The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” J VOL. XLVI., NO. 7018. UNEAU ALASKA, SA'IURDAY JULY 20, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE® mfl IS RAFT RUNS ON ROCKS JAPAN MAKES SHARP REPLY SOVIET NOTE One Nation—s_ays Charges of Other Are Prac- tically Lies FRONTIER INCIDENTS AGAIN IN FOREFRONT Foreign Mlmster Is Just Bristling with Rage, So to Speak TOKYO, July 20—The Soviet's hard note to Japan on July 1, pro- testing to violation of its territory, has evoked an equally sharp reply. Foreign Minister Hirota's note gaid Manchoukuo's claim to the Delta islands at Santsyaochow, at the confluence of the Amur and Assuro rivers, near Khabarovsk, re- i mained unaltered. Ambassador Youreneff delivered the Soviet's strongly-worded note at Tokyo on July 1 after a number of frontier incidents. That note saldi a continuation of incidents “may have very serious consequences in the relations between Soviet Rus- sia and Japan on peace in the Far East.” Hirota’s reply bristled with charg- es of untruth and misrepresenta- tion. WILEY POST IS T0 START NORTH ONNEXT MONDAY === Flier to Lea—ve— Los Angeles for Seattle then Come on to Alaska LOS ANGELES, July 20.—Wiley Post is choosing the second anni- versary of his solo flight around the world for another far flung aerial adventure. On July 22, 1938, he landed in New York after a whirlwind race over 16,400 miles, of continents and oceans. Next Monday, another July 22, he will leave with his wife in a big new monoplane on_the first leg of | a transpacific Gourrf!y, covering Al- aska and Siberia, to, SCOW. The ship's gear will be replaced by pontoons when he reaches Seattle in preparation for spanning the inland water route to Nome, thence across Bering Straits and along the Siberian coast. The project is unofficially de- scribed as a preliminary survey of a possible air route to connect America and Asia. JUNEAU SHRINE CLUB MEMBERS TO DINE, DANCE J. W. Leivers, Secretary of the Juneau Shrine Club, has made ar- rangements with Mrs. Ed Jahkne of the Auk Bay Inn, for a dinner party for Shrine members only to be held at the Inn next Friday evening, July 26. Dinner will be served at 7:30 o'clock after which dancing will be enjoyed. From advance reservations it is indicated that from 25 to 30 couples will be present. The list is open only to Shrine members, Mr. Leiv- ers announced. SIMMONS CARRIES BIG SITKA PARTY| Mrs. Don Able and Mrs. Howard McDonald were passengers to Ju- neau, yesterday aboard the Alaska Ajr Transport Stinson flown by Sheldon Simmons. On succeeding trips Pilot Sim- mons flew to Tenakee and returned with Norman Banfield, and to Sitka where he picked up a capacity load for Juneau. T. Sakomoto was a passenger aboard the Stinson seaplane to Ex- cursion Inlet today. — - STALL VISITS Andy Stall and Eleanor Stall are Juneau visitors, having arrived from Petersburg on the Northwestern. Stall is in employee of the Charles Greena store in Petersburg. Search_light _Display Tonight REV FALCONER For the first time in its history, searchlights from a United smtes‘ Navy vessel will play above Ju- neau tonight. ‘ From 9:30 until 10:30 o'clock to- | night, glant beams of yellow light from the cruisers Indianapolis and Detroit will stab the darkness in a colorful dlsp!ay Raleigh Not Coming; However, New Orleans Is Information was received by Post- master Albert Wile today that the light cruiser Raleigh, | visit next week, will not appear in Gastineau Channel. The Juneau postmaster was instructed to return all mail for the Raleigh to Seattle. However, Postmaster Wile said that he also received definite infor- mation that the heavy cruiser New Orleans, similar to the Indianapo- lis, would arrive here Tuesday, leav- {ing on Thursday. {JUNEAU ALL - STARS CHOSEN FOR HOOP, BASEBALL CONTESTS All-star teams in both basketbail {and baseball were selected today to represent Juneau against Navy op- position. Paul Brown, basketball represen- tative for the Chamber of Com- merce, announced that Juneau's lineup