The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6835. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 193 - JAPANTAKES STE ERO 16 MEN TAKEN FROM SINKING SHIP ON OCEAN Lifeboat Crew from Liner New York Battles Gale Successfully CREW OF DISABLED CRAFT SAVED, DEATH Searc hlig—hl; Play Over Scene—Wild Cheers for Men of Tiny Boat ABOARD STEAMSHIP EUROPA. AT SEA, Dec. 19.—Sixteen men, periously near death on the storm| crushed Norwegian freighter Sisto, owe their lives to the gallant life- IC RESCUE They Adorn Senatorial Offices i boat crew from the passenger liner| 3 New York. Amidst the storm lashed seas, the Sisto’s crew was taken from the sinking ship while four vessels,| including the Europa, stood by playing their searchlights on the | scene on the high seas. H In Nick of Time The rescue was accomplished ap- parently none too soon as the Sisto | was in a helpless condition when| the Europa reached the scene, 300, miles off the coast of Ireland. i The Sisto’s rudder was in al twisted useless condition. The whole | superstructure was crushed by giant waves. Lifeboats had been washed away and the ship was in dire need when the New York launched the lifeboat. It is only a matter of hours be- fore the Sisto will succumb to the sea. She was left in a sinking condition. Victery Over Atlantic i The dramatic victory of the res-| cue party over the Atlantic was | accomplished as virtually every| person aboard the Europa watched anxiously the progress of efforts. There was a great shout of joy as the lifeboat reached the New York in safety. It was a precarious trip for the small rescue boat for rolling seas tossed the little craft like a bob- bing cork. Drep Into Lifeboat The rescue boat reached the side of the crippled craft. Mem- bers of the Sisto's crew, weary from long hours of battling the savage storm dropped quickly into the lifeboat. Then began the even more dan- gerous trip back to the New York for this time the boat was laden almost beyond capacity. Sometimes the waves entirely ob- scured the boat from sight. B g MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS FOR SAAR IS BEGUN Contingents from Several Nations Are Enroute - | or Ready to Go LONDON, Dec. 19.—Mobilization of troops for participation in the/ Sear International Patrol during| the January 13 plebiscité is gnmg: forward with the expectation all| contingents will be at their posts! before Christmas. Approximately 3,500 men cen- tributed by Great: Britain, Italy, Sweden and The Netherlands are either enroute or ready to move" within the next few days. | - | { HEBERTS MOTORING SOUTH TO CALIFORNIA According to word received in| Juneau by the last’ mail, Lisle F.| Hebert and wife are now enjoying' a motor tour of @alifornia after visiting friends and relatives in Evereit and Bellingham, Washing- ton, for two weeks. Mr. Hebert's father and mother accompany | them on their trip and they rcport.( frebging weather ‘in . the vicinity of Roseberg; Ote., was encountered | menadtion for Hollywood and Broadway scouts co Senatorial secretaries is this. trio approach of Congressional session towns. L. to r.: Betty Haardt, office EUGENE BLACK DIES SUDDENLY, ' FOR-HAUPTMANN. . GEORGIA HOME MAKES THREA Former Governor Federal Reserve Board Suffers Heart Attack ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 19.—Eugene R. Black, former Governor of the Federal ‘Reserve Board, died at his Iresidence here ‘as the result of an Bruno Richard Hauptmann, attack of the heart. For the past well and died two hours after the heart attack last night. On May 18, last year, President Roosevelt named Black as Chair- |man of the Federal Reserve Board lestify for Hauptmann. to succeed Eugene Meyer. Black did noteworthy work but months ago to return here to again head the Sixth Federal Re- serve Board District. Black was 61 years of age. MAY PROPOSE DOLE SYSTEM Contention Advanced that This Is Cheaper than Work Relief Plan WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Dec. 19.—Bubstitution of a dole for the present work ' relief plan ap- peared today to be a likely recom- inclusion in the platform being drawn by the chief- tains for American commerce ad- vancement of the nation. The con- tention is that it is a better and cheaper way to help the jobless. DENY REPORT HITLER SHOT BERLIN, Dec. 19.—Rumors that President - Chancellor Adolf Hitler was shot and wounded by a girl {are denied by German officials. Austrian newspapers yesterday printed articles that Hitler was shot while riding in his automo- bile, by a girl who passed by in ia taxi and that she and her taxi driver were killed by guards. ., — JOURNEYS SOUTH { | { | | | | | i CARMEL, Cal., Dec. 19~ Mrs. Elliott Boke Schaffner, aged 39 years, member of the wealthy clothing family, :l's s s - AB 4. