The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1937, Page 2

Now! a SALE SPRING COATS One Group at $10.00 All Coats Reduced Coats that were much more! Coats with the original price tags right on them so that you can see what savings you're getting. All beauti- fully tailored, and f ings. Not all sizes only one in a style, ine quality lin- in every style, so come early! B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. JUNEAU'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE 7 ARRIVE HERE ON CHARLOTTF FROM STATES Princess Liner Will Dock| Here Tuesday Morning | on Retur: \/0‘_ age 1 y at ¢ Sk urc Tor pan rway Arriving here with 224 passenzers 198 of whon € and 150 ons of fre‘zht. the Prin- jcess Charlotte derosited sev - ns in the Capito! City and sailed Inorth at midnich 2 | Coming h re: M >, er, Rev. J. lasse, Jamc: Mor Jrison, Miss now. Lynn Burle- son, Charle: Orman and J. A, Wil-| iams. A party of 18 persons f{rom the [Murad Temple in Indianopoklis, Ind led by Mrs. Vernon TFinkle, was aboard. They arc making the rou: trip. The ChLar wil stop in neau on her soithward voyage Tues- jday morning | C. ¥os: AL ( Ju | | >oo—— DOUGLAS NEWS VISITORS COMPLIMENTED | | | ! | | | | & Complimenting two visitors from | the States, Mrs. LeRoy Huntington, | land Miss Jessie Doig, Mrs. W. E. Ca- lhill was hostess at a dessert lunch lheld Saturday afternoor at her lhome in Treadwell. | Four tables of cuntract bridge| lwere in session during the after-| Imoon with high honors received by | Mrs. Huntington, second, Mrs. Ro- bert Rice, and consolation, Miss [Doig. Miss Doig and Mrs. Hunt- ington were presented with attrac- tive guest prizes. Additional invited guests were rs. Charles Sey, Mrs. L. White, IMrs. M. Jensen, Mrs. L. Delebecque, [Mrs. Robert Fraser, Mrs. Laurel [McKechnie, Mrs. W. Scott, Mrs. E. [E. Engstrom, Mrs. L. H. Metzgar, Mrs. Hector McLean, Mrs. J. Con- nors, and Mrs. Guy Smith. B MOHS WEDDING SHAFER-! At a quiet ceremony held last Sat- | jurday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the| ichambers of the U. S. Commission- | er, Felix Gray, Miss Esther Slmrpr‘ [became the bride of Bennie Mohs. The couple was atltended by Mr. jand Mrs. Clifford Shearer Mrs. Mohs, daughter of the late 'William Shafer, pioneer resident of the Island, was born in Douglas! Jand attended the Douglas public| 0ol by which she was graduated ith the class of 1936. Mr. Mohs is| recent arrival from Skacvwov, Al- Tl;e newlyweds are to make on the Douglas Dairy farin, o0 e Juneau Highway, where tie bridegroom is employed. —ep ENJOY FISHING TRIPS i Mr. and Mrs. Bob DuPrec ¥rank | shel, and Maigaret Lindsay, left] ly Sunday morn.ag v plane, pl- loted by Eheicon Simmons for| lhom Ci [¥oung’s Bay Leke where the day|“Alrska” by Lester D. Henderson.|results, {wellknown in Alaska where she for- _'movement but failed. The bomb ex- | ploded was spent in fishing. The party re- turned last evening. ‘The fishing party composed of | Joe Riedi, Jr., George Stragier, John Mills, and Rudy Pusich, which left here last Saturday evening on the | Riedi boat, for Hilda Creek reported | n enjoyable and successful trip on | their return to the Island last night. | FIRE EQUIPMENT TESTED To test the equipment on the new fire engine and the pressure of water in various hydrants, the Douglas | Volunteer Fire Department held crill practice last Saturday evening. Everything was reported to be in good condition. M L1TON BEEMEMBERED Fric f Mrs. Anna Pelton, pio- n resident of Douglas, called on her ;esterday, July 18, to commem- | ate the occasion of her 82nd Lithday. Mrs. Pellon came to the Islaud on May 1, 1901, living here continuously since. B il i il COUNCIL MEETING The regular weekly meeting of the City Council will be held at 7:30 o’clock this evening in the Labor Union Hall. - e, U, 3. CRUISER IS AGROUND WASHINGTON, July 19. — The Navy Department announces that the light cruiser’' Omaha is aground off Castle Light, southeast of Ba- hama Islands. Capt. Howard McCleary mes- sages that he went ashore at 3:35 o'clock this morning and was in no immediate danger. The tug Patriot has been