in tonight's game at the Fair Building would be chosen from the following: Claude Erskine, Art burke, Kinky Bayers, Elmer Lind- st.:om. Dave Turner, Woody Bur- nette, Stan Hill, Mark Jensen, Er- nie Smith and Vic Robertson. The last three are new men, all with good reputations, who did not fig- ure in the ‘local City League play this winter. Ev Nowell, Chamber baseball re- entative, also named players. He announced that the téeam was not .truly an “all-star” nine, as many were not chosen because they will be working tomorrow afternoon, 'when the game will be played. He {also asked that any player whose name does not appear in the list is requested to make an appearance at 1:30 o'clock, as everyone in suit will see action, he promised. The baseball roster: Kelly Blake, catcher; Walt Andrews, first; Ken | Junge, second; Dave Turner, short- stop; Wilson Foster, third; John Koshak, Stan Grummett, Rabbit El- linsborg, Erv Hagerup, Al Lowe and Ev Nowell, outfielders; A. T. Koski, C. H. MacSpadden, Junge \and Turner, pitchers. MRS. HENDERSON TO SING AT KINY Mrs. L. D. Henderson will sing over radio station KINY at 8:15 o'clock tonight. It will be her sec- ond radio appearance, she having sung over a California station once before. She will be heard in three solos, and will appear with “the Gang” in two others, CROZIER'S DAUGHTER LEAVES Patricia Crozier, daughter of Charles Crozier, former Labor can- didate for Mayor and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Al- aska Mine - Workers' Union, left Juneau for Seattle on the North- land. She is accompanied by Mrs. Theresa Forest and Noami and Robert Forest. R e MARRIED Marriage of Walter Larson, Elfin Cove fish buyer, and Anna I. Part- ridge, Shaw Island fur farmer, was solemnized yesterday afternoon by U. 8. Commissioner J. F. Mullen. Witnesses were Phyllis Adams and Mrs. E. O. Swanson. — HOLZHEIMER TO KETCHIKAN District Attorney William A. Holzheimer is planning to go to Ketchikan Monday in connection with several cases that have arisen there. Among them is a fish piracy case and one involving a statutory charge, - e DUNNS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dunn re- turmed to Juneau from Seattle on the Northland. Dunn is a former United States Clerk of the Court. .- MRS. DAVENPORT VACATIONS Mrs. Dave Davenport, wife of the chief clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, accompanied by her son, Bobbie, left for a vacation at Sitka as a passenger on the Northland. She and her son will stay at the Isitka Hot Springs at Goddard. which had| been reported as coming here for a’ ,cilmen Henry Messerschmidt, G. E. COUNGIL MOVES T0 ELIMINATE FIRE HAZARDS Strict Enfo;;r_nent of City Building Ordinances Ord- ered by City Fathers Strict enforcement of the city's building ordinances and the ordi- nance prohibiting the construction, maintenance and occupancy of structures that menace the lives, health and property of residents was ordered by the City Council at its regular meeting last night. Following Councilman G. E. Krause's announcement that he had carefully examined the present building ordinance and had found that in his opinion only a few changes would be necessary to make it effective and up to date, Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill wanted to know how far his authority extend- ed in ordering the elimination and prevention of fire hazards. He de- clared that buildings were being erected without adequate fire es- capes and that a number of struc- tures in the city were serious fire menaces to adjoining property; the cwners making no effort to remedy the situation. Committee Appointed The discussion disclosed that Or- dinance No. 199, passed by the Council in 1926, provides for the creation of a Board of Health and Fire Inspectors with “authority to deal with such matters, and that a law passed by the last Territorial Legislature strengthened this ordi- nance. Mayor Goldstein announced the appointment of the following members on this committee: Coun- Krause, and