The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA TthDAY DECEMBER 22, 1936 'MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SITKA MAN LOSES 2 OTHERS BURIED BUT MANAGE TO DIG SELVES 0UT | | | Rescue Party Sent Out by Bahrt in Effort to Find Body of F. Easely ENGINEER SAVES SELF, Otto Hill Figure in Acci- g SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—The City of !Seattle employees, like the Govern- House of Representatives, by a mar- ‘day holiday this week, Friday, ONE IN MT. AVALANCHE |urday and Sunday. J. Clark Suiherland and ! TOIMPEACH Seattle Given ' PRESIDENT OF 3-Day Holiday, GUBAN NATION Mayor Dore e Asks Business ' Ackion: I Tk by House Houses to Follow | of Representatives— Same Example [ Margin 3 Votes HANVANA, Dec. 22.—~The Cuban Employees of ment employees, will have a three- gin of three, voted to impeach Sat- President Miguel Gomez for vetoing the million and one half dollar su- Mayor John F. Dore has asked gar tax bill providing funds for the that business houses follow the city’s army and rural schools. example in also giving their employ-| The vote for impeachment was 111 dent on Lucky Chance | One man is reported dead and two others narrowly escaped with their lives after being buried in a' snowslide about 9 o'clock Sunday morning about two and a half ml]e& from the head of Silver Bay near Sitka, according to a message to the‘ Governor's office here from U. SJ Commissioner H. L. Bahrt, at Sitka.| Bahrt said Fred Easely had lost| his life and J. Clark Sutherland, engineer for the Haley Mining Com- | pany, and Otto Hill had managed to! extricate themselves after being | buried for some time. The slide occurred on the mining company | property near what is known as the Lucky Chance Mountain, the Com- missioner reported. Sutherland, he said, was the first to work himself out of the slide and then he dug out Otto Hill but they could not re- cover Easely as a second slide oc- curred and threw Sutherland and, Hill a distance of 15 to 20 feet from the location. Bahrt said these two men worked until dark to recover the body of Easely with no results. Both Suth- eriana and Hill are badly bruised. The Commissioner has sent- out a party of 10 men in charge of Su- therland to make a search for Ease- ly’s body. They left Sitka last night and were to leave the beach at day- break this morning for the moun- tain in an effort to recover the body. * D John Sultan Is Dead, Anchorage Restauranter Passes Away After Celebrating Wed- ding Anniversary ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 22— John Sultan, restaurant owner, died Sunday following a short illness. Death came on the day succeeding his first wedding anniversary. Sultan went to Greece a year ago and brought back his bride. ———ee— PIONEER DIES TOWESTWARD Frad Sishos; Rudiboita Trades, Passes Away as Result of Two Strokes ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec| 22— Fred Bishop, Kuskokwim trader, is dead as the result of two strokes. He came to Alaska in 1901 and min- ed in the Nome section but has op- erated the Slettmute trading post since 1909. Five sons, all in Alaska, a brother Henry, a sister Laura, in New York, survive. > Stock Exchange, Alaska Pacific Sa.lmon Company SAN FRANC!BCO, Cal,, Dec. 22. —The Alaska Pacific Salmon Com- pany will issue new $20 par preferr- ed stock with a $1 dividend rate, giving effect to a previous dividend action on common stock. This makes a $4 dividend on common stock pay- able in the new preferred, stock at the option of the stockholder. ‘The red. - OF EXTENSION | jand permit expansion of the Uni-| ees a holiday on Saturday. 'to 45. A two-thirds vote was need- ——————— The Cuban Senate, meeting as Court of Justice to try the Presi-| Don°’t You Love Me Any More? That doubtful, leading 'oo{ in the eyes of Freddie, the English bulldog, seems to be occasioned by his anxiety to ascertain whether his 4-months-old misiress, Anne Reed Doherty, of Chevy Chase, Md., loves him. Anne doesn’t seem ONE DIRECTOR WORK, ALASKA President lgl:r;ell of Uni- versity of Alaska Makes Announcement WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Charles | E. Bunnell, President of the Uni- versity of Alaska, said the heads of the Experiment Station Extension | Service of the Agriculture Depart- ment have approved of the proposal to consolidate Alaska activities un- der one director to effect economy versity’s experiment station exten- sion services. President Bunnell also said he be- " LIFE IN SNOWSLIDE 'BALLOTING ON TENTATIVE PLAN WILL TAKE TIME |Coastwide Referendum with Use of Printed Ballot In- dicated by Lundeberg |FIREMEN HEAD SAYS OUTLOOK FAVORABLE |Mass Meetmg Called for 2 P. M. Tomorrow to Hear Bridges SEATTLE, Dec. 22. — The Northwest Joint Strike Commit- tee warned the public today ‘Annual Blg Time {gunners unleashed a barrage six-inch shells on the capital, con-| CHRISTMAS IS ONTOMORROW, Starts a One o'Clock at Cap- itol Theatre ‘Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock will see the start of the annual Christmas doings for the kiddies un- der thke auspices of the Elks. There will be a show and gifts, of course all free to the kiddies of Gastineau Channel as is the usual custom of the Elks at this time of the year. Those who are able may take canned goods of any description and ! this donation will be placed in needy homes during the Yuletide season. It is especially mentioned that a donation of canned goods is not nec- | essary but those in a position to do so will be thanked for the offering and those unable to do so will be greeted with the same cheerful spirit. REBEL L BARRAGE RIPS MADRID'S Shell Attack Follow- in Air Raid MADRID, Dec. 22.