Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIX., NO. 7410. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” " TEN MEN DIE IN ACCIDENT, GOLDEN GATE Trolley Wheel Breaks on Giant Bridge—Steel Timbers Drop HUGE LIFE NET IS CUT, CARRIED DOWN Workmen J_u;p to Safety But Fall Into Bay—One | Body Recovered SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 17— Falling steel timbers ripped away a huge section of the safety net under the giant Golden Gate bridge this forenoon and probably claimed ten lives. One body has been re- covered. Bridge officials said nine work- men are missing. Between 10 and 14 workmen were on the center span when the acci- dent occurred, and they were hurled 200 feet into the water. The body of Gustav Dummatzen, a laborer, has been recovered. Two men saved themselves by | i P 5 This photograph shows all that Field. Eleven persons were killed. Air Liner in Watery Grave “was visible of a United Airlines Transport plane after it crashed into San Francisco Bay near Mills (Associated Press Photo) Roosevelt PlansmTrip SPAIN IN; 26 NATIONS AGREE Saturday ME;ght Is Dead- line for Volunteers Who Race to Beat It LONDON, Feb. 17.—Twenty-six European Nations have cemented a far flung plan to wall Spain in unteers raced to beat the Saturday midnight deadline in the war zone. Sympathizers of both sides in Spain’s civil war hurried against timé to join the fighting forces. The International Non-Interven- tion Committee has approved of the volunteer's ban and plan to completely blockade the berian Peninsula by March 6. Only Portugal, ment. STRONG OFFENSIVES ARE REPORTED HURLED LONDON, Feb. 17.—According to radio advices, the Spanish Insur- gent forces have hurled strong of- fensives on two fronts in the civil war, both menacing the core of| the Spanish Government's Terri- from the world while foreign vol-| " insurgent sup- : porter, declined to ratify the agree- | "JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937. _ _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CENTS 1 FLOOD CUTS This picture shows graphically why travel on the coast highway between Los Angeles and San Diego was as fear National City, north of S8an Ditgo, one of sev- eral points where the highway was cut, (Associated Press Photo) halted following a heavy rain stor COAST HIGHWAY IN CALIFORNIA 'm. This scene SHIPS CRASH IN GALE, ONE SINKS ST BIG FREIGHTER GOES DOWN IN COLUMBIA RIVER Another Large Craft Goes Aground on Sand Dur- ing Early Morning | vt |CREW OF DOOMED BOAT ALL SAVED Disaster Is One of Worst in Recent Months on Oregon Coast BULLETIN — Portlad, Ore., Feb, 17.—The gale swept Co- lumbia River claimed the Ital- ian motorship Feltre early to- today in a collision with the freighter Edward Luckenbach. The Feltre immediately sank up to her promenade deck. The bow of the Edward Luck~ enbach is stove in but it is believed she is not otherwise damaged. She is aground on the sand bank. The crew of the Feltre is re- ported to have been rescued. to Georgia in March tory. In the south, forces of Gen. Fran-{ hanging onto ropes and two others| were picked up by coast guard res-| SENATE INVITES |Juiciary Plan ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. cue hoats. Trapped \In Net Several bodies are believed to have been trapped in the submerged net wreckage. Today’s accident was the first in the building of the $35,000,000 span, due to be opened in May. The accident occurred when a trolley wheel of a material car- rier broke and fell with steel tim-| bers and carried away wooden forms. Tried To Save Lives The workmen tried to save their lives by leaping into the net, but the weight of the steel timbers was too great and the net gave away dropping with the steel and men into the bay. FISH TRAPS IN ' BRIT. COLUMBIA {Pros and Cons Taken Be- ! fore Ottawa House of | Commons Committee OTTAWA, Feb. 17—A petition against the use of fish traps in ARE DISCUSSED dent Roosevelt will visit Warm| Springs, Ga., site of the Foundation he established for the treatment of victims of infantile paralysis, early |in March, if the affairs of his of-| fice permit, the White House says. Roasevelt plans to leave ‘Washington on March 7. ! The President has not visited: lWarm Springs since the Thanksgiv- | |ing holidays in 1935, except for a| |brief stop lasting only a few hoursl |which he made there last spring| | while en route home from a fishing | cruise in the Auantic. Tentative plans for the trip to The accident occurred 2,100 feet British Columbia waters, signed by wwarm Springs include brief visits from the tower on the San Fran- cisco side. - TWO MATTSON SUSPECTS ARE NOW REPORTED 11,794 fishermer. and others has |been taken betore the Standing |Committee ot raarme and Fisher- \ies of the House of Commons. Howard Greer, Conservative of | Vancouver South, suggested that Ider consideration and that these A. W. Neill, Independent, of Com- mox, Alberni, contended that ev- eryone in British Columbia is af—; fected, that it is a national prob-} C. F. Goodrich, President of the only traps al Sooke, B. C., are un-| to Columbia, S. C., and Macon and Augusta, Ga. The President hopes {to spend two weeks at Warm | Springs, but he has engagements to speak in Boston on March 17 at the |celebration of the anniversary of | evacuation of the city by the Brit-; ish after the Revolution, and in New York on March 18 in connec- only affected the Fraser River run. y,, wih ceremonies on the 100th month before going to Manila. | janniversary of the birth of Presi- | dent Cleveland. | 17.