The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7363. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT2 SNOWSLIDEVICTIMRESCUED ALIVE ALASKA MARINE WORKERS FIGURE INNEW ACCORD No Definite Action Taken, Both Sides Apparent- ly at Loggerheads SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 23. Shipowners and marine firemen to- day drew up a separate accord for Alaska marine men as a completed tentative agreement for submission to union membership. The new accord provides for eight hours a day for Alaska workers as well as offshore workers and monthly wa- ges of $67.50 to $87.50. It also pro- vides 80 cents an hour for overtime and subsistence allowance of $1.50 a day in port. It further provides that all matters in dispute must be settled in the same port. Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady ar- ranged a meeting today between the negotiating committee of the Mas- ters, Mates and Pilots, headed by Edward O’'Grady, Secretary of the| | local, and the owners. Thomas G. Plant, spokesman for the ship-own- ers, said: “We are ready and will- ing to meet the unions any tim That has always been our position. Federal officials Sought the re- Royal Sister Act Dagmar (top) and Siegfrida Nord- SIMEON D, FESS DIES SUDDENLY INWASHINGTON Former U. S. Senator, G. 0. P. Chairman, Victim of Attack of Heart WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Former | United States Senator Simeon D.| | Fess died unexpectedly at a hotel here this forenon as the result of an attack of the heart. He arrived here this morning, went directly ‘o | room in a hotel and died a few iminutes after 10 o'clock. Charles Fess, a son living here, was quickly summoned. | The former Senator was Chairman of the Republican National Com- mittee. In 1928 he delivered the keynote address at the National Republican Convention which nom- inted Herbert Hoover. B DOUBLE TRAGEDY TAKES PLAGE IN | strom, daughters of Prince Axel Ed- | Snell Is Named Asst, Gen. Mgr., AIask_aRailmad To Maintain Office in Chi- cago—Ohlson to Re- sign in April ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec| 22.— It is announced that Harold W. Snell has been appointe® Assistant General Manager of the Alaska Railroad, maintaining his office in Chicago. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, it is said, has stated he would resign as General Manager in April. TO TO RESIGN CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Al- aska Rallroad, said, “there is moth- ing to the report” he had told friends he would resign in April. “I may have said I was thinking of resigning, but I have changed my mind and I expect to continue indef- intely,” said the Colonel. The General Manager of the Al- aska Railroad arrived here today and said he will spend the holidays with relatives and then go to Wash- ington, D. C. He will confer with Snell while here. e, CRASH SCENE FOUND:WRECK NOT LOCATED No Trace of Missing Mail Plane Found, Idaho Mountainside BULLETIN — SPOKANE, Wash,, Dec. 23.—A short wave radio mes- sage from the Herrick rescue party from Calder, Idaho, early this af- ternoon, says the place where the wrecked Northwest Airlines mail plane is supposed to be has been reached and no trace has been, found. The entire mountainside has been searched. Fred Cunningham, leader of the dozen men, said traveling condi- tions were the worst ever encoun- tered in the woods. Over three feet of snow has fallen| since the reported crash. HARD TRAVELING SPOKANE, Dec. 23.—Last night the Herrick party radioed it had reached a cabin ten miles from the scene where the wrecked plane was sighted and the party would start million pounds be raised four mfl-| { at daybreak today with steep trav- eling ahead. The rescue party that started HALIBUT QUOTA REMAINS SAME Amount of Catch Not to Be| Increased—Serious Problem Is Up | SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—North Pa- | five years of regulation by the In-| ternatonal Fisheries Commission in- |dicated today that it is not ready ;yet to raise the limit on the annual catch. Members of the Commission made this point at the conference being held here and also stated that con-| servation measures will be continued | |and extended to include strong pro- tests against encroachments of oth- er nations. Fishermen reported that vessels| |outfitting from European nations| | take fish in the North Pacific since | !thc banks extend many miles off| i shore beyond the continental lim-, FOR NEXT YEAR | cific halibut increased during the|i All Dre ssed Up . MINING MAN S “FOUND AFTER 5 HOURS BURIED iSitka Man in Weakened | Condition but Frost Bitten | Only on Fingers, Toes |IMPRISONED UNDER 20 FEET OF SNOW Two Companions Had Been Able to Dig Out of