The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 1

) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL., No. 5733. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 30, NATION IN ANOTHER F ASSOCIATED PRESS STEAMER HARVARD FAST ON RO 400 PASSENGERS ABOARD, PICKED UP BY CRUISER Famous California Coastal Liner Runs Ashore South of 'Frisco STRANDED NEAR SCENE OF NAVAL TRAGEDY U.S.S. Lm;v—ille Answers SOS and Picks Up Most of Passengers £AN DIEGO, Calif, May 30— The famous coastwise steamer Har- vard was stranded on rocks today 229 miles south of 8an Francisco, and most of its 400 passengers had been picked up by the U. 8. Cruiser Louisville. Information to this ef- fect was received here today from the cruiser by the Eleventh Dis- trict Naval radio station. TheLauisville was proceeding with the rescued passengers toward San | Pedro. few. Details of the accident are Two Vessels Stand By The radio message received here, Obiigations of Citi;enship Are Stressed by Maj. Atkins in Address on Memorial Day Memorial Day, set aside to pay |prayer that He will ever watch homage to the nation’s hero dead, | over those who sleep in eternal “should likewise serve to remind |rest, will grant to them the fullest Americans, one and all, that they measure of celestial happiness. have solemn obligations to perrormi “Memorial Day is indeed a most in the continued life and welfare |solemn occasion. It is tingsd with of the Republic,” declared Maj. L. a compassion and tenderness that E. Atkins, in the Memorial Day | commands from us the strongest CITY BOWS ITS HEAD IN TRIBUTE T0 HEROIC DEAD Exercises are Held in Elks Hall and at Wharf and Cemetery HAREST TO HONOR ILEANA’S !address delivered by him at the community ceremonies at Elks Hall this morning under the auspices of the local American Legion Post. He recounted the origin, purpose and extent of Memorial Day cus- toms, and gave a graphic picture of the work that the American ,‘Legiun is doing in the country | today. | Day of Significance | His address follows in full: “There is one day in the year |that will forever be sacred to the |American people. It is Memorial all others in the year, a day when !Americuns with gratitude in their |hearts, thankful for the blessings jof freedom and democracy that have accrued to them and the na- ition. bow their heads in humility ibefore the tombs of our illustrious ! emotions of reverence. In the ceme- |Only a few have had the privilege Day, a day that stands apart from | |youth, just when life held forth |service were drawing near. !them all we mourn and on Memor- teries of the land thousands upon thousands of great Americans sleep. of fighting on the battlefield for their country and those who died on the field of honor are far less. “But all have served, have helped to build for America and American ideals, have contributed to earthly happiness by having lived. Some, by the grace of God, were permit- | ted to round out their allotted three-score and ten; others passed away before they reached the great hilltop of life, and many were stricken down in the flower of bright promise and their days of For 'ial Day we honor them, we cher- lish their memory just as we honor and cherish the memory of those Juneau bowed her hcad today in, ‘everential tribute to the nation's heroic dead. All business was sus- oended to permit residents of the sity to gather for exercises in commemoration of the gallant sons and the devoted daughters who have made the sacrifice of life on' the altar of their country. i Before an assembly that throng- ed Elks -Hall, Memorial Services were held at 11 o'clock this fore- noon. They were followed by the strewing of flowers on the waters of the harbor in honor of the sailor dead and by the deccration of graves in the cemetery in mem- ory of fallen soldiers. ! An interesting incident of the ex- ercises at Elks Hall was the in- troduction to the audience of J. N. Carver, Juneau's cnly surviving s0i= dier of the great host that marched and fought for the Stars and CKS BETROTHAL soldier dead. Throughout America | who died in patriotic military serv- said two vessels, in addition to the|2nd o Mt S Dk ice. Stripes in the Civil War. Royal Shepard In Charge In the absence of Thomas J. Pet- i i cruiser, had reached the Harvard Deuse today to commemorate the ‘;gallantry of those heroic men who jfought and died, who suffered and |1aid upon the altar of sacrifice the :priceless spark of life for the build- |ing and the preservation of a great