The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6357. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1933, = MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY _ MATTERN HOPS OFF ALONE TO FLY AROUND WORLD FRANK BELL IS T0O MAKE INSPECTION ALONG GOAST New Fisheries Commission- er Will Not Announce | Any Change in Regulations | TACOMA, Wash.,, June 2—Before determining what changes of pol- icy, if any, are to be made in re- spect to regulations of the fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska, Frank T. Bell, newly - appointed Commissioner of Fisheries of the United States, is going to make a personal investi- gation, he said here yesterday at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. He said he will devote the greater part of the summer in holding hearings in Alaska. He sails for the north next Tuesday and will return about the middle of August. Groups Wide Apart Commissioner Bell said: “I have talked with representatives of var-| jous fishing groups and their stories are extremely conflicting, in fact each group considers the others as porch climbers and the only way,‘ to get to the real bottom of the situation is to make a personal in- vestigation such as I intend to makX Until: that is completedv there is nothing for me to- say regarding any possible changes.” Dr. Rich Coming Commissioner Bell ~will be ac- companied on his Alaska trip by Dr. Rich of Stanford University to provide scientific data and| habits of salmon. The first stop in. Alaska will be| at Ketchikan and other hearings will follow along the coast to the Pribilofs. —————————— J P, JORGENSEN DIES, SEATTLE Former Juneau Resident| Passes Away at Age of Eighty Years SEATTLE, June 3,—Chr‘sl.iflni ence and Masonic services were | held here yesterday for James P,l‘ Jorgensen, aged 80 Yyears, former | Alaskan, who died at his home here. Jorgensen went to Alaska in 1880‘ and settled in Juneau in 1882. He| went down the Yukon on a pros- pecting trip and then returned to| Juneau and started a hardware store and lumber yard. He came to Seattle in 1914. He is survived by’ his widow, sister and two broth- ers. J. P. Jorgensen conducted his hardware store on the site now oc- cupied by the Thomas Hardware. His sawmill was purchased by James Wortham. It was on the| site of the present Juneau Lum- ber Mills, Many oldtimers now in Juneau remember the deceased as a fine business man and well liked. LABOR OPPOSES PROPOSED BILL WASHINGTON, June 2—Presi- |last evening and took off for Fair-; |the Governor today. fl &efia Collecto r of Customs | | CONNORS GIVEN SENATE'S OKAY FOR COLLECTOR Local Man Confirmed Yes- terday and Will Take Office in Short Time ‘The Senate late yesterday after- noon confirmed the nomination of James J. Connors, of this city, to be United States Collector of Cus- toms for the District of Alaska. His name was sent to the Senate on May 25 and reported back fav- orably on June 1. Mr. Connors today began prepars- ations to take over the office. The transfer, however, probably will not take place before June 15, and possibly not until the end of the month. It will be necessary first for him to obtain and file a bond with the Treasury Department in Wash- ington, D. C. As soon as that is approved by the Department and his commission of office is signed {by the President, he will be ready to relieve J. C. McBride, Collector for the past 12 years. Mr. Connors had made out his bond today and it will go forward to Washington on Monday's mail to the States. SIGNAL HILL J. 3. Conners, Juneau resident, who was confirmed late yester- l P A l- day by the United States Senate. LYMAN S. PECK OF P. A, A. OFF T0 INTERIOR 1 iGeneml Manager of Com- /Amendment Made to Meas-! pany and Son Leave with Joe Crosson Lyman S. Peck, Vice-President| and general manager of the Pacific Alaska Airways, arrived in Ju- neau on the motorship Northland banks today in the Pacific Alqskalg‘ Airways Fairchild which Joe Cros- son flew down from Fairbanks last | Sunday to meet him. They ex- pected to stop at Lake Tetlin on the way and perhaps spend the night there. Mr. Peck conferred with Gov. John W. Troy while he was in Ju- neau and with his son and Mr. Crosson was a luncheon guest of) Mr. Peck has been in Washing- ton, D. C., and New York City on business in connection with the company, since he left here early last March. He made the trip from New York City to Seattle in one of the new Boeing 247 planes of the United /Air Lines last week taking two days for the crossing. The new planes have a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour, he said. Three new 10-passenger Fleet- ster planes, equipped with Wright cyclone “F” 700 horsepower motors, with a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour are now in Miami, Flori- da being prepared for shipment ml Alaska and will be added to the) Pacific Alaska Airways fleet based | at Fairbanks, during the summer, Mr. Peck said. Te Build Hangar One hundred and fifty thousand | dent William Green of the Ameri-| can Federation of Labor, today warned that labor wil urge rejec-| tion by Congress of ~he National Industrial Recovery Act if it should be revised to deny labor the right to organize and bargain collectively. ——,———— Students Desecrate U. S. Flag AMHERST, Mass., June 3.