Sun- day Morning Avalanche After being buried under 20 feet of snow for 51 hours, Fred Easley was rescued alive at noon yesterday from the snow avalanche at Lucky . |Chance Mountain in the Silver Bay y |region about 10 miles from Sitka. |Easley, 28, and former resident of | Los Angeles, was in a weakened con- |dition with fingers and toes frost- its. The problem is a major one. | Representatives of the Seattle fleet | asked that the limit of forty-six lion principally in area three, west- ward of the Aleutians. | i Dr. Thompson said this will be im- | from Kellogg through Mullen Can- possible because dangers of over-| ;bmeu bubt his condition was re- |ported by rescuers as not danger- ous, and he was taken into Sitka for medical treatment. Easely, with J. Clark Sutherland, Los Angeles mining engineer, and |Otto Hill of Sitka, was caught in |the great snow slide at 9 a. m. Sun- HOME OF BANKER yon where a blizzard was raging fishing. Commissioners Hall and| sumption of peace negotiations fol- £ d d | | ward Nordstrom of Sweden ane late yesterday, had not been heard Allen agreed that the parent stock . i day morning. Sutherland worked lowing statements from each side| Princesses in their own right, have “ Tineel ‘ and - dscorstisne . are his way out and then dug out Hill. rather superfluous when a ALASKA R.R. which blamed the other for block- || vaded London to acquire stage | ing action. McGrady temporarily abandoned plans for a return trip| to Washington for Christmas after announcing that the owners and li- censed deck officers would confer today. There was possibility of renewing negotiations with Marine firemen. Spokesmen of the latter said they would not vote on whether to ac- cept the tentative agreement until proposals were ready for other strik- ing unions. The sailors left indef- inite the date when they would take action on the tentative agreement. Plant today accused Harry Brid- ges of the Longshoremen of block- ing settlement and attributed to Bridges the remark that there can be no coast peace until the striking eastern seamen win their demands. Bridges denied such a stand, de- claring: “No smoke screen is big enough to conceal those really re- sponsible for prolonging the strike.” SURPRISE SHOWER FOR MRS. GULLUFSON BY CATH. DAUGHTERS Turning their Christmas party into a surprise shower for Mrs. George Gullufsen, the Catholic Daughters of America had an es- pecially jolly time last night in the Parish Hall. Many beautiful and useful gifts were received by Mrs. Gullufsen which may be used in setting up her home again, At the short business meeting Mrs. Rose Schneider was initiated into the Court. According to President Mrs. Wal- ter Hellan, the first meeting of the new year will be held on January 12, at 8 o'clock. The Study Club of the Court has planned a meet at the home of Mrs. H. R. Vander Leest on Tuesday evening, Janu- ary 5. SCOUTS WIN MERIT BADGES, CEREMONY With H. L. Faulkner presiding, Boy Scout Court of Honor was held last night in City Council cham- bers with 20 boys winning awards. Merit badge awards were made as follows: Civics, Hallie Rice; public health, Hallie Rice and Lee Lucas; fire- manship, Hallie Rice and Jimmie Glasse; Star Scout, Lee Lucas; First Class Scout, Harry Watkins, Gordon Wahto, Dan Krusel, Fran- cis Doogan, Frank Cashen, Elmer Savikko and Harry Cashen; Second Class Scout, Donald McDonald, Dal- lis Weyand, Billie Woods, J. Truitt Moehring, Bob Fleek, James Devon and Glen Kronquist. e, Miss Stephane Africh, a medical patient from Douglas was dismiss- ed from St. Ann's Hospital today. fame. They have already appeared in London society functions under the name of the Nordstrom Sisters. AGAINST FISH BOAT TAHOMA Circuit Court Upholds De- cision of District Court Here in Famous Suit San Francisco has affirmed the de- cision of the Federal District Court in the case of the Government against the fishing vessel Tahoma with the result that the vessel own- ers will forfeit an $8,000 -bond to the Government and will be called upon to pay duties of approximately $50,000, according to word received here today by the Distirct Attor- | ney’s office. | The Tahoma, originally owned by Winnie Pierce and later coming un- | der control of F. E. Hunt, Ltd., Can- |adian firm, was charged with two |counts; one of unlawful and frau- |dulent transfer of the vessel from Pierce to Hunt, and, secondly, with unlawful and fraudulent use of a | certificate of registry in foreign trade. At the time of her seizure on September 13, 1934, it was charg- \ed that the vessel was engaged in {foreign trade, transporting her catches of halibut from Alaskan waters to Prince Rupert by trans- shipmefi through Canada to Amer- |ican markets duty free. tI was |charged that while the Canadian concern actually acquired owner- ship of the vessel from Pierce | through debt it continwed to operate |the vessel as an American boat. : —— | 1 FORTY-SEVEN KNOWN DEAD, MINE BLAST Twenty-eight Brought to Surface Alive, Injured or Poisoned TOREON COASULA, Mexico, Dec. 23—Forty-seven bodies have been recovered from the mine shaft of the Rosita coal mine, 225 miles northeast of here, where an explos- ion occurred yesterday. Others are believed to still be in the mine. Twenty-eight miners were brought out of the smoking mine suffering injuries or gas poisoning and it is feared many of them will die. | The cause for the explosion is not 1. S. WINS CASE The Circuit Courl of Appeals inj Two Die in Argument Over Retinting of Room for Christmas { | 1 | ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 23.—In a sudden gunfight in |the home of John Reynolds, finan- cier, Mrs. Reynolds, 45, was shot through the abdomen, and W. E.| |@Gay, 60, assistant housekeeper, was shot in the head. Both died sev- ieral hours later. f Trouble Over Retinting Reynolds and his three daughteul saw Mrs. Reyonlds discussing re-| tinting in a room she wanted done before Christmas. An Indian maid, Daisy Jiron, said Gay insisted that “I've got to have‘w jmy money first. He smelled like li- quor. He seemed angry. He fol- lowed them all into the living room, his hand under his coat.” Bullet Whizzes A moment later, aécording to the maid, there was a flash from a re- volver and Mrs. Reynolds staggered. Mr. Reynolds leaped on Gay and Reynolds’ youngest daughter, Mat- tie, aged 16, ran to a closet and brought out a revolver and gave to her, mother. Mrs. Reynolds shot Gay through the head and then collapsed. Both Mrs. Reynolds and Gay were rushed to a hospital but died later. Reynolds has been President of the First National Bank for many years. |PLANE DAMAGED BY FIRE, REPORT | FROM FAIRBANKS| The daily weather observations| were delayed over Fairbanks today according to advices received at the Juneau Weather Bureau. The plane used for the observa- tions, and owned by Harold Gillam, is reported to have been damaged by fire this morning, presumably dur- ing warming up process. Another plane, however, was secured to make the altitude flight. PLEAD GUILTY TO PASSING BAD CHECKS L. A. Chaney and Henry Harri- son pleaded guilty to passing worth- less checks when arraigned in U. 8. Commissioner’s court late yesterday and were sentenced to the Federal Jail. Chaney was given five months and Harrison two months. They admitted passing two small checks PLAYS SANTA Tu 'NTERIUH‘#““"‘ for the Western Air Line EX- ermens’ Turkeys, Perishables, Ten! Carloads of Mail En- route to Fairbanks’ ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 23.—| Playing the role of Santa Claus, the| Alaska Railroad’s “Christmas Spec- ial"' rumbles northward today car- rying turkeys and perishables and also ten carloads of Christmas mail, the first received since the maritime strike, picked up at Seward from the steamer Arctic. 2 SAILORS FROM GORGAS TO SPEND HOLIDAY IN JAIL Two sailors from the steamer Gen. ‘W. C. Gorgas are going to spend the holidays in the Federal jail in Ju- neau as guests of the government as result of trouble aboard the ves- sel on the way north. The two, Howard Coddling and J. Erndt, were found guilty of assault and battery by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray today and sentenced to serve three months each in jail and to pay a fine of $50 each. They were accused of beating up Fred DeLaroux, a clerk on the Gorgas. According to report to the court, DeLaroux and the two sailors had a little trouble over a certain portion of the cargo just before reaching Petersburg. After being ashore at that port, Coddling and Arndt came back aboard ship a little under the weather and went to his stateroom, pulled him But of bed, knocked him down and kicked him in the face, DeLaroux said. TURKEY ROLL ENDS TONIGHT, BRUNSWICK Your last chance to knock over that Christmas Dinner! The Christmas Turkey Roll at the Brunswick Bowling alleys goes into its final hours ending at one o'clock tomorrow morning. Final scores of all qualifyers and the winners will be announced in tomorrow’s Empire, and the winners on Juneau merchants. SEATTLE FUR BUYERS GOING TO WESTWARD ON STEAMER GORGAS Fred Hamberg and Fred Maurer, Seattle fur buyers, are passengers on the steamer Gorgas for the West- ward. Hamberg is a former resident of Juneau, having been connected with Goldstein'’s Emporium and Maurer also is well known in the Territory. may call for their birds at any time after 6 o'clock Christmas Eve, Emilo Galao, operator of the Brunswick, announced today. AUTO LOSES WHEEL IN COLLISION WITH