The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY A “ALL THE NEWS L VOL. XLVI., NO. 7106. UNEA! 4 DIE AS ANOTHER . U, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1935, - MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SKA EMPIRE Ai THE TIME” * PRICE TEN CENTS R LINER CRAS SEVERE QUAKE AGAIN S ONE MAN DEAD, ONE IS DYING, TODAY'S SHOCK Scores Are Being Treated in Hospitals as Earth Trembles HIGH SCHOOL IS BELIEVED WRECK ' 4 Railroad Station Denolish- ished—Wide Area Affected HELENA, Mont., Oct. 31.—One man was killed in the fall of a brewery smokestack when the mat severe earth movement since October 18 hit the city to- day, causing an estimated thou- sands of dollars damage. Another man is reported dying. Hospitals treated scores of suf- fering from shock. Two men were thrown from a scaffolding and injured. The new high school is believed to be a total wreck. The North- ern Pacific depot is demolished. | The shock was felt in Spokane and Alberta. The death teday makes the sixth vietim during the past two weeks. 4 ITALY OFFERS T0 NEGOTIATE ONETHIOPIA Mussolini Gives Ground at League Meeting—Bri- tain Enters Protest GENEVA, Oct. 31.—Fascist Italy,| faced with a threat of economic iso- lation, gave ground today as the League of Nations Sanctions Com- mittee met and offered to negotiate | ror peace with Ethiopia. The com- mittee convened to set a deadline for imposing the drastic economic sanctions which originally had been set to go into effect today, but no| date has yet been deeided upon. Great Britain made new protests | to Premier Mussolini of Italy against continuance of attacks upon it by the Italian press. Simfilar protests were made against anti-British pro- paganda over the radio. British spokesmen adopted a firm attitude and advised Mussolini England can- not relax its fleet activities in the Mediterranean as long as the present situation remains unimproved. Students in Demonstration It was reported here from Rome that students had staged a demon- stration theére today .against Great Britain, From the:war zone it was reported Southern Italian forces, after cross- ing most of the Ogaden desert, rout- ed the outpost defenders of cor-! rahei. The Italian artillery was) moved up for bombardment of the towns in the northern sectors and advancing columns are marching south from Adigrat and Aduwa to Makale. They are reported to have | taken the fortress at Amba Sion, 30 miles north of Makale. Dig Up Rifles In Addis Ababa, Emperor Haile Selassie has directed that all buried arms, mcludfng thousands of Amer- ican-made rifles, be unearthéd and distributed to the tribesmen. Guffey Coal Act Stolidly Opposed PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31. — The deadline for signing agreements in compliance with the coal industry’s “Little NRA” neared, with big steel- company-owned mines and the Pitts- burgh Coazl Company, the largest bituminous producer, still withhold- ing approval. The Guffey Coal Act, designed by the Government to stabilize indus- try, goes into effect at midnight. A 15 per cent tax will be levied on every ton of coal produced, ' ‘war. Mrs. Roesevelt i 3 I In a message read before the to Photo) R. RENEWS ANTL.WAR PLEDGE rum on current problems in New | York by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President renewed his pledge | to keep.the United States free from entanglements that might lead to s shown reading the speech. (Associated Press LAST RUN T0 DOUGLASTODAY 38-Year-Old Service Dis- continued as Result of Brfidge Across Channel A service of 38 years standing came to a conclusion for residents of Gas- tineau Channel at 12:30 o'clock to- day when the ferry on the route be- tween Juneau and Douglas made its last run. In the march of progress, the ferry service gives way to the new Douglas Island bridge which was recently opened. The Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company, which has operated the service for years, has disposed of all but one of the four vessels which haye plied on the line. They include the Lone Fisherman, Alma, Amy and the Teddy which made the last run. The old ferry service has carried on through colorful days on Gas- tineau Channel, those days when Treadwell was at its height and Douglas a city of large population, and when Juneau was just making its start to becoming the modern city of teday. There is hardly a citizen who has lived in the commun- ity any length of time but who has crossed the channel on the famous old line, which started out with vir- tually rowboat fleet and developed through the years to neat little boats of the present day. In the Douglas news in today's Empire will be found further infor- mation of the historic old ferry ser- vice which now has been pushed aside by motorized road transporta- tion and a steel