The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 15, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIII., NO. 652| ]U_NEAU ALASKA, F'RIDAY flECEMBER 15, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SEATTLEPLOTTER THOUGHTDERANGED GOLD CONTROL POLICY WILL BE CONTINUED No Stabilization Is in Pros-| pect, Is White House | Statement ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH HIS ADVISORS Monetary Program Is Dis-| cussed — Commodity Price Raise Sought WASHINGTON, Dec. IS—R'ESI- dent Roosevelt carefully checked| | i | | i | program yesterday and made iL‘ known he was going ahead in an\ effort to raise commodity prices. It was stated, in behalf of Lhel President, after a two-hour parley| with his financial aides, r.hat t:he! gold purchase policy will tinued indefinitely and that stab-‘ ilization is not in prospect. I NEW FINANCING VVASHINGTON Dec. 15.—Presi ury I)z-parlmnnt amidst the billion | dollar swirl of Government fi-| nancing on promise by the White House sponsor that purchases will| be continuzd and warning that] forecasts of International currency | stabilization in the “immediate| near, or at any time, will be! worse than a bad guess.” | Geld Price Quotation ‘ Acting Secretary of Treasury Morngenthau is directing his atten- tion to his first big financing and stated that though the Recon-| struction Finance Corppmuon‘ up the gold control and monetar\" % T Chamber of Commerce Issues Financial Statement for 1933 The annual statement of the local Chamber of Com- merce was made public yesterday by G. H. Walms- ley, Secretary-Treasurer. It went into detail as to rev- enues and expenditures. The total receipts of the Chamber were $3,214.40. Ex- penditures aggregated $3.- 210.61. The balance as of December 14 was $3.79. The Chamber signed up 180 members during 1933 Of that number 167 paid up fully their dues. Member- ship attendance at Ilunch during the year was 1940, an average of about 40 for each meeting. It entertain- led 310 visitors at luncheons. The Secretary’s office re- ceived and answered, 1443 inquiries for information. LIQUOR UOR CONVOY IS UNREQUIRED, 'AVERS CONNORS Plohlbltlon Repeal Makes Convoy of Canadian Li- quor Unnecessary Repeal of the Eighteenth Amend- ment, ended the liquor convoy sys tem 'between Canadian ports on vessels through Alaskan wat it was announced today by James J s | Connors, Collector of Customs, Nolof time, with each more convoys are to be required by the United States. The convey system was muugera- HALIBUTERS OF JUNEAU AGREE T0 PROPOSALS Curtailment of Local Fleet, Voluntarily Signed at Meeting Last Night Attended by the majority of halibut fishermen and vessel own- ers, an open meeting at which Mayor Goldstein presided, was | held in the Council Chamber of| the City Hall last evening at which | :Dr. W. F. Thompson, Director of Investigations and Chairman of, the Intenational Fisheries Com-| mission, explained the proposals | offered by the Commission for | curtailment of the catch in order to prolong the season, to tho%e\ | present. | Of the two major proposals for curtailment, limitation of pound- age to be allowed each man dur-| ing the season, and the alkernal“' of having a lay up period for | vessels so as to distribute the| catches of the season, the «ene)'\fl consensus of opinion of those pres-; ent at the meeting favored v,he‘ |latter method, and the agreement presented was signed by m:\cucally every member of the local fleet ! present at the meeting. Poundage Limitaticn Because of the general opinion of | local men of the halibut industry {that a poundage limitation would | ;lml to the advantage of the {Juneau fleet, because halibut men | |of this district must have a great-| |er poundage to exist at the lower |prices prevailing here, it was agreed | ‘m curtail the catch on the basis| vessel laying | a period | £ I be up after each trip for | eitthe ‘“01;11 about $415 { month e ® o 00 0000 . . GOLD PRICE . g . WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— e Today's price of gold re- e mained unchanged ahd is ® $3401 an ounce. . 