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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5759. “ALL THE. NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AVIATORS WINGING ACROSS ALASKA INTO CANADA FRANCE RAISES TWO POINTS TO HOLIDAY PLANS Both Issues Deal with Un-| conditional Repara- tions of War STATE DEPARTMENT IS MOST OPTIMISTIC United States Will Not Ac- cept Any Compromise Endangering Plan WASHINGTON, D. C, June 30.— Two points have been advanced by France which are need for clarifi- cation before the way will be open- ed for arrangements for a mora- torium, the State Department said. ‘While optimistie, officials insisted the United States will accept no compromise endangering the prin- cipal of President Hoover's plan. The PFrench agreed, in principal, to the war dsbt and reparations| plan. it The two points of difference in- volved unconditional reparations as those principally for actual war de- vastation. France insisted that immediately | the moratorium is ended, Ger- many’s postponed unconditional payments be made availabls for| use by France. | The United States held the money will be funded over several years. The second point is that France wants unconditional payments to| continue to the Bank of Interna-! tional Settlement, resulting m“ credits being parcelled out among the other needy European nations.| The United States said if the| Reichsbank wants all the credit it shonld have it. AMERICA’S STAND WASHINGTON, D. C,, June 30.— Reiteration of America’s stand against any change of President Hoover's plans which departs from the spirit of the plan ceme from Acting Secretary Castle ‘who an- nounced after the Paris conferences that “some technical points are to| be settled but the United States would accept no offer which does not fall completely within the! spirit ‘and purpose of - the Presi- dent’s proposal.” Acting Secretary Castle said that failure to reach an agreement thus| far should not cause undue alarm | for the outcome of the negotia- tions. BELGIUM REPLIES BRUSSELS, June 30.—The Cab-! inet and Council have approved of the Belgian reply to Presldenc; Hoover’s proposal for a war debts and reparations holiday, accepting' the plan in principle and express- | ing hope it will contribute toward overcoming serious difficulties of ' the Belgian Government’s position. | GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED PARIS, June 30. — The French Senate this afternoon sustained the Government’s course on the Hoover plan by a vote of 197 to 51. One, hundred abstained from voting. CONFURENCES CONTINUE PARIS, June 30.—American Sec- retary of Treasury Mellon and American Ambassador Edge con- ferre at length today re-examining every angle of the negotiations and grouping for new light on how to insure an agreement on the Hoo- ver plan. They talked last night with Acting Secretary Castle in ‘Washington. President Hoover, it is under- stood, listened in by a special sys- | tem and this enabled him to inter- Widow Takes Ashes Of Newspaperman Back to Old Home To scatter the ashes of her late husband, Charles Wulff, on the waters of Val- dez Bay, Mrs. Wulff is a passenger on the steamer Aleutian for Valdez, and visited local friends, former Valdez residents, here this morning. She will visit in Valdez for a while before re- turning to her home in San Diego, Calif. Mr. Wulff was at one time a prominent Alaska news- paper man. He was editor of the Miner and Prospector, published at Valdez. He sold his interests and moved to California about 16 years ago. He died suddenly last year from a heart attack at San Diego. It is in compliance with his request that Mrs. Wulff is to deposit the ashes in Valdez Bay. WICKERSHAM COMMISSION ENDS LABORS Dissolution is Accomplish- ed Quietly — Some Work Stifl Remains WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30— President Hoover's National Com- mission of Law Observance and Enforcement, the Wickersham Com- mission, dissolved quietly today. Commission observers had expect- ed a final meeting. Ten reports have been delivered to the Government Printing Office or deposited at the White House. Four reports are still converted. The sum of $20,000 remains to be returned to the treasury of half 'a million dollars appropriated. The temporary commission head- quarters has been established near the White House with Chairman Wickersham and a small staff. Further work is being done. vene in the conservations when he wished. Reach the Limit The Associated Press is informed that the French newspapers are quoting Premier Laval to the ef- fect that France has reached the limit of concessions. He practical- ly made the same statement in last night’s conference with the Ameri- can delegates. Premier Laval said public opin- jon will not permit France to go further, therefore the Government is obliged to stand firm, at the same time remaining cordial and he is convinced