R. H. Beistline; Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill, Police Chief Roy Hoffman and Health Officer Dr. W. W. Council. The Council ordered that ample publicity be given as to the inten- tion to enforce the building ordi- nances, which inglude provisions for the filing of Juilding plans and payment of permit fees. Sidewalk Project Approved Calling for bids f8/the construc- tion of 2400 lineal feet of concrete sidewalk as a part of the PWA im- provement program was approved by the Council. The following blocks are included in this project: The North side of 6th between Gold and Harrls; north side of 5th between Franklin and Gold; north side of 5th between Harris and East; south side of 4th between Franklin and Gold; both sides of 2nd between Franklin and Gold; east side of Franklin between 5th and 6th; west side of Gold between 2nd and 3rd; west side of Harris between 4th and 5th; west side Cal- houn between 6th and 7th. Bids are returnable by August 2, o be opened by the Council on that date. Upon petition by J. B. Burford, A. F. McKinnon, R, R. Brown and G. E. Krause, thy Council ordered that bids be called for the con- struction of a ‘block of concrete sidewalks on the south side of 11th street between C and D streets, and a half block on the east side of D street, between 10th and 11th streets. New Waf Mains Supplanting of ‘the present 12- | inch wooden water main leading from the Alaska Juneau water sup- ply to 2nd street, and of the 8-inch wooden pipe on Seward street, be- tween 3rd and 4th, forming parts of the City’s auxiliary water sup- ply system, with cast-iron pipe, was ordered by the Council. Mayor Goldstein stated that the present mains are in very poor condition and cannot last more than a year. The work will be done as a part of the PWA program. City Engincer M. A. Lagergren estimates the cost at about $5,500. Bids will be pre- pared and published as soon as possible. —_——— DETROIT WINS In a close game», watured by heavy hitting, the Detroit defeated the Indianapolis this afternoon at Baseball Park, 9 to 7. The Detroit, therefore, will meet the Juneau All- Stars tomorrow afternoon at 2 0'- clock. ) DIES ABOARD NORTHWESTERN rian Pastor. r Alaskan, Was? Tour Guide The Rev. Frederick Robert" coner, a pioneer resident of Al and a wellknown Presbyterian sionary figure in this seci early this morning aboard steamer Northwestern, while that vessel was nearing neau on her regular call here Seattle. He was 62 years of ne and lived at Craig. The exact time and cause of death is not known, although W. W. Council, Territorial missioner of Health, who exa the body at 8:30 o'clock this ing said the man apparently | died of “natural causes” He said that he had been dead for several hours. Dr. Council also reported that he noticed medicine which is used as a treatment for glandular dis- turbances in the Rev. Falconer's stateroom, and advanced the theory that death might have been caused by accidentally taking too much of the medicine. Presbyte Heart Trouble Blamed Friends of the clergyman here today said that it had been known that he had suffered irom heart trouble and had been advised by physicians not to over-exert him- self. Sharing the same stateroom with the Rev. Falconer was Fred M. Kidd, Jr!, a newspaperman from Icnia, Mich. He said that he had arisen about 5 o'clock this morh- ing. Before leaving the staterodm, he said that he heard the Rev. Falconer groan, but observed that Two striking paintings, San Francisco and the U. art., U. 8. Fleet. modernized dreadnaught. 8. 8. 