span linking the Twin cities of Gastineau Channel. Mail which has been carried on the ferry for many years now will go by cab - over the bridge, the temporary work being given to J. V. Hickey of the Yellow Cab Company pending| the awarding of a regular mail con- tract. The Walter Bacon bus line established a regular passenger ser- vice between the two cities just af- r the bridge opened. Governor Marks Birthday at Official Duties Gov. John W. Troy celebrated his birthday today at his desk as usual, just as he has obzerved like anni-| versaries in the many years he has spent in Alaska. Congratulatory telegrams from rel- atives and old friends in many parts of the world were received by tie Chief Executive during the day. BUSINESS BACK T0 1929 LEVEL Increased Orders Has Re- | vived Industry, Gardner Tells Chamber Group The lumber industry in Alaska is back on a pre-depression plane, ac- cording to Tom Gardner, Vice Pres- ident of the Juneau Lumber Mills, who spoke at the Chamker of Com- merce luncheon at the Terminal to- day. Mr. Gardner, who has been since last April at the Juneau Lum- ber Mills lozging camps at Edna Bay ‘on Kuskiusko Island and at Tuxe- kan Pass, returned to Juneau a few days ago. ” i The lumber industry, which has been in the doldrums for a long time, began to show signs of life last spring, Mr. Gardner said. Improve- ment was continuous throughout the | summer and now the industry is back {to normal pre-depression prosperity. | The increased activity in the lumber |industry, Mr. Gardner said, is due ‘largely to orders for lumber from | fcanneries, including Libby McNeill |& Libby, | Company, Pacific Alaska PFishe:ies, and others. 300 Employed | About 300 men were employed in {three Southeast Alaska lumber mills {located in Juneau, Wrangell and Ket- chikan, Mr. Gardner said, and the combined payrolls of the Juneau Lumber Company, Sawyer and Rey- nolds, Ketchikan Spruce Mills, Lar- lson and Lloyd, and McDonald .of ‘Wrangell, amounted to approximate- 1y $247,000 this year, for a total of 45,000 man days at/ an average wage of $5.50 per day. The Juneau Lumber Mills logging |camp, which was located at Edna | Bay all summer, but which was re- cently moved to Tuxekan Bay for winter operations, has been operat- Ilng at full capacity since last Feb- ruary with only one day off—the | Fourth of July—Mr. Gardner said and logging will continue at the new camp throughout the winter if the weather permits. Ketchikan in Good Shape Business conditions are very good {in Ketchikan, Mr. Gardner said. A |new mine is being developed at Sea Level, 15 or 20 miles south of Ket- ‘cmkan. The ground has been dia- | mond drilled and a working tunnel is being driven. At Wrangell the canneries .and I:hrimp and crab packers had a fine season, Mr. Gardner reported, and conditlons also are good at Peters- burg. The west coast however, had (Continued ot Page Seven Fidalgo Island Packing! VOTE TUESD Assemblymen, Judges, County Officers |BALLOTING TO SHOW Relief Cost;_Expected o Take Important Part' in Next Year's Campaign'. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Pres- | ident Roosevelt arrived at the family estate here today and will remain to | cast his vote In next Tuesday’s elecs | tion at which time voters of New I'york State will elect assemblymen;, ' judges and county officers and de- | cide on certain changes in the state's | election laws. The voting is expect= I ed to give an indication of the Roose- | velt strength in his home state. | | | talks with leaders in national life, | taking up principally employment 1problems from an international as- pect. & RELIEF QUESTION UPPE! 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Presi- miuch to spend on Telief next year may be a talking point of the com- | here. The decision is one of the | most important facing him in pre- Administrative officials already have indicated expenditures would be | vities about the same as last year. | R. G. Tugwell, Undersecretary of ment early in the week showing the | Administration could satisfy every |90 a balanced budget in the fls{:alI vear of 1938, “unless something un- major catastrophe.” Balanced Budget in relief costs have been two of the | things opponenis have been pound-‘ igenerally believed that these sub- | jects will be among the salient points | | the election in November of next year. | | T0 BE STUDIED, | | y : [New Regulations Will Be Weighed at Friday Ld:m, Rogsevelt's decision on how ! ing campaign, according to observers |parmg the new budget. v‘about normal and government acti- Agriculture, made public a state- | humanitarian demand and still come forseen happens, such as a war or| A balanced budget and reduction w’mg on for a long time, thus it is| |of the campaign between now and e il BUILDING CODE CITY COUNGIL Session | | The new building code for the City jof Juneau will probably be intro- duced at the regular City Council meeting tomorrow night. = Copies of | the document, drawn up by Council- man G. E. Krause, have been sent 11;11 local persons associated with the building trades, and suggestions and additional information will be re- ceived by the city fathers at their meeting. ‘The building code is to regulate all phases of construction of busi- | ness houses and dwellings in the | Capital City. | ‘ Other Way Round CHARLESTON, 8. C.