20 e0 0 o000 00 ALASKA JUNEAU| EARNS RETURNS ON T1-CENT ORE [Net Operating Profit for November Put at $65- 900, Based on $20.67 on ore that averaged jbut 7122 cents per ton in gold, lead and silver, the showed a net operating profit for | November of $65.900, according to the monthly cstimate of operations just made public here by General Superintendent L. H. Metzgar. This Operating value is based on gold at the old | gold price of $20.97 a fine ounce. No estimate was given for the | premium obtained from the R.F.C. prices that ranged from $32.52 at the nning of the month %o $33.93 at the close. average of $33.25, which may be a little below or abpve the | real average, the month’s produc- Uun which is estimated at $250,500 jon the old fig 000. The company's estimates for follow: Tons mined and to mill, Operating Revenue: the trammed 357,30 Cents Per Ton|a $250,500 70.10 4,000 Gold Lead and silver ' . . L] e . . Alaska Juneau ! Based on an| . would have been | 1.12] :'SALMON MEN NOW SEEKING SPECIAL CODE Canners Dissatisfied with Both NRA, Fisheries Proposals Made DELEGATE DIMOND ISSUES STATEMENT Hugh Wade Coming West to Confer with Packers, Then Proceed North WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Dis- <atisfied with both the NRA can-| ning and fisheries code, salmon | canners prepared yesterday to ask NRA for a separate code. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mind said the salmon canners of the Pacific Northwest are agreed they should have a code in which they would not be limited to rules promulgated for the control i the canning or fishing industry di- vision The opinion did not become ap- | parent during the fisheries code hearing between the various tions of the salmon canning dustry but after several ences, Delegate Dimond said. The delegate also stated it was decided to ask for a salmon can- | ning code. Hugh J. Wade, poinistrator assigned to Alaska, is ! expected to leave for Seattle to- {day to confer with packers there land then proceed to Juneau for {a further conference on the prob- lem, in- >-se of i fac-| confer-| Deputy NRA Ad-| [ Trade Movements Brighten [ With Christmas Business; FORMER EDITOR | Reported Best in 3 Year' BECLARED HEAD ral bu\n\v\\ trends are n()‘ only upward t here. is & b A e Bl L oy l}bnllunl Suenllfic Mind more s than during the| Broken by Long Years of Research NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The en- tire aspect of trade movements brightened this week by expansion of the retail sales and mmlv:Ax“ gains in industry; also a fu rise in employment the Di Bradstreet Inc., weekly trdade view said today. Th review also stated reports from all parts of the country re- veal more progress is now being STOCK PRIGES [REPEAL WIPES | DULL; SLIGHT OUT ALL CASES CLOSING RALLY ~ UNDER N. P. A.3ronri e ses Boiids Tut Heavy in Latc Appellate Couek ik San\cmwvm‘d by a “brilliant scientist, de= ed by yed | Francisco Makes Decision ‘T:;‘;m,‘ ears oL Il U TR ~Alaska Unaffected The man is J. B. Logan, well known man using an alias. He was NEW YORK, Dec. 15—Stocks| SAN mecrsco Cal. Dec. 15.|arrested with E. Brown, also an were dull and featureless today on| —Criminal cases arising under the|assumed name. The real names | the Stock Excange and most lead-| National Prohibition Act, left pend- |are not made public ers followed a narrow groove until| ing in the various Stat>s when the | Hostage Cabin the last hour when selling brought| Elghteenth Amendment was repeal- | Logan's cabin is near Everett losses from one to around three|ed, we invalidat Thursday by a, Where young Von Herberg was to polnts. The list rallied just before | decision made by the United States [have been held a prisoner pend= the close, however, and the extreme Circuit Court Appeals. However, N8 payment of the ransom. declines were pared. The close was| this does not cover the Territories| The cabin contains a fine scien= easy with sales a little over alof Alaska and Hawaii, the Courttific library million shares. Bonds turned heavy| holding that power of Congress is| OChief of in the late trading. A | plenary in those areas {Logan has a towering intellect The dollar dipped and then re-| Although only seven Western |Which has been undermined by covered while in the foreign ex-| states are diectly affected, since|vears of solitary toil in writing | change list both sterling and the| llle\ vise the Ninth Circuit's (8@ monumental scientific work. He I{mnc remained about unchanged.