OIL TRUCK TODAY ® Turning from South Franklin Street around the blind corner into Front Street, shortiy before 3 o'clock this afternoon, Frank Metcalf's Pontiac sedan, driven by Miss Mary Metcalf, collided with Cash Cole's “I never expected to see the time from. The party probably holed up {during the wind and snow storm. ' quota can be increased. NEW SEARCH STARTED ' SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 23. —Searchers spread out today in the press plane lost recently with seven aboard, The search today swung to the southeastern part of Utah and fore untouched area. | e e — FIVE KILLED AS TRANSPORT | PLANE DIVES Crash Occurs Soon After/ Takeoff—Explosion, then Flames DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 23.—Five| persons were killed in the crash Of’ a transport plane near a lake adja- cent to the Love Field Municipal; airport this afternoon. | Witnesses said the ship left the; field flying low over the water and crashed to the north, short of Bach- man’s Lake. As the plane crashed there was an explosion. The plane immed- iately burst into a fury of flames and those aboard were cremated. The flight was fortesting pur- poses, airport attendants said. The airport officials named the following as being aboard: Pilot Joe Pitts and a mechanic named Chamberlain; M. Perry, Su- perintendent of the Maintenance of the Braniff Line; Don Wallbridge, General Manager of the Braniff Line, and one other man, name un- known. SEWARD GETS POWER PLANT PWA Approves of Loan and Grant—Presiden- tial 0. K. Needed WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond sald the PWA has approved of the plan calling for a $90,000 loan and $30,- 000 grant to finance construction of a diesel power plant to serve Sew- ard with electric energy. The pro- posal is subject to Presidential ac- tion. The plant is to be operated by the city. Application for a loan and grant to finance the municipal hydro- electric plan was approved in 1933 to cost $116,000. Later investiga- tions, Delegate Dimond said, showed the amount insufficient so a new program ealling for the expenditure Of $166,000 was submitted but con- has not increased to the extent the | | PAY NOT TO FISH | SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—John Haak- enson, of Seattle, Deep Sea Fish- Union delegate, suggested that the Government devise a meth- od to pay fishermen for not catching halibut. He suggested a relief meas- | ure for fishermen similar to that! mnorthwest of St. George, a hereto- devised for agriculture. This sur[ gestion was made after the Com-| missioners informed the delegates| it would not increase the annual! quota of the various areas of the halibut banks. 0. K. With Alexander Commissioner Alexander com- mented that the Commission had no objections to the suggestion and | if satisfactory “if your Govemment‘ wants to pay you for not fishing” | but it would be destructive to in- crease the annual catch too rapidly. | Fishing Not Paying | | | | Haakenson and Louis Larson, an-' other union delegate, said the pres-| ent returns are too meagre to pro-| vide a living as the boats are tied! up seven months of the year and| part of the time the fishermen must chisel in other occupants to eke out a livelihood. Annual Opening Dates Professional halibuters of Pet- ersburg, Ketichikan and British Col- umbia are divided in opinion over the annual opening dates. British Columbia halibuters favor March 1 and Seattle and Alaska delegates favor April 1. A compromise of March 15 is recommended but is deferred back to the fishing fleets. SIMMONS OFF TO KETCHIKAN WITH 6 ABOARD Flying to Wrangell and Ketchi- kan, Pilot Sheldon Simmons took off from Gastineau Channel this morn- ing at 9:30 o'clock with six passen- gers in the Alaska Air Transport Lockheed seaplane. Passengers flying with Simmons are: One passenger for Wrangell; Miss Mary Nordnes, Stella Young and Miss Edythe Young, Kelly Foss and one other for Ketchikan. Simmons is expected to return to Juneau from Ketchikan tomorrow morning. ERIK FREY COMING HERE FOR CONCERT Erik Frey, the blind baritone, who gave several concerts in Juneau a year ago last November is again to visit this city soon after the first of the year, according to word received by the Rev. Erling K. Olafson. Mr. Frey has appeared in concert in many of the large cities of the United States and Alaska, and has won the praise of both professional musicians and the laity. He has a repertoire of over 200 songs. | the Indian Bureau vessel North Star | The two men tried to reach Easley but without success as a second slide roared down and threw them some |15 or 20 feet. They then went into | Sitka and got help. Headed by Su- |therland, a rescue party of 10 men |left Sitka Monday night and got to the scene in time to start digging early yesterday morning. At noon |they found Easley, whom they be- lieved had been killed, alive and M.S.NORTH STA | e slide occurred a prop- ABOUT JANUARY A 253 =2 N | Need Orders for I,OOOE‘TWENTY_UNE o Tl N ATIONS. IN PEACE PACTS It sufficient orders for 1,000-ton | cargo for Juneau can be obtained, Republics of Western Hemi- sphere Charter Course Against War recting government-chartered ships to Alaska. | BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23.