The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5865. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBI CHARGES AGAINST WHITE WATER | DEAL IS CLOSED FOR $125,000 Taku Men to Get Money on Return of Signed Pap- ers to Vancouver For $125000, to be paid in three annual installments, the White Water Group of gold quartz claims in the Taku mining district, Brit- ish Columbia, has been bought by the N. A. Timmons and J. B. Woodworth interests of frem D. J. MacDougall, Walter Barron, Ray Walker, William Strong, Arthur Hedman and Ray Rice, all of the Taku. Papcrs to consummate the deal were received in Juneau this week from McNaughton Fraser, Canad- ian mineral surveyor, who at Van- couver, B. C. is acting as repre- sentative of the sellers in arrang- ing for the initial paym:at from the buyers. Money to Be Distributed As soon as the papers are sign- ed, they will be-returned to Van-| couver, and then the first payment mcney, which is now on deposi in th: Bank of Montreal, will b distributed among the sellers. | MacDougall, Mr. Barron, Mr. | Rice and Mr. Walker came to Ju- neau from the Taku yesterday. All registered at the Alaskan Hotel | and all, except Mr. Walker. &ce there yet. He took passage this| morn:ng on the steamship Princess Norah for Vancouver. Capt. Strong and Mr. Hedman are expected to come to Juneau from the Taku late this week. Arranged Last July Arrangements for acquirement of the White Water Group were mada by Mr. Woodworth, mining en-| gineer, and by Mr. Timmons, multi- millionaire _gold mine owner of Eastern Canada, when they visited the property last July. | Mr. Woodworth and Mr. Tim- mons plan the beginning of thor- ough development next summer. “The papers sent here this week,” cxplained Mr. McDougall. “merely stipulate as to the distribution among the sellers of the first and two other payments to be made by the buyers.” SOCIETY T0 USE PLANES IN FLORIDA Will Travel by Air on Hunting Trips to Everglades PALM BEACH, Fla, Nov. 3.— Society plans to use the airplane on its winter hunting trips into the Florida everglades, less thanan hour’s flight from this fashionable winter resort. One local aviator said he has ar-; ranged several flights into the everglades for parties of society hunters who wish to do their shooting during the day and be back in the resort for the activities of the evening. He said he had 7located two suitable landing spots—one in the Lake Okeechobee area, and the other near the big cypress swamp. ‘There 'is plenty of game in both sections. — ALASKAN SNOW COVER The following amounts of snow in inches were reported on the ground at several Alaskan stations, Monday - afternoon, November 2.: Bethel, 5; Fort Yukon, 5; Nome, 9; Tanana, 6;. ‘The ice on Snake river at Nome is four inches thick. Press of five of the largest cities on | October spurted up 82 per cent. i totalled six and one-half million | JOHN BAUMA Canada § ER 3, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HOOVER ARE TO BE AIRED NOW Associated Press Photo Consternation and surprise were written on the face of " Scarface Al Capone (center), notorious C| him from federal, court go gangster, as United States marshals escorted Chicago after Judge James H. Wilkerson had sen- and fined him $50,000 and prosecution CHAMBER HE ARS. FIVE SPEAKERS AT MEET TODAY Jessen, DeVighne, Hawkes- BUILDING 1S SPEEDING UP ALONG 20AST Spurt Over Septem- i ber Construction SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 3.| —Building along the Pacific Coast | put on more speed during last| month. | A survey made by the Associated | the coast showed September and | Building permits during chberi dollars, while permits in September | were slightly under five million! dollars. - PASSES AWAY ANCHORAGE, Alaska, John Bauman, aged 80 yea: ish-American War vete:an and pioneer of Circle City and Fair- banks, died here today as a result of pneumonia following measles. Former Douglas Man Is Seeking Mayorship of Washnigton City BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 3.— M. J. O'Connor, grocer, former Mayor of Douglas, Alaska, opposes John Kellogg, who is seeking re- election as Mayor at the Repub- lican primaries next Saturday. ————— Prices of varsity dances at Ohio,| ‘Wesleyan university have been cut to 25 cents a person. Shop Lights Turn Moscow Streets Into “White W ay” MOSCOW, Nov. 3.