The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1935, Page 1

DONGEMAU.\ Al busoase DATILY ALASKA EMPIRE p «ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \ | VOL. XLVL, NO. 7057. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935. ~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS “RICE TEN CENTS é DEATH TOLL IN U —— e, HEROIC RESCUE 1S MADE FROM * STRICKEN SHP Passengers and Members of Crew Being Remov- ed from Liner Dixie ALL PERSONS CALM 'AS LIVES ARE SAVED Craft ‘Batterqeg by Waves|| ~Water Floods Lower " “Decks—Ship Doomed MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 5.—(Copy- rjght,, 1935, by Associated Press)—, The task of removing the 349 pas- sengers and members -of the crew of the liner Dixle, aground on French Reef since last Monday | night during a gale, continued this | thoring, three ships engaged in the rescue work, while the rescued passengers and members of the crew unfolded the sea saga of courage. ‘The transfer of those remaining aboard the Dixie is being carried out with celerity, messages from Capt, E. W. Sundstrom indicated. THe storm has abated but over the! cafm seca is a low overcast sky that, 18 threatening. 5+ ¢ ‘Lifeboats At Work Lifeboats. shuttled to and from thepide of the Dixie, There were| 280 persons, including 77 of the crew, still aboard this morning, af-| ter rescuers, working late into last| evening, continued ‘the reseue. The| oaptain and skelefon crew will re- sl aboard the Dixie, this being retaih possession, of the vessel. ENGLAND STRENGTHENS DEFENSES In Great Britain’s order to the defense machine to swing into posi- tion to maintain the empire’s dominance in the Mediterranean, it was | reported the fighting ships Renown (left) and Hood, two of the most | powerful battle cruisers, had been ordered to reinforce the Mediter. | ranean fleet at its base in Maita. (Associated Press Photo) | {World Fliers STOCK PRIGES o' SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—A radio * [E AGUE [}[][]N(}l[_1 | “THREE' LO'SE‘LII IN COLLAPSE OF OAK_LAN TUNNEL AT STANDSTILL AS ITALY BALKS ‘Mussolini Will Carry Pro- gram Through With or Without League . GENEVA, Septs. 5.—Just what fl relations of Italy and Ethiopis may be in the League of Nations caused anxiety here as Ttaly indi- cated she would not remain in the League on & basis of equal footing with Ethiopia whom she accused of being outside the pale of civilization. $ Ethiopians accuse Italy of un- ‘willingness to follow civilized pro= cedure. ;. A Rome spokesman said Premier Mussolini would carry through his program in East Africa “with sanc- tion of the League, without the‘ League or against the League. Baron Pampeo Alosi ‘another Italian representative said his Gov- ernment had outlawed Ethiopia. "“we have not asked for expulsion of Ethiopia but the League must decide whether ‘it wants Ethiopia or us” he said. He admitted there was grave danger of war. CALLS WAR CABINET LONDON, Sept. 5. Premier Stanley Baldwin has called the War Cabinet into session here. The Minister of Military and Arms of the Britain Exchequer has been summoned to cénsider the British relationship to the present interna< tional situation. /Organized labor here was pre- pared to take upt the problem [} under the Berkeley hills t; trying to reach the bodi, Three persons were killed and three othens injured in a cavein of the $3,000,000 tunnel being bored ? connect/Alameda and Contra Costa, Calif., counties. Workmen are shown by ‘removing hundreds o tons of debris. (Associated Press Photo) :Mass Migration “WILD MEN” OF Tried as British Relief Plan of Children LONDON, Sept. 5—An experiment in mass migration is being under- taken by Britain’s ministry of labor }YBBOAB ATLA & c LIVES TAKEN ESTIMATED AT OVER 500 NOW Scenes of Desolation and Horror Revealed as Relief Men Work {COUNTLESS INJURED STREWN ALONG KEYS Bodies Become. Décétnpos« ed, May Be Burned— President Acts BULLETIN--MIAMI, Sept. 5. —A report to the Pan-Amer- ican Airways from a radio op- erator in the stricken area said he believed the total deaths in. the Florida Keys will reach 700. 