The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1931, Page 1

¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AEL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL., NO. 5799. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1931. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS - LINDBERGHS STAY CAUSES SESSION OF LEGISLATURE Committee Inves tigating Gotham Affairs Wants More Power DATE OF CONVENING FIXED AT AUGUST 25 Report to Governor Says Beneficiaries of Graft Hamper Inquiry NEW YORK, Aug. 17. — New York's Legislature has been called into special session by Gov. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, The call was is- sued by the executive late Satur- day afternoon and the time set for the convening of the lawmakers is August 25. The purpose of the extra session, as announced by the Governor, is to afford legislators an oppor- tunity to consider giving more power to the committee appointed at the last session of the Legis- lature to investigate the govern- Mahatma Gandhi’s refusal to leave India with the delegation of NEw YORK CITY |Mauatma mé}rpoms SETTLEMENT WORKER ment of New York City. In a report to the Governor, the residents of that country for London to attend a round-table confer- ence there with British officials is sure to prove a disappointment to Miss Muriel Lester, who conducts Kingsley Hall, a social settlement committee said that it could not get to the bottom of “the vicious, corrupt system” unless the com- mittee’s powers were enlarged. The committee declared that the bene- ficiaries of corruption in New York City had thrown every obstacle in the poverty stricken East End of England's capital. when Gandhi was considering going to London to attend the confer- ecnce, he accepted an invitation sent him by Miss Lester to stay at| | Kingsley Hall while he would be in London. and Miss Lestet are shown in the above illustration. Some time ago, Gandhi, Kingsley Hall possible in the path of the investi- gators. CONTRACT LET FOR $1,000,000 DAMATCLEELUM INDIA'S ENVOYS 60 TO/LONDON Viceroy Denies British Of- ficials Have Broken Delhi Pact Federal Projects BOMBAY, India, Aug. 17.—Twen- oA i ty-seven delegates, representing In- WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 17— | dia, sailed from Bombay for Eng- Contract for construction of the;lam Saturday to attend a round- power and irrigation dam at Cle taple conferdnce on Indian affairs Elum, Wash,, to cost $1,300,000, has | with British: officials in London. been awardted l;y ttk;e U?ifxsm'fz:’l‘he departing del;agatles Ireu m:e- Department o e Interior pressed over jthe refusal of Mahat~ Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, ma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist Minn. In awarding the conntact,lmadé,. to acéompany them. the federal government outilned the| Gandht went to his retreat st Policy that Wi P" | Ahmedabad with the announcement erating the project after its cOm- %50 ns would stay there “until the loton, government puts me into prison.” The announcement of the federal government settles a long dispute | Gandhi refused to go to London - because, he declared, the British }z:;:)e:n Boh o e , government's ‘representatives in In- The state objected to imposmg‘d“‘ had violated the Delhi pact on the CleElum project financial bY compelling peasants to pay obligations of any other projects, taxes under duress. so the CleElum power rates could | Lord Willington, Viceroy of In- not be kept comparatively low. dia, Saturddy ‘issued a .statement The federal government has de- denying the Delhi pact had been cided that revenue derived from the ) violated. : & sale of CleElum power, after pay- | ing operation and maintenance ex- | penses, shall be applied first, to| the cost of construction of the| CleElum project; second, to the cost of the Moxee Valley power plant, in the state of Washington, and third, to the deficit in the cost of constructing the Yakima project in the state of Washington. Both Political Parties Begiri to Formulate Their Plans % for Next National Campaig - GIRL NEEDS $25 WEEKLY NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—No matter* what | the movies or novels say about New York, unless a girl ¢an earn '$25 a week she should stay back home and live with the fam- ily, says the welfare council. By SCOTT C. BONE Former Governor of Alaska chairmanship. Robert Lucas, Ken- tuckian, executive director, is man- aging the preliminaries, with Sim- eon D. Fess, venerable Ohio senator, /the niominal head, who