ordered to leave Guantanamo and the Coast Guard is sending three cutters and two patrol boats to the scene. - MARY BERNE HER FOR BRIEF STAY; CONCERT DATE SET Mary Berne, coloratura soprano, merly made her home, has arrived in Juneau following a brief visit in Skagway and is stopping here as the guest of her brother and sis- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bern- hofer. As an event during her visit in Juneau, Miss Bern (Mrs. E. A. Eh- ler) will be presented in a comcert at the Trinity Cathedral on July 26. | Plans for the concert are now| being arranged by a large commit- tee in charge of the musicale treat.| >, —— | Wouid-Be Assassin Blown to Bits With His Own Bomb WARSAW, July 19.—An attempt as made to assassinate Col. Adam Koc, leader of the Polish Nationalist prematurely and tore would-be-assassin to pieces. identity is unknown. e .———— NOTICE SHOW PATRONS Starting Sunday — The Channel Bus Line will le Douglas each evening at 7 o'clock instead of twenty to seven. adv. e the His JUNEAU RIFLE EXPERTS TAKE RANGE HONORS The Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club captured honors in the rifle shoot held yesterday at the Mendenhall range with a team from the Coast Guard cutter Haida and the teams from the Destroyers Wasmuth, Dal- was and Long. Complete report of ,the mateh follows: Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club 200 yards 200 yards Slow fire Rapid fire 44 43 42 46 43 43 38 43 36 38 300 RF 500 SF Total 43 48 178 44 46 178 43 48 171 42 47 170 41 45 160 Total g 863 U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter Haida 200 SF 200 RF 41 46 40 41 . 39 41 . 34 31 Sosimscnatt A 41 300 RF 500 SF Total 34 42 163 37 161 34 157 40 146 18 139 . 157 Junge Leonard Waterud Berg Ed Hoffman, Junge Leonard Waterud Berg Hoffman Ed Stow Bennett Amon Ruffine Kunne Stow ... Bennett Amon Huffine Kunne Total x U. 8. 8. Wasmuth 200 SF 200 RF 40 45 42 43 34 38 . 34 41 300 RF 500 SF Total 45 47 17 37 40 162 42 48 160 23 45 146 09 17 101 146 Brantigan . Bontigas Maxwell Bahrens ... Hopwell Brantigan Bontigas Maxwell Bahrens Bahrens Total o beas U. 8. 8, Dallas 200 SF 43 200 RF 49 32 34 Esken Jensen Stove Limbert Sheldon 44 35 40 300 RF 500 SF Total 31 45 168 32 151 29 151 147 136 Esken Jensen Stowe Limbert Sheldon Totals Haynes Pocklington Finder Elder Short 37 32 33 19 300 RF 500 SF 40 38 33 27 33 Haynes Pocklington Finder Elder Short Total = oot - Try The Empire classifieds for FRIELE TAKES PICTURES OF NIPPON SHIPS Gear and Red Salmon Re- vealed on. Decks of In- vading Vessels, He Says (Continuéd from Page One) cense their ships so to do, it is my belief that this has been done with- out the knowledge of the govern- ment; that these fishermen were fishing without license from their government. “Since the problem of Japanese fishing in Bristol Bay exists, I be- lieve that it will be worked out sat- isfactorily by negotiations between the two governments. The State Department and the Bureau of Fisheries are sincere in the investigations they are now carrying on regarding Japanese fishing, Mr. Friele said. Leo. D. Stur- geon, representative of the State Department, was in Bristol Bay not long after Mr. Friele flew over the Japanese, Mr. Friele talked to Mr. Sturgeon and reported to him the findings of his airplane frip over the foreign fishing vessels. Had weather per- mitted, Mr. Sturgeon, who went north aboard the Bureau of Fish- eries ship Brant with Deputy Com- missioner of Fisheries, Charles E. Jackson, about ten days ago, would have attempted (o repeat the flight made by Mr. Friele. This was accom- plished on July 12 by Mr. Wingnrd,‘ Bureau of Fisheries agent, and his findings were similar to those of Mr. Friele. Both Mr. Friele and Mr. Gilbert were impressed with the sincerity of the efforts of the State Department and the Bureau of Fisheries in in- vestigating the problem of Japan- ese salmon fishing in Alaskan wa- ters, they said. Mr. Wingard made two trips over the Bristol Bay area where the ships were thought to be before he saw the same group of ships that had been seen by Mr. Friele five days before. Investigate