—After severa’ years of barren stores with drab darkened windows and down-at heel stocks Moscow's shopping cen ter is being turned into & “white way.” New stores are being opened and recent decrees, reflecting the government’s recognition that it pays to advertise, have ordered that all stores must dress their windows and lighi them each cve- ning. A transformation has resulted in has had the effect also of reducing the main business thmhlm.’the queues, long a Russian institu- Tverskaya and Petrovka. Manytion. hops which heretofore either ailed to display their wares or 2eaped them in the windows in ragrant disarray now fairly glitter. Only a few were lighted at night obefore; now all attract the passers- by. Even the food stores draw hundreds of window shoppers by neat piles of canned goods and | produce. 2 As more stores are opened the‘ number of deserted shops that| darkened every block until a few | Executive's months ago are decreasing. This P DIES, STAMPS ARE FOUND IN CHICAGO RAID October Shows Decided ‘Counterfeili;()utfit Seiz- ed in Capone’s Hench- men’s Quarters CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 3. — Dies and stamps for making counterfeit currency have been seized in a raid on the headquarters of Jimmy Adduci and “Dago” Lawrence Man- gano, Capone lieutenants. Sixty-three pistols and a quan- tity of liquor also were taken in the raid. Three persons in the headquart- ers were arrested. A general order for the arrest of Adduci has been broadcast. Mangano is now in jail as the authorities have been seek- ing to deport him. ——————— BRITISH BOAT 1S SUNKOFF MAINE COAST Rammed by Coast Guard Craft — Crew of Nine Rescued BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 3.— The Coast Guard boat Harriett Lane rammed and sank the Sophie E., an 80-foot power bhoat of British registry, off the Maine Coast dur-| ing the night. Nine members of the crew of the power boat were rescued and are being brought here. Coast Guard officials said the sunken craft was running without lights. HOOVER BIVES $2,500 TO AID UNEMPLOYMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 3— President Hoover has given $2500 out of his own pocket to the Dis- trict of Columbia Unemployment Relief Fund, Chairman Graham, of the /City’s Employment Com- mittee has been notified by Law- rence Richey, one of the Chief secretaries. —.— There were 459 conventions in Chicago the first eight months of 1931 . worth, Dr. Fellows and Stewart Speak Talks by fiv> speakers featurpd today's meeting of the Chamber of a crowd that taxed the seating ca- | pacity of the luncheon room at !_7he Arcade Cafe and overflowed into | adjoining booths in the main part |of the restaurant. s Those sp:aking were: E. F. Jés- sen, Editor of the Seward Gatewsy; Dr. F. S. Fellows, Director of Medi- cal Relief of the Alaska Division of the Office of Indian‘ Affairs; H. C. DeVighne, Territorial Commissioner of Health; C. W. | Hawkesworth, Acting Chief of the Alaska Division of the Office of Indian Affairs, and B. D. Stewart, Chairman of the 1932 Red Cross Roll Call for the local Chapte.. Westward in Goad Shape Conditions in ..estern Alaska are at least normally good, Mr. Jessen said. There is a minimum of un- employment and business is going ahead about as usual. A reduction of some $200,000 was |made in the million-dollar annual | deficit of the Alaska Railroad dur- |ing the past fiscal year, Mr. Jessen said he had been informed by ' General Manager O. F. Ohlson of |that road. This was effected by heavy increases in freight and pas- |cenger tariffs and by curtailment of operating and maintenance ex- penses. ‘The higher rates are directly re- sponsible of a loss of thousands of dollars every month to the rail- road, he added. In a single month motor trucks operating between Valdez and Fairbanks over Rich- ardson Highway are sald to have (made a gross revenue of $30,000 hauling freight that was formerly handled by the railroad when its original rates were in effect. On a trip to the States, just cnded, Mr. Jessen said he found a good deal of interest in Alaska, particularly in the gold mining in- dustry. Many inquiries were made about opportunities for mineral de- velopment in the rail belt which was the scene of extensive surveys during the past season by the | United States Geological Survey. The Seward editor is a member of the “Hole-in-One” Club, and Dr. W. W. Council, President, sald he had appointed a special com- mittee — composed of Gov. Parks, S. E. Pope, J. E. Barragar and Fred Henning to entertain him during his stay here. Will Proceed Slowly ‘The evolution of a new program of medical relief for Alaska’s ab- original people will be slow, de- clared Dr. Fellows, in a brief talk. It will take a long while to com- plete a personal survey of the field and institute any changes needed. Transportation difficulties to isolated sections handicap the work materially. “Don’t expect too much too soon,” Dr. Fellows warn- ed. Just why everyone living from the Middle West to the Atlantic seaboard in the United States do not migrate en masse to the Pa- cific Coast and Alaska during the hot weather months is a mystery to Mr. Hawkesworth, who with Mrs. Hawkesworth spent several weeks in the East recently. And he is sure if they knew of the cool climate in the West and North no one who could afford to make the trip would remain in the East long. (Continuec on Page Two) —————— TWO SECTIONS WATER SYSTEM ARE DYNAMITED Disc'harged—E—n:ployee of Los Angeles Sought for Blasts LOS ANGHLES, Nov. 3.