1 Five hundred coffins have al- | ready been ordered. J BULLETIN—MIAMI, Sept. 5. ; —Red Cross authorities describe the reports that the dead in the hurricane may reach 1,000 as “absurd,” It is admitted, . however, the death toll may reach 500, Bodies are becom- ing decomposed rapidly angd may be burned. RELIEF WORK. RUSHED MIAMI, Fiorida, Sept. 5~Flor- 13 PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED ON ida counted her dead tor-y and rushed relief work as the .ropical hurricane and its devastating pow- er began diminishing and soared porgh through Georgia. i ka1 byl e : i "'ADl of “them within the past 12|British and French Steam- ere fevealed as rescuers pene- : Mast of those rescued were land- ed' n. Miami or are being taken thére; Rain, swelling the seas, forc- ! fliers Harold Farquhar and Fritz Bieler at Uelen, Siberia. No details of the flight were Idle Money Getting Back[ stands of ‘Ttaly and ‘Ethiopia. HOPE POPE WILL INTERCEDE ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 3—Em- CALMED DOWN months have reached the age of trated to stricken aress. 14, when they no longer may at- tend free elementary schools. As| ships Collide Early Morning in Fog Fifty-one bodies, few identified, . arc ia the morgue here, as the éd. rescue ships to abandon work | g 9 i . last night. Into Circulation— | #%e™ peror Haile Selassic s regarding their parents are unable (o send| dirniol misibn ‘ot REEIN Heid o willl e fliers hopped off from hopeful the report that Pope them to private schools, the young- | LONDON, Sept. 5-—Two srmsh'f.,""“"" a:’dmr:umned victims * pi. e X speeded coastal regions, Toosed On Reef Close Strong 1 near Nome, Alaska, Tuesday af- Pius will intercede with Italy in sters constitute a serious increase in | By BYRON PRICE the unemployment, ranks. |liners rescued all of the 736 Pas- where. the storm was most severe. y The Divie's propeller’ and rudder | | ¢ 2 A majority of the jobless children | “18®IS on the steamship Dorlc, Countless injured are 'reported ternoon at 4 o'clock. ————————— behalf of peace. were forn away Monday night. She was' ‘tossed” on French Reef, 60’ NEW YORK, Sept. 5—Stock pric- 1 (Chief of Bureau, The Associated WANTS POSTPONEMENT Press, Washington) live in England's “distressed areas” | after it collided with the French'strewn through the Keys, battered, mmiley south of Miami. The passen- es surged upward today with the —South Wales, Durham, Northum- |Steamer Forigny, in the Atlantic off ‘torn, through almost four days of GENEVA, Sept. 5—The Italian the Portugal coast. ts, with death just over the rail, buying demand pushing many issues ae‘emed fully cognizant of what to new highs for years, flpir fate might be and discussed it! Brokers believe good business news cahmly, valiantly, suppressing any‘combined with a growing volume of LOS ANGELES demonstration of terror. Crew Praised ‘The Dixie crew was highly praised by rescued passengers. They were forced to take refuge in the salon the first night when a short circuit | caused all the lights to burn out,| 4t one time causing a small blaze. The morale of the crew and offi- cers: gave all the passengers confi- | dénce, sald one bulk of passengers from the New York area. The cap-| tain /suffered an injured leg when much superstructuse® was wrecked. The, vibrations and twisting of the ship were terrific. Iraff windows and doors crumpled beneath the weight of walls of water during the storm. i Don Lifebelts * Passengers donned 1ifebelts at the Airst sounding of the alarm Monday night. Rescue was accomplished by the most,_skillfyl maneuvering of vessels standing by, as lifeboat crews made their way slowly through a peril- laden sea. Rescue vessels constantly kept shifting théir positions to pro- fect the lifeboats from high waves. ¥eg Sit In Water ..A Wwoman passenger, Mrs. Thomas —_—— i tonunued on Page Two) FIND NO GLUE, 138%, General Motors 44, Interna- CHAMBER AIDS AIR BID HERE