—Seveéral per- sons were injured here as Fascist of centrating most of their fire on the telephone building, Spain’s tall- est commercial structure. I During the bombardment, which! followed an insurgent air raid, one of the rebel shells ripped through the top floor of the skyscraper, put- ting six elevators out of commis-! sion. Another shell plunged through the twelfth floor of the building, and tearing down through two more stories, exploded on the tenth floor. —et——— 0 | STOCK QUOTATIONS | — e NEW YORK, Dec. 22. — Closing Quotation of Alaska. Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 111%, American Power and Light 11%, Anaconda 542, Bethlehem Steel 73%, Calumet and Hecla 16, Commonwealth- and Southern 3%, Curtiss-Wright 6%, General Motors %, International Harvester 100%, Kennecott 61%, New York Central 40%, Southern Pacifc 40%, United States Steel 76%, United Corpora- tion 6%, Ciiies Service 3%, Brem- ner bid 2’/:. uled 3; Pound $491 5/16. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 177.30, up 1.45; rails 51.65, down .31; util- ities 34.32, up 47. — . — — Fishermen disagree on the best hours: to. catch fresh 'M ELKS KIDDIES |dent on Impeachment charges, has| | completed official organization and| :xdwumvd Ior 24 hours. CRANE SAILS | FROM SEATTLE | BRINGING MAIL Sacks for Juneau— Mail Cards Today | The Bureau of Fisheries vessel Crane sailed from Seattle yesterday !with a large consignment of mail for | Juneau and the Westward, accord-; ing to a radiogram to Postmaster| Albert Wile from Mail Superinten- dent Lawrence at Seattle. The Crane has 479 sacks, 100 par- cels and nine pouches for Juneau,| the Postmaster said, and 40 pouch- es for the Westward. Warning that there would be noj| tone working at the postoffice on !Chrlstmas day, Postmaster Wile| |urges all persons sending cards for| dchvery in the city to get them m‘ |the mail today exd ot later than| tomorrow to assu:c celivery. He also asked that persons czll for their par- cels at the postoffice to relieve the; | congested condition. HIGHEST TOWER Fasciats: Unleash Six-Inch| SECURES PLANE T0 TAKE FOOD TO ANCHORAGE 'One Storekeeper Is to Aid Hungry Housewives of His City ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 22.— The first perishable food since the maritime strike started will be air- planed here from Cordova where it is being discharged from the Arctic. Housewives are so hungry that one local store has chartered the tri- motored plane of Pilot Chet Brown to bring the perishables here, in- cluding turkeys, celery, lettuce, etec. Pilot Brown is leaving here today for Cordova. | WEDDING 0. K.D; RECORD IS USED CHICAGO, Dec. 22—Miss Ger- trude Adler and Leonard Gross- man were married today and the marriage was approved strictly by ear. That is to say: when Grossman, a former alderman, proposed to Miss Adler last summer she told him he'd have to ask her father, Adolph Adler. But Adler lives in Frankfort, Germany. So Grossman made a very pretty little speech about how much he was in love with Miss Adler and had it re- corded. Then he sent the record to Ger- many. Adler senior played it and decided he liked the young man's 5 ATKA MAY FACE | o Fisheries Vessel Has 479 'Boxer Not to Visit There— lieved the Government would sup- port the University’s building pro- gram, including construction of a $125,000 power plant, and $70,000 girls’ dormitory. Consolidation of the extension ser-| vice would make more effective| the 1936 Act extending to Alaska | benefits of the Adams Purnell and | Capppr-Ketchum Acts. President Bunnell said he will re= main here until after January 1. - to be much concerned. ] ALASKA G, F WILL MEET HERE JAN, 15, FEB, 2 |Biennial Meeting of Terri- torial Body Called Dur- COAL SHORTAGE, - g Territorial Chamber of Com- ’melc(' to be held in Juneau January {15 and February 22, during the ses- | on of the Legislature, has been sent out by President M. E. S. Brun- Imelle of Cordova, and Territorial | Senator from the Third Division, according to M. S. Whittier, Exe- cutive Secretary. Representatives Report to officials here is that are to be appointed to the session the Boxer which is in shuttle ser- from the 15 member chambers. vice between Seward and the West-| The Territorial Chamber meets ward will not go to Atka in the