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ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6526. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'TWO AMERICANS ARE HELD IN SPY RING TEN SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST, FRENCH NATION | GOVERNORTROY Craling Pieces of Ice . ISENROUTETO . Are Rescued; Found to Be PAGH:I(LG 0AST J Two Men; Craft Wrecked KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 20.—Described by their rescuers ' Leaves Washington Today for Juneau by Way of California Enroute home after a busy stay in the National capital, Gov. John W. Troy left Washington for San Francisco, according to telegraphic adviees received here today ing Gov. E. W. Griffin. He ex- pected reach San Francisco next Saturday. - f He probably will visit in Long | Beach and San Diego before pro- I ceeding here. No date has been / fixed for his arrival here, it was said. | - e,——— TAYLOR RETURNS AFTER TRIP TO WASHINETOND.G, A. R. C. Head Gratified| with Results of Confer- ences on Funds | i \ 1 | | “hington in conference with Sec- | v Harold L. Ickes and other officials of the Interior Depart- ment and various bureau and ad- ministration chiefs, Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Aliska Road mission, refurned home Ilast night He met Mrs. Taylor in B for the funeral of his moth- er, who die re early this month, and was accompanied by her home. Results of the Washington stay were satisfactory, Mr. Taylor said. ted budget approval of m estimates for next year’s ram on about the same scale s year's appropriation which was about $465.000. He and the Governor discussed additional Public Works Adminis- tration projects on the second pro- gram submitted and both believe | that some new financing wiil be authorized carly next year. They also conferred with Director Hop- kins regarding the Civil Works program with highly gratifying re- | sults. Enroute her: He discussed the Civil Works projects with lo- cal authorities at Ketchikan ‘Wrangell and Petersburg. At each of these centers, the enfire quota allotted under the original set-up and preparing fo increase crews when additional alloments are au- thorized. | ‘Washington, Mr. Taylor said, is a | beehive of activity. Right now the center of greatest effort is in the Civil Works Administration. Due to the pressure on all of fthe depart- ments and administrative agencies generally, it requires a good deal of time to obtain conferences, but once these are had, objectives can be attained rapidly. Delegate Dimond, he found, is working hard day and night tokeep Alaska in the fast-moving picture. He has made warm friends in all of the departments by his atti- tude of helpfulness and efforts to- ward co-operation. In addition to looking after the Territory’s in- terests with the several emergency administrative bodies and in the regular departments, the Delegate was preparing legislation and as- sembling data for hearings at the next 3€Sslon of Congress. BOY PLUNGER 1S MISSING Jesse L. Livermore Has Disappeared Reports His Wife NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Jesse L. Livermore, whose large spzculation in stocks made him known as the boy plunger, is reporfjed missing. Mrs. Livermore made the report to the police authorities. FEDERALS ENTER CASE WASHINGTON, Dec, 20. — The Department of Justice has ordered as crawling pieces of ice, George Steele, aged 60 years, and Charles Hanson, aged 50 years, have been brought here to a hespital after a blizzard dashed their small boat on Palmer's Rock, Annette Island. The two men were thrown into the icy waters. They started to crawl along the beach, freezing as they crawled. Indians saw a light cn the beach and found the two men. Hanson was unable to use his hands and held his flashlight in his mouth. Hanson was delirious when rescued. Steele was in better physical condition. * TAKE DECLINE, No School Till January Second Is Announcement After conculting the U. Weather Bureau this afternoon, R. S. Raven, Ci Superin- tendent of Schools decided that schoel will not reopen until the end of the Christmas holidays en January 2, as present in- dications are the severe weath- er will not materially moderate for several more days. Due to the extreme cold, which has prevented practice, the Christmas Carol program, which was scheduled to take place in the Grade School Au- diterium on Friday afternoon has been cancelled, Superin- tendent Raven declared. The Carols were to have been sung by the High School students under the direction of E. H. Erickson. - TERHUNE COMES NORTH TO OPEN CAME PROJECT Game Restocking Work| Will Be Launched in All Districts by January | To complete arrangements launching the Alaska Game Com- | mission’s game re-stocking pro- gram, H. W. Terhune, Executive Secretary of that organization, re- turned home last night after hav- ing spent sevecral weeks between Washington, D. C. and Seattle working out details of the Com- mission’s extensive PWA building program. Mr. Terhune will spend the holidays with his family and probably return to Seattle late next | week. The final details of the restock- ing work were being worked out today. ‘It is our intention to es- tablish the