an agreement could be reacHed. MRS. HARDING HOME WITH DAUGHTER AND GUESTS FROM EAST Mrs. Justin W. Harding, wife of Judge Harding of the United States district court here, and their daughter, Miss Mary Campbell, ar- rived this afternoon from Seattle on the steamer Princess Louise. They were accompanied by Mrs. ‘Ben J. Mendoza and her Ilittle | daughter Lucy, of Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. Mendoza is a sister of Judge | Harding and Miss Ann Gaynor. She and her daughter will. visit here several weeks. Miss Harding graduated on June 16, from St. Mary's Academy at Los Angeles. Mrs. Harding at- tended the graduation exercises and they have been visiting friends in Austrian Pride Delays Treaty with Holy See VATICAN CITY, Italy, June 30.— National pride and delicate points of international and ecclesiastical law are delaying a concordat be- tween Austria and the Holy See. ‘The Vatican hopes that the pact will end 80 years of intermittent difficulties between the Austrian state and the church. Austria, overwhelmingly Catholic, has always tried to influence the church. The old Austro-Hungarian emperors even claimed a right of veto in the election of the pupe. The Vatican has already signed concordats with those dismember- ed portions of the old empire in Poland, Rumania and Jugoslavia, and a species of concordat with Czechoslovakia. The prime difficul- ty in negotiating a treaty with vm‘ remains of Austria is this: Such a treaty would lay down the relations between church and state in the dioceses within Aus- trian borders. Austria prefers not to do this, because by so doing she would recognize the boundaries which the allies forced upon her. For this same reason Hungary has not concluded a concordat with the Holy See. Another moot point is state roc- ognition of the validity of religious marriage rites. Different sections of Austria have varying laws on this point, but the church hopes to ob- tain a settlement similar to that with Italy where the government agreed that civil marriage was not necessary if a church marriage was performed. : . BUD THURMAN DROWNS WHEN BOAT SWAMPS [hree Companions Reach Shore After Accident in Gastineau Channel Eiwood (Bud) Thurman, 20 years ld, was drowned in Gastineau Channel, opposite the Juneau Dairy, :arly this afternoon, when the row »oat carrying him and three com- »anions swamped, precipitating all nto the water. In his excitement e failed to grasp a side of the werturned craft; he could not iwim, and the rubber hip-boots he vore caused him to sink quickly be- eath the surface. His body has 10t yet been recovered. The drowned man is survived by v widow and a child 18 months ld. He was a brother of Mrs. silligan. Until recently he work- d at the Juneau Lumber Mills. The three young men in the boat vith him at the time of the acci- lent were his cousin Earl Bland, »amuel Ritter and Edward Hedges. Survivor Tells of Tragedy “We had rowed in the skiff to he Douglas side ecarly this morn- ng,” sald Edward Hedges. “We sarted to return to the Juneau iide about 1 o'clock this afternoon. “he tide was on the ebb. We had ‘eached the middle of the channel vhen waves rocked the boat and it lipped water. We yelled for help. The boat soon swamped and then turned over. “I immediately worked to get the »oat completely over so we could srasp its sides. I shouted to 3land to help Ritter get a hold on ‘he boat and Bland did. I also shouted to Thurman to kick off ais boots. I reached for Thurman 15 soon as I could. He was sinking. I just barely touched his bair. He did . not come up after going be- neath the surface the first time. He could not swim. Evidently his boots filled and weighed him down. Row Boat Puts Off “A man in a row boat left the shore in response to our shouts for help, but he could not reach us before Thurman drowned. When the row boat arrived on the scene, [ climbed into it and was dragging Ritter and Bland in when a Mr. Robinson in a gasoline power boat irew alongside. 'We all got into t and were taken ashore.” Persons on shore near the Ju- neau Dairy heard the shouts of help and saw the distressed boat. They telephoned to the Fire De- partment. It responded immedi- ately, taking the inhalator. There was nothnig, however, members of the Fire Department could do in che circumstances. BUSINESS HIT BY STRIKE AT PT. ALEXANDER Fishermen Idle and Busi- ness at Standstill, Says Karl Hansen The trollers’ strike has complete- ly tied up all business and indus- try at Port Alexander, according to Karl Hansen, leading merchant of that community, who visited here yesterday. None of the boats are fishing and the fishermen are idle, he said. Prior to the strike, the trollers were bringing in good fares and from a quantity standpoint the sea- son had been very satisfactory, Low prices kept average carnings down and led to the tle-up of the boats Mr. Hansen applied for and was granted a