desires to 'be relieved. § The two great political parties are just begining to formulate plans for the 1932 national cam- paign. For the moment, they are waiting on issues. They will avoid a contest over prohibition, if they WITHOUT GANDH ‘Boats Are First of Six of NEW ZEALAND FLIERHURT IN ‘GRASH IN JAPAN S. C. Chidester, Routed via Aleutians, Seriously Injured . TOKYO, Aug. 17. — Misfortune has ended the effort of C. C. Chi- dester, New Zealand aviator, to blaze a new air route to England by way of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, .His plane crashed Sat- urday near Katsuura in Waka- yama Perfecture, Japan. - He suf- fered serious internal injuries, - e TWO BIG SHIPS ARE CHRISTENED BY MRS, HOOVER United Fruit to Cost $21,000,000 NEWPCRT, NEWS, Va., Aug. 17. —Mrs. Herbert . Hoover Saturday {afternoon christened the steamships |Tdlamanca and Sevogia. One hour apart, they went down adjacent ways. The vessels are the first two of a fleet of six that the United Pruit Company is going to {have built at a cost of $21,000,000. e o PLANE TO ELY SOUTH TUESDAY The seaplane Wrangell, Pilot Anseel C, Eckmann, arrived from Ketchikan at 10 o'clock this morn- ing to take care of Juneau busi- ness until the seaplane Petersburg |returns from - Yakutat. The Wrangell left for Taku at noon today with Lee Smith, Jack Metzgar and E. Fremming, who dre to remain there for about a week can. The Democrats have an initial advantage in organization. ' They have a chairman in John Jacob Raskob, who, if not acceptablé to all elements, nevertheless, is an aggressive Jeader and can command funds for the battle. To his genius is ascribed to some extent the vast gains made in the off year struggle of 1930, when the Republican maj- ority in congress was practically wiped out. His publicity depart- ment, equipped and maintained out of his private purse, was most effective and contrived to keep the majority on the defensive. Pre- liminary to the big combat, he is engaged in wiping out the deficit hanging over from the Smith- Hoover campaign. The Republic- ans are still undecided as to their | ful game. Millions are expended scheduled to be back foday 1t in a somewhat helter-skelter fash-|eXpects ihs ning. ion. The weakness of party organ- |MOTTOW mor ization is that it is not continuous. b el SRR Fruiea a1t sue > pees PRINCE GEORGE OUT cveryihing st : FOR SOUTH SUNDAY everything ' starts. anew when the next quadrennial contest arrives.: ingularly, * 'mocratic party t-hglwh outyoln;eog. has beenpazhe The Canadian National Lines more militant in recent years. Re- |steamship Prince George, Capt. N. publican insurgency has contribut- MacLean and - Purser Bert Robe- ed to this end and obviously handi- son, arrived in port at 1:30 am. capped the G. O. P. Norris, La Sunday from Skagway with a light Follette and a willful group of [list of passengers. It sailed from obstructive - senators, - have been here for Vancouver at 3 a.m. conspicuously in the saddle. Not' Only one passenger boarded the WALCOTT URGES NATIONAL PARK AT GLAGIER BAY east Alaska, Says Sen- ator Promising Aid GAME COMMISSION OF TERRITORYCOMMENDED North Does in 30 Years What New England Ngeded 100 For Creation of a national park Southeast | ‘Alaska is viewed favor by Senator Frederick Walcott, Connecticutt, Republican, who left here Sunday morning for the States after having spent six weeks in the Territory. The ideal site, in his opinion, is in the Glacier Bay region and westerly from there. In an inter- view given The Empire Saturday afternoon, Senator Walcott review- ed his impressions of the wild life resources of the Territory and other matters studied by him dur- ing his tour. i Is Favorably Impressed “We have considered the desira- bility of a national park in South- east Alaska, and believe one should be created,” he said and added: “We see great possibilities in this con- nection in the Glacier Bay section, the Fairweather and St. Ellas mountain ranges. We believe that all of the departments of the Gov- ernment interested can get back of this proposal.” Such a park, he pointed out would serve a number of purposes. It would constitute a reservoir of wild life, give another big sanc- tuary for the Alaska brown bear, and with its glaciers, great méiit- ains and other natural phenomena would act as a magnet to attract many thousands of tourists to the northland. Brown Bear Protection As a member of the Special Senate Committee on Wild Life Conservation, Senator Walcott. said he, Senator Peter Norbeck, :who was with him most of