The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASK VOL. XLV, NO. 6962. r BATTLE FLEET | DASHONHIGH SEAS, SUCCESS Pacific Maneuvers, in First Stage, Have Proven Remarkable HIGH OFFICERS ARE ELATED AT MOVEMENT World's M;):Powerfu] Submarine Division Proves Wonder ¥ g | PEARL HARBOR, T. H, May 15.l —The remarkable precision in in- tricate navigation dicplayed by the main battle fleet in strategic de- ployment on its recent dash across| the Pacific from California to Ha-| wail, is reported to be highly grati-| fying to the high command. This first phase of the maneuv- ers in the Pacific proved to be a valuable test of operation on the| high seas of the battle force be- tween far distant bases,~high offi- cers indicated, and in addition dem-‘ onstrated the abilities of the world’s most powerful submarine division. Hizh success was attained both by| the dreadnaughts and undersea craft, officers said, and the very| fact that each division checkmated operations of the other at some, stage of the westward dash proved the effectiveness of both. | U, S, MANEUVERS ing hostess at the gevernor-general’ ! i\ | | 'Mrs. Jokn Buchan (above) is to be the new first lady of Canada, berom s palace in Ottawa, shown above. | Her husband, the Scottish~historian and novelist, also pictured, is the first copimoner-to-be appointed to the high post. JUNEAU, ALASKA, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” A EMPIRE WEDNESDAY, MAY I3 5, 1935. { . ;Alaska, May 15. — The Ne- ‘nuna jce moved at 1332 | e’clock this afternoon. W. M. ‘Berngan, of the Cooperative | Drug Company is total win- | ner of the peol which is over $61,000. CHENA SLOUGH ICEMOVES IN FRONT OF FBKS. Nenana Movement Expect- ed Any Hour Now— Pool Is Large One The ice in Chena Slough, in olclock yesterday afternoom aceord- ing to private advices received by | | The Empire, from Fairbanks, at 6 |o'clock last evening. At that time |the Nenana ice was holding fast |but may “move tomorrow,” mch | meant today. The moving of the ice in Chenn Slough generally precedes the Ne-| nana ice moving from 24 to 48 hours. The balance of the 1935 Nenana ice pool, payable to the winner or winners, is $61,100 but that amount is subject to deduction/ for all and any checks made pay-| able to the ice pool which are not | honored by the banks upon which they are drawn. No checks have' | been rejected to date, according to private advices received by The |Empire from George Hupprich,| Menager of the Nenana Ice Pool. [ BULLETIN—FAIRBANKS, | front of Fairbanks, moved at 5:01| ‘lw MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | Strip of Rhine Valley (shaded Treaty, is being fortified by Ger: in map) made neutral by Versailles ecret/agents have informed Lon- don and Paris, precipitating new cnsw in relations of the Allies with their former enemy. Forts at Col s nz (above) which A. E, F. occupled -re\being model ‘nized, it'is charged. Slghtless Astroniomer,Who Read KETCHIK AN []N[] Mysterws to Worl(l that Saw B B LessClearly, CHICAGO, Ill, May 15—Dr. Ed- win B. Frost, blind Director Eme- ritus of Yerkes Observatory, is dead at his home here. Dr. \\erse through sightless eyes and, Dws in Chu ago Frost looked upon the uni-j v R KAISERLAUTERN) ol EL { SWITIERLAND BILL LOST; NEW ONE IS PASSED Action Taken by Congress at Request of F. D. R. —Historical Event PRICE TEN CENTS - SENDS DOCTORS T0 PT. BARROW Bacteriologists Leaving Philadelphia Tomorrow for Arctic Outpost {COMING TO JUNEAU TO |TAKE PLANE NORTH Wlll Teke Back Sample of | Germs in Effort to Learn More About Disease In search of a cure for the in- fluenza epidemic which has strick- en Point Barrow, Wainwright and other Indian villages in the Arctic district, two specialists from the University of Pennsylvania Depart- 'ment of Bacteriology are enroute to Barrow to take back sample germs from which more may be Jlearned about the disease. Via Juncan Dr. Horac: Pettit and Dr. Ser- eant Pepper the men makic: the trip to Barrow, according to an Asscciated Press report, which stated the doctors weuld come to Junesu and then take a plane to Fairbanks and thence by plane to Ba:ruw, carrying a traveling lab- oratory. They are leaving Philadel- phia tomorrow, and it 1s antici- ‘pated they are flying to Seatile | where they will take the first boat north, probably the Yukon Sai- (urday. | The two physiclans are being dis- |patched by the Washington office |read its mysteries to a world thncl i saw less clearly.. v A Bminent tn ‘a tield “of "sclence | where visual faculties seem most || ‘e“senual Dr. Frost reached the era.l |of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ~from..some of the 17 wic- jHms: whoh; already- wjg‘ Gistrio patche: m stricken district was dis) 1. May 