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ROGATE TREATY DE, STORMY SEAS | ities, might have wandered’ /into, the ocean or into the | tidal ' mouth of Carmel River !mear her home. | A screen was ripped off a .sought after disappearing rea,' window of her home. ¥ ;clad in her nightgown, bed-i A police dog picked up ) | | | shown on steps of Capitol, wher has brought them from old homa | of Sen. Ashurst; Mary Love Henry, | { Senate guide room; Josephine Sterling, Vice President Garner’s officq CHIEF COUNSE Claims Two Federal Agents Transferred to Pre- vent Testifying FLEMINGTON, N. J., Dec. 19— A threat to appeal to the White| House has entered the case of ac- cused in the Lindbergh kidnaping |few days he had not bzen feeling case. Hauptmann's chief counsel, Ed- | ward Really charges that two Fed- eral agents have been transferred the West so they could not He said that if it is necessary he will ap- peal to President Roosevelt per; sonally to have the agents return- grennquished his post several ¢d, adding, “It 18 apparent Haupt- | mann will not get a fair trial.” |~ The Department of Justice, in Washington, said one agent men- tioned had been sent to Houston, Texas, on assignment, and the other has been sent to Salt Lake City on his own request. e Y PR CHRISTMAS TO BE OBSERVED THURSDAY EVE Juneau Public School Stu- dents to Present Program at Grade Building On Thursday evening at 7 o'clock parents of school children students of the Juneau Public High School and children of pre-school age are invited to attend a Christmas pros gram /being held at' the grade school auditorium, it was an- nounced today by City Superinten- dent of Schools A. B. Phillips, | Parents are requested not to | bring grade school students at this time, owing to limited space and a speclal program will be held for them on Friday afternoon before school is dismissed for the Christ- mas holidays, he said. It is hoped that all parents of school students will attend. ‘Teachers and pupils alike have been busy for days preparing for the program, in which various members of each class from the Third Grade up will take part. H ——————— AGENT GOES SOUTH room’ slippers and fur_coat: | Mrs. Schaffner had been released only Monday from hespital where she had beel for a rest. Joseph Schaffner, her hus- band, is now enroute here { from Chicago. | Mrs. Schaffner, it is fear- :ed by her friends and author- i Iwhn-t is thought to have been {her trail, following it until it | disappeared on the ocea n! ‘beach. Officers are also investigat- {ing the screen angle for a ' possible kidnap clue. One hundred and fifty per- sons are searching for the | woman. TROAST BACK FROM TRIP OF INSPECTION Covers Many Miles in | Handling Indian Bureau Business in North | Returning from ofie or vhe most extensive inspection trips ever made 1by a government official through | the territory, N. L. Troast, Archi- | tect and District Superintendent "for the United States Bureau of | Indian Affairs, arrived in Juneau jon the steamer Alaskd. Mr. Troast | made the trip for the purpose of inspecting all PWA projects in the Interior, Northern and Westward | districts for the Bureau. Covering thousands of miles by plane and steamer, among the communities visited by Mr. Troast jon his trip were Cordova, Copper | Center, Fairbanks, Rampart, Shungnak, Kotzebue, all by plane. From Kotzebue, he took the North Star to visit Kivalina, Point Hope, Wainwright, Point Barrow, Point Lay, Tigara, Shishmaref, and back to Kivalina. At Kivalina he again took a plane and stopped at Kot- zebue, Kiwallk, Candle, Deering and Nome. At the latter place he again boarded the North Star and made a trip with stops at King Island, Diomede Island, Cape Prince of Wales, Tin City and Tel- {ler. From Nome, Mr. Troast visited Unanakleet, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Egavik, White Moyntain, Buckland, Baldwin, Igloo Point and Nunachek. PWA projects which he inspect- ed, including new school buildings, constructing of playgrounds, were located at Cordova, Copper Center, ‘Wainwright, Point Lay, Diomede Island, Nome, Teller, Wales, Shis- Unalakleet, White Moun- tain and Kivalina, and involved the expenditure of a large portion of the $100,000 PWA appropriation’ to the Bureau. Diomede Island Work “Among the most interesting places I visited was Diomede Is- land, where the Eskimos, under the direction of the Eskimo teach- er for the Bureau, have built walks, streets, steps and walls, all of cob- blestones. They have also built & trail to the end of the island from the wvillage and it all presents a most attractive appearance. The new school house there, which was constructed by Steve Raymond, of Juneau, is now in use and is a fine building. I also inspected new schools at Unalakleet, and Buck~ land.” In addition to inspecting pro- jects already completed, Mr. Troast selected sites for proposed new school buildings at Shaktoolik, Tel- ler, Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Wainwright and Point Barrow. He also selected the site for a hospital at Unalakleet. Appointed New Teachers Among the work accomplished by Mr. Troast was the appointment. |of new teachers for schools located: ; marif, Fuel agent for the White Pass wijliam C. Fraser, agent for the | throughout the northern district.