which was still on the rocks. The steamships San Anselmo and Mar- sodack, both freighters, are stand- ing by to render any assistance possible. There were about 400 passengers 8nd mighty Republic. aboard the ship which was wedged | “The valor and manliness of those on the rocks near the point who died on the battlefields in the where seven American destroyers service of their country is written were dashed to pleces in 1921 after in the annuals of undying glory running . into the promontory m‘nnd as we visit their graves today a dense fog. jand place thereon the wreath of No Confusion Reported affectionate remembrance, we are No reports of confusion aboard prought face to face with the mag- the Harvard after the stranding pjtude of their sacrifice and the were received. !nobleness of their immortal deeds. The steamer was built in Ches- Memories of our fallen brave are ter, Pa., in 1906. Tt is 376 feet precious and arouse as nothing else long and is rated at 3800 BTOSS cap go all of the sentiment and tons. It is a sister ship of the!ghrecigtion that beats within the vale. It is operated on the San pulse of a grateful people. We Diego-San Francisco run by the A pause and in silence meditate upon Los Angeles Steamship Company. ¢he greatness of their unmatched —————— 26 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, May 30.—Steamer Al- aska sailed at 9 o'clock this morn- ing for Alaska ports with 113 first- class passengers and 30 steerage. The following passengers aboard are booked for Juneau: J. A. Handrahan, Charles M. Gregg,, James Fidah, Mrs. L, Mc- Kechnie, Mrs. Robert Coughlin Mrs. B. Ninnes, Helen Bierman, Mrs. A. Menz, William Schmitz, Earl Sackett and 18 steerage. MONUMENT T0 PROF. PICCARD OBER GURGL, May 30.—With- out speeches and without ceremony, the mountaineers who live in this newly famous corner cf the world, “dedicated” a monument to mark the spot where Prol. August Pic- card and his assistant, Charles Kip- fer .ended the highest flight man ever made. The monument is a seven—!ooc} ‘loyalty and devotion. | Origin of Day | “Since time immemorial mankind has sought in various way to keep alive the memory of those who sacrified their life blood for the common weal. Great monuments have been erected as an expression of gratitude for their victories, to commeigorate their bravery and to preserve the same spirit of service for the inspiration of future gen- erations. But no monolith of alab- aster or of stone however rare, can compare with the beautiful custom we have in America of paying a personal tribute at the shrine of our departed heroes of yesteryear. | “Our observance of Memorial Day had its inception in the sad days immediately following the Civil War when flowers of loving re- membrance were laid on the graves 'of both the Blue and the Gray.! |To a nation so lately divided in internecine warfare this simple act of kindness and understanding of- fered some measure of consolation and from it was born a national desire to have one day set aside each year to pay proper respect ito the memory of those who fell in that conflict. With the onward march of the years the observance has taken on a deeper significance and although we will ever associate Memorial Way with memories of ljocc (itizens and patriots whom we the Blue and Gray, we have gradu- ally come to regard is as a day {to pay homage and tribute to the soldier dead of all wars. Great American Institution “Yet Memorial Day has come to aluminum sphere made of the same, pave an even greater significance material in which the Swiss scl- yn pAmerican life and American cus- entist rose ten miles Into the toms 1t has become a great Am- stratosphere. lerican institution, a day to re- Fought for Principles “So today the American people assemble once again to observe an- other Memorial Day. At the tombs of the war dead we kneel in the full realization that to them we owe a particular debt of gratitude. Words of eulogy, eloguent though they may be, are only feeble ges- tures of acknowledgment. They gave the full strength of their manhood to the cause of righteous- ness; they fought for the principles all Americans cherish and they died for the salvation of the na- tion, that we, the living, might find happiness hnd enjoy the bene- fits of a citizenship established and maintained by the blood of patriots who loved freedom and democracy more than they feared death. “On this day of memories we turn back the pages of the past and from the gloom of eternity we resurrect, in