'y Photographs of the paintings will be submitted to Washington headquarters by their creator, Isaac R. Lloyd, draughtsman at Mare Island, Cal, and veteran naval attache. experiment in detailed ship reproduction. The San Francisco is a 10,000-ton e¢ruiser and the Mississippi, pictured above, a recently Pride of U. S. F leet Poses for Its Portrait from the brush of a Navy draughtsman, depicting in sharpest detail the Mississippl, were contributed recently as an achievement in They were done as an The two vessels represent the latest model eraft with the B.P.W.C. ELECT MISS WILLIAMS FOR PRESIDENT Alaska Luncheon Is Swank-| iest of Events—Alaska _Tour Arranged SEATTLE, July 20—Miss Charl he was asleep. He did not know of the death, he said, until told of it while ashore here several hours later. The body was taken to the Charles W. Carter Morutary here, where it is being held pending word from Mrs. Falconer, who is now believed to be in Ketchikan. Mrs. Falconer was notified of the death by the Rev. David Waggoner, pas- tor of the First Presbyterian Church here, who dispatched a telegram. Was Tour Guide The Rev. Waggoner left for Skag- way on the ship to substitute for ‘he Rev. Falconer, who was acting as a tour guide for 54 members of a Christian Fellowship party. The deceased clergyman had met the party at Seattle. The Rev. Wag- goner will leave the party at Ket- chikan. The Rev. Falconer had a colorful career, coming to Alaska in 1898 and settling in a Cook Inlet com- munity. He came from Douglas- town, N. B.,, Canada, where he was born on May 5, 1873. In 1901, he moved to Skagway. A year later, he was commissioned as a lay missionary and went to Klukwan, where he served until 1907. During that time, he was or- dained, becoming a pastor on April , 1910. He later moved to Ket- chikan and since 1931 has been a resident of Craig. On July 8, 1902, he married Miss Emma Gooding. S8he, and seven children all living at Craig, sur- vive him. . 0 00000000000 . STOCK QUOTATIONS b4 0000000000 NEW YORK, July 20.——Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 141%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 15%, Bethlehem Steel 324, General Motors 36%, In- ternational Harvester 49, Kennecott 19%, United States Steel 39. O. Williams, Field Secretary of the | National Education Association, of | Washington, D. C., yesterday de- feated Mrs. Geline MacDonald Bowman, of Richmond, Virginia, for | the Presidency of the National Federation of Business and Profes- sional Women’s Clubs. Miss Williams received 330 votes and Mrs. Bowman 316. The convention closed yesterday afternoon which released delegates for a wide variety of vacation tours, many choosing Alaska. Alaska Luncheon Mrs, Mildred R. Hermann, attor- ney, of Juneau, Alaska, was toast- mistress, and Mrs. Pearl Burford, also of Juneau, was chairman at the Alaska luncheon, one of the swankiest and most widely attended of the many social affairs held in connection with the convention. Judge C. E. Claypool, former Judge of the Yukon River section, was the principal speaker. Honor guests included Mrs. Bowman, retiring president, and Mrs. Margaret Georgeson, whose husband was for 30 years chief afronomist of the Territory of Alaska, T 9 e e s ssesssccscs®eseccscsscsesscsceccessssses e TO MAKE ALASKA TRIP; “GOLD DIGGERS” COMING Following the Biennial National Convention of the Business an Professional Women's Clubs, there will be a cruise to Alaska on the 8. 8. Victoria leaving Seattle on July 23, known as the “Gold Dig- gers' Cruise.” Approximately 200 members from every state will be on board. At Ketchikan, Mrs. H. P. Hansen and members of the Wom- an’s Club will meet the travellers. They will visit the cold storage plant of the New England Fish Co., and the Sunny Point cannery. At Wrangell At Wrangell the Kansas and Ida- ho women will be entertained by Mrs. Sarah Pritchett of the Wran- gell Sentinel whose home was for- merly in these Satest, while Mrs. E, M. Campbell as chairman of the (Continued on Page Seven) Protestants and in Germany Catholics Given Warning BERLIN, July 20—Indications offailed to chase the Jews out of Ber- a Nazi drive against politics in Ger- many’s protestant churches as well as the Roman Catholic church, was seen simultaneously with the ap- pointment of an avowed antisemetic head of the Berlin Police. Count Von Helldorf was named President of Berlin's Police succeed- ing Magnus Von Levtzow, who re- signed under criticism because he