the trip, and Carl Shoemaker, Secretary of the committee, had given special attention to the question of brown bear, its status generally and whether or not the species is be- coming depleted. Generally, he said, they agreed that the species is not in danger of extermination. Kodiak Island, he said could easily be over-hunted. [There, and on the Alaska Peninsula, the Committee was informed that the numbers had not been reduced in the past five or more years. In other sections such as South- east Alaska, no apparent shortage was found, and information was given the Committee that the ani- mals were unusually plentiful in some districts. Is Of Great Value The brown bear, said Senator Walcott, is valuable to Alaska for two reasons. It is the world’s larg- est carnivorous animal, and is unique from a scientific standpoint. Tt constitutes Alaska’s biggest at- traction for big game hunters, and brings considerable revenue to the Territory each year, Its extermination would be a disaster scientifically, and a blow to the Territory, itself, from a financial standpoint, he pointed out. It is, therfore, entitled to protection to insure the perpetuity of the species for the sake of science, and in numbers adequate to maintain big game hunting on a substantial scale. Finds Commission Sane He unreservedly commended the Alaska Game Commission for its policy of affording this sort of protection. “Of course, the Senate Committee does not have anything to do with the regulation of game animals, in Alaska”:hé said. “The Alaskd Game Commission {s charg- ed by law with this duty, and is performing it sanely and well. “It has some problems to solve in which we hope to assist it. But its policy of permitting as much utilization of all game and fur- bearing animals as is consistart with the preservation and main- (Continued on Page Two) DOCTOR FLIES T0 PEST ZONE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 15— Health Officer Sutherland left for McGrath by afrplane Saturday to investigate the report of an out- until the President made his In- steamer here — Julius ‘Seguin for (Continued' on Page Four) ‘Prince Rupert. - break of smallpox 40 miles from there, Most Logical—Site n South-‘ & KARAGINSR = > PETROPAVLOVSH < Progress of flight of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife on their air trip to Japan is shown by dotted lines. TALLAPOOS A Stocks Stump ~ WOMAN TO TRY JUDGE SAID TO FAVOR ACCUSED Prosecutor Objects to! Presence of President of Court Martial Earlyandthen Come Up Some Recoveries in Midday Do Not Equal Losses Re- TOKYQ - SEATTLE DIRECT FLIGHT Juanita Burns to Go to corded in Forenoon Japan by Steamship | NEW YORK, Aug. 17—On the SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—At the court martial trial of Lieut. James A. Hirschfield of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa, ac- cused of having failed to report drunkehness on the part of fellow officers, charges of prejudice have been preferred against Capt. Eu- gene Blake, Jr, San Francisco, of the Coast Guard Service, president of the court. The complaint was lodged during the course of the trial S8aturday by Commander F. W. Towle, San Francisco, of the Coast Guard Service, who is acting as prosecuting attornéy at the pro- ceedings. What Caused Objection The action of the President of the court, to which the prosecutor took exception, occurred when Lieut. Carl G. Bowman of the Tallapoosa was on the witness stand. He is to be tried later on the charge of drunkenness and is one of the of- ficers whose misconduct Lieut. Hirschfield is accused of having failed to report. Lieut. Bowman had testified that “beer could be smelled all over the ship” when the craft was at Kodiak and he was being questioned further by Commander Towle concerning the use of ins toxicating. liquor by officers of the vessel, wlien Capt. Blake interposed with the ‘statement to the witness that he need not answer any ques- tion if the answer would tend to incriminate him, Prejudice Is Charged Commander Towle thereupon de- clared that Capt. Burke's statement and attitude had tended to preju- dice the four other members of the court against the prosecution’s case and the Commander formally ob- Jected to Capt, Blake's continued presence as a member of the court martial,. Capt. Blake and his four asso- clates of the court, were inclined Saturday to overrule the prose- cutor’s objection, but, instead, the court adjourned until today to give the prosecutor opportunity to pre- sent in detail reasons in support of his objection. Immediately after adjournment Saturday, John J. Sullivan, Seattle attorney, who is Lieut. Hirschfield's defense counsel, characterized the prosecutor’s objection as ridicu- lous and suggested that “Towle and Blake hold a peace confer- ence.” Today the court martial over- ruled the objection of Commander Towle and held that Capt. Blake was competent to continue as Presi- dent of the court. 