spirit, those gallant and unvanquished warriors who fought so gloriously for America and American ideals. In spirit we see them once again. They are marching across the ramparts of time, swinging along in military sprightliness, heads erect, ever marching onward courageous and unafraid. Across the vale of the years we see a new nation born into the world and we visualize the bitter struggles of our men at Valley Forge, at Saratoga, at Brandywine—fighting for the prin- ciple of freedom they gained with ultimate victory at Yorktown. “A new trail is broken through the vast wilderness of the West| and down through the years our men continue to march for the building of a great empire. We see them at Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh—we are with them at Man- | ila Bay and as' they storm the] heights of San Juan hill. Within, our present generaticn and within| the memory of most of us as-| sembled here today we see them| fighting the battles for freedom; across the seas, advancing hero-| ically through deadly shell fire to achieve victory at Verdun, Soissons and Chateau-Thierry on the West- ern Front. These, my countrymen,! are the great Americans, the peer- honor today, and although they have passed on to their eternal reward they have left behind an undying heritage that will forever inspire future generations and light the way for us to likewise serve. Sacred to Legion “The observance of Memorial Day is especially sacred to those who make up the rank and file of that great organization of World War veterans, The American Legion. It was out of the flaming cauldron of war that the Legion had its birth. Composed of those who served, who experienced the strife and turmoil SHAKES SEWAR of armed conflict, Memorial Day irecalls with startling vividness rich, commander of the Juneau Le- glon Post, Royal Shepard, vice- commander, presided at the exer-| cises in Elks Hall. 1 The program was opened with' the playing of “America,” by the and Archduke Anton of Aust tion led to the romance. Il books, while at the left | Bucharest has started plans for elaborate functions to honor the return of Prince: Assoclated Press Photo lleana of Rumania betrothal recently was announced. A mutual fascination for avia: na Is shown in center in her flying costume. at right among her library a recent portrait of her. 9-YEAR-OLD DESPERADO TO DIE IN CHAR Juneau City Band. The invocation was pronounced by the Rev. C. C. Saunders, past.: of the Presbyterian ‘Church. Im- mediately afterward, Mr .Shepard introduced Mr. Carver. The lat-| ter's hearing is impaired ‘and he, bears the infirmities o6f age. He did | not rise from his chair, but was| enthusiastically applauded by the assembly. | “Christ In Flanders,” a vocal solo,’ was rendered by Brice Howard. Recitations By Miss Jarman “In Flanders Field,” and "Am-{ erica’s Answer’ were recited by Miss Muriel Jarman. ‘ The address of the day, which Sneer; Starts Action; Is Knocked Down MINEOLA, N. Y., May 30.—With Receives Verdict With 'al ENGAGEMENT " OF PRINCESS IS ANNOUNCED [Beatrice, Daughter of Al- fonso, to Wed Son of Don Alfonso FONTAINE BLEAU, France, May included an eloquent exposition of ' the plans and purposes of the Am- erican Leglon, was delivered by Major L. E. Atkins, U. 8. A. The benediction was given by the Rev. William G. LeVassuer, pastor of the Catholic Church. { ‘The exercises were concluded with the “Star Spangled Banner”| played by the City Band. Immediately after the program in the hall, a procession was form- ed by Boy and Girl Scouts, school children, members of the American Legion and the public, and, head- ed by a firing squad led by Frank A. Metcalf, proceeded to the whars of the Pacific Steamship Company. Flowers were strewn on the waters, and taps were sounded by Thomas Redlingshafer. H Prayer By Capt. Lescher Capt. R. B. Lescher of the Salva- tion Army offered a prayer for those whose lives had been lost at sea in their country’s cause. The firing squad discharged three vol- leys. | The procession then went to Evergreen Cemetery. At the Legion Plot there, the Rev. C. E. Rice, dean of Trinity Cathedral, invoked Di- vine blessing. Wreaths were plac- ed on graves. The firing squad against gave a volley salute. Taps were sounded. As the band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” Mr Shepard raised the flag from half- to full-staff, and the formal exer- cises of the day were concluded. CONCILIATION 30.