NEW YORK, Sept. 5—losing California Group Boosts quotation of Alaska Juneau mine, Alaska Mml Petifion stock today is 17, American Can A Y 139, American Power and Light 7%, in Washington Anaconda 19%, Bethlehem Steel idle money coming out, helped spur the upturn. Advances ranged from fractions to three or more points. That the 'Los Angeles Chamber tional Harvester 56, Kennecott 23%,! of Commerce is a good booster: for United States Steel 44%, Pound| juneau and Alaska was established $494%, Schenley Distillerles 35%. gy the m@etipg of the Juneau | Chamber. today when. @ letter was |read ~ which the Oalifornia group | had addressed to Washington, D. C., DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow,| o Jones averages: Industrials, 120.34;| in behalf of Juneau's recent |, ot~ rails, 36.01; utilities, 25.98. | tempt to have government air-mail, it | contracts awarded Alaska. i While it is now known that no | air contracts will be awarded this THIEF wnRKs fall to aid thé Pacific Alaska Air-| | ways in maintaining a Southeast Vuaska schedule, Chamber members IN MATANUSKA"expres*ed the opinion that the | strong help of the influential Los iAngeles group probably would prove ANCHORAGE, Sept. 5—Two ap-| parent attempts to steal diamond| jewelry valued at $2,400 at Mata- nuska, eight miles from Palmer, were reported by Mrs. John Adams.| An unknown man-was found| \prowling in the Adams' home at night when she and her husband| returned from a visit to the niegh- a great aid in future petitions for the establishment of Alaskan air i asked to help Juneau in the recent air-mail petition. The California re- | sponse was to rush a letter to the Hon. John M. Costello, California member of the House, explaining bors. The door was broken and the Ithe situation and asking him to MISSING PLANE Joe Crosson Makes Report —Three Other Fliers Keep Up Search FARBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 5.—Pi- lot, Joe Crosson has arrived here from Juneau after investigating re- ports that smoke was seen Sunday near Chisana. He landed on the lake and walked three miles inland to ask natives about the smoke. They said they believed it was ' caused by other natives in the dis- trict who were smoking caribou. Crosson was convinced that the smoke had no significance in the search for the missing Hines plane and proceeded here. Percy Hubbard, Hines’ partner; Jerry Jones and Ray Peterson are still making search flights, confer with Post Ofifce Depart- ment ofifcials and with Alaska Del- |egate Anthony J, Dimond. The let |ter was written by Arthur G. Ar- noll, sezretary and manager of the Los Angeles Chember. | Armnoll made several points in his lette: which Juneau Chamber mem- bers held to be highly significant.: In part he wrote: “Alaska has to depend very larga- ly on air service, and both the peo-| |ple of Alaska as well as business | |interests in the States feel the great need of an air service tmmi | | house ransacked. . A few wecks ago an unidentified man held them up near their home but obtained nothing. The diamonds are in a safe in Anchorage. - Caught on Ledge 1,000 Feet Up, Man Rescued CALGARY, Sept. 5—Caesar Gordonia, 30, surveyor, marooned on a narrow ledge 1,000 feet up the side of an unnamed moun- tain towering over Two Brothers Valley in northern British Co- lumbia, after 30 hours was res- cued by a party of Indians and prospectors. He was caught on a narrow ledge and unable to i move up or down, l Seattle to Juneau to give us ade- quate communieation with the Ter- ritory. You realize that the Terri- tory is now entirely cut off from such service except by steamer, which is too slow in this day and | age. “What this particular service, (Contipued cn Page Three) spokesman announced this after- noon that Italy was asking suspen- sion of the League's Council session | until after a telephonic conference with Premier Mussolini. As head of the Italian delegation, Baron Aloisi wanted to talk with I Duce in order to determine Italy's subsequent course of action in Gen- neva as the result of “Ethiopia’s de- famatory and insulting remarks about Italy.” Two Italian delegates walked out of the Councll chamber when Prof. Gaston Jeze, Ethiopian represent: tive, spoke in behalf of the African empire. It is not believed, however, that Italy is withdrawing from the League. National Rogers Memorial Com. Headed by Garner OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept. 5.