6LIDER INJURES “TEN ON GROUND WYLUSING, Pa., Aug. 17.—Ten persons on the ground were injured, five seriously, when a glider air- craft, operated by Capt. Fred A. Pippig, of New York, an aviator with the German Army during the World War, was caught in a down- ‘vard air cwrent and crashed to sarth. Pipping was slightly injured. He was arrested and was held on ‘harges of aggravated assault and hattery. o —— TO REDUCE ATMOSPHERICS LENINGRAD.— The laboratory lirected by the Academician Man- lelstamm and Professor Papalessi ieports it has developed radio ‘quipment which tends to reduce or JAiminate atmospheric discharges. New York Stock Exchange prices fell with leaden heaviness in the early trading today. Causes for the decline were the absence of any impressive signs of seasonal trade recovery and the suspension of four banks in Toledo, Ohio. The reaction this forenoon was the sev- erest since the United States Steel Corporation cut its dividend last June. The forenoon losses were mod- erately reduced by midday im- provement, Case and Allled Chemical drop- ped five' and six points in_ti forenoon, “But recovered ‘two three points in the midday rise. Ameriean Telephone, American Can, Southern Pacific, New York Cen- tral, Woolworth, Sears Roebuck, General Electric and Autolite de- clined two to four points, ———— .. L] | TODAY’S STOCK | | QUOTATIONS | . . NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Closing ery Soon LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 17— Juanita Burns, ‘Los Angeles avi- atrix, announced today that within a month she would attempt a non- stop solo flight from Tokyo to Ee- attle. ‘She declared that she would go from the United States to Japan by steamship and that she soon would sail for oriental country, SOURDOUGHS OF NORTH HEADED * BY FRANK LOWE ‘Stampede Association ! Plans to Unite Pioneer Organizations quotations today on the New York} PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 17— Stock Exchange were: Alaska Ju- Frank Lowe of Vancouver, B. C., neau 17%, American Can 93%, Ana- was elected president of the Alaska- conda Copper 24%, Bethlehem Steel Yukon Sourdough Association at 40%, Checker Cab 8%, 8%, 8%, the conclusion in Portland Satur- Curtiss-Wright 3, Fox Films 13%, day of its third annual Stampede. General Motors 38, International J. J. Wilson, of Calgary, Canada; Harvester 38%, Kennecott Copper'A. J, Eckelman of Portiand, B. J. 17%, Packard Motors 6%, Standard Parker of Vancouver, B. C., and Brands 19, Standard Oil of Cnll-;c}eorge Gilroy of Seattle were nam- fornia 387%, Standard Oil of New ed members of a committee to take Jersey 39%, United Aircraft 28%,‘action toward affiliation with the United States Steel 89%. | Alaska-Yukon Sourdough Associa- RECORDED ON WOMEN BATTLE SITKA MAGHINE FOREST FIRES & I SPOKANE, Aug. 17.—With homes Sharp Shocks Are Indicat-|threatencd by two forest fires, ‘women of Ione, north of Spokane, ed at. Place 2v400 grabbed axes and shovels and aided Miles Away several hundred men in fighting ithe conflagrations. Glowing cin- SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 17.—Sharp ders and blazing brands were show- earthquake shocks were recorded ered on Ione from nearby flaming on the seismograph of the United forests. The wind shifted and States Coast and Geodetic Survey ¢arried the fire away from the at Sitka yesterday morning. The toWwn just before the whistle of the first shock was recorded at 47 min- utes and 11 seconds past 2 o'clock. The distance was estimated at 2,400 miles. HOUSES WRECKED IN TEXAS DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 17.—Earth- quake shocks early Sunday wreck- ed 'many residences at Valentine, Tex., but caused no loss of life. Tremors shook all of Central and West Texas. Scores of cities re- ported that houses were shaken so violently that occupants were Tone lumber mill was to signal for the evacuation of the place. The fire had leaped the Clark river. Twenty-five fire-fighters were trapped by the flames, but escaped when the wind changed. B J. J. JENNELLE TAKEN BY DEATH awakened. ‘With the exception of Valentine, no place experienced any considerable property damage. New Torture Invented by Bandits of Swatow SWATOW, China, Aug. 17—A| J. A. Handrahan, investment new torture has been invented by broker, returned to his headquar- bandits of this district for victims ters here on the steamer North- whose relatives fail to pay ransom.