Aleu- during the term of the Legislature tians and U. S. Commissioner Jack because at that time representatives Martin at Unalaska reported to the Of most of the chambers are here in Governor’s office it would mean a attendance at the legislative session. serious fuel shortage for approxi-| The January 15 session will take mately 100 persons at the little vil- UP general problems of the cham- lage far out in the Aleutians. ber and on February 22 new offi- cers for the biennium will be chos- jen. Aleutian Chain Village Buried by Snow Storm Arrangements, however, have been made by the Bureau of Indian Af- fairs to have coal sent to the teach- | er there divided among the inhabb- | itants, and this, it is oelieved, will last until about April. According to a message to the U S. Weather Bureau here, the little village 6f Atka was struck by a se-| vere snowstorm several days ago which buried the power house pow-| — e voice. He called in seventy rela- tives and they said the same thing. all of them sent a cable of the couple and thermometer and caused tempors reau representative there, revealing| BROOKEVILLE, Indiaha, Dec. 22. |die in the electric chair on next Japan A jury of twelve farmers return- those connecting golfers of the U. S.| ‘mence. Kentucky, last June 19, nine The Pacific Gold Association ha.s chk.s had served cleven years of In the role of host, it will mme‘GUBSER TO RIVE 't who is studying woll condi- “any casual or pre-arranged meet-llm' Kivaline, according to a radio-| “date book,” Freshmen can't be to Juneau, expecting to arrive here| Refngeralors | Advertised When |41 Degrees Below FAIRBANKS, Alas With the thermometer at 41 d(-grcu below zero, one merchant in the Christmas shopping edition of the | News-Miner advertised electric re-| frigerators for sale and another | merchant said he had ice cream specialse 5 - e EARTH SHOCKS ARE RECORDED MAYBE ALASKA Seismographs of Cornell and Fordham Regist- er Movements ITHACA, N. Y,, Dec. 22.—Dr. L. Conant, scismologist of Cornell Uni- versit; d two earth shocks were registered yesterday afternoon and the disturbance appeared to be 3,000 miles distant, possibly in Alaska or the Aleutian Islands. The first shock was timed at 2:23 and the second t 2:48 o'clock yesterday afternoon. a, Dec. 22~ C. ANOTHER REGISTRATION NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The mograph at the Fordham Univer- sity recorded what may have been two overlapping shocks, possibly in Alaska. ROTARY CLUB EATS TURKEY Members Also Join in with A Capella Choir n Community Sing At their regular weekly meeting today at the Terminal Cafe the members of the Rotary Club were entertained by the A Cappella choir from Juneau High School under the direction of Miss Ruth Coffin. Ro- tarians joined in with the choir and|® sang the carols thus comprising the community singing for the day. A turkey dinner was served in keeping with the holiday spirit and then Wibur Irving, the new manager of the Terminal, was introduced and he told of future plans he had in mind for the cafe. Charles Beale and Iod Darnell were appointed on the Christmas judging committee to act in co-op- eration with the Chamber of Com- merce to help choose the best holi- day display in Juneau. PAA FLIGHTS FOR TODAY CANCELLED Scheauled flights from Fairbanks to Juneau today of two Pacific Al- aska Airways Electra pianes, were | cancelled because of poor weather conditions along the route. Tt is probable that the flights will be made tomorrow, weather permit- er plant, the radio antenna lead, gasoline tanks, snow guage and the Yy suspension of service. The mes uge’Slayer of Young Widow Is came from Mrs. Frances McMillan, C d f K" wife of the teacher and weather bu- onvicted o uing Wealthy Man that radio service had again been resumed. —~Found guilty of murder for the |second time in 20 years, Heber Golfers to Hicks, heard himself condemned to }Anrll 10 for the slaying of Harry | Miller, wealthy retired Cincinnati Fire Department Captain. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Dec. 22. ",ed the verdict at midnight after be- There are no Walker or Ryder cuPing out four hours. connections bridging the Pacific like| ijjer’s body was found near Em- and those of Great Britain, but the gays after his head and hands were Far West is makng a small S"““’i’fllmu in a box near Carrolton, Ken- in intramural competition, ucky. accepted an invitation to send a 6-| 5 jife term for the 1016 slaying of a man professional team to Japan in young Kentucky widow. 1937 for a series of tournaments. the Argentine Gold Association to| send a team to the United States.