camps in all districts on January 1,” Mr. Terhune said. Boat Plans Drafted Plans for vessels to be con- structed under the PWA allocation of funds are well worked out. Bids| for the deisel engines for the larg- est of these ships will be opened in Washington on December 26. Calls for bids for engines of the smaller craft have been drafted and will be issued within a few days. It is Mr. Terhune’s intention to return to Seattle in a short while to speed up the boat building pro- gram, and complete the details of their station and wharf building activities. No Annual Meeting There will be no annual meet- ing of the Game Commission this year. “Due to severe reduction in its administrative funds, the Com- mission has cancelled its annual meeting. There will be some mi- nor changes and adjustments in existing regulations and these are being taken care of through cor- respondence between this office and membeys of the Commission,” Mr. Terhune said ELECTION HELD BY LEGION OF MOOSE AT MEETING TUES. Members of the Legion of the Moose, Juneau Lodge No. 25, Sec- ond Degree, gathered in the Moose lodge rooms last evening and elect- ed officers for the coming year. ‘Those chosen to fill positions were North Moose, Steve Harvey; South Moose, Ed. Giovaneiti; East Moose, E. M. Rodenberg; West Moose, C. W. White and treasurer, Fred Wal- der. Following the election. the Le- Fedsral agengs to enter the Liver- more kidnap case in New York. gion members enjoyed supper at the Gastineau Cafe. LOSSES SMALL Many Leaders Resist Pres- | sure to Some Extent— | Curb Breaks Heavily | il NEW YORK, Dec. 20—A sharp decline in some specialty issues unsettled stock today and extreme declines of five to nine points were suffered by the more volatile equi- | ties before buying support appeared |to stem the torrent. | "Many leaders resisted the pres- |sure with a majority showing only |small net losses. | Today's close was heavy sales totaling 2,300,000 shares. Bonds were heavy. Prices on the curb broke heav- ily. with. Nine Point Drop Union Bag Paper dropped nine points following reports of the Stock Exchange authorities eénquir- ing into the recent erratic activity jof the stock. Celanese was off eight points jand Atlas Tack four points but all got back most of the losses. Wheat Is Off Wheat was off three cents a bushel and other commodities were heavy. | Small gains were shown by for | Standard Oil of New Jersey, Santa | Fe, American Can, McIntypre-Por- cupine, Chrysler, United States Steel and American Telephone and Telegraph. Seme Losers Losers of one to three points in- cluded New York Central, Amer- |ican Commercial Alcohol, Auburn, U. S. Industrial Alcohol, Allied :Chemiml. U. S. Smelting, Western |Union and Westinghouse. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can 93, American Power and Light 6, Armour B 2, Bethlehem Steel 1341, Calymet and Hecla 4, Cur- tiss-Wright 2%, General Motors i32‘;, International Harvester 37%, | Kennecott 19'%, North American |Aviation 4%, Chicago and Milwau- | kee (preferred) 7%, Montgomery !‘Ward 20%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 39%, United Corporation 4%, United States Steel 45%. DALAI LAMA PASSES AWAY; POISON RUMOR Death of His Holiness of Tibet Is Cause of Speculation LONDON, Dec. 20—A rumor ghat Dalai Lama, of Tibet, was poisoned and did not die from natural caus- es, is reported from Lhasa and has aroused speculation here. The death of His Holiness was announced yesterday. He was the Supreme Ruler of Tibet and all through Buddist Asia. He was re- garded as the reincarnation of Buddah who died centuries ago. He also had the Supreme civil and religious power, his followers be- lieved, and that Lama did not ac- tually cease to exist at death but his spirit has entered the person of an infant. ———— NO WOMEN’S GYM CLASSES UNTIL WEATHER MODERATES Members of the Juneau Wo- men’s Calesthenic classes will not meet until the weather moderates, it was announced this morning by Mrs. R. J. McKanna, “OPEN HOUSE” Santa Claus Distributes Gifts of Toys and Candies to All Juneau Children Close to one thousand - children and adults were on hand last even- ing when Santa Claus, aboards the Christmas ship Alaska, distributed gifts and greetings to the pgople of Juneau at a big open house held while the steamer was in port, with M. E. Sheahan, assistant to T. B. Wilson, Vice-President and Gen- eral Manager, acting as Offical host. Gayly decoratedq with .evergreen, tinsel, holly the big steamer form- ed a fitting background for the festivities to which everyone on Gastineau Channel was invited by s A. Lindbergh and his wife came home yesterday afternoon to hang up the baby’s stocking for Christmas. They alighted in the East River, New Yeork City, from Charleston, South Carclina. The above picture shows the couple alighting from their plane in the Azores on their flight from Lisbon befcre going to Bathurst prior Finishing a 25,000-mile journey over much of the globe, Col. Charle: the company. During the hours when Santa Claus greeted each {little .visitor and bestowed the gifts {of games, candy, fruit and toys & delightful musical program Wwas given by the talented artists aboard. to the South Atlantic flight