Rumors Complaints of Japanese fishing for salmon in Bristol Bay had been so persistent, Mr. Friele said, that he decided to make the flight in search of the ships that rumors had reported in order to settle the mat- ter one way or another. Fishermen in the Westward' had become arous- ed at the threatened invasion of for- eign fisheries and the fact that this year the red salmon run, which should have been large, was unusu- ally small, had made them fear that the Japanese deep sea fishing for salmon' had diverted the runs and broken up schools. “To tell the truth, I expected to find the Japanese ships, people were reported to have seen, carry-| ing crab gear, which would not have injured ' the salmon fishing,” Mr. Friele said. “We had been hearing the radio signals between Japanese vessels, re- porting directions through the fog. As the signals became louder, I realized that the ships were proba- bly within distance to be reached by airplane.” The story of the trip that first revealed the positive existence of Japanese salmon fishing, as told by Mr, Friele to an Empire reporter yesterday, began when, with four other passengers and Pilot Jack El- liott, he left Nakeen on the Kvi- chak river on the afternoon of July 7, and flew along the southern shore of Bristol Bay until, about twenty-eight miles off shore and| off the mouth of the Ugashik river, they sighted a group of four vessels, the mother ship, Taiyo Maru, and three smaller auxiliary vessels. ‘The Taiyo Maru was a s team ves- sel of the freighter type, of five or six thousand gross tons. The three smaller vessels were anchored in a2 group of about three hundred 'yards apart, and the mother ship was anchored about a quarter of a mile distant, Mr. Friele said. All were painted grey. From the depth of the Taiyo Maru in the water, it appeared to be about half loaded. The vessel was covered with fish- ing nets from stem to stern. They were draped over the cargo booms, super structure, and sides, presum- ably to dry. Lines of floats on the nets indicated that the nets were 'of a type used for surface fishing. “The gear used apparently creat- ed an artifciial shore line about two miles long, along which the fish were seined iuto the boats,” 'Mr. Friele said. ‘Two of the smaller ships had nets similar to those on the mother ship. Large open cargo boxes containing salmon were piled on the deck of one apparently in preparation for transfer to'the mother ship. Salmon on Decks “The decks of the third cof the smaller ships were covered with about 20,000 freshly caught salmon —a big catch in a season that is not good,” Mr. Friele said. ‘The airplane circled over the Jap- lanese vessels many times at an al- titude of from fifty to a hundred feet, explained Mr. Friele, who said there was no doubt but that the fish were red salmon and, judging by the bright blood, the fish had been recently caught. Between twenty land thirty men were seen boxing the salmon and the activities of the men were plainly visible to the naked eye. “The four ships were apparently operating as an industrial unit for |the catching and processing of the mo of the ) i COOL CRIS bright field flowers and trimmed material. Just the dress for a Jul colered straw is wern well back on wears its chapeaux this summer. rivers and grounds,” Mr. Friele said. Mr. Friele repeated that he thought the ships were fishing with- out knowledge of their government. “This belief is substantiated, {my mind, by the fact that when Mr. Wingard flew over the vessels on July 12, they were apparently de- parting from the Bristol Bay area. !Their radios have not been heard since that time, and I believe that whktt© the Japanese government |found out through our investigation that Japanese vessels were fishing {in Bristol bay, the government or- |dered them to return to Japan.” Nullify Regulations The objection to the deep sea sal- |mon operations of the Japanese is I not based only upon the impossibil- ity of competition between the Al- kan salmon canners and the cheap operations of the Japanese, Mr. Friele said. “The real problem is that the deep |sea operations of foreign fishermen