| is probable the d‘-‘llxh been working for 13 years alone | Amour preferred was up two c | be followed in the other among his books and papers write» { points and Pullman gained one and| jurisdictions, |ing treatises on the atomic com- j one f. Stocks off one to two or| The decision was made in an op-|Position of ether which permeates more were American Telephon: nion handed down in a motion| |the empty space. made re- midsumme! y~\\'inL as the result UI' buying, is the largest proportions in ‘hr‘\CABlN NEAR EVERETT : | READY FOR HOSTAGE 1Young Voir' Heslith g to Have Been Held Captive fOl' RanSOn] Of $50,0m SEATTLE, Dec. 15.—Captain of | Detectives Luke S. May said the |‘p10v. to kuhmp Jchn Von Herbearg, | Trading but Wheat Re- covers Moderately Detectives May said to be determined by of time the season is t6 be extend- the length | Total Querating £ $254.500 ‘71.2" . \»‘fl‘ LAST GAMES OF and Telegraph, American Can, Uni-| on behalf of James Green, Pncu- { ted States. Smelting. and Refining | telle, Idabo, for, a reversal in him May further said Logan’s mind alwas upset by the San Jose kid- naping. nd}mm, ira Mining an: {Dupont, Western Union, Johns| Volstead Act case against gold price has remained unchang- | ted bere’ in 1990, after the ‘Natidhar ed far this month, the quota-| tion is still being set daily. Financing The Treasury financing involves | the collecting of more than one billion dollars from a security sale | on maturing issues and $114,000,000 in interest on the public debt. | —————— i s0 MRS. RAY G. DAY GIVES CAKE RECIPE TO J U HOUSEWIVES| In answer to many requests from the housewives of Juneau for her recipe for orange bread, Mrs. Ray G. Day submitted the recipe and| directions to the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company and it may be procured by reading their ad in today’s paper. In addition to the ingredients, careful direc- tions which cannot fail, are to be found in the ad. Many women have expressed a/ desire to ses finished, the Christ-! mas Tree cake, which Mrs. Day demonstrated at the cooking class held in the Juneau Grade School} auditorium under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Association last spring. and to- gratify this Mrs‘ Day will have one of the cake" sl with complete decorations, on dis- play in the Alaska .Electric Ligh and Power Company window to- day and tomorrow. D GOVERNOR’S OFFICE GETS RANGER VL, TO ASSIST CWA PROGAM| For the duration of the Civil| Works program, the Ranger VL.,| Capt. Ottar Johnsor, will shortly be transferred by the Forest Ser- vice to the Governor's Office. it was announced today. It will trans- fer its headquarters to Ketchikan during the transfer period. 1t will be used by Engineer A. Gighlione between Kechikan, Wran- gell and Petersburg in supervis- ing the Civil Works projects now under way in those communities. The boat left here today with a cargo of supplies for the ECW camp at Windam Bay. On its re- turn it will be transferred to the Governor’s Office and leave for Ketchikan. e MR. AND MRS. L. H. METZGAR WILL SPEND HOLIDAYS 1IN SEATTLE WITH CHILDREN To spend the holidays in Seattle whth their two daughters, Mrs. J. v.\Fordon and Sister Rosarii and their son Frank. who is attending school in the south, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar will leave for the south this evening on the Princess Norah. . | Carol Prohibition Act was put into effect. All shipments of liquor consigned | from liquor stores of British Col-| | ubia those of Yukon Territory and mnorthern British Columbia via Canadian steamships through Alaskan waters had to be con- voyed by Canadian officers. The question of whether the system still had to remain in effect was submitted to the Treasury De- partment by Collector Connors. It was ruled that liquor shipments to | passing through Territorial waters | between foreign ports are to be handled in the same maner as | any other legitimate merchandise. Mr. Connors has so notified Can- adian authorities. ———————— SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY IS GIVEN BY CALISTHENIC CLASS The Calisthenics Group of the Juneau Women's Club entertained