to Natal, Brazil. Route of Lindberghs’ Tour Holly for Women In addition to presents for the youngsts Santa Claus gave @& festive spray of holly to each wom- an guest. The tree, colorful and shining, stood in the social hall, surrounded by mounds of beauti- | fully wrapped present H Santa Claus was assisted in car- ing for the continuous stream of guests by Vern Jamieson and others of the steamer force who, imbued with the spirit of Christmas, did OIT| s everything in their power to see that everyone was made to feel| welcome and at home. JuneauArtist on Board Miss . Aleece. .Graves,. Juneauw's, own harpist, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Graves, is making | this special trip as one of the [talented artists responsible for the| fine musical programs given at the parties being held in each city., Others whose entertainment did so much toward making the affair a| gala occasion were Ida Dillon,| saxaphone player and for seven; vears an orchestra leader with the | company, Miss Betty Shilton for years an organis§ at the Fox Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle, whose | broadcasts over KOMO have been | enjoyed by many Alaskans, Mrs. H. Nelson, mezzo soprano from the Eastman Opera Company of| Rochester, New York and KOMO artist, and Miss Vida Ford, violinist | with the steamer’s orchestra. i “Ken" Cross, traveling passenger | agent with the company, and ex- | | Heavy line in above map shows the route covered by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh since they left New York City almost five and one-half months ago. The dotted line between Bathurst, West Africa, and Natal, Brazil, was their longest water jump on #he homeward journey. The continuation of the dotted line up the coast shows the route taken back to New York. tremely talented, contributed a ANNUAL REPORT rumer ot mmeros s BEING PREPARED (COMING SESSION received by the large number of visitors. Liquor Tax Bill Must Be Passed First Week, Says Roosevelt BLANKET CODE IS EXTENDED FOUR MONTHS |President Expects to Have All Employes Under Agreements Soon Christmas Eve at Seward From Juneau the steamer Alaska !is to carry the Christmas spirit and give parties to Haines, Skagway Sitka and way points to the West: ward, spending Christmas eve with | {the orphans at the Jessie Lee Home in Seward. { org}:egtsrlalks ‘hhebeentertalners Bx:d)l WASHINGTON, Dec. 2‘0:—Presx_ W taken to the|jent Roosevelt has notified the WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today announced re- CAPT, O'CONNOR TO HAVE CREWS AT WORK JAN. Returns to Direct Salmon Stream Improvement Project Under CWA The salmon stream improvement project approved under the Civil Works program for Alaska will be launched on January 2, it was; anno today by Asst. Asent' M. J. Q'Connor, of ‘#E“United States Buréai of Fisheries, who 1e- | turned yesterday from Seattle to| take charge of the work. He started today to work out a| detailed -plan for operations and | get everything in readiness to put | 198 men to work just after the| new year. Capt. O'Connor can- celled his usual trip to California to come here for this work when Agent L. G. Wingard found he would have to go to Washington for scmetime. Two bureau vessels, the Teal and Scoter, will sail from Seattle next Tuesday. The former will be as- signed here and the latter to Ket- chikan to assist in handiing crews employed in stream improvement. The Auklet, now located here, will be shifted to wWrangell for the same purpose. Due to annual over- haul and repairs no other vessels of the bureau’s local fleet are now (available for service. It may be necessary to charter one or two other vessels for the work on the| wesl coast. ————. SLIGHT CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE | | Naturalized Canadians Are Also Charged’with Complicity INTERNATIONAL GANG IS TAKEN BY SYSTEM Three Women Are Involve ed—Secrecy Covers All Operations PARIS, Dec. 20.—An Am- erican man and his wife, Rob- ert Switz, traveling salesman, born in East Orange, New Jersey, and Mrs. Switz, for- merly Marjorie Tilley, born in New York, are among ten suspects held on charges of complicity in a huge interna- tional spy ring alleged oper ating in France. Another couple arrested is described as naturalized Can- adians, Benjamin Bercowitz, merchant, and his wife Clara, both born in Rumania. Those under arrest, includ- ing three women, are charged with complicity. One woman is the daughter of a former Paris Police Com- missary. ‘The suspects in the spy ring were selz various of France a "e‘r'ullncflmlmtlng docu- ments were gathered by the Es- pionage Service. Secrecy covering the mysterious organization and operations is maintained but it is believed there has been a leak in the plans for France's closely-guarded vast fron- tier fortifications which she intends to extend. Only yesterday it was announced the French seek credit to expand the “iron ring” of border defenses to the sea. Are Rounded Up The round-up of the spies was the climax to a two-year search especially along the frontiers where scores of isolated cases of espion= age have been reported. The present international band is reported to include