special permit by the United States Forest Service for ‘he site of the old cannery at Lit- tle Port Walter. This plant was slosed several years ago and dur- ing the past winter, the watchman smployed by the owning company, was taken off. Much of the prop- erty was being destroyed and dissi- pated. It is Mr. Hansen's intention to put on a watchman to protect the property and, if he can make sat- isfactory arrangements with the owners, to salvage such portions as can be used or sold. ——————— Mrs., F. A. Metcalf, Chairman of the Board of Children's Guardians for the FPirst Division, returned home today after a short trip on official business to Idaho. R. F. Lewis, principal owner of the Juneau Water Company and other Juneau property, arrived here today on his annual visit from his home in San Francisco. NONSTOP TRIP PLANNED OVER ALASKA LAND Robbins and Jones to Fly from Seattle to Orient, Refuelling in Air FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30 —The monoplane in which Reg L. Robbins and H. S. Jones plan & flight to Japan via Seattle, Fair- banks and Nome, has been christ- efed Fort Worth, Jimmy Mattern and Nick Green- er will go to Fairbanks, Alaska, with a refuelling ship and later to Nome. Robbins and Jones are ouf. to win the $25,000 prize offered by the Japanese newspaper Ashi for a nonstop flight. ‘They will not try for the Seattle H.|prize of $25,000 because it requires refuelling be made within 50 miles of Seattle and also that the plane be equipped with radio. Robbins declared that it is ims possible to make the hop without refuelling further north. H. 8. Jones, Fort Worth oil man, is Robbins’s navigator. THEY'RE OFF FORT WORTH, Texas, June 380. —Robbins and Jones, bound for Toyko, took off at 4:50 o'clock this morning for Seattle expecting to reach there late today and give the plane a final inspection be- fore starting the flight. It is expected the nonstop flight will take 55 hours by way of Fair= banks and Nome where the plane will be refuelled in the air by another plane flown by Mattern and Greener. Mattern and Greener took off for Bismarck, North Dakota, where they will stop over night, the: ‘Proceed directly to Fairbanks ané await Robbins and Jones. They expect to reach Fairbanks in 15 hours. e ALEUTIAN FROM SEATTLE HERE SEVERALHOURS Steamship Brings 23 Pas- sengers from Puget Sound to Juneau With a large cargo and 221 pas- sengers out of Seattle, the steam- ship Aleutian, Capt. Charles A. Glasscock and Purser R. H. Wil- liams, experienced a pleasant voy- age north, The vessel arrived at Juneau this forenoon and after a stay of several hours departed for Seward. Included in the craft’s freight, mostly general merchandise, was equipment for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. She brought 23 passengers to Ju- neau. They were: C. L. Creelman, J. L. Donohoe, Frederick A. Davidson, Miss Elisa- beth Feusi, Nancy G. Kahn, L. W. Kilburn, R. F. Lewis, W. C. Loftus, Ruth G. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. 8. ‘E. Pope, Irene Peterson, Mrs. Stev- ens, H. Shitanda, Y. Shitanda, Rus- sell Williams, Mrs. T. Wilson, and six steerage. ANDERSON OFF FOR INTERIOR J. P. Anderson, of the Juneau Florists, left today aboard the Aleutian for the Experimental Sta- tion in the Matanuska district to do some special botanical work. He may go to Fairbanks to continue his work at the Experimental Farm in connection with the Alaska Col- lege and School of Mines. Mr. Anderson expects to be ab- sent from Juneau for two months and during this time Harvey Clark experienced horticulturist will be in sharge of the greenhouses of the Juneau Florists. - - eee TWO HOONAH INDIANS DIE AT HOSPITAL HERE Two Indians, both from Hoonal, died today at the Government hos- pital here. ‘They were Peter S. Dalton, 8 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Dalton, and David Charles, aged 38 years, who leaves a widow and eight children. The bodies are at the Charles W. Car- ter Mortuary. The burials will be held at Hoonah. F lying Acrrtr)ss-Aviarska on World Tfip Lk A Wiley Pcst an wround the globe. Their plane is pictured above. left Fairbanks this morning for Edmonton. NO STIMULUS STOCK MARKET TRADING TODAY Down Turn Carried Into Early Hours—Slow Re- covery Generated NEW YORK, June 30.—VYester- day’'s down turn in the stock mar- ket carried into the first hour of trading today and further reces- sions of two to four points were numerous but the selling soon dried up and slow recovery was gen- erated by the bullish demonstra- tion. Bullishness was sustained by in- fowmatipn that Parig’ moratorium negotiations were postponed until tomorrow but the market was left without any stimulus from that quarter. The Interstate Commerce Com- mission’s scheduled hearing on the poinment as many looked for early gPeter Arno ' Loses Wife By Divorce | | | |Lois Long, Writer, Secures Divorce from New York Cartoonist | RENO, Nevada, June 30.