15. — President Roosevelt has ‘signed the “lost bill” A :Governor Troy |In San Diego; RESENTED; ADM.xeNER L ABOR YOUNG NEPHE KATO OBJECTS) Declares Japanese Remain| Calm in Face of Pacific Events SHIMONOSEKI, Japan, May 15! —Admiral Kanji Kato, former chief | of the General Staff, asserted that the United States naval maneuvers are like drawing a sword before a| neighbor’s house. The Admiral said the United States naval maneuvers are within 2,000 kilometers of Japanese Ter- ritory and if Japan maneuvered that close to the American shore, it would prove greatly agitatinz to American opinion, “We Japanese arée remaining calm,” the Admiral said. SENATE PASSES 10-MONTH NRA BILL TO HOU SE Solons Oppose President— Representatives - May Ask Two Years WASHINGTON, May 15—By al- most unanimous consent, the Sen- ate today passed a resolution ex- tending the National Recovery Ad- ministration, in much contracted form, for ten months more. This vote is directly opposed to President Roosevelt’s announced desire for a two-year extension of the Blue Eagle. The bill has been sent to the House, where ~Speaker ' Joseph W. Byrns said it would be taken up! right away. The measure is now in| the hands of the House Ways and Means committee. Observers believe that it will be reported out in favor of the Presi- dent’s two-year extension. | ] MEASURE IS OPPOSED | WASHINGTON, May 15.—Some! House Democrats are planning to| fight for the new NRA legislation more pleasing to the President than that voted by the Senate. This will develop the possibility of a bitter| set-to between the two houses. ————— - | MRS M'KAY TRAVELS ! Mrs. Wells T. McKay is travel- ing from Seattle to Seward on the | Alaska. From Seward she will go to Anchorage, there to visit her cousin, Frank Reid, Manager of irived today |es and selling pr the Hotel Anchorage. ; MEASURE NOW BEFORE SENATE Hottest of Controveries Is Promised—Upper House Now Spcedxng Up |To Take Rest SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 15.— Gov. John W. Troy, of Alaska, has arrived here by plane from Wachington, D. C., to direct the placing of the Alaska exhibition at the San Diego Exposition and alto to take a needed rest. The expcsition epens May 25 and the Gevernor may remain here until that time and take part in the ceremonies. VATHINGTON, May 15 —Sur- prising everybody by the burst of speed, the Senate today raced straight into the warmest of cur. rent controversies, the one sur- rounding the Wagner Labor Rela- tions bill. Arrayed for the bill are the labor leaders and against it arc many industrialists. The Wagner bill is now the Sen- ate's pending business and it is heped to get the White House sup- port. The backers of the bill say it would be a bulwark for the col- lective bargaining provisions of the Recovery Act and would outlaw company dominated unions. Besides rejecting the resolution for the investigation of Postmas- ter General James A. Farley and passing the Norris bill to strengthen the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, the Senate late yesterday passed the NRA bill. Only three more major bills on the Roosevelt preferred list remain before adjournment for the sum- mer. These bills are the Utility Holding Company, Social Security and Omnibus Banking measures. e Liquor Legalized in So. Carolina; Governor Signs Act COLUMEIA, 8. C., May 15.—Gov. Olin D. Jchnson has signed the act legalizing licensed liquor dea. and replacing the pre-prohibition quart a menth import law and per- mits spirituous beverages in South Carolina for the first time sin 1915. The act is effective immedi- - {FOUR HALIBUTERS SELL AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, May buters from the local banks ar- The vesels, their catch- es follow Alitak 12,000 pounds, 8's and 6': cents; F. C. Hergert 12,000 pounds, 8 and 6% cents; Alma 14,000 pounds, 8 and 6 cents; Angeles 15,- 100 pounds, 8's and 6% cents. 15—Only hali- STOCK PRIGES PUSH UPWARD; RAILS AIDING Majority of Olher Divisions| o Are Cautious — To- day’s Close Firm NEW YORK, May 15. — Stocks pushed up a little higher today with the help of rails and selected specialties. There were isolated firm spots in other divisions but the main body was cautious and did not venture far from yesterday's levels. Today's close was firm with sales over 1,000,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 15. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17, American Can 125%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 15%, Armour N 3%, chem Steel 25%, Calumet and General Motors 32, In-| ternational Harvester 42, Kenne. 