial school. Letters have been sent to the, | Portland and Los Angeles Cham-| | bers of Commerce inviting them ‘o | | organize excursions of their mem- | bers to Southeast Alaska next sum- Yakutat Is Energetic The forty whle residents of | Yakutat have decided to organize a Chamber of Commerce, and at their request copies of the consti- tution and by-laws of the Ju- (Continued on Pag-c Four) Building, \ The subject will be submit- | Norfolk on Sunday. IS GUILTY OF SELLING BEER T0 STUDENTS Admits Taith. of Charge— Had = to Support Disabled Sister PLAN BERLIN-ROME ROUTE SEATTLE, March 26—Miss Jose- 1 phine Brown, aged 20 years, has BERLIN, March 26—Beginning been fined $200 and given a sus- this spring a new air route from pended 60 day sentence after she Berlin to Rome will be inaugurated entered a plea of guilty to the by the German Lufthansa. The charge of selling beer to students, route, by way of Munich and Mi- Miss Brown said she did this to lano, will be covered in ten hours support a disabled sister in a hos- as ngaiml 32 b) train. pital. Cab Drwer Wins | Unpaid-for Car i By High Finance the KJR radio station for his cam- paign speeches and further said this broadcasting station was un- lawfully financed by the Puget Sound Savings and L A3 tion which fact was known or| should have been known to the| Supervisor of the savings and loans ' associations. He further said the| Supervisor, appointee of the Gover-| nor, had made no examination of the affairs of the Seattle | ER associa- | tion during the past six years and the public may judge the “why as to the reasons for failure to | make an inspection.” f .- | | | | been no real sale—only a rental contract—would not go at all. Who, the judge asked would be so fool- ish as to rent a car for the regulas PANAMA CITY, March 26.—Ma- irio Alvarado has proved himself & ‘nnancinl wizard among taxi driv- ers. He bought an automobile, could |sale price? not pay for it, still has the car and | Next the court called in apprais- ers to consider Alvarado’s claim for $10 a day ‘while he was de- prived of the use of his means of livelihood. They finally settled on {the agency must pay him. Last May Alvarado selected a new sedan for $2,240. He paid $400 |down and traded in an old bus|ies 5 day for 260 days—a total of for $360. He paid two later install- | g1 300—for the company to pay the ments for $125 and $85, then fell | griver. The court further ordered into arrears. | that the car be returned to Al- The selling agents took the car |varado. and Alvarado haled them into| Hence tne taxi man’s enforced He won a complete victory. | idleness of nearly u'ed. | more than paid the balance on the having | purchase price. court. In the first place t 'the old gag obout nine months. Sigine