—Vice-President John Nance Gar- ner is the selection for a tentative chairman of the National Rogers Memorial Committee by a group called together by Gov. E. W. Mar- land. Jesse Jones is the tentative treas- | The Los Angeles Chamber was urer of the committee. THEY LIVE by THEIR LOOKS Beauty is a commodity sold in eyefuls to tired business men at Broadway revues, in hour- fuls of posing for artists and sculptors. Its the stock-in-trade of the girls who smile, frown or laugh in countless advertise- ments, who accept gardenias and turn down dates without so much as dropping a mascara brush. William T. McCleery, of the New York Associated Press otaff has writteen a series of three illustrated articles telling what they do see feel and think about this business of earning pretty pennies. Read the first, on page 3, today’s Empire. Looking back over the eight months of the Congressional session, one of the most difficult things to understand is what happened to the “wild men” who were supposed at {the turn of thc year to be in com- plete possession: of Capitpl Hill. Political memory is notoriously short, but perhaps readers will re- call that after the elections of 1934, lone of the paramount topics .of { speculation was whether President Roosevelt would ,be able to hold within reasonable bounds. the un- {tamed spirit of radicalism . which | presumably had been voted into leg- islative power. s The inflationists Were rampant.| !The Townsend plan was sweeping eastward like a prairie fire. The forces of revolution and communism were rising. Could the President stem the tide? ’ There can be no question that the session has witnessed an appreciable | swing lettward in legislation, al- though the trend has fallen far short of many predictions. The in- teresting thing, however, is to in- quire into the origins of this trend. BILLS MODIFIED The first legislative proposal of the session was the $4,800,000,000 Works Relief Appropriation. It came, not from “wild men” in Con- gress, but from the White House. Actually, it was received amid some indications of shotked surprise at the Capitol, and Congress demurred for weeks before accepting it. Then followed a long list of meas- ures, submitted with Presidential approval. They included the utilities bill, the social security bill, the bank bill, the AAA and TVA amend- ments, the Guffey coal! bill, the wealth taxes, the bill to prohibit gold clause suits, and others. The record is that almost every one of these measures was modified, by the men in Congress to take out some of the more extreme provis- jons. Only with respect to one impor- tant issue—the bonus—did the Pres- ident find it necessary to use the veto. The inflationary threat never arose except in that bill. The Town- send plan. and other leftist move- ments which the country heard so miuch of eight months ago, mus-] tered only a handful of sypport at the Capitol. . What actually happened was al- REUNION HELD berland, Liverpool, Cumberland and | parts of Scotland. The ministry’s plan is to'send them in large groups | to' the more prosperous: midlands and south country. { By keeping children from the| same areas together in employment | “exile,” it is believed they will suf- fer less from homesickness. Ar-| rangements are being made to pro-[ vide, cheap week-end fares so par-| ents and . children " can - visit each| other, i —t——l i AT GETTYSBURS Confederate Veterans Will Join Civil War Veter- | ans in 1938 AMARILLO, Texas, Sept. 5.