Italians, Jugoslavs, Czechoslovakians, Scan= dinavians and Frenchmen operating with women accomplices. Detailed information was with- held. First Arrests The first persons arrested were a Polish medical student, Moise Salmon and his wife Chana. Other names are withheld. Documents were also seized when arrests were made. The Americans and Canadians under arrest are named as heads of the spy ring by the Espionage System. Others Involved Pioneers'’ Home where a large box |of interesting games will be given presented. In order that the children pa- tients of the Government Hospital who were unable to get down to the steamer may not be forgotten, a box of presents and toys was left here to be distributed to them by R. J. McKanna, Juneau agent. Every member on the staff of 125 aboard the Alaska was delighted with the special trip and un- grudgingly gave of their time and energy in making the parties com- pletely successful, ————————— MISS VERNA REED IS ENROUTE Miss Verna Reed is a westbound passenger on the steamer Alaska on her way to Anchorage to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Reed. Shortly after January 1, she will return to Se- attle where she is attending the University of Washington. Democratic chieftains the Admin- newal of the blanket reemployment Others arrested include Madame to the sourdoughs and a program | | TO ANCHORAGE FOR XMAS| code for four months after January 1.saying that all fair competition agreements now cover 70 per cent of all employees and others will eventually be covered by further codes established very shortly. |istation is anxious that Congress pass the projected liquor tax bill |the first week of the session open- ing January 3. The President is proceeding with his plans for his first regular an- inual mesasge to Congress and it is bound to include a report of his, stewardship under recovery legisla-; | CAUSE OF FIRE IN 'President Discusses' Possi- recommendations the next day bility of Change with Service Heads firemen answered a call from the! oy Nels Rogni residence in the Casey-| WASHINGTNN, Dec. 20.—Presi- Shattuck Addition where a frozen dent Roosevelt yesterday discussed water jacket caused the Kitchen the possibility of merging the Coast stove to blow up, throwing piece: juard with the Navy with heads jof the stove and fire in all di f both services. The consolida- | rections in the Kkitchen into thg tion of the services is proposed as {walls and out of the windows. |an economy move. | Mrs. Nels Rogne, who was in the; | bathroom at the time of the ac-| ! cident, was narrowly missed by ‘one of the flying pieces of stove. The Firemen handled the situation with their customary efficiency, quickly extinguishing the blaze. The only damage was caused by the flying pleces from the stove The house is one of the Niemi properties. | NELS ROGNE HOME| | At 11:15 o'clock this morning| | OPPOSITION SEATTLE, Dec. 20—The Seattle Merchants Exchange has reviewed the work done in this district and adopted a resolution protesting the proposal to transfer the Coast Guard duties to the Navy fearing the changes will result in a less efficient personnel in the Coast Guard. FORECAST HERE “Slightly Warmer” Is To- morrow’s Forecast— Maybe Five Degrees A slight moderation of tempera- ture, possibly four or five degrees, is forecast for Juneau for tomor- row by R. C. Mize, Meteorologist | in Charge of the local Weather Bu- reau Station. No decided change, | however, was in sight in the im- | mediate future There was little change in local | weather conditions during the past | | 24 hours. The lowest official tem- | perature recorded in that time was | nine degn:zes below zero. There was some modification in the Interior in several dfstricts, the most pronounced being at Zagle,| where the minimum today was mi- | nus 34 as compar:d to 66 below zero yesterday. Dawson, with 56| below, was the coldest spot in the north to report today. While wind had lessened in in- tensity locally, there still was not much small boat navigation. In Icy Lidie Stahl, Russian teacher; Mile. Madelein Mermet and Louis Mar- tin, both French teachers; Dou- cham_Narandisch, Serbian journ- alist. Three others, believed to be among the leaders, escaped and the others were ready to flee when apprehended. Wireless sets for the sending of messages, military documents, pho- tographic plates, movie cameras and large sums of money were seized. There was also a declara- tion of the German Espionage Sys- tem regarding buying of maps of fortifications. > - e———— D. E. SKINNER IN HOSPITAL; IS CRITICAL Attending Physician Refus- es to Make Any | Strait today, e gale had foread| the steamer Yukon and the motor-| ship Estebeth into shelter. The{ | Alaska enroute here vesterday, was forced to stop off at Windham Bay for about an hour when the spray got too thick. It had a thin ice- coating over her hull and on the decks when it made port. (Continued on Page Eight) Announcement SEATTLE, Dec. 20—D. E. Skin- ner, prominent Seattle ship builder ‘and operator and also capitalist, |was in a critical condition in @& | hospital here yesterday. His - cian, Dr. George C. Miller declined to discuss the gature of his iliness:

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