lin, or at least to restrict them to the Ghetto. Roman Catholic priests were warned against taking part in poli- tics by Hitler’s newspaper, the Voel- kischer Beobachter. The National Zeitung at Essen also'warned protestants that by op- position to Reichbishop Muller they could expect as hard a fight that ou Catholic Hierarchy. WIVES OF NAVA Five wives of officers attached to the two Navy crulsers now in port, arrived here from Seattle this morning as passengers on Northwestern. They are booked as round-trip passengers and will leave for Sitka and Seattle on the same ship when it calls again early Mon- day morning f Mrs. R. Burhen and Miss Ray Burhen arrived. Mps. Burhen is the wife of Lieut-Comdr. Burhen of the Indianapolis. Mr§. J. the wife of Ensign Myers, to Vice-Admiral A. J .Hepburn's staff aboard the Indianapolis. Mrs. Myron J. Walker is the wife of Lieut.-Comdr. M. J. Walker of the Indianapolis. Mrs. P. H. Dunbar is the wife of Commander P. H, Dunbar, attached to Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward’s staff aboard the Detroit. Mis. B. 8. Lake is the wife of Lieut. Lake of the Detroit. George Sherman, seaman aboard the U. 8. 8. Indianapolis, wants in- formation as to the whereabouts of his brother, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y., is about 50 years old was last heard from in Juneau in| 1924 and no word since then received aboard the as|or addressed to ‘.the cruiser at San Pedro, Cal : DANGE, SPORTS : EVENTS REMAIN - NAVY PROGRAM NAVY PROGRAM Today 1 to 4 pm—Public visits to both cruicers, ships leaving from Government Dock. :30 p.m.—Baseball game, In- dianapolis vs Detroit, at Baseball Park. p.m.—Basketball games, In- dianapolis vs Detroit and the +| Climaxing Fealures Await- ed—Two Cruisers to winner of the first game vs ® Juneau., Al-Stazs, ot Fair o | Leave Monday Building. . &l L 9 pm. to mldfl‘lh'f—mfm'l“l & | Both cruisers swinging at anchor dance, Scottish Rite Temple, ® honoring commissioned offi- cers. 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.—Searchlight display from cruisers. Sunday 10 a.m.—Automobiles leave the ® Government Dock for Men- denhall Glacier rifle range with cruiser rifle teams. 11 am—Crew race between cruisers and Tallapoosa in harbor, ending off Govern- ment Dock. 1 to 4 p.m.—Public visits to cruisers, boats leaving from Government Float. 2 p.n.—Baseball game, winner of Saturday game vs Juneau All-Stars, Baseball Park. 2:30 to 3 p.m.—Indianapolis band concert,~Triangle Place. 5:30 p.m.—Legion vs Elks (reg in the harbor and jof the official ® concluded, visiting Navy men and ® | Juneau citizens' today awaited cli- ® maxing events which the first day ® come before the two ships, Indian- ‘apous and Detroit, leave early Mon- b4 day morning. o Sporting events and social arrulrs will vie with each other for popu- ® lar favor tonight and tomorrow. ® For example, tonight will find com- ® missioned officers honored at the formal dance, one of the highlights, | incidentally, of the summer social session here. Tonight, basketball games in the Fair Building are scheduled at 7 o'clock. Tomorrow, rifle shooting, baseball and crew races will bring the sports program to a fitting close. ular City League game). Band to Play Monday Added events to the program, an- Early morning=Cruisers leave nounced earlier in the week are two in number. Tonight, from 9:30 until 10:30 o'clock, the monster searchlights of the two huge cruis- ers will swing back and forth across Juneau’s night sky. Then, at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the smart 15-piece band from the Indianapolis will play a half-hour public concert in Triangle Plagce. Indianapolis Anchors The -completion of yesterday's program - of welcome was begun with the stately arrival of the In- dianapolis in the roadstead at 3:30 o'clock. Disdaining a berth offered her at Government Dock, she stop- ped in the center of the harbor and, with a rattle of chains, drop- ped a gigantic anchor. Official exchange of calls, which