} and Yukon Route with headguar- White Pass and Yukon Route at Appointments were all made from enroute fo p-llgu-nu. They e’xpefi,ters at Whitehorse, Allen Fraser i8 &arcross, Y. T, is a passenger on |among Alaskan residents and in- »go returni-to Juneau about Jm'.l through passenger on the Prin- the Princess Norah, going south on % cess Norah. ary 10. jan annual vacation, (vonunued on Page TWO) roads, trails, clearing, draining and’ CHAMBER WILL HEAR TALKS BY NOME VISITORS Stewart, Troast — Who Aided After Fire— to Address C. of C. { Featured vy the appearance of !B. D. Stewart and N. Lester Troast, ! government officials who returned |this week to Juneau after spend- ing several months in the Inte- rior, the Juneau Chamber of Com- /merce will meet at Bailey’s Cafe | at noon temorrow. | Stewart is supervising mining engineer and ex-officio Federal in- !spector of mines. Troast is archi- tect and district superintendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | The two men are expected to tell :many of their experiences at the session. Both visited Nome and {helped in the rehabilitation work !which followed the devastating fire there. “Of interest on the business pro gram will be the announcement by {R. E. Robertson, newly elected president, of the standing and spe- cial committees for 1935. Robertson probably also will name a committee to judge the Christmas decorations in both business and residential districts. The Chamber recently announced cash prize awards for attractive | holiday decorations. STOCK PRICES DRIFT LOWER NEW YORK, Dec. 19.— Stocks drifted lower and were unsettled during the first hour of trading today by a selling flurry of utilities. Outside of that group losses were largely limited to fractions but the entire list closed heavy. Trading was dull. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 19— Closing quotation of Aleska Juneau mine stock today is 19';, American Can {107, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5, Beth- dehem Steel 29%, Calumet and { 1 f | national Harvester 37%, Kenn cott 16%, United States Steel 367, Pound $4.94%. g —— KUSKOKWIM MI G MAN GOES OUTSIDE TO SPEND HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY Among the southbound passen- gers aboard the steamer Alaska is Pred Mespelt, of Mespelt and Company, of which he is a member and which operates the Treadwell property at Medfra, in the Kusko- kwim. Other members of the firm are Mr. Mespelt's two brothers. They bought the Treadwell gold quartz property several years ago. He is on his way south to join his family for the holidays. ————-—a — — PIONEER ON VACATION An old-time resident of Skagway and Whitehorse, Harry Flaherty, is a southbound passenger on the Princess Norah today for an an- sl vacations . Hecla 3, General Motors 31, mber-, " 4 l [ { { | | i [ Facing world on Federal pens Cowley, widow of Samuel P. with Baby Face Nelson, pondcr and Sam | | 5 a month, Mrs. Lavon Chipman ¢y, I'ederal agent slain in gun fight 1 future of her two sons, John. 3. » 2 manthg, Yawning Woman. . Believed on Road to Recovéry STERLING, IlL, Dec. 19— Mrs. Harold McKee, aged 35, yawned conce last night and went to sleep. She has been yawning for eight days. Physi- cians believe she is well along the road to recover as last night’s yawn was natural. B0 5 S WOMAN DIES: ON SCAFFOLD FOR SLAYING Appeals to King and Queen of England Fail to Save Mrs. Gaunt HULL, England, Dec. 19.—After fappeals made to the King and Quene had failed to save her, Mrs. Ethel Gaunt, ‘aged 42, mother of two children, was hanged here to- husband. Until the end, Mrs. Gaunt main- tained she was innocent. The jury that convicted her recommended clemency. Mrs. Gaunt's aged father and her son bid her farewell before she was led to the scaffold. PLANS FLIGHT OVER PAGIFIC Amelia Earhart Putnam Sails for Honolulu s Next Saturday LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 19.