completely nullify the regulations of the Bureau ol Fisheries under which | Alaskan canners are operating. The regulations under which the canners |operate have been made to perpe- tuate the salmon. The cleaning of streams, the restraint through {closed periods when fishing is pro- hibited and other regulations all work toward the preservation of a |continuous supply of salmon,” Mr. Friele said. Regulations have been made on {the theory that the salmon are cul- tured in our streams and return to our streams to spawn. The Bureau of Fisheries and the salmon indus- (ry are spending huge sums to per- |petuate the Alaska salmon, but these efforts are of no account when foreign fishermen using a deep sea type of operation, catch the salmon before they reach the inland waters |in which the Alaska canners oper- ate, explained Mr. Friele and Mr. Gilbert. | Damage Supply { “Deep sea fishing not only permits the Japanese to catch more salmon than would be possible otherwise, but, their gear disturbs the ocean | bottom and catches the food fish necessary for the salmon,” the can- |nerymen said. “It is impossible to tell how much damage has been ! done by these operations, and while | it is doubtful that the small run of , red salmon this year can be blamed entirely. onto the Japanese opera—: |tions, as people at the Westward seem to believe, there is no doubt but the effect of these operations has been damaging.” With Mr. Friele on his airplane trip over the Japanese fishing ves- sels were Arthur Farlow, of the J. | Walter Thompson Company, Aubin Barthold, of the Alaska Packers A: sociation, C. Chester Carlson, pres dent of the Copper River & Prince Williams Canal Fishermen’s Union, and Harry Stuhr, organizer of the Alaska Fishermens’ Union, Unions Are Agitated “With the fishermen convinced that the poor fishing this season is the result of the Japanese invasion of their fishing grounds in Bristol Bay, the fishermen’s unions are working with the salmon industry and government agencies toward a solution of the problem, “Mr, Friele said, . “This is one time that capital and labor and the government are wark- ing fogether with one purpose in Bristol Ba spawning in red salmon that are on their way to 1mmcl, Mr. Stuhr told us. Following | D MOMENT Crisp as a lettuce leaf is this white with y aft the head as the smart young set trip over the Japanese ships, he wired a report to Louis Mostad, agent the Alaska Fishermen’s Union in Seattle, reporting the Jap- our for anese fishing activities, and urging that the labor federation in Seat- tle start mobilizing for action against it.” One of the reasons that rumors of Japanese fishing and salmon can- ning in the Bristol Bay area had been scouted was the belief that it would be impossible to can sal- mon without a large supply of fresh water. Mr. Gilbert, who has had many years experience in the canning in- dustry and who operated with deep sea purse seiners in Bristol Bay in 1922 when regulations permitted, explained the practicability of can- U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAD THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., July 19. Showers tonight and Tuesday; gentle to moderate southerly winds. LOCAL DATA marom>ter Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 29.86 56 85 s 2 Cloudy 29.86 54 95 SE 4 Lt. Ram 20.94 58 kg SE 13 Lt. Rain CABLE AND RADIO REPOF.TS TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m, Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. - 0y 0 02 0 .03 Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 a.m. today Noon today 4am. Weather Max. temp. last 24 hours | . 60 | . 46 68 68 4 72 52 . 56 r5r D% . 