—~Pres£-\oo forged steadily onward. In the north, the Insurgents are fighting to complete isolation of Madrid from Valencia, attacking by air and land to break highway com- ROOSEVELT TO i "7 VISIT ALASKA PAUL M'NUTT. JpecicteBi on Acronautis IS NOMINATED | “Sorreutornng PHIL. POSITION ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Presi- he has shown in Alaska, the Ter- Compromise IS Bm_u_ght Forth Bone-Wheeler . Amendment Would Allow Congress to Reenact Invalid Law today proposed a ASKS GOVERNOR BE REAPPOINTED Both Branches of Legisla- ture Endorse Administra- tion of Gov. J. W. Troy — | Expressing appreciation of the WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—Sen-| Just as did the Senate Monday,| administration of President Roose-|ators Homer T. Bone, Washington,|the Territorial House this morning velt and. the wide-spread interest and Burton K. Wheeler, Montana, swept through the Brunelle me- 5 to i constitutional morial asking the renmpo?fltmt.’m1,:’et of 'f::u’: . degk. in. 30 | dent - Roosevelt today nominated ritorial Senate this morning passed amendment which they predicted of Gov. John W. Troy as Gover- 3 Paul McNutt, former Governor of a resolution, introduced by Senators would be “accepted as a compro- nor of Alaska. The request, ad- CRASH IN DARKNESS PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 17.—The bach during a gale shortly before 3 o'clock this morning. All hands of the doomed ship were saved as the craft shuddered down to the Columbia River's bottom with a hole stove in the side, and sank The Edward Luckenbach was pro- |ceeding up the river after having Indiana, to be United States High M. E. 8. Brunelle and N. R. Walker, mise” by both the opponents and dressed to President Roosevelt andcrossed the Columbia River Bar in Commissioner in the Philippines. He inviting the nation’s Chiéf Execu- supporters of President Roosevelt’s Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes,| will fill the place which has been tive to visit Alaska. The resolu- vacant since last summer when tion was pushed through under sus- judicial reorganization program. | The Bone-Wheeler amendment endorses fully the administration of the Governor and urges his ap-| Frank Murphy was given & leave pension of rules and ordered trans- is patterned after the “Madison” pointment for another four years. of absence to run for Governor of mitted to the House for action. If Michigan, to which he was elected. it meets favorable action then it/ during the constitutional conven- morials and bills in second reading; McNutt completed his four year yij pe sent to the President by term as Governor of Indiana last Gov. John W. Troy. month. He will remain here a| 5., prynee bill, which would McNutt is a former National Com- set up aeronautical regulations in mander of the American Legion. |conformity with the federal gov-| " lernment's rules, was made a spec-| ————————— | Police Tortures Ar [to allow gathering of more infor- ial order of business for tamorrow:l‘lfflfld following the decision. morning after request had been| made that the bill be carried over| amendment. Originally considered tion, it would empower Congress to reenact by two-thirds vote, any fed- eral law invalidated by the Su-|when it reconvened to hear thel preme Court. Under the amend-! ment, however, no action could be, taken until the next Congress was| Th House read several other me- for purpose of amendnient and then recessed until 3:30 this afternoon Board of Administration relative to varipus Territorial matters. Three new bills were dropped in the House hopper. one of the fiercest gales of the win- ter. The Feltre was oceanbound down stream. Escape, Night Clothing The majority of the crew, those not on watch, escaped in their night clothing, the majority being taken aboard the tug Warrior and taken |to Rainier, Ore. There were 40 in | the crew of the Feltre and not one !life was lost. Oiler Baltzaro Agnelo, received an H. B. 56, by Anderson, would re- ankle injury. He said: vise the present health laws re- “The two ships crashed in the quiring the Territorial Commis- (darkness and howling gale. Swells HAWAII PLANS LINDBEREHS sioner of Health to examine school were high. Water poured in upon pupils in rural districts. |us. The lights went out and the Dead Man Found in Cali-! Sooke Harbor Fishing and Pack- | ! mation. fornia Answers Descrip- tion—One Held, Idaho QUINCY, Cal, Feb. 17—Plumas| County Coroner John Moody toda; expressed the opinion that the body of a red-whiskered man found dead last night in a box car may be that of the Mattson kidnaper. After the Coroner’s inquest it was declared that the man’s death was caused by cold and starvation. Moody, who sai dthe dead man answered the kidnaper’s descrip- tion. reported that the man had treated his fingertips with acid in an apparent attempt to prevent his icentification by fingerprinting and had shaved his eyebrows in such a way as to change his ap- pearance. Federal Bureau of Investigation officers in San Francisco said that the case would be investigated. VAGRANT HELD TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 17.