19%, United States Steel 32%, Pound $4.87%, Bremner bid, 64, asked 70; Nabesna bid 58, asked 65; Black Pine Silver bid 20, asked 32. - - MRS. GAGNE IS DEAD Mrs. zabethh Gagne, past 90 years ol age, pioneer of Fairbanks, died there last week of ailments incident to advanced years. sShe came north in 1900, met Mr. Gagne in Dawson and they were married in 1906. The Gagnes then went to Fairbanks and located on Fox Creek which has’been their home since then. y - e STEWART TO BE'MANAGER James T. Stewart, University of Alaska graduate, has left Fairbanks for Independence Creek in the Circle country where he will man- age A. A .Zimmerman's placer+gold mining outfit throughout the com- ing season. cott | OF GOV, TROY IS BEATEN UP {Prosecutor of ‘of Thurston County Recovering in Olympla Hospllal OLVMPIA, Wash., May 15.—Suf- fering frcm a broken nose, jaw savere bruises, Smith Troy, youth- u] Thurston County Prosecutor and rmer University of Washington ua*k star, is recovering in a hos-, pital from a severe beating. Leonard Preston, aged 38 years, Puget Sound Power and Light Com-‘ |pany lineman, is held in jail as| |the assailant and is charged |end degree assault. Troy was attacked at the home; Mrs. Gladys McEvoy after he had gone there in response to a telephone call to confer with her on legal matters. Preston, the McEvoy home, attacked Troy the authorities said, without warn- ing. Troy recently prosecuted Bertram Preston, nephew of Leonard, and won a conviction on manslaughter charges. The young prosecutor is a nephew of Gov. John W. Troy of A) h and the son of the late P. M. pioneer Olympia attorney and one- time President of the State Bar Association. —————— SEATTLE WILL GREET THOSE ALASKABOUND | Matanuska Colonlsls Sail i from Puget Sound on Saturday 1 by en- SEATTLE, May 15.—Greetings public officials and extensive tertainment plans will welcome the |68 families from Michigan and Wisconsin for the Matanuska Val- ley project upon arrival here morrow afternoon. The colc will sail for Seward on the Ar | transport St. Mihiel on Saturday to- — e Rigid enforcement of laws against dogs running at large in Birming- ham, Ala., has brought a 70 per cent ‘reduction in the number of rables cases there, ,m.-‘ who has been living at| |of his greatest influence in the| {years after his sight was gone. Ploneer He was a pioneer In the study of | asu‘ophysxcs‘ and was regarded as| f the world's leading authori- ' Mes in that branch of astronomy,' which deals with calculations of >diameters. masses, speeds, directions 1and elements of stars by breaking |up their light with a spectroscope. | Blindness which overtook him in 11920 cast no blight on his high| and |standing among American astrono-;—— |mers. With remarkable courage he| not ‘maintained by the University of cmcx.go at Lake Geneva, Wis,, but ‘aho his writings for scientific pub- lications. Aided Students Primarily Dr. ¥rost was a teacherj and an authority more than a dis-, coverer. Most of his career was de- voted to lecturing, helping student! astronomers, and to writing and editing. Thousands of star-gazers, profes- sional and amateur, nslu'd mo Wls- consin observatory to Jis Frost’s discussions of a.slrom)my nnd to hear him expound a philosophy of studying the stars. His Philosophy This philosophy resolveG into two main tenets: first, that there is a definite plan of organiza- tion behind the operations of na- ture—a mind behind the universe; and second, that eventually ' some great discovery will be made which | at one stroke will clarify all mys- teries of the cosmos and prove. the existence of a definite cosmetic or- der. Dr. Frost gained recognition as | editor of the Astrophysical. Jourral |since 1902, as author of bulletins from Yerkes Observatory, a contributor to the Astronomical Journal,! Science, and the Astrono- mische Nachrichten. Studied and Taught Member of a Vermont family which had produced educators for |ceveral generations, Dr. Frost start- ed teaching astronomy at Dart- mouth immediately upon his grad- uation from that college in 1886, at | | | | | Princeton, Strassburg and Potsdam. Honorary doctorates of science were conferred upon him by Dart- mouth in 1911 and by Cambridge University, England, in 1912. Because of his leadership in the then new field of astrophysics, he was called to the University of Chi- cago as professor of that science in| 1898, after serving as professor and | observatory director at Dartmouth for 10 years, ¥ 'i' In 1905 Dr. ceded Frost succ only continued his work as di-' rector of the Yerkes Observatory,! gleaned from nearly half a century | itself | the age of 20. Later he studied at| i | [EDWIN_B. FROST, s director of Yerkes Ob-| | E. Hale se.rvatory. He was born July 14, 1866, at | Brattieboro, Vt., the son of Carlton | ‘P Frost, a Dartmouth professor, | and Eliza DuBois Frost. In Novem- | ber, 1896, he