—Con- federate Veterans agreed to forget any differences which might re- main and meet with the Grand Army of the Republic in a joint re- union of Civil War veterans at Get: tysburg in 1938. They voted unani- mously to accept the invitation to| a meeting at the battlefield where nearly 30,000 lost their ‘lives in a| three-day battle. | ——— e — - | MAY MERGE 7 EXCHANGES | SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. S.fMem-‘ bert of the Seattle Mining Ex-| change approved the proposal for a merger witn the Seattle Stock Ex-| change, whose membership must also approve before consolidation is pos- sible. Man Loses Life Making Searc/h | For Honey y CENTRALIA, Wach, Sept. 5. -~Harry Parker's quest for honey | cost him his life when a tree he was cutting down for a hive | fell on him. His widow and son | (Continued on Page Sevem survive him, swirling winds and rains. The collision occurred in a fog! Investigation was asked of FERA in a calm sea, early in the morn- Administrator Hopkins into the ng. !deaths of war veterans in FERA The passengers were still asleep. work camps at Matecumbe Keys. They turned out and calmly waited | Curls Into Georgis turns at lifeboats. There was no| The storm curled through ‘Geor- sign of panic at the interruption gia with drenching rains and stiff of their holiday cruise. They sang as winds, but damage was mostly con- ‘Lhey waited for lifeboats and as they fined to fallen trees and signs. pulled away to safety. | The storm was expected to veer The rescue was accomplished by toward Macon, then whirl across the Orion and Viceroy of India,” |Savannah, then the Carolinas and ‘The Doric, known as Cupid's Ship, out to sea. 3 cruises the Mediterranean. She es-| Red Cross and Coast Guard tablished a record on one voyage Workers hurried the relief task on of nine engagements among Passen- T e e e — " y (Continued on Page TWo) « " The Formigny was not hsdlyi o o ¥ SALMON PACK N T o THEASTNEAR NEAR DEATH. 79 1534 RECORD BANUE TRIP;Figures Nemy Complete ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 5—| Reports Show 2,924, Pitched into swift flowing Lake 3|4 c Creek when their canvas canoe hit ases a tree limb, Thomas Kay, Seattle, and Al Tsaacson, Anchorage, nar-| rowly escaped drowning. They lost $300 worth of gold dust, personal belengings, and valuable gold pros- pect samples, Kay, who is manager of the Ryan Gold Mining Company, clung to a trec limb nearly half an hour. The salmon pack in Southeast Alaska reached close to the figure for last season, according fe .the report to the U. 8. Bureau or.fll\r eries here with the season olosed in all districts with the exception of Yakutat. With -ome adjustments to be made in the Wrangell and. - chikan districts, the total shows ki 0B - o Brothers Skirt Danger Passing 2V, Year Mark PALO ALTO." ;;alj. Sept. 5—Two and a half seems to be a danger- ous age for the sons of Alan H. 2,924,314 cases compared to 3,153,142 'ast season, The Eastern, Wrangell and Ket- chikan districts all exceeded last | year while the others dropped be- hind in the Southeast. The pack in the Southwest is now at 2,056,308 cases with Chignik and Kodiak not yet complete, showing Robertson—but they manage to sur-|a total summer pack for Alaska vive. thus far of 4,980,622 cases, indicat- When Alee, now 5, was two and;ing it will exceed the 5,000,000-case one-half he fell out of a two-story |mark for the season. The 1934 pack w but was virtually unscathed |reached 7,250,000, largest on record. Pigures on the Southeast Alaska follow: Yakutat, 28,830 W although he landed on a brick side- of the Robertson | districts walk in front home. :ases compared - with 34,664 last Not to be outdone by his big| eaton; Icy Strait, 203,181 agdinst brother, Alan, Jr, now two and|326,091; . Western, 212514 against one-half, staged a solo automobile|430,228; Eastern, 344,652 against run-away. An eight-foot two-by-|309.208; Wrangell, 473,404 agaiust four post smashed through the|167.848; Ketchikan, 1232758 agal\b windshfeld cl 0 his head—but he}1,124,125. and West, Coast, #28.91&. alsc emerged virtually unhurt, against 560977 cases last seasom,