— Five Amherst freshmen have been arrested and charged with mutilating the United States flag during a meeting of the celf-styled Communists on fhe campus yesterday, Two of the WARSHIPS IN ECONOMY ACT CAUSES REVOLT INU. S, SENATE use Increasing Veter- , Y ans’ Appropriation | WASHINGTON, June 3.—By a: margin of a Vice-Presidential vote,| Administration leaders checked the| revolt in the Senate late yesterday against the Economy Act, but not| until an amendment had been in-| serted in the independent offices appropriation bill adding $172,000,- 000 to ease tHe contemplated re-| ductions in veterans’ allowances. Bill Is Passed The independent office bill was then passed without a record vote| and’ sent to conference with the| House. | The bill now has veterans’ items totaling $715,740,936 or $172,000,000 over the House figures. It is not known how the Presi dent regards the addition but it is] believed the House will accept the amendment. Revolt in House Speaker Rainey said today the House has as much a rgvolt as the Senate against the Roosevelt Econ- omy program as affects the vet- erans and unless the President signifies he will not stand for it, the veterans’ increase in the in- dependent office bill by the Senate will be accepted by the House. ——————— \ { ELLIOTT BAY BURNED TODAY Richest Little City in World, in California, Nearly Destroyed | i | | SIGNAL HILL, Cal, June 3.—| This richest little city in the world | today appraised the cost of its| first catastrophe, an explosion and fire, which blackened an area of four square blocks, snatched the! lives of seven persons and sent| more than fifty to the hospitals. The explosion and fire caused property damage of several hun-| dred thousand dollars. Signal Hill, adjoining Long Beach | on the northern ecity limits, still| watched at noon today the black streamers of smoke drift from rem- nants of oil derricks ravaged by a concussion of flames when a little compression chamber, barely 20 feet long and three feet in diameter |100sed havoc on this rich petroleum producing area. | The compression chamber explod-' ed, gas rushed from the tank and flames quickly broke out and spread. | The entire field seemed sudden- ly to be a torrent of fire as the flames licked at the oil soaked | derricks and other structures in the packed field, including man; homes. None of those in the hospitals are expected to die. - | The Cordova Chamber of Com-f merce recently entered a vigorous, protest to the closing of the na-| val radio station at Mile 7 through; Delegate A. J. Dimond. FISHERIES POLICY IS NOT ANNOUN CED 3 MEMBERS OF MORGAN FIRM - TOBE QUIZZED Income Tax Return Infor- mation Now Sought by Probers WASHINGTON, June 3.—Income tax returns of three member of Morgan and Company, Thomas La- mont, Willlam Ewing and Harold Stanley, are now the special ob- Jective of the Senate investigations. The three members of the firm will be questioned regarding their personal stock transactions in con- ! pection with their income tax re- turns. It was announced today that the ipay that Ferdinand Percora gets as Senate investigator of the bil- lions in transactions by J. P. Mor- gan and Company is $225 a month. Beneficiaries Among the beneficiaries of Mor- gan favors it has been revealed are, Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gil- bert, the former a Morgan partner Iand general agent for German re- ‘pamtions. Testimony has disclosed that Gil- bert was acting in the capacity of a member of the reparations com-| mittee when he became a favored| | | eustomer invited to participate 1n Alleghany Corporation stock. George Whitney, another Morgan partner, declared however, that organ had no interest in the than reparations affair, nor did he have any interests which might be affected by the reparations commiittee. | While a member of that com- mittee, Gilbert was reimbursed out of German funds. ONE BILLION DOLLARS ARE T0 BE SAVED President Confident of| Cutting Expenses by 25 Per Cent WASHINGTON, June 3.—Presi- dent Roosevelt believes that one billion dollar savings in Govern- ment expenditures is in sight and he is confident the budget will be balanced in spite of the present deficit. The President believes the Dem- ocratic pledge to cut 25 per cent in Government costs will be accom- plished. e, Direct Appeal By Roosevelt to Be Made for Repeal WASHINGTON, June 3.— Presodent Roosevelt is expect- ed by party leaders to make a direct appeal to all States for quick ratification of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, based on the pledge of party promises. LONDON, June 3.