—A dis- charged employe of the City of Los Angeles, who allegedly threat- ened he would “get even" with the city for his dismissal, is sought for dynamiting the aqueduct which supplies the city with a major por- tion of its water. The discharged employee is be- lieved to have had an accomplice who had knowledge of explosives ‘Two 12-foot sections were blast- ed out. Previous dynamitings were blam. ed on Owens Valley ranchers. Commerce which was attended by | ~ HOOVERS PLAY HOST TO LAVAL AND DAUGHTER | This Associated Press telephoto shows President and Mirs. Left to rights Mrs. Hoove WHEAT PRIGE ADVANCES ON FALSE REPORT Rumored Russia With- draws from Export Mar- ket as Crop Is Short CHICAGO, IIl, Nov. 3.—A record breaking advance in the price of wheat followed Russian reports, which were later denied, that the Soviet had withdrawn from ex- porting wheat both this year and next. Prices advanced almost three cents, gaining 20 cents a1 less| than a month. | The reports said Russian produc- tion was only sufficient for home use. Russla denied, however, that she was withdrawing from the ex- port market. | MAY REDUCE EXPORTS MOSCUW, Nov. s—An increas- | ing domestic dema may reduce Russia’s wheat exports to some ex- tent but it is officially denied the Soviet Union will discontinue ex- ports this year as reported abroad. MORE ELIMINATION i BERLIN, Nov. 3—Wet weather is causing millions of bushels Ml French and German wheat to sprout in shocks, thus eliminating| some of the world surplus. It is| said that from thirty to fifty mil-| lion bushels of wheat will be un-| fit for milling. —— e — REACH SEATTLE OFF BAYCHIMO Twelve Members of Crew,i Seven Passengers | Aboard Victoria BEATTLE, Nov. 3—Twelve mem- | bers of the crew of the Baychimo, frozen in the ice near Wainwright, in the Arctic, and seven passengers, | also aboard the trading s rived here aboard the steamer Vic-| toria. The members of the crew| and passengers were taken from | ihe Baychimo by plane to Nome ! |of ind Joses, llam Gardiner, -MAN COURT 1S NAMED TO MAKE INQUIRY President Appoints Com- mittee to Dig Into Ac- cusations Made PROBE IS DIRECTED AGAINST NAVY LEAGUE Criticisnt of Plansto Shrink Naval Budget Starts Investigation WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 3.— On a five-man court rests Presi= dent Hoover's contentions that Wil= President of the Navy League, spoke falsely when he accused the Chief Executive of |“abysmal ignorance and effort to | 1 | ~10 Assoviated Press Ploto | Hoover with Premior Pierre Laval of France and his daugh- i for, Joses, on the rear steps.of the White 'House after the spokesmen for the two nations had finished their conferences. . President Hoover, Laval Heads Architecié \ Kobert D. York, president of the American Institute of Architects, has been chosen as general chairman of the provisional organization of 19 groups of the constructiom indus- try. and billions ir. capital are repre- sented in the alliance, which is “to cooperate for the common good of | the industry and better to serve | tae nation.” DISAPPEARS ON WAY T0 SOUTH St. Paul Man Missing on Victoria when Liner Reaches Seattle SEATTLE, Nov. 3—Charles Rich, of St. Paul, Minnesota, disappeared from th eliner Victoria between Nome and Dutch Harbor according to a report made today. No ex- planation was offered by the crew the steamer. Rich was last seen in the social hall of the steamer on Saturday, October 25. o “FIREBRAND” OF BRITISHLABOR where they boarded the Victoria. — - .- &3 | Nome Eskimo Boy ! Experiencing New | Life in Seattle SEATTLE, Nov. 3—Roy OCon-| nor, aged three years, Eskimo boy | from Nome, saw his first street car and tasted fresh cow's milk for the first time upon his arrival here from the north on the steam- er Victoria. He came here with Jean Dempster, travelling enter- tainer. The Government pay- ing the boy’s expenses and he will be treated at the Orthopedic Hos- pital, as he is unable to w ‘ger on th PARTY IS DEAD LONDON, Nov. A. J. Cook, known as the “Firebrand” of the Labor Party and for many years General Secretary of the British Miners' Federation, is dead at Hampstead. He was also dubbed “Emperor Cook” during the general strike in 1926. MEHERIN RETURNS FROM WESTWARD Joseph J. Meherin, merch broker an sman, has ret to his headquarters in Jur fom a business trip to the West- ward. He was an incoming passen- Alamoeda yesterday. 