—Amer- Ummel said the Gorgas, now in ican Secretary of State Cordell Hull, port here, had left some cargo in his closing address before the there and the North Star would delegates of the Inter-American bring it north if enough cargo be | Peace Conference, challenged the acquired to make a full load. He rest of the world to profit by the said he needed orders to total 1| e€Xample of the twenty-one Ameri- 000 tons. City officials contacted can Republics in chartering a course the coal companies here this morn- |designed to preserve permanent Christmas tree is as naturally charming as that portrayed by pretty Phyllis Dobson of Venice, Cal,, who was “Miss California of 1936.” will suil from Seattle for Alaska about January 4, according to a ra- | diogram today to Wyatt Kingman, Alaska Railroad agent here, from | J. R. Ummel, Federal purchasing agent in Seattle, who, with Col.| Oftto F. Ohlson, has charge of di-| ing and it was understood they Peace on the Western Hemisphere the North Star sailing cargo. Impertative Mandate ‘ters' seats and shape the destinies FRUM lNTERIuR= Ino course, which may avoid war, n major projects bolstering Piloted by Jerry Jones, with Wnlt‘ence. One .project included the ternoon at 1:30 with ten passeng- i peace in the New World is threat- Juneau and Whitehorse tomoITow. for ratification of the five existing would take about 400 tons of coal, 8nd warned that “we must destroy thus leaving only 600 tons to give|war or war will destroy us. B il iavi ‘The American Secretary further ELEGTHA HERE |said: “Those who sit in the mas- |of other men, are under most imper- ative mandates that we must leave | unexplored.” | | Seve | the American peace set-up won the |unanimous approval of the confer- Hall as co-pilot, a PAA Electra ar- ynited States plan for a joint con- rived at the Juneau airport this “"sultanon amonpg Amefleajn nations ers from Fairbanks. The plans iS|eneq from abroad or from within, scheduled to make flights between The proposal of the United States Passengers coming to Juneau on American peace treaties by nations board the plane were: L. J. McCar-| which have not yet made ymem of- thy, William McCarthy, William Ap- pleby, Eddie Davis, F. E. employees from Fairbanks; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mathieson, from Nome: Charles Petterson, Fairbanks machine ship operator; William Murray, A. E. Cirdovado, mining man from Deer- ing, and Territorial Representative from the First Diviion, Joe Green. ALIEN DRAWS HEAVY FINE FOR HANDLING FURS WITHOUT LICENSE Charged with dealing in furs with- out a proper license, Ben Mazer of | fective, has also been unanimously |approved. i EXPLODING COIL DAMAGES HOUSE | Juneau’s first fire call this week, |at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, sent the Fire Department to the Ralph | Martin house on Twelfth Street, oc~ |cupied by Toddy Baldwin. A roaring fire in a heating stove ;caused a frozen coil to explode, com- | pletely destroying the stove, and | spreading soot throughout the room. i Petersburg, an alien, was fined $500 A davenport and chair was scorched “1 known but it is stated fire damp|I would spend five nights on a boat may have been set off by sparks. |between Ketchikan and Juneau,” Physcians, nurses and medical|remarked Hamberg, “but I have.” supplies have been rushed to the| The Gorgas was delayed by snow little mining village, storms after leaving Ketchikan, oil truck, driven by Jimmy Cole. No one was injured in the col- lision, but the left front wheel of the Metcalf car was completely torn off. The oil truck was not damaged. in U. S. Commissioner’s Court to- by the burst of flames, and the walls | tractors submitted a bid far over. Subsequently revised pllans were made and thes provided for a diesel yl“nn costing not more than $120- - e PEREZ IN HOSPITAL Marino Perez entered St. Ann's Hospital today for medical atten- tion. day. A perjury count under which of the room were badly damaged. he was under bond was dropped. without taking out the required $500The blaze was extinguished at 2: alien license, o'clock, b Total damages, estimated by Fire ' Mazer was accused of handling furs Chief V. W. Mulvihill, were $1 " 1