— A swarthy Tacoma boxmaker sent to jail here on a vagrancy charge is held pending questioning in con- nection with the kidnap and mur- der of little Charles Mattson taken from his home in Tacoma December 217. ¢ Police Chiet Howard Gillette said that the man told rambling stories of living in Tacoma a mile from the Mattson home. He claimed he spent Christmas at a CCC camp in Lewiston, Idaho, and the following Sunday in Walla Walla, Washington. 7 e —,—— — TO HEAD SITKA JOB Arriving in Juneau on the Alaska from Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. E. Warren and their child are stop- ping at the Gastineau Hotel, await- ing transportation to Sitka, where Mr. Warren will supervise work on the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Company project there. & ing Company, the first witness be-| fore the committee, statedgthat lo-, cation of traps at the present site| tat the soutbern end of Vancouver Island is the only way possible to intercept the sockeye before the| wing into the waters of the Unit-| d States. He said that in one: |day 52 purse seine boats had been seen returning to American ports | with a catch of 170,000 sockeyes| {which he claimed were 150 percent larger than the whole catch of his jcompany that year. He suggested | |the Canadian government should encourage the use of traps so Can- ada could gel a large $hare of the catch. — - — % 1 | sTock QUOTATIONS | —_—— NEW YORK, Feb. 17. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 108%, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 57%, Bethlehem | ! Steel 86%, Calumet and Hecla 18%, | Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Motors 67%, International Harvester 104%, Kennecott 62%, New York Cen- tral 44%, Southernyy Pacific 49%, United States Steel 105, United Cor- poration 6%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $4.89'¢, Republic Steel 34%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 187.98; rails 58, utilities 35.15. ————————— Independent Offices - Appropriation Bill Approved by Senate, WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — The| Senate has passed the billion dol- lar independent offices appropria- | tion bill without debate and sent it to the House for consideration, with the Senate amendments. FOR EMERGENCY IN CATASTROPHE Council Proposed for Self- Sufficiency in Case of Any Event HONOLULU, H. T., Feb. 17.—Ma- jor Hugh A. Drum, Hawaiian De- partment Commander, pictured this Territory as highly vulnerable to a blockade and has proposed the cre- ation of an official Council rep- resenting business and public agen- cies to increase the islands to self- sufficiency in event of a catastro- phe which would throttle shipping. The Council, he said, would pre- pare in advance a fight against malnutrition, disease and epidemics which may come with any casastro- phe. If created, the Council would be supported by a military - civilian organization designed to maintain the Territory'’s economic life un- interruptedly in war time. When Dentist Says It Won't Hurt, Maybe He’s Right CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Dr. H. W. Oppice, teacher in the Den- tal Department of Loyola Uni- versity, told the Chicago Den- tal Society today that pain is mostly imagination when one feels the dentist go to work. “Actually, there is very little pain in modern dentistry,” Dr. Oppice said. “The vibration of the drill creates a sensation that registers fear in the brain. Anticipation causes more pain than operation.” Laid Bare Before Japan, House Peer Hushed Sile—n; Prevails as Aged Victim Attacks | Government 1 TOKYO, Feb. 17.—Kisichi Kok-‘} ubo, aged 72, amid the hushed si- lence of the members of the House| of Peers, drew from his own ex-| perience in bitterly attacking the | {new government in allowing the Japanese police to use medieval| tortures to force confessions. | Kokubo said he was -tortured| some years 2go for an alleged po- litical crime. l Kokobu cited cases in which the| police hung their victims up by| the heels, poured water down their nostrils and burned them on the forehead. | | | | The Senate passed three other measures. It endorsed the House Ways and Means. Committee bill| making an appropriation of ap- proximately $60,000 to meet defic-| iencies in the cost of school opera-’ tions. Senmator Cochran of the Second expressed himself dissatis- fied with a condition where such] large deficiencies could be run up. He said he was voting for the bill because it was a debt the Territory owed, but declared he thought some- thing shouid be done to eliminate such large deficiencies. Approval also was given to the| House memorial urging the con- struction of a new Federal build-| ing at Anchorage and to the Roden! bill which would make an appro- priation of $6,41325 to pay claims