—Most old folks quit business and retire to |the farm, but not so with Andrew ;Peber Larsen of Charleston. After |62 years as a plantation store- |keeper and manager, he retired and came to the city. | — e FINED $40 F. J. Thorpe of Juneau was ar- | raigned before United States Com- missioner J. F. Mullen late yester- day on a charge of drunk and dis- | { of the session today. | was absorbed without much diffi- | culty. _CHINA CLIPPER/FLIES HIGH OVER MANHATTAN ¥ INew York State Electing! ROOSEVELT STRENGTH| While here the' President plans T High over ther towering skyscrapers, the “China Clipper” is pictured en route to its anchorage off North Beach, Lorg Island. The shi through exhaustive t: |, ated Press Photo)i STOCK PRICES POINT UPWARD:; CLOSE STEADY WIAER Motors and Alcohols Show| Strength — Profit Taking Absorbed NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The Stock Market pointed upward during most “Big Airport i Program Is ! Approved WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—The Dcpartment of Commerce has approved the $17,000,000 airport program of the Works Progress Administration, This program involves the bullding and im- provement of 250 airports. It is said 500 other similar projects are under consideration. | i St ALASKA ASKED $2,900,000 No word has been received here }whemcr the proposed $2,900,000 for airports and air way development i Prices slipped back somewhat in the final hour but the close wnhwmv ed by the Department of Com- about steady. merce for airport work. Early strength was shown by mot- Application for the nearly three :pf::’ m‘m and a few scattered |, ion appropriation has besn made were recorded. Capt. Edward Whitehead has been Profit taking late in the session appointed to line up & program and is now in the Territory making a sur- vey in co-operation with the Alaska ‘Road Commission. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | " TR NEW YORK, Oct. 31. — Closing | quotation of ‘Alaska Juneau mine NEw URLEANS stock today is 13%, American Can 142%, American Power and Light 8, | Anaconda 21%, Bethlehem Steel 40%, General Motors 53, International | Harvester 57%, Kennecott 26%, Unit- | DO, JONES AVERAGES Ickes Releases $1,800,000 The following are ay’'s Dow, | Jones averages: Industrials, 139.74; ) F or Sewage_ Water Board rails, 34.61; utilities, 27.70. After Oplmon Given - R WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes ed States Steel 46%, Pound $481%, Calumet and Hecla 5%, United| Foundries %. ; LAST vUYAG jhas released $1,800,000 for the New OF vIcTu R I A |Orleans sewage and water board, Alaska Steamship Com- ny Steamer Takes LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 31.— $520,000 South Charles W. Bryan, three times Gov- SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—The SLeAmMerernor of Nebraska, brother of Wil- Victoria, of the Alaska SteamshiP|jjam Jennings Bryan, faces the pos- Company, arriyed from her 1ast |gipility of a recall from his position voyage of the year to Bering Sea gs Mayor of Lincoln. and Nome, with a shipment of $520.- | petitions seeking his recall were 000 in gold, bringing the total of Al-|filed with the City Clerk today. aska gold shipments received in the:‘ Bryan characterized the petitions assay office this month to $3,500,000, as “a protest against my policy of the most of any month for 24 years. law enforcement and reasonable Three hundred and fifty pas- regulation of beer and liquor.” sengers were aboard the Victoria. Al J, B. Strackden, grocer, who filed during the spring Legislature could interfere with carrying out PWA | projects. | - e, Faces Rec Over Liquor Battle | Bryan orderly conduct. He was fined $40 i sentence, large crowd was at the dock to greet the petition, said a club of which come out for the winter months. | beer and liquor license. i flown there from the Glenn Martin plant preparatory to be placed in the Pacific ocean air transport service, (Assocl- ! Alaska is included in the $17,000,000 | in Baltimore, went GAME WARDENS 'AFTER ILLEGAL DEER HUNTERS |Six Men Sentenced in Cam- paign to Protect Does ‘[ and Fawns | Completing the initial patrol in the Game Commission’s current cames aign to end the shooting of does and auns, Game Warden Homer Jewell returned to Juneau last