yesterday with four tables of con- tract, three of auction and two of pinnochle in the American Legion| Dugout from two until 4 p. m. After the cards, light refreshments were served. The contract prize was won by Mrs. George Kohlheppe, the con- solation prize by Mrs. Harry Walm- sley; the auction winner was Mrs. Torvinen, with Elizabeth Thomp- son as consolation winner, Mrs. Campbell won first prize in the pinnochle division and Mrs. Goldie Haze the consolation award. The affair was arranged to raise money to pay for the new basket- ball equipment which the group recently installed in the Elks gym- nasium oo ALASKA AIR EXPRESS PILOT AND COMPANIONS, IN SEATTLE AFTER FINE TRiP BY AIR H. W. Barnhill, pilof, Barber and Chester McLean. of the Alaska Air Express, who left Juneau on Wednesday morning for Seattle in the Lockheed sea- plane of the company, arrived in Seattle yesterday after a fine trip south, according to word received here by Mrs. Thyra Merrill, officer of the company. After the Lockheed has had a major overhaul, Mr. McLean will fly the ship back to Juneau while Mr. Barnhill and Mr. Barber will remain in the Puget Sound city until the Stinson plane recently purchased by the company is as- sembled. and return here in it sometime in January. accordifig to present plans. —_— e — DEWEY BAKER TO LEAVE FOR VACATION IN SOUTH Dewey Baker will leave for the south on the Princess Norah this Mr. and Mrs. Metzgar expect to b= away abgut three weeks, return- ing to Juneau carly in January. evening on his way to Seaside, Oregon, where he will spend about a month visiting his family William as to give halibuters | of this district an opportunity to meet the peculiar condition of | I tides on which the local halibuters are dependent, Dr. Thompson said. | Similar Agreement Signed Similar agreements have already been signed by the halibut men of | Prince Rupert and Petersburg and |it is practically assured that if the Alaskan fishing fleets all agree, that the Seattle fleet will falll into line, though if voluntary| agreements are not reached it is |probable that the Seattle fleet wilt not curtail as it has in previous| seasons and that the season will| be greatly shortened, Dr. Thomp- son said. Local Representative | Einar Olsen, of the Juneau Cold | Storage Company ,was chosen by | those present at the meeting to| represent the local fleet in deal- ing with representatives of the fleets of other districts. “The shortened season is the di- rect result of the success of the illjerna‘.lonfll Fisheries Commis- sion in increasing the quamium‘ of halibut on the banks, which| enables the fishermen to land their catch in a much shorter period than formerly so that without the proposed lay ups and voluntary curtailment the season is auto- matically shortened,” Dr. Thomp- json said Dr. Thompson explained the halibut situation at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yes- terday noon as well as at the meeting last night. He will leave on the Northwestern for Ketchi- kan where an open meeting will be held and the curtailment pro- posals submitted to fishermen of that locality ———— WILSON'S LEAVE TONIGHT {local fleet so Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Wilson} will leave on the Princess Norah for the south tonight to spend the| next month or six weeks visiting| in Seattle and other cities of ‘Washington and Oregon, on a com- bined business and vacation -trip. Mr. Wilson will confer with the officers of the Blake, Moffitt and Towne paper company which he represents in Alaska, while he is south. D MAN GIVEN SIX SUSPENDED TERM ANGOON MONTHS George Mason, resident of An- goon, brought here early this week by Deputy United States Marshal George Jones of Tenakee. was yesterday convicted of having been drunk and disorderly and sentenced by Judge J. F. Mullen in the Uni- ted States Commissioner's Court fed” "FIéxibilify 15 ¥ bé. @iven” the | 3 to serve six months in jail. He was placed on probation and the s2ntence suspended during good behavior, $103,500 67,500 ming Milling All other Juneau operating costs New York Stock transfer and San Francisco office Expenses 18 89 17,000 4. 71) 3,500 98 $191 50(! 