58 58 62 60 60 86 70 68 62 82 80 | WEATHER CONDITION AT § A. M. TODAY Seattle (airport), partly cloudy, temperaturé, 53; Blaine, cloudy. Victoria, ‘cloudy, 56; Alert Bay, clear, 53; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 55 ple Island, showers, —; Langara, cloudy, e Rupert, showers, 57; Ketchikan, showers, 56;. Craig, showers, ‘Wrangell, raining, Petersburg, cloudy, 56; Port Al'horp, cloud Tenakee, cloudy, Soapstone Point, cloudy, 54; Hinzhinbrook, partly cloudy, 54; Sitka, raining, 56; Radioville, showers, 58; Juneau, light rain, 54; Skagway, raining, 51; Cordova, cloudy, 54; Chitina, clear, 54; McCarthy, clear, 58; Seward, cloudy, 53; Anchorage, partly cloudy, 56; Portage, cloudy, 58; Fairbanks, clear, 62; Hot Springs, cloudy, 62; Tanana, cloudy, 58; Ru by, raining, 55; Nulato, cloudy, Ohogamute, cloudy, 52; Flat, clou dy, 54. Juneau, July 20. — Sunrise, 3:26 a.m.; sunset, 8:45 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was low this morning throughout Alaska, northwest Canada, the Bering Sea region, and over the northeast portion of the north pacific Ocean, there being two storm centers, one over the soutliwest portion of the Gulf of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.52 inches. Another storm area was centered over the southern Bering Sea, the lowest reported pressure being 29.38 inches at St. Paul Island. High pressure prevailed over the Pacific Coast States, the crest being 30.20 inches at Seattle and Portland. Precipi- tation has been general along the coastal regions from northern British Columbia northward to th: Prince William Sound region, also over the Bering Sea region and partily cloudy to cloudy weather over the interior of Alaska with local thundershowers. Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York ‘Washington Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Rain 38 54 43 50 52 46 46 50 52 54 54 54 62 58 54 56 4 68 20 8 4 4 0 19 32 40 18 0 0 boRrBERNE | BO®® Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy 56 66 0 0 0 64 0 |other ager arrive at a the problem with Japan.” Mr. Gilbert is visiting the soufh- east Alaskan canneries of the Pa- cific American Fisheries and will be !in Juneau again in August. e S Alaska One House Legislature ies in this country can atisfactory solution to through negotiations ning at sea. “It surprising how little fresh vater is needed to operate a can- nery,” he said. “Salt water may be used for the cleaning and prepara- tion of the fish for canning. Fresh water, obtained by condensation, is only needed for boiler use. “From the facts that have been breught out by the investigations of Mr. Friele and Mr. Wingard, the problem of Japanese fishing is ouL‘ where It can be discussed openly,” | Byl Mr. Gilbert said before leaving (o-‘Blu’ Passes House day for Excursion Inlet with Alex| WASHINGTON, Jaiy 19. — The ' Holden on a Marine Airways plane House has passed and sent to the for Excursion Inlet and Petersburg. Senate the Dimond bill providing “There is no doubt but that the for a referendum in Alaska on the State Department cooperating as it establishment of a one House Leg- is with the Bureau of Fisheries and islature. 11,000 Alaska men and women on the payroll QUESTION: How many Alaska people depend on the Canned Salmon Industry for all or part of their income? ANSWER: The industry furnishes employment for over 11,000 local workers and fishermen. The canneries give more jobs to Alaska workers during the fishing sea- son than any other industry does. Sabmon ecspe of the Week SALMON COZX.RINATION GRILL y 1 b, can salmon Mashed potatoes Melted butter 2 large or 4 small bananas 8 grapefruit sections Thoroughly chill salmon in can, dran. and slice into 4 even circles; place each circle of salmon on a mound of mashed potatoes. Place on a baking sheet. Pipe potatoes around edge of each salmon round and brush with melted butter. Sur- round mounds with fruit prepared as follows: Cut bananas in half lengthwise. Roll in flour that has been seasoned with saltand pepper. Then roll floured bananas in melted butter. Sprinkle grapefruit sec- tions with dash of salt and sugar. Place baking sheet containing salmon mounds and fruit under broiler (or in very hot oven, 475° F.) and broil until delicately brown. Remove from heat and arrangeon serving platter, putting salmon mounds down the center, banana slices at both ends,grapefruit sections along sides. Gar- nishwith parsley.Serve with mixed sweet pickles and hot rolls. Serves 4. This recipe is typical of those appearing in the national magazine advertising of the Canned Salmon Industry