—A representative of former King Alfonso, of Spain, announced today that Princess Beatrice, ajed degree for the slaying of Patrol- |22, daughter of Alfonso, and Don man Frederick Hirsch on the night | Antonio Alvaro de Orleans, son of May 6. The verdict carries the lof Don Alfonso of Orleans, will be death penalty. | married next November or Decem- a sneer; 19-year-old Francis Crow- ley, yesterday heard the jury con- vict him of murder in the first perado, handcuffed by one wrist ond son of Don Alfonso who is the a turmoil. Crowley said he had made a qu od- | taken to the death house in 8ing|ing of evidence and final argu- |Red Top Mine in North British to a deputy sheriff, made a sud- |cx-King’s cousin. den lunge, which the police inrcr-l R - ' i AT £ preted as an attempt to obtain the 'RED TUP MlNE | 1 A Policeman’s fist felled Crow- | GASE EVIDENGE ley but he was on his feet a mo- : ment later screaming with rage and move to Kiss his foster mother, Mrs. gument Made but Judg- Anna Crow!ley, and bid her go bye. I ment Is Reserved by A mandatory sentence to the| . death in the electric chair will be B. C. Jushce Sing Prison. Crowley was cap-|ments in the suit of Baron H. tured after a pitched battle with|Quickstadt for damages agains' police in a Manhattan apartment | John McNeill, of Stewart, B. C., ‘\ | Columbia, was completed yester- . :day, Justice D. A. McDonald reserved T RETIRE judgment, | As he was about to be led from !bcr. She is the eldest daughter of officer’s pistol. battled the officers who finally | AI-L PRESENTED knocked him to the floor again :ind: . imposed Monday by Judge Lewis| house several weeks ago. |and J. J. Connors, of Juneau, Al- The Baron said the men went the court room, the 103-pound des- | Alfonso and Antonio is 21, the sec- The court room was thrown into dragged him into a side room. | Ax J. Smith. Crowley will then hke VICTORIA, B. C., May 30.—Tak- - |aska, over the alleged sale of the back on their deal to sell the mine install- DENVER, Col, May 30—The screen career of Clara Bow I3 near- ing termination and her immediate retirement is contingent upon re- lease of her contract with Para- | BY AMB' EDG mount Plctures, B P. Schulberg, oo managing director of Paramount PARIS, May 30.—A plea for 2 revealed. policy of conciliation, seeking a bet-' Schulberg said Miss Bow has in- ter world of order as a tribute to formed Paramount that she wanted the friendship between France and to quit the movies because of her the United States “twice sealed poor sphysical condition. ldly to revive memories and ven- erate the goodliness of our loved SEWARD, Alaska, May 30.—The heaviest earth tremor felt here in ones who have passed into that great and undiscovered country years shook the city at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night. The tremor last- from which no traveler returns. {Men, women and children every- ed approximately 30 seconds. No damage resulted. —_————— UNDEGOES OPERATION Mrs. Edwin Sutton successfully underwent & surgical operation at st. Ann’s Hospital this morning. where in, America will make P- yopories of those comrades whoj grimages today to the silent cities 44 ot come back, who sleep to-| of the dead to seek out the graves gey on the battleflelds of France of those whom death has taken ynere they fell in the service of | away. Flowers, oceans of them, S0 . mag Leglonnaires, as long as | symbolic of love and life, will be they live, will cherish. and revere .:‘dbfl";"“ "’nf::yb o w“h:“::: the memory of their departed com- | mbs by torn leeding hearts. t at the same time they Many will kneel beside the graves andes, el of their departed loved ones and| i offer up to almighty God a simple l (Continuea 0n_ Pags Two) by the blood of heroes,” was voic- ed today by Ambassador Edge in a Memorial Day ceremony at Sur-, esness, near here. | The American Ambassador urged that the nations approach the prob- lems of peace free from Interna- tional suspicion and unhampered McNeil and Libby cannery at Taku, | oyernead while thous: Iby technical arguments of national and Was brought to Juneau Ves-|Memorial Day observances at Ar- defense. —————— CHINESE DESPERATELY ILL A Chinese, 65 years old, is des- perately ill at St. Ann's Hospital. He is an employee of the Libby, terday on a cannery tender. | for $25,000 after the first | ment of $2,000 had been paid in i 1925. The defendants clalmed the op- tion had expired. OBSERVE DAY, | The National Capital paid another | tribute to her soldier dead despite the threat of afternoon rains. | The Army's Air Armada looked | for no unusual difficulty as it flew nds joined in | lington cemetery. CAPITAL CITY WASHINGTON, D. C., May 30.