53.59 $ 63,000 Total Operating Add: Non-operating in- come less outside prospecting profit 2900 Total profit before charges $ 65,900 [FINAL MOOSE CARD | PARTY HELD TONIGHT The final card party to be ,am-n by the Moose is tonight and final awards for the series will be made as well as the prizes for those play- | ing tonight. e - 1J. K. JACKSON TO LluA\vl' ON PRINCESS NORAH FOR BUSINESS TRIP TO SOUTH in John K. Jackson, engineer | charge of the Windam Bay Gold Mining Company, plans to take passage for the south on the Prin- cess Norah leaving Juneau tonight He will spend a few days in Seat- tle before continuing to San Fran- cisco where he will be over the| ‘holidays, returning to Juneau some- time in January. L. 7 8 . ARTHUR _GRIFFITHS WILL vlsl'l' FAMILY IN SOUTH Arthur Griffiths, will lea on the Princess Norah tonight for Vancouver, B. C., where he wil visit his family for the next month Mr. Griffiths is employed at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- panj e HOLBROOKS ARE LEAVING FOR HOLIDAY IN STATES Mr. and Mrs. Wellman Hol plan to leave this evening ¢ North Star for the south they will be for three weeks month. Mr. Holbrook is gol in connection with work of the U. 8. Forest Service for which he is National Forest Examiner. They will spend the holidays with Mr Holbrook's family in Walla Wa ‘Washington. ere - ROOF FIRE ON PERELLE APARTMENTS IS SUBDUED A roof fire at the Perelle ments on Seventh Street out the Fire Department yest day evening betwen 6:30 and 7 17.63 HOOP SCHEDULE | SET FOR TODAY George Brothers Play Tal- lapoosa — Elks Tangle with Local Firemen Substituting for the George- Brothers-Tallapocsa game, the Juncau High School five and the Moose Channel League quint will play the fifst game in tonight’s schedule. The Sailers were forced to cancel their game when the Talla- pocsa was called out on a cruise today. This will be the first ap- pearance this season of Coach Regele’s squad. Elton Eng- strom of Douglas will referee. The concluding games on the| | i | regular schedule of the Gastineau| | Bethlehem Steel 357, 5%, NAVY TO AID Manville, Case Threshing, United Federal authorities said it would | CLOSING PRICES TODAY ‘L NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 217, American Can 96'c American Power and 1_.1ghLv 6%, Anaconda 14'%, Armour B 2% Calumet Alld Hecla 4%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 14'%, General Motors 33 International Harvester 40': Kl‘l\~ necott 20%, North American Avia-| tion 5, North American Company 14%, Chxcago and Milwaukee (pre- ferred) , Standard Oil of -| ifornia 4 United Corporation| sull United States Steel 46%, e e—— | Channel hoop league are billed for tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the High! | Schoo! gym. The quint represent- | ing George Brothers, tied for first| place in the league with the local| JFiremex). will take on the Talla-| ;DOOSB, squad, cellar occupants in| the appetizer. The Elks, who trounced the Is- |land Firemen last Tuesday in de- cided fashion, tangle with the lo-| ‘cal Fire Department five in the‘ chaser. If the latter win and the Grocers trim the Tallapoosa, a thres-game playoff series is ex-| pected to be played next week. The five fast delivery cagers are looked on as certain winners against the Sailors. The Firemen | are favored to take the Bills into | oamp, but if the latter click as ‘Lhey did against the Islanders lnu‘ | Tuesday, the smoke eaters will have to play heads-up ball to come through on top of the heap. | During the past two weeks, at tendance at the games has been| | cut materially due to the fact that| the gym’ hall has been the chilly for comfort of e spectator | School authorities, somewhat tardy in recognizing the use of re- | duced gate receipts announced to- | day this would be remedied hall will be warm and able this evening and ture games, they said — .e MRS. CHARLES GOLDSTEIN LEAVES FOR SOUTH TONIGHT ON WAY TO LOS ANGELES To spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. John Dolinger and the latter's family, in Los Angeles, California Mrs. Charles Goldstein| will leave Juneau on the Princess o'clock. The fla were subdued before any material damage Wwas done, Norah this evening. She will visit in the south for a month or two ,land sister of | tertained Gov. .