had been done earlier in the day after the arrival of the Detroit, were repeated. Then, commissioned officers ifrom both ships called at the Governor's House, where they were honored at a public reception given by Gov. John W. Troy. A feature of this function was the music furnished by the orchestra off the Indianapolis. Late in the afternoon, hundreds of coples of the Daily Alaska Em- Ipire were distributed without cost . . . . . . . . . . . . port. . . . OFFICERS VISIT the Skagway. C. Myers is attached the cruisers. Today's edition again el —— 1l bs distributed i imil WORMAT]ON OF i xanne:. istributed in a similar Today, citizens noticed an un- GEORGE SHEm ‘officlal addition to the program, when two of the four mono-pon- toon seaplanes carried by the' In- dianapolis went aloft. LR ST PO FROM VISALIA John Sherman, and who The latter| Two round-trip tourist passen- gers on the Northwestern from Se- attle are the Misses Thirza Barn- grover and Clara Evers, residents of Visalia, Cal. Any information will gladly be Indianapolis aboard 8herman i welcome program; are yet to; ® [Scottish Rite Temple with an in-| to enlisted men and officers aboard) POLAR BEAR IN DISTRESS OFF KODIAK ISLAND “Need Help Badly” Motor- | ship Radios from Kupre- i anoff Strait District COAST GUARD BOATS RUSHING TO RESCUE Vessel Plying-B_elween Se- attle and Nome—Num- ber Aboard Unknown Rammed on a reef off Dry Spruce |Island, in Kupreanoff Strait, be- tween Kodiak and Afognak islands, the motorship Polar Bear, formerly ithe Margnita, plying out of Ju- neau, awaits the arrival of Coast Guard cutters, according to an in- Itercepted message picked up by ithe Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, in Juneau, to the Bering Sea Pa- trol | The intercepted message WAS from Capt. C. E. Anderson of the Polar Bear and said: | “Need help badly.” ' In Bad Shape The Calpyso, to the Westward, nnd the Morris, based at Seward, nre mshlng to the aid of the Polar Oxdmnrtly the Polar Bear does not carry a crew of over five men. May Have Passengers Whether she is ecarrying pas- sengers is not known. The Polay Bear makes trips be- |tween Seattle and Nome but it is not stated in: which direction she was proceeding at the time of going on the reef. 9 MORE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY FOR RIOT (Ivan Dibofl_an—d Sven Saren Held to Face Furth- er Hearing - Ivan Diboff and Sven Saren, 'charged with rioting in the labor disorder of June 24 on lower Front Street, were bound over to the grand jury by U. S. Commissioner ’J. F| Mullen late yesterday after a preliminary hearing. Diboff, who has been at liberty on his own recognizance, was continued in the same status and Saren was placed under $1,000 bail, Testimony against /the men was much the same as that against the 15 that were prev- fously bound over. Simon Graner, another of the alleged rioters, obtained his liberty yesterday by posting $1,500 bail. Five of the 15 originally bound over have new furnished bond, Ten are still in jail in default of bail. - — BAND CONCERT T0 BE GIVEN Tomorrow afternoon, from 2:30 to 3 o'clock, on Triangle Place, the band of the U. S. S. Indian- apolis, under the direction. of A. Lamarre, Bandmaster, U. S. Navy, will give the following program: March—'"'Sousa’s Triumphal,” Boyer. Fantasia—"Gems of Stephen Fos- ter,” Tobani Song, (Vocal)—“One Alone,” from Desert Song,” Romberg. C. A. An- drew, U. 8. 8. Indianapolis. Waltz—"Blue Danube,” J. Strauss. March—"On the Mall,” Goldman. Patrol—“American,” Meacham, Intermezzo—"Seminola,” Warren. Song, (Vocal)—'"“The Desert Song” from the Desert Song, Romberg. March—"Stars and Stripes For~ ever," Sousa. - e INJURED—IN HOSPITAL k ot | » Alvin Anderson was admitted to St.” Ann’s hospital today for treat- ment of minor injuries received at the mine, Edward Larson, also an jA .J. employee, who entered the hospital yesterday for treatment of acerations about the face, received n an accident, is apparently not oriously injured, according to Dr, . P. Blanton, el