—Lois Long, writer and wife of Peter Ar- no, who has figured in the Cornel- ius Vanderbilt, jr., domestic trou- | ;bl’es, it is alleged, has obtained a divorce from the cartoonist on a | cross complaint charging she lived | in “abject terror” of Arno | She alleges Arno was violently abusive on “hundreds of occasions.” — e e—— PROHIBITION - ENFORCEMENT AT IS APPROVED action.. This held rails back. Steel, American Can and others recovered. Issues losing in the first rounds of trading also recovered. | S e DR. DAVIDSON BEGINS THIRD SEASON'SWORK Scientist of Bureau of Fish-| eries Here to Resume Pink Salmon Study | To resume his investigations of | the pink salmon fishery of South-' east Alaska, Dr. Frederick A. David-: son, on the sclentific staff of the| United States Bureau of Fisheries, arrived here today from Seattle where he makes his headquarters | in the recently constructed labora- | tory where the scientific studies! of the Pacific Ocean fisheries will, be centered in the future. Dr. Davidson came here for a Woodcock Says There Is! Now ‘‘Less Irritation | to Innocent” —— | WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30.— ! Looking back over the first year| as Chief Enforcing Officer of Dry Laws, Director Amos W. W.| Woodcock believes the course of | Enforcement is now definitely “on the right track.” Director Woodcock holds Prohibi- tion is being better enforced than at any time in its history and en- forced “with less irritation to ‘the innocent.” The Director has not altered his view of a year ago that Prohibi- tion “should be removed from front pages of the newspapers.” MISS MILLIGAN AND | MR. ROBERT KEATON | WED HERE THIS P. d Harold Gatty are today crossing the North into Canada on their pell moll flight Post and Gatly are pictured in the insort. The aviators SAYS HARTLEY WAS AT PARTY BUT GOT AWAY Washington Governor at Affair Resulting in Arrest of Three TACOMA, Wash,, June 30.—The Rev. Charles MacCauley, Methodist Episcopal pastor, said he would not retract charges he made that Gov R. H. Hartley participated in a party during the last Legislature which resulted in the arrest of three men on liquor charges. Gov. Hartley sent a letter to the pastor describing his remarks were |false and libelous and demanding a retraction. The Rev. MacCauley said the Governor left the party by one 'elevator in the hotel while the| raiding officers arrived by another. The minister said: “I have full substantiation and It will do the Governor no good to hammer the table and get red in the face about it. RATE HEARING SET FOR JULY WASHINGTON, D. C, June 30.— Hearings on the petitions of rail- roads for a 15 per cent freight rate increase has been set by the Inter- state Commerce Commission to start July 15. Only the petitioners and parties supporting the petitions will be heard at the outset. * SEVEN SAIL SOUTH ON PRINCESS CHARLOTTE ‘With 143 passengers aboard from Skagway for southern ports, the Canadian Pacific = teamship Prin- * cois Charlotte, Capt. C. C. Sainty, |arrived here at 5:30 a.m. today and In the presence of a few mu-‘: mate friends, Miss Kathleen Milli- salled for Vancouver at 8 o'clock. Seven passengers boarded the few days' conference with Capt. M. gan today became the bride of Mr, Vessel here, including: E. McClaire, J. O'Connor, assistant agent of the’ Robert S. Keaton. The ceremony (0f Vancouver; Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Bureau of Fisheries. He will Pro-| was performed by Rev. Erling K Saunders, A. B. (Casey) Roff, John ceed to Olive Cove late chis week.|Olafson at the Resurrection Luth- Jacobsen, ‘Mrs. M. Benedict and This is his third season’s work on the pink fishery of the South-| east district. The bureau maintains eran Church. Mrs. Keaton came to Juneau' about nine months ago and has Charles J. Willi, for Seattle. —— e C .C. saunders, pastor of Rev. a field laboratory at Olive Cove been on the nursing staff of St. Northern Light Presbyterian church, where he makes. his headquarters. | His Ann's Hospital. Mr. Keaton has sailed today for Seattle to attend assistant there this season ' lived here for the past seven years, the Northwest Conference of that will be Joe Donovan, brother of most of the time employed at the congregation. He was accompanied Miss Marie Dovovan who was Alaska Juneau mine. He has tak- by Mrs. Saunders and they will be former fiscal agent for the bureau‘en an active part in athletics and absent until the end of July. here and now attached to thelis one of the star pitchers of the — American Legion club in the City laboratory at Seattle. Dr. Davidson will remain in the! field until about the middle of| August. After that time he will) 80 to Hood Canal to observe the first run of marked pink salmon in that district. Fingerlings from the Duckabush hatchery were mark- ed by him in 1929, and should, return to the district this Fall | e TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS | . NEW YORK, sune 30.