—| STRONG WIND - DELAYS FLIER ~ FROM FLIGHT |Ash Postp(;; Take-off from Japan; Will Land in Seattle, He Says SAMUSHIRO BEACH, Japan, May 30.—American Aviator Thomas Ash, Jr., decided not to start his non-stop flight to Tacoma, Wash- “ington, today because of adverse winds. Ash had tentatively intended to art between 2 and 4 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, Saturday afternoon, but the villagers agreed with him that the prevailing wind during those hours was cold and |strong. A west wind swepl beach in the morning. Ash said ito take-off in it would be sulcidal i Ash announced that he will land in Seattle. He hopes to win the $25,000 prize offered by business Imen of Seattle for ‘::((\p flight from Tokyo to Seattle. F. E, PORTER - PASSES AWAY Chief TimeI;;:per of Alas-' i ka Railroad Since 1916, Is Dead ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 30— Ernest Emit Porter, Chief T kesper of the Alaska Railroad e 1918, died Thursday as a result of pneumonia. He will be buried this afternoon under the auspices of the Elks. Porter was also a member Masons and a director of the National Bank. Two small dren survive Veteran Tailor Dead John Lind, veteran tallor, found dead here in a room at the rear of his shop, Death was caus- 2d by hemorrhage. 1 of the First 1 the! the first non-| was | EACH CITIZEN * TOPLAY PART I RECOVERY President in Memorial Day Likens Present to Col- onies’ Dark Hour 'RESOURCEFULNESS OF AL IS NEED OF TIME |Executive Warns Against “Rosy Path of Pan- aceas” as Way Out | VALLEY FORGE, Ta., May 30.— | President Hoover today portrayed | the United States as being in the midst of another Valley Forge. He likened the present situation to | that which existed in the darkest hour of the struggling colonies in ! the winter of 1777-78 when Wash= ington’s ill-clad and poorly-fed army was tormented by cold and decimated by disease. | In his Memorial Day address here, which was broadcast through- out the country, the President laid special emphasis on the present economic straits in which the na- tion finds itself, but termed them |only temporary. i Hour of Darkness | The present is the period of dark- iness, he asserted. “The American {people are going through another i Valley Forge at this time,” he sald. “To each and everyone of us, it is an hour of unusual stress and trial |} You have, each of you, your specs. ial cause for anxiety. So, too, have Tho President then expressed the conviction that no one who re- views, the past “can doubt that this, like a score of similar experiences in our history, is but a passing trial.” | Improvement cannot be brought about by patent nostrums or pas- sive waiting. He warned against “the rosy path to every panacea,” as a way out of depression and scouted the claim that the source of all wisdom lies in the Govern- ment. ) ——to—— IMPEACHMENT OF GOVERNOR 1S REPORTED President of Tennessee Senate Offers His Res- ignation; Reasons NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 30.—As a special committee of the House of . Representatives reported im- peachment articles against Gov. Henry H. Horton, Scott Fitzhugh, Speaker of the Senate, who would suceeed the Governor, offered his resignation. Fitzhugh said he offered his res- gnation because “propaganda has been circulated that T am seeking the Governorship to turn the state over to Congressman E. H. Crump, a bitter political opponent of Gov. Horton.” - Handful of Civil War Veterans Observing Today CHICAGO, Ill, May ci.—A handful of Civil War veterans are today active in Memorial Dcy programs over the country. They represent the last guard of upward of half a million Grand Army members. Records indicate that not more than 15,000 veterans of the Civil War are living. Civil War Veteran Happy Today; Joins in Memorial BELOIT, Wis., May 30.—Happi- ‘ | Da y Parade for First Time At the end of hostilities, a “hard ness denied him 60 years ago came | boiled” officer ordered him to get to the age of 84 years he participated in his Memorial Day Parade. Olin ran away from home to .en- list at the outbreak of the, Civil War. He served {United States Cavalry. i C. Olin today when at‘ms baggage and in the Fourth not come back | without it. | Unable to find the baggage, Olin | went home before he was mustered | out. He was classed as a deserter. His status was finally reestab- shed by an Act of Congress. i I