—HMoratio Bot- tomley, 73, who rose from a whee barrow pusher to the cloudy heig of financial genius and the nick name of “England’s unofficial prime Once Powerful British | Magnate Dies in Poverty knew no peer. At twenty-five Bottomley was di-| rector of a publishing concern, Four | years later he organized his own outfit with capital support of $5,- dollars will be spent this summer . on i |Twelve Vessels of Scouting| minister” and then fell to a | 000,000. This collapsed ‘in two IMr. Peck said. The steel will be Ishipped directly from the east. I. the construction of a large hangar and repair shop in Fair-| banks, Mr. Peck said. The hangar will be a structural steel building with corrugated iron sides and will be 120 by 100 feet in dimension with a leanto 20 by 120 containing repair shop equipment. Local la- bor will be used entirely for the work and local materials for the foundations and wherever possible, | I | 'A. Bickelhaupt, of New: York, is motoring to the west coast and will go to Fairbanks to supervise construction. Will Operate Schedule { During the coming winter it is’ probable that the P. A. A. will op- | frechmen have been suspended from the college. L erate on a weekly schedule between | (Continued on Page Two) Forces Anchored in Seattle Harbor SEATTLE, June 2—Twelve ves- sels of the Scouting Force of the United States, five cruisers, five destroyers and two tenders, arrived in Elliott Bay today to remain for several weeks. The remainder of the Scouting Force is divided between Bremer- ton and Tacoma. - e LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 3.— Stan Laurel, film comedian, is sued for divorce by his wife, Mrs. Lois 1 cell, is dead. ‘With him when he died was faithful friend, Mrs. Peggy Lowe formerly known as “Peggy Pr rose,” popular pre-war musical comedy actress. As orator, financier, member parliament and journalist, Bott ley was in England’s spotlight I several decades, through a cour of poverty, riches, fame degra tion, jail. As he died, he was broken old man. Bottomley's parents wanted him to be an artist, but he ran away and. earned a living pushing 2 Wwheelbarrow. 1 | N. Laurel, herself oncz a screem favorite. He neglected his home life, stay- ing away at night, she said. He learned shorthand and picked | up a smattering of legal knowl- edge. As a spell-binding orator, he years, '‘but he embarked on new enterprises. Bottomley became connected with twenty or thirty companies andl these failed for about $90,000,000. Bottomley founded the weekly John Bull, and won a new reputation. By his attacks on political du- ' plicity, Bottomley won a following and was elected to parliament Bottomley’s toboggan began when he brought criminal action against Reuben Bigland, a former associ- ate. Bigland was acquitted. The suit turned out to be a boomer- ang. As a result of the admissions he made regarding the sale of vic- tory bonds, Bottomley himself was in dock shortly afterward, and was sentenced to seven years, of which he served five. TR WM. MULDOON PASSES AWAY IN NEW YORK (Grand Old Man of Athlet-| ics Is Dead — Had Eventful Career WILLIAM MULDOON [PURCHASE, N. Y., June 3.—Wil- liam Muldoon, New York Boxing Commissioner, the Grand Old Man of Athletics, died here today in his 89th year. About one year ago Muldoon un- derwent an operation for an ab-| dominal disorder and has lately been suffering from exhaustion brought on by warm weather. William Muldoon, a link binding the earliest days of Marquis of Queensbury boxing with the pres- ent, became known as the “solid man” of sport by his leadership of the New York State Athletic Com- mission, one of the most powerful regulating organizations in the box- ing world. Iron Hand He was appointed to the com- mission in 1921, when boxing be- came legal again in the state un- der the Walker law, and he served with an iron hand, several times as chairman, always a dominating factor, for more than a dozen years. A big man, proud of his years still almost as mighty as in the days when he ruled as world Gre- co-Roman wrestling champion, Mul- doon was a strict disciplinarian. He wrote the rules of the coramission, now copied in almost every state where boxing is legal; he forced! fighters, managers and promoters to stay within the code and fought many a heated battle with the late | Tex Rickard when that promoter | was building up a monopoly for | Madison Square Garden. “No Smoking” Aside from codification of the rules, he brought about adoption | of a “no smoking” rule in all New |York fight clubs, eliminating guar-| antees for boxers and substituted percentages, forced a stipulated (L’e! for preliminary boxers, and by se- ;lttempti;zé W};rld Sol;) F light- James Mattern (above) took the air this morning on a propose trip through the atmosphere around the globe. HEART FAILURE CAUSES DEATH OF FRANK BACH Many Friends Shocked by Dem_ise of Prominent Pioneer Alaskan Frank X. Bach, for fifty years a resident of Gastineau Channel, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Coughlin, at 1:15 this afternoon Mr. Bach’s sudden death today shocked and saddened his many friends