married Mary E. Haz- )urd of Boston, a Wellesley gradu-| jate. They had two sons, Frederick Hazard, of Westbrook, Me. and Bmuumm DuBois, and one daugh- ter, Katharine Brant Frost. - e — AAA CRITICS PLAIN LIARS SAISEDA |President Addresses Farm-| er Group Supporting | I { authorizing a million dollar bond istue for Ketchikan. The measure was duplicated by Con- gress at his request. CAN'T FIND BILL WASHINGTON, May 15—Presi-| |dent Roosevelt has asked Congress to duplicate the bill authorizing a| I bond s ue for Ketchikan, Alaska, [because the original measure has Ibeen lost in the Interior Depart- |ment. The President transmitted a |letter from Secretary Ickes who ex- |plained with “chagrin” no trace of |the enrolled bill could be found.| | Today was the last day under the law the measure could be signed. President Roosevelt suggested a ‘concurrem resolution authorizing a duplicate. With a couple of snick- lers the House immediately adopted and sent to the Senate the reso- lution by Delegate Dimond to pro- [vide a duplicate bill. The Senate| [taok favorable action. This is the second time in his- tory a bill has been lost before ned RHUMBAS ARE UNDER BAN AT | JUBILEE BALL King George, 1n Kiits, Taps New Deal Program WASHINGTON, May 15.—After shouting approval of a speech in| which President Roosevelt said “high and mighty critics New Deal Farm Program are ing,” the farmer suppo ! he AAA and as Bathered again today to plan a new |, |agrarian organization | Leaders in the AAA farm pro- }gram approving the Administration | said they vision a new organizatio on | ’as a unifying force to wipe out se !tional lines. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace introduced the Pre: nt to the farmer group as the “Heart of Am- erica.” Army Prisoners Make Break at Fort Lewis: Hit (,uurd Qver llwul TACOMA, W.hh May ry Lias and Gordon Army prisoners at Fort L ing time for desertion, escaped a ithey bashed a military guard over the head with a stick of wood.| They then stole a riot gun but this! H.\A— outman, 15 er - was found later, | steamer His Toe as Two Thou- sand Dance LONDON, May 15—King George, kilts, tapped his toe last night | he strains of “A Star Fell On ama,” while watching 2,000 slled ladies and their escorts dauce at the Jubilee Court Ball, the | first given by the King and Queen in four years. ‘Their majesties banned umba during the ball Neit the king nor queen went | on the floor to dance The huge crowd falled to dance at first when the orchestra started through nervousness, but the Duke and Duchess of York broke the ice| and led off W. GORDON WOOD LEAVES ON PLANE FOR INTERIOR| s | | the | | | W. Gordon Wood, northbound passenger on the Alaska, left the| here to board the PAA for Fairbanks on his way to Bethel | where he will be employed by James Crowdy on the latter’s min- ing property. Mr. Wood has spent the winter in Seattle, | Cordova iw“k to Johns Hopkins. Hospi! Diesase iuny Have Spread”. . | No further word has been re- {ceived here as to additional deaths {in the Arctic outposts and Dr. F. |B. Gillespie and two nurses, Mrs. | Eugene Brown and Miss Mildred Keaton, former Juneau nurse, are now on the ground. Last word re- ceived by Dr. W. W. Council, Com- | missioner of Health, from Dr. Gil- lespie was that the situation was under control, although it is re- ported the disease has spread to |Point Lay and other villages and |there may be additional deaths. BONUS BILL IS AGAIN DELAYED B0ING TO W, Vlce Presndent Garner Now Involved in Issue—No Comment Made o WASHINGTON, May 15.—A de- lay of several days in sending the bonus bill to the White House for a veto appears likely as the back- ers of the measure awaited the return of absent colieagues favoring the legislation. Meanwhile Vice-President Gar- ner refuses to comment on pub- lished reports he was advising the Senators it would be good ‘politics to override the veto. Earlier it was reported that at a week-end con- ference between the President and Congressional leaders, he advised it would be a wise course to settle the bonus question by letting the Senate override the veto. Administration leaders are per- fectly willing to let the bonus issue ride indefinitely confident they could keep enough votes to sustain the veto. - COACH'S FRIEND HERE A friend of Coach Harold E. Regele of Juneau High School, N. Bud) Carmichael is traveling to from Seattle on the Al- aska. When Coach Regele was an |instructor in an Eastern Washing- ton high school,” Carmichael was one of his star athletes. Carmichael will be employed on a cannery tender this summer. Four Generations MONTEAGLE, Tenn.—Members of four generations of one family attended a party here in celebra- tion of Mrs. Nancy Garner's 90th birthday. -