3 ndise Kohn (above), of New | More than 100,000 members | CONGRESSMEN BEING CHOSEN AT ELECTIONS; Five Districts Are Going to| Polls Today — for | House Control ‘ WASHINGT! D. C, Nov. 3.—| Five (Congressional istricts in various tes are balloting today and upon their results depends nuation of the 13-year domin- | n of the House of Representa- tives by the Republicans. Observers will ceek, from the re- | sults of the elections, political fore- shadowings of events during the| 11932 prosidential campaign. | Should the Republicans return | Representatives from three seats| | traditionally theirs, the first dis- trict in Ohio, Eighth District in Michigan, and fifth District in New | to be filled on! 1, the best the G. O. P.! could do would be to tie with the | Democrats. ‘The present line-up is 214 Demo- crats, 213 Republicans and one { Farmer Labor. Seven vacancies exist. | EIGHT HUNDRED | | - MINERS STRIKE ! HENRYETTA, Okla, Nov. 3.—| IEu.'.ht hundred coal miners have| struck as protest to a wage reduc- | tion from $5 to $3.60 a day. They 1have been w ing on the open shop policy since 1925. starve the Navy,” and should apolo= gize for his statement. The five-man court consists of the following: Assistant Secretary of Navy Erne est Lee Jahncke. John Hays Hammond, mining engineer. Eliot Wadsworth, of the Presi= dent’s Emergency Relief Commit- tee. Under Secretary of State William R. Castle. Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired. The first three named members of the five-man court are listed as members of the Navy League. The inquiry must be “solely into ssertions of fact made by Gardi- ner and not into his opinions or conclusions,” the White House state- retired iment said. How Trouble Starts The issue started last week when a fighting temper aroused Presi= dent Hoover to an open bout with the Navy League which is ecriti- cising his plans to shrink the naval budget. He declared the claims made by Gardiner were “untruths and a distortion of facts.” The strange situation is pre= |sented today of a President bat= tling openly with a militant big navy organization, while one of his Cabinet officers struck out at & pacificist organization. The President is working toward & showdown with the Navy League, ! particularly its President, William Gardiner, who opposes the Presi= dent's plans for naval curtaile ments. Adams’s Charges Secretary of Navy Charles F. Adams charged the World Peace Foundation with interpreting the national dei¢nse statisties “in & manner ' inimical to the United States and in a manner favorable to national defense of foreign pow= ers.” The Navy League is divided om the aftack against President Hoov= er. Henry Beckinridge, one of its former Presidents and Democratic Assistant Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson, broke the ranks by stating: “I desire to disassociate myself from so much of the League’s statements as speak with disre= spect of the President of the Unit= ed States. MRS. CRONIN ON VISIT Mrs. J. C. Cronin, whose hus= band is associated with road work near Juneau, left today for a visit in the States. She is a passenger on the Princess Norah. Premier Laval Must Face | Many Queries of Deputies [ Concerning Trip ta Berlin By M. K. WHITELEATHER ( PARIS, Nov. 3.—The people of| France, always skeptical, are in a| “show me"” attitude toward the new Franco-German econom ccmmission created when Premi Plerre Laval visited Berlin. Will this permanent commission | based on an idea new in the some- what embittered relations between | the two peoples, do what pol al efforts at common action have fail- ed to do in the past? . The average Frenchman is ask- ing himself that question. | And his representative in the chamber of deputies will ask M. Laval the same thing when par-| liament reconvenes in mid-Novem- | ber. | The new part of the scheme is that it would bring French and! German businessmen into every—| day contact. The hope is that out| of this commercial intimacy there | i | | sents will evolve a more friendly politi= cal atmosphere. Briand Pushed Aside The commission, which repre- governmental departments and business and industrial inters | in both countries, will foster | cartels and trade relations between | the two banks of the Rhine. Hitherto, and periodically, both. French and German ministers have tried to bring about some sort of | collaboration. Always something has balked them. When Aristide Briand’s councili= atory tactics broke down with death of the German states: Gustav Stresemann, the politicians of ®France began cast about for methods to repls those of the “grand old man peace.” A new ruling crowd, tively young and fact-facing, ¢ (Continuea on Page Thresd