— |Amelia Earhart Putnam sails Sat- |urday for Honolulu with a plane in {which- she may fly over the Pa- cific, back to California. Her hus- band, George Palmer Putnam, said the flight from Honolulu is very probable but it is not certain. —————— BABY GIRL BORN SATURDAY TO DEPUTY U. 8. MARSHAL AND MRS. JUDSON BROWN Deputy U. 8. Marshal and Mrs, Judson Brown are the parents of a six and one+half pound baby girl born last Satirday at the Govern- ment Hospital. Deputy Brown has ‘been busily passing out cigars on the fifth floor of the Federal and Territorial Building and reports that Mrs. Brown and their small daughter are progressing nicely. day for the poison death of her| BRINGS SANTA FOR VISIT HER |Alaska Line’s Yukon En- | tertains 1,500 Juneau- its at Party To be sure, Santa Claus didn't come in a sleigh driven by pranc- ing reindeer, and, he didn’t com: | from out of the North Country— | but—boy, oh, boy, Santa Claus did come to Juneau today! Sitting in the social hall of the Alaska Steamship Company's Yu- kon, that ruddysfaced gentleman who personifies the spirit of | Christmas oficlally welcomed 1,500 | Juneau adults and children today. | The “Christmas Ship” arrived at | Pacific Coast Dock at 9:30 o'clock | this morning, and, until she sailed 'this afternoon for the Standard Oil Dock to remove some cargo, a | steady stream of Yyoungsters' and grown-upé filed up and down her | twin gang-planks. Gifts Distributed Santa Claus, assisted by a deck steward who passed out boxes of holiday candy and by other at- tendants who gave bright, shiny apples and juicy oranges, said that the throng that visited him today here was the largest he had en- countered on his “good-will” tour from Seattle. At Wrangell, 800 people, includ- ing many Indian children from the native school there, saw him. And, at Ketchikan, there were 1,100 visitors, ’ Santa Claus told of an amusing incident at Ketchikan. It seems that several Ketchikan people— four, to be exact—took this St. Nicholas business a little too seri- ously, and, when the boat pulled out from the dock, found them- selves still on board’ So, to the ship orghestra’s rendition of “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” those four Ketchikan per: were hoist- ed over the side of the vessel on a board sling. Royal Send-off And Santa said he got a most royal send-off in Seattle. The dock | was jammed with a huge throng, | and, as at Ketchikan, several visi- tors were left on board when the Yukon started to leave. Again, the boat had to return, and a gang- plank was lowered. Santa Claus looked out for the grown-ups, too, who, perhaps, were too bashful to come up and get their presents. A specially-arranged | six-piece orchestra’ provided en- tertainment. All " its members are | well-known on the Alaska Steam- { i | Meéger Pension Her Reward PRIVY COUNCIL TELLS EMPEROR T0 SCRAP PACT Most- Significant Action by Nippon Nation Since World War Taken 'HIGH CONSULTATIVE " BODY GIVES ADVICE Date of Notice Not Indi cated but Probably Next Week . TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19.— | The Japanese Privy Couneil, | the highest consultative body lin the realm, today unani- |meusly advised Emperor {Hirohito to abrogate .the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, Many thoughtful Japanese leaders considered this step as representing.a virtual con- firmation of the decision .ar- rived at long before hand. These same leaders also ex- pressed the belief that the step was the most significant one taken by the empire since the World War. The actual date of notifica- tion to the United States Government was not made known, but it generally is be- lieved here that there will be a postponement until the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Two years must follow the notice of abrogation before the present 5-5-3 ratio be- tween the United States, Great Britain and Japan in naval strength may be form- ally abandoned. CONFERENCE TERMINATES LONDON, Dec. 19. — The tri- power naval conversations here, be- tween Great Britain, United States and Japan have terminated with- out any immediate prospect a new naval treaty will be formulated. ARMY, NAVY OFU. S. 18 THREATENED Communists Attempting to Spread Dissatisfaction Among Ranks WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — At- tempts of Communists to spread dissatisfaction and even mutiny and rebellion among the nation's armed forces is reported by Army and Navy officers to be causing real concern. A concrete remedy has been ask- ed from the House committee in- vestigating UnAmerican activities and approval of a law will be sought . permitting punishment of those who urge any soldier or sail- or to “violate his oath of alleg- lance.” b Chairman MeCormack of the committee reported various rem- edies are being considered but none have been agreed upon. | ship Company service. They in- (Continued on Page Two)