against the Territory of hospitali- zation. The latter now goes to the House. Under it St. Ann’s Hospital would get $2,087.75, Ket-| chikan General Hospital, 33,405.50‘ (Continued on Page Eight) With nominations in the Daily lAlukl Empire’s Good Will Contest and On To Mexico Tour arriving hourly, contestants are reminded that there is still time for their names to appear in the first official list of participants which will ap- pear in Thursday's Empire, if there is no further delay in filing a dec- laration of intention with the Cir- culation Deartment of the Daily will get them when you pay your |covered. Alaska Empire. | Still Chance to Enter to take advantage of the oppor-| tunity offered by The Empire to| First Official List of Good Will Contest Girls to Appear Thursday; Hurry In| g | | visit the beautiful Pacific Coast and Old Mexico may still do so and with the contest officially open- ing tomorrow immediate entry is imperative, FORCED DOWN, SAND STORM Flier and Wife Reported to Have Made Safe Forced Landing Late Today JERUSALEM, Feb. 11.—Reports received late this afternoon from Baghdad said Col. Charles A, Lind- bergh and nis wife made a safe forced landing in a sand storm near Rutnah Wells in the Syrian desert. Earlier in the day, the two Amer- ican fliers, after a quick visit to the pyramids and Sphynx, had ta- ken off for Cairo and planned on 2 800-mile nonstop flight to Bagh- dad, but ran into a fierce sand storm. Crash Inquiry Is Adjourned Missing Parts of Airliner; Now in San Francisco Bay, Must Be Found SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 17. —The Government’s ihquiry into the air liner crash here a week ago has adjourncd. Maj. R. W. Schroe- Votes Cost You Nothing Votes in the Daily Alaska Em- pire’s Good Will Contest and On To gspec'm. said the inquiry will not Mexico Tour will not cost subscrib- | ers of the Empire one cent. You) subscription and with the votes you| |receive you should support your|that Pilot Tom Thompson was too Girls who so .far have neglected favorité in the On To Mexico race. good a flier to hit the water acci- identally and they declared the And now for the prize trips, when (Continued on Page Six) der, Department of Commerce In- be resumed until missing plane parts, buried in the bay, are re- Testimony was given yesterday SHIP REPORTS H. B. 57, Anderson by request, asking an appropriation of $10,500 to carry on vocational education | work now started. | H. B. 58, by Davis, asking an ap- propriation of $25,000 to construct| a school building at Skagway. TROUBLE; AID 1S INDICATED BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 17. — The | Italian steamship Dora wirelessed to the Coast Guard Headquarters here this afternoon saying trouble is being experienced in navigating. The steamer is out from New York for Mediterranean ports. The vessel gave her position as 210 miles southeast of Nantucket lightship. The craft gave indication for ves- sels to stand near. 1 Senator, Possibly 10, Advertises a Cigarette WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Rumor flew around the Capitol that ten Senators have been persuaded, for $1,000 each, to give testimonials for a tobacco company of how little its cigarettes affected the throat mem- branes of great orators like them- selves. Only one Senator confirmed the rumor so far as he was concerned. Senator Reynolds of North Carolina said he had given a testimonial that he had noticed no ill effects to his throat from that cigarette brand (not the one made by the R. J. Rey- nolds Tobacco Company) and had engines stopped. All Hands on Deck “I shouted for all hands to make the deck. I found a flashlight and with its aid we made for the upper decks. At that time water was up to our shoulders. Had we been at sea all hands would have been lost, “We owe much to the crew of the tug Warrior. That vessel braved the immense swells of the river in the gale and rescued us.” The Edward Luckenbach is in command of Capt. Edward Murphy and carries a crew of 38. Her net tonnage is' 5,087 compared to the 3,773 tons of the Feltre, commanded by Capt. T. T. Raniere. From advices, it is ‘believed that the main channel of the Columbia River has not been blocked by the sinking of the Peltre, The accident is one of the worst in many months, since the Iowa went down at the mouth of the river on January 12, 1936. Her crew of 30 was lost at that time, LUCKENBACH FLOATED PORTLAND, Feb, 17.—The Ed- ward Luckenbach was pulled off the sand late this forenoon on a rising tide and then headed for Longview.’ Capt. Murphy told the news- papermen there was a ‘“cross in the whistles.” L Turppa, river pilot aboard the Feltre said that although the gale was bad he whistled his intention to pass to port and said the Ed- ward Luckenbach responded. He refused to comment further. ——eo———— NURSE GOES THROUGH Miss Ila M. Foster, government nurse, is among the passengers on the steamer Alaska, booked for Seward from Seattle. Miss Poster is a received an honorarium of $1,000. right motor must have failed. He added that he smoked other brands as well. party of discharged patients from Morningside Hospital to their homes.