|western Saturday night after a This was revealed when district brief business trip to Ketchikan, guards raided a bandit camp in the Petersburg and Wrangell. Mr. Han- hills. Several of the rescued cap- drahan will be a guest of the Gas- tives had been made stone deaf by tineau Hotel until the end of this liquid cement which had been week at which time he expects poured into their ears and alowed to be called to Skagway and pos- SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—John J. Jen- nelle, aged 56 years, prominent in the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest, died in Seattle today. He had not been ill long. S A S R HANDRAHAN RETURNS * PRICE TEN CENTS TONIGHT AT KAMCHATKA CAPITAL FAMOUS FLIERS HAVE ONLY TWO HOPS T0 TOKYO Bad Weathmay Be En- ‘countered on Last Part of Route NEMURO SWARMS WITH NEWS ANDPICTURE MEN Colonel and Wife to Stay at “Two Smiling Beau- “ ties” Hotel TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 17. — Col, and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, flylng from New York City to Tokyo, are now at Petropavlovsk, capital of Kamchatka. They are remaining there tonight. They ar- rived in their plane at Petropave lovsk Saturday night at 10 o'clock, Pacific Standard time, according to a message that was directed by Mrs. Lindbergh to the radio station on St Paul Island, one of the Pribilofs, in Bering Sea, and that was intercepted by the radio sta= tion at Ochiishi, Japan. Petropavlovsk was the Lindbergh's next scheduled stop from Kara< ginsk, Siberia, which they left at 5:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Pacficic Standard time. The dis- tance between ths two places is 554 miles. Trom Petropaviovsk, the Lind- berghs are scheduled to fly to Ne= muro, Japan, and then from there to Tokyo. CROWD AT NEMURO NEMURO, Jauan, Aug. 17.—Radio messages to the wireless station at Nemuro from the steamship Koku- sai, which is returning to Nemuro after having delivered gasoline at statlons for 8. Yoshihara's proposed flight from Japan to the United States, are to the effect that Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh spent Saturday night, Sunday, Sun- day night and Monday at Petrop- avlovsk, Russian Kamchatka, and that they are spending tonight (Monday night) there. Col. Lind- bergh is studying weather reports and forecasts. In the flight from Petropavlovsk to Nemuro, the Lind~ berghs may encounter bad flying weather. Japanese newspapermen and photographers are swarming all over Nemuro. They will be crowd=- ed around the spot where the Lindberghs make their first landing in Japanese territory. PICKED UP BY AMATEUR SEATTLE, Aug. 17. — A radio message that told of the take-off of the Lindbergh plane from Kara- ginsk at 5:50 o'clock Saturday after- noon, Pacific Standard time, for Petropavlovsk and that was direct- ed to the radio station on St. Paul Island was picked up in Seattle by Harry Carney, radio amateur operator, and also by the United States Naval Radio Station, near Bremerton, Wash. An hour after the take-off, the plane was reported making 95 knots, at an altitude of 3,600 feet, Visibility was unlimited. The St. Paul radio station re ported that the steamship Presis dent Cleveland, voyaging between Japan and Seattle, was causing in- terference on the plane's frequency, At 8:20 o'clock Saturday night, Pacific Standard time, the St. Paul station reported it no longer could read the plane’s messages. The only hotel rooms vacant are those that have been reserved for Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh. The name of their hotel is the Nibiki Ryokan, which translated into Eng=- lish i “The Two Smiling Beau- ties.” On landing at Petropavlovsk, the Lindberghs had flown a total of 5,622 miles. From Petropavlovsk to Tokyo the air line distance is 1510 Nemuro is scheduled as the plane’s last stop before reaching ‘Tokyo. miles. ———e—— LIFE LOST WHEN SEAPLANE SINKS SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—Al Mace, 43 years old, of Seattle, was drowned here today when a seaplane, in trylng to take off from Lake Un- ion, capsized and sank. Four other residents of Seattle aboard the air- craft at the time of the accident, to harden. isibly Whitehorse, Y. T. ‘were rescued uninjured.