in Juneau and Douglas who have known him and loved him| through years of association and| who feel deep sympathy for the two daughters, Mrs. Coughlin nn(h‘ Mrs. Larrie McKechnie, his son{ Frank Bach, Jr, and brother George| who survive him. For a week, Mr. Bach had been visiting his brother George Bach at his Taku Harbor farm. He re-| turned to Juneau about noon today on the gasboat Willis D. of Taku.! After entering the Coughlin home, he sat down, apparently well and happy and was telling his daughter about his week at Taku with his| brother. Death came suddenly and without warning and was due, ac- cording to Dr. H. C. DeVighne, who was called immediately, to| heart failure. Born in Bavaria Frank X. Bach was born in Win- cheip, Bavaria, Germany, 72 years ago. As a young man he joined relatives who were living in New York City and shortly afterward moved West. He was just twenty-two when he arrived on Gastineau Channel from San Francisco, May 7, 1883. Before moving to Douglas in 1885, Mr. Bach operated the Frank- lin Hotel on Front Street. From 1885 until 1924 when he retired, he owned a general store in Doug- las. There was a short time in the years that followed his arrival here, that Mr. Bach spent away from the Channel—when he followed the gold rush in '97 and '98 into Daw- son, and came out with- a small fortune. 3 Mr. Bach was married in Juneau in 1890 to the daughter of a pio- neer Juneau family, Ellen Gracious Calhoun, who died on July 4, 1904.] TEXAS FLIER STARTS TODAY ON PROPOSED RECORD TRIP NEaFe: —— Streaks Out from New York Flying Field— Part of Route Be Over Alaska NEW YORK, June 3. Mattern, aviation's Jack of all work, streaked away from the Floyd Bennett Flying Field at 4:20 o'clock this morning, Eastern Stan- dard Time, on_ a single - handed flight around the globe. The 28-year-old San Angelo, Tex., flier, who has done all kinds of things aerial from flying iced meats to Mexico to hopping the Atlantic, hoped to smash the globe- girdling record and become the first to do the flight alone. The record is eight days seven hours and fifty-one minutes made by Post and Gatty. His Schedule Mattern's plane, the Century of Progress, goes to Harbor Grace, where no stop is planned. He is attempting to make Berlin or Paris, @ 4,000-mile hop, then to Moscow, Yakutsk, Nome and Fairbanks, Al- aska; Edmonton and back to New York. Mattern took six oranges for the first leg of his hop, The formér jaza drummer re- ceived weather reports which his associates called perfeet. Prepares for Ordeal With a strong tail wind to Har- bor Grace and across the Atlantic, Mattern whipped himself into shape | for the ordeal, one of the most | severe ever faced by a flier, by | daily sessions with the punching | bag and a rowing machine. The plane is combination of two planes, the engine, propellor, tanks and some other parts, being those of the original Century of Progress which = descended in a Russian bog, but the fusilage, wings, vertical fin and rudder are from the flying Trade Mark, in which a record New York to Buenos Aires flight was made in 1930, U. S, ISOLATION 1S NOW AT END Ambassador Daniels, in Mexico City, Makes Interesting Speech MEXICO CITY, June 3.—United States Ambassador Josephus Dan- iels told a gathering of the Mexico |City and American colony at the |American Club that American iso~ lation is out of date. The Ambassador said: “The problem of statesmanship at this hour is to preserve the blessing of the nation’s hearthstone minus the evils of hurtful isolation. “Narrow nationalism run to seed is at the bottom of the world de- bacle today. All eyes are turned on Geneva in hope that reduction and limitation of arms at that con- ference may open the way for agreement at London to make |breaches for the good of all in |trade barriers, ‘and secure world |standardization in currency. | “These two enemies of accord {stand in the way of restoration of prosperity. President Roosevelt af- |fords the leadership long looked |for.” — James — - In 1895 his brother George, MARRIAGE LICENSES ARE Bach, joined him in Alaska and, _ISSUED TO TWO COUPLES (Continuei on Page Two) | Marriage licenses were issued at —————— |the office of the United States & " Commissioner to Helen Light and N.P.and G. N. Will Arnold Hildre this week and to . 614 Helen Stragier and Claude Erskine, .Spem{ 51'3’00,0’000 whose marriage is to take place to- For Maintenance day. ST. PAUL, Minn, June 3—1119.‘/"0"0‘0”""! on Northern Pacific and Great North- ern Railways announce they will I{om Mor’gage spend more than $13,000000 this|Foreclosures, Next year for track and building ‘main-| tenance. The Northern Pacific will spend $5875,000, representing a slight increase from 1932, The Great Northern budget will be ap- proximately the same as last year, WASHINGTON, President Roosevelt said he would call for a moratorium on home mortgage foreclosures as scon as the Heme Mortgage bill iz '(Ol;nunrué&» or; Pa.gc Three) ) Jwhen $7,771,027 was used. is approved by Congress. 1