| cording la thorough overhaul, and while in neces- which has he - | and Mrs. C. M. Thiele, of D. C, brother-in-law Malcolm Wilson. John W. Troy and at dinner in thei Capital City home shortly before Mr. Taylor left for the West, ac- to word received by Mr Major Washington, Ike P. Taylor Mr small death Lucy children in a fire home in zell ng! Wilson. a daugh ank E. James nde Mr: 2 He Mr. and Douglas. is l‘()l‘ \(H“'I'" A. J. La Gasa, deep sea formerly employed by the Isiander company, will leave to- night for Seattle to prepare for his next season's work. He will take his boat, the Alaska, south for ws was received| in las b\ cablegram last ev- ening. purchase new diving Capt. La Gasa expec Juneau about Jan: Tony, a | Hernandez, to death were away Seattle will equipment to return ary 10 | Btates Industrial Alcohol and Owens| prevent them from proceeding un- | REAL NA GIVEN United States Steel, Santa Fe,| district. H. H. McPike, United/man held in | the Von Herberg plot New York Central, General Mo- States Attorney here, said pending|asserted his true name is Gegrge | Act in any instances where prose-|sas City, Norfolk and other Vire cution is still deemed advisable. |ginia newspapers | | been filed. | former Chicago Utilities Cl.dl leave Greece by January {Leaves Today to Search The Greek courts twice refused f F Al the request of the United States or orester, S0 collapse of his the Fow;lcx r]agshlp of the without consular status of an Amer- 'r.mapm left port this afternoon can citizen. Insull's procedure for for Chatham Strait. The Fores- dent Roosevelt said this afternoon |men and a wanigan. he has ordered the Navy to co- | The Forest Service vessel laff fic Coast. .| extension to January 31 as lh"‘hland, It reached there safely The step was faken in remy!lenuth of time Samuel Insull W]w;md left for Angoon Tuesday. ment facilities, by a freighter now| to meet the Forester and take lying off the California coast with 3 c “ILDR EN | aboard some of the 18 men of GOV. JOHN W. TROY AND i the men here. The Highway I P. TAYLOR ENTERTAINED | hd{l not reached Mitchell Bay Ranger VI, which sailed from there Tuesday morning with six H 'nandv/\ tk The Forester is equipped with were burned to|@ radio phone. Although schedules heard from since it left, it Was re= ter of | Ported at local headquarters HOUSE WRANGELL, Alaska, Dec. 15.— ’hm isoned in their blazing home, oaus Mexiean, were burned yesterday. The par:nts to slight gain. Fractionally lower were| ute in charges in the Ninth Judicial|ficials this afternoon said the receovered moderately. | ted under the Internal Revenue managing editor of Seattle, Kane INSULL MUST of Logan. No charges have yet ATHENS, Dec. 15.—Samuel In- U s F s TENDER 5 LllL‘J Government last night charges of embezzlement in Chi- i sull's passports aves him| ypited States Coast Guard cutter WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Presi-| termined. | Highway, are overdue here with 18 stopping rum runing off the Paci-|ernment this afte! on granted an|Bay on the west coast of Admiralty as a challenge of its law enforce- | try } Sunday afternoon for Mifchell Bay Pilon s L (PN yPorex!er was to bring a portion | by Capt. Ottar Johnson of the AT WRANGELL | Tuesday evening. w yester- | radio ion, it has not been IMPRISONED IN ’\ B baby. children of Tony Christwmas before returning to Juncan | Tlinois Glass. Auburn showed a|der the Federal prohibition stat-| SEATTLE, Dec. 15—Police of- tors and Sears Roebuck. Wheat| Volstead cases would be resubmit-| Powell andl he is a former ke T3 6 P He was arrested under the name | TU SEA R CH FOR in behalf of t | for extradition of Insull who faces Highway~0verdue sar UN RUM GRAFT The United oked I“"me Service's Alaska ficet, the leaving Greece not been de-’ ter and the B. P. R. tender, operate with the Coast Guard in ATHENS GOV-| here Sunday and went to Mitchell to what the Government regarded|be allowed to remain in this coun- [ The Highway left Petersburg a cargo of liquor aboard. | EOW trail crews for Juneau. The IN WASHINGTON, D. DIE I N FIRE 'T\lP\d.l\ morning, it was reported ECW trail workers and arrived which destroyed | Wers arranged with the local Army of | Forest Service aged 4, Julia aged 2 and to at the time ‘ i