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 109%, Anaconda Copper 287%, Beth- lehem Steel 507%, Fox Films 19%, General Motors 38, International Harvester 46, Kennecott 20%, Checker Cab 11, 11, 11, Curtiss- Wrlght 3%, Hudson Bay 4%, Pack- ard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California 37%, Standard Oil of New Jersey s 1 | . League. Mr. and Mrs. Keaton will make their home in the Perelle Apart- ments where they are now at hcme to their friends. i Immediately after the ceremony today, the bride and groom were kidnapped by friends, into an automobile are just married,” and adorned with tin cans of various and sundry sizes, and taken for a ride around the business district. e s i ioas VAN MAVERN LEAVES FOR SOUTH ACCOUNT ILL "EALTH‘ Enroute to Seattle to consult specialists, A. Van Mavern, well companied by Mrs. Van Mavern, left here last night. He has been in ill health for some time and, after failing to respond to local 38%, Trans-America 8, United Alr- craft 30%, U. 8. Steel 100%. treatment, was advised to consult specialists. British Sche apparatus POST, GATTY AT SOLOMON, THEN 60 ON Pass Up Nome on Globe Circhng Trip, Land Many Miles Away HOP FOR FAIRBANKS, SPEND NIGHT THERE Take Off Early This Morn- ing for Edmonton— Gatty Hit by Prop | BULLETIN—EDMON- TON, Alberta, June 30. Post and Gatty arrived here this afternoon at 1:35 o'clock Mountain time. | | | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30. —Wiley Post and Harold Gatty lifted their plane into the air at 5:24 o'clock this morning, Pacific Coast time, for Edmon- ton, Alberta, after an all night stop here, Post was at the controls. Due to the heavy load of gasoline, Post was unable to get the plane into the air on | the first trip down the field and taxied back. Post gunned the plane and the ship rolled down the field, rising just before the end of the clearing, with a woodpile only a few feet ahead, circled the field twice, waved, then turned due south. As they were lost to sight they gained altitude and speed. The weather is ideal. Gatty’s arm pained him but he insisted it was all right and will be completely healed in a day or two. A new propellor was installed here. Post and Gatty estimated the flight to Edmonton will take about 10 hours. They will make one more stop, after leav- ing Edmonton, possibly at De- troit. LAND AT SOLOMON NOME, Alaska, Jun 30.—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed at (Continued on rage Eight) LINDBERGHS T0 FLY T0 NORTH Pick Route Along Great Circle for New York to China Flight Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh will not touch at Southeast or interior Alaska points on their forthcoming New York ta China flight, according to official advices just received at the Gov- ernor’s Office from the State De« partment. Only one landing place is defi- nitely fixed, that at Ottawa, Ont., and from there the route lies north and west to Siberia. They plan to follow the great cir- cle route as nearly as possible, de- pending on the availability of sup- plies. From Ottawa they will head for Hudson Bay, landing at some point on the southwest shore, thence to the Arctic Coast and along it following the great circle down along Kamchatka Peninsula, Kurile Islands and to Japan and thence to China. No dates for the flight were men- tioned in the advices received here. me Visions Trip to Top Air Strata LONDON, June 30.—Possibilities impressed of a trip to even greater heights lavishly deco- than Prof. Piccard's balloon achiev- |rated with signs announcing “We ed are being discussed here. Prof. A. M. Low, British scientist, said he had been approached by a man who wished him to design an that would carry its passengers up 50 miles, or five times as high as Piccard's mark. “His idea consists of a man car- rying rocket, complete with oxy- gen equipment and with a para- chute enabling a return to earth” xknown local traveling salesman, ac- g4 Pprofessor Low. “Theoretically the project is feas- ible. Certainly it shows the trend » of human ambition. “There is certain to be a revival of schemes for reaching Mars, the moon, or some other heavenly body. The schemes probably will be wild- ly impracticable, but they may bear some scientific fruit.” Experts at the meteorological of- fice of the air ministry were keen- ly interested in Piccard’s observa- tions, having undertaken balloon altitude experiments for a long time | themselves. “Balloons equipped with self-re- | cording instruments are released at | intervals,” official explained. “They burst when they reach a cer~ tain height. | “The instruments are contained iIn a bamboo framework which | breaks the fall. A red flag is at- itached to attract atfention and a reward is given to the finder of the | instruments, “Observations have been made at 40,000 feet by this method.”