| Hm FROM ARCTIC ABOUT JANUARY 15 Hnrland Gubser; predatory animal pert \uom; in the Arctic, was at Shum- ALERED, N. Y., Dec. 22—"Date” gnak near the -headwaters of thel is defined at Alfred University uleobuk river and was leaving today ing lasting more than 15 minutes gram to the Alaska Game Commis- ‘ with a man after 6 p. m. |sion. He will go from there to Kot- Under the college’s mewly-revised |zebue and then will proceed by plane | dated on Sunday evenings. The about January 15 to make a report uflnltwn was ‘given to eliminate to the Territorial Legislature convenes J: ting, it was announced by Louis Del~ ebecue, Juneau agent for the PAA, BLIZZARD BEAT BACK RESCUERS OF LOST PLANE Storm Causes Fear for Safe-| My of Party Making Effort to Reach Wrecked Ship SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 22—A huwhng blizzard beating through Mullan Canyon threw new obstacles in the path of the rescue party try- ing to reach the wrecked air mail| plane of the Northwest Air Lines, reported sighted on Cemetery Ridge | near Calder.| The blizzard ¢ us(‘dl fears for the safety of members oh the rescue party themselves. Reports from Kellogg, from where the rescue party started out on the snowshoe trek yesterday, sald the| driving rain turned to snow and was accompanied by a seve.2 cold wind. A. R. Mensing, division superin-| tendent of the Northwest Air Lines, said the 12 members of the rescue crew will perhaps be forced to hole- in to escape the fury of the storm. Pilot Joe Livermore and co-Pilot A. A. Haid were flying the missing mail plane, IS TOLD SAD NEWS SEATTLE, Dec. 22—Mrs. Arthur A. Haid, wife of the missing co- pilot, who has a 1l-day-old baby girl, was today told of her hus-| band’s probable fate. Friends said she was bearing up well D Hard Luck Honor Man, UNIVERSITY, Alil.. Henry Cochrane, ‘Bama second-| string quarterback, is the Tide’s| hard luck man for 1936. Injured in| the Mississippi State game, Coch- rane W unable to play against Tennes Loyola, or Kentucky. Be- fore the next battle, with Georgia ch, Cochrane sprained his ankle was kept out of that game Dec. 22. —| COPPER PRICE - NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Principal for domestic use to 11% cents from 11 cents. ,ee Statehood to Be Sought By Hawaiians as Congress convenes nekt month. ‘This is according to Delegate Sam- uel W. King, who said he will re- introduce’ immediately the State- hood bill which failed last session. |1y. | when crew {lar to the main agreement, producers today raised the price or‘ | copper ‘not to get excited over the re- ported settlements” until the men return to work. “The strike committee was not being fooled by the sudden willingness of shipowners for negotiation while Harry Bridges was in the East mobilizing,” a statement said. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Dec. 22. —While a note of “marking time” was evident in the Pacific Coast maritime strike today, some encour- agement was given when J. E. Fer- |guson, Secretary pro tem of the marine firemen, announced the out- logk for aceceptance of tentative agreements to end the long strike |was “very favorable.” He said a | membership meeting to pass on |agreements could be held almost at once with perhaps a coast referen- dum. if such action is decided upon. George Charlott of the San Fran- cisco local of the masters, mates and pilots told a New York meeting last night that only signing of simi- |lar agreements with employees of both the east and west coasts could jend the strike, A joint policy committee of seven striking unions were to meet later today. A maritime meeting has been called for 2 p. m. tomorrow o hear Harry Bridges, Coast LL.A, head, spoak of his recent eastern trin and to hear individual reports to be made by the seven major un- ions involved. May Extend Strike ‘While this was going on, hints of extension of the maritime unions' “united front” to include the At~ lantic and Gulf port strikers dimmed prospects for any immediate break as the strike went into its 54th day. Harry Lundeberg, Sailors’ Union Secretary, indicated today that the membership vote on the tentative agreement with shipowners, as an- nounced yesterday, may be deferred indefinitely. After a membership meeting last night he announced the voting would be coastwise on print- |ed ballots instead of meetings ot port locals as he suggested previous= He said he may visit various | ports to explain the tentative agree- ment before the vote is taken. ‘The reported tentative agreement | bas 29 sections applying only to the Alaska trade. These include wage classification ranging from $67.50 a month for ordinary seamen to $95 a month for boatswains; overtime of 80 cents an hour, bonuses for han- dling certain cargoes such as of- fensive commodities and explosives; meals not more than five hours apart; heat and lights furnished is sleeping aboard in Other details are simi- it was home port, stated. | Pioneer Home Wanted IS UP AGAIN for Alaskan Women ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 22.— | The Pioneers’ Igloo here has passed a resolution urging construction of a Womens’ Pioneer Home. The res~ olution will be presented at the Grand Igloo session at Ketchikan next month. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — Ha-| waii’s campaign to become the Forty | Ninth State will be resumed as soon |