night aboard | the boat Grizzly Bear. | Jewell made an inspection of the | Hoonah and Sitka regions, as well as. Chatham, Lisianski and Peril Straits, S8ix men were arrested in the Lisianski section for illegal deer shooting, and were taken by Jewell | before Commissioner George Mal- com at Hoonah. | Prank Wilson, captain of the sein- | ‘ing boat Frisco, was found guilty of | the possession of a female deer car- cass and was fined $25 and given three months suspended éntence. Jim MeKinley, John Marks, Les- | lie Johnson, George Martin and Pete | Dunkin were each given 30 days in | jail for killing does and fauns. “A markea 1ailing off in the num- | ber of Sitka deer is noticeable due | to the shooting of does and fauns,” 2well said today,” and people of the | Sitka region are very aroused about | the widespread and criminal viola- |tion of game laws in this regard. | Jewell added that there was no in- dication of any natural depletion of | the deer, and that all seem in fine | condition, | A foot of snow and 12 degrees |above zero last week brought the |deer down to the water's edge, the | after he had been submitted the op- | game warden said, and several of the | jinion of the Loulsiana Attorney Gen- | cffenders brought before the Hoonah | jeral holding that no laws passed|commissioner were caught shooting | {the animals from motorboats. | “All these practices, particularly | the killing of dces, must be entirely ! stamped out or we are not going to have any decer left,” Jewell warned. ! “The patrols are going to be contin- ued, and all violators severely dealt| with.” ‘The boat Grizzly Bear, command- ed by Captain Claire Krough, will leave on an inspection cruise again shortly. - e WITNESS BROUGHT HERE BY AIRPLANE Deputy Marshal Walter G. Hallan flew to Sitka and return this morn- ing with Pilot Sheldon Simmons in his Patco plane. Hellan brought Patrick Henry, witness subpoénaed and given four months suspended |the arrivals, the majority who have he is an officer, had been denied a! by the grand jury, to the capital city. HAKES HELENA SHIP anEs Gasoline T;xrk; odeFM' ; Big Craft Hits Hilltop, Bounds Into Air CAUSE OF ACCIDENT NOT YET DETERMINED Second Serfi Crackup in Same Vicinity in Last Several Weeks CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 31.—Four | men were blown to bits when a Unit- ed Air Lines test plane crashed in a snowstorm on a hilltop six miles south of here late yesterday. The dead are: M. T. Arnold, Chief Test Pilot for United Air Lines. Ab> Cohen, Wyoming air ser- vice veteran, Edward Yantls, United Alr Lines instrument man. Harold Kaufman, apprentice instrument man. Witnesses said one gasoline tank exploded as the plane hit and bound- ed in the air and the other tank exploded as the plane struck the sec- ond time. Cause of the erash has not been determined. [, p 1t is the second air ling crash near here in the lest few weeks. Eleven were killed when a liner went down October 7, west of the eity. BLAME PILOT'S JUDGMENT WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—An error of judgment as to altitude and dis- tance from the airport by the pilot of the airliner which crashed on October 7, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, is given by the Bureau of Aero- ° nautics, Department of Commerce, as the probable cause of the acei- dent. Pilot H. W. Collison and ten others were kilied in the crash. ANOTHER CRASH PROBED DAYTON, O,, Oct. 31.—A Board of Army Engineers has convened at Wright Fleld here to ascertain the cause of the crash of the big Boeing bomber here yesterday which cost the life of one man and injury of three others. The board is mecting behind closed doors and will submit its report to Washington for consid- eration of officers of the Alr Corps. Major P. P. Hill, Chief Flying Of- ficer of the Division, was killed when the bomber crashed yesterday dur- ing a test hop when the left motors failed. Chief Pilot Tower was ser- lously injured, and two otheis were hurt. POLICE SEEK VICTIMS OF ALTA.STORM Minister, Wife Sought, Un- reported Since Monday, Before Bliz zard DRUMHELLER, Alta., Oct. 31— Pears are expressed that Rev. H. Young and his wife of Trochu, Alta., are the victims of a blizzatd which swept Alberta early this week. ‘They have not been reported since they left Hanna last Monday. The couple 1s being sought by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, farmers, and search party workers from the Morrin relief camp. - Apple-Gr;)wen rabing Big Loss at Wenatchee SEATTLE, Oct. 31. — Wenatchee Valley apple growers feared losses upward of $1,000,000 as the unpre- cedented cold October weather re- mained “unbroken for a third day over the west. Extreme cold prevailed as far south as Central California, with San Francisco reporting a temperature of 43 degrees,