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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 567. SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
BURKE ID PARTY
MAY STILL LIVE
CANADIAN WILDS
PLANE FOUND IN PERFECT
CONDITION BURIED IN
SNOW
JUNEAU, Dec., 5, (/P)—Pilot
Wasson returned to Whitehorse
Thursday at noon from Burke’s
lane at Laird River where he
iound a note carved on a tree
staying Burke and his party
left the plane on October 17 for
'.Volf Lake, 50 miles distant and
that they were badly in need of
: *od
Watson flew over the country
r etween Burke’s plane and Wolf
Lake and watched carefully but
5*aw no sign of Burke or party.
Wasson and his guide, Walsh,
. ere forced to wade through
-now up to waist deep from the
;ake where they* landed to the
Burke plane which was found
n perfect condition.
Wasson believed that Burke
may have gone to the Pelly trad
ing post. Further search may be
made with dog teams. Wasson is
:• waiting instructions from his
- mployers before proceeding fur
T.Iiur. Indians at the various
..imps have seen nothing of the
r urks party.
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* SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 4. (JP)
Any change in the navigation
e iles to govern vessels plying San
Francisco Bay will have to be
» made by Congress.
This was the answer of Captain
John K. Bulger, United States
supervising steamboat inspector,
;.o suggestions that ocean-going
ships crossing ferry lanes be re
quired to anchor during heavy
fog.
Bulger, on commenting upon
ihe two recent crashes when
heavily laden inter-coastal ships
under slow bells struck the
Southern Pacific ferry boats
Santa Ana and Oakland, point
% ed out that the local steamboat
.service has no authority to pass
bay traffic regulatinos.
FltRLY DISHES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. (JP) —
Harry Cooper dashed around 36
holes at the Olympic Club to set
course records on both the lake
snd the ocean links and win the
medal in the National Open match
play golf championship.
BODY FOUND
DUNKIRK, N. Y. Dec. 5. (/P) —
The body of William N. Griffin, of;
I Berea, Ohia, airplane pilot who 1
Shad been missing for 10 days was;
i found in his wrecked plane four j
miles southeast of Brockton
COMMUNISTS ID
FARMERS IN SPOT
AS SOW DEBATE
I __
HOUSE IS STRUGGLING WITH
INTRACICIES OF APPRO
PRIATIONS
r
WASHINGTON, Dec., 5, {IP)— \
An urgent plea for an appropria
tion of $60,000,000 instead of the
budget bureau’s recommenda- j
tion of $25,000,000 for drought
| relief, was made before the Sen
ate agricultural committee by
Democratic leader Robinson.
He said if Congress is going
to deal with the situation at all
it should do so generously.
Several senators, including
Robinson, introduced bills pro
posing $60,000,000 for seed, feed,
and loans to farmers.
William Foster, communist
leader, refused to give the House
Committee investigating com
munist activities in this eoun
try, the names of the American
communist- central committee
When questioi ed Foster an
swe--'?d: "Fra no;: submitting the
names of this committee, if you
please.”
Aoked why, he said such evi
dence will only be used against
it- in event of arrest and in po
lice courts.
The House is struggling with
; appropriation bills.
SCORES A 99
DEL MONTE, Dec. 5. (IP)— Mrs. ‘
Tracy Miller of Brawley scored 99 j
to win low gross honors in the j
Women’s Day golf tournament at:
the Monterey Peninsula Countryj
Club.
PRESENT COMOR
PASSES BUCK TG
NEW INCUMBENT
SAft FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. (TP)—
Consideration of the pardon ap
plication of Thomas J Mooney
will begin at once by the Gov
ernor’s advisory pardon board but
a definite recommendation here
may not be made until after the
first of the year—thus placing
jthe case in the lap of Governor
elect Rolph.
This information came from
lieutenant Governor H. L. Carna
han, chairman of the advisory
pardon Woard following the lat
ter’s receipt of a telegram from
Governor Young telling of the de
sire of Mooney’s attorneys for .
hearing about December 15.
NEW SEWARD BRIDGE
JUNEAU, Dec., 5, —Spe
cial from the Juneau Em
pire—The Secretary of Ag
riculture has allotted the
sum of $45,000 of forest
road funds for reconstruct
ion of the old bridge across
Resurrection River. The
work will be done next
spring.
HOW HANDLE GRAPE
SOLID Si LIPID
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. (/P)—
Plans for handling of the 1931
California grape crop will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Grape i
Control Board’s directors in San j
Francisco. By having every detail
arranged well in advance of the
harvest next year it is believed
by many grape men that the ship
ments of fresh grapes can be re
gulated that gluts of the eastern
markets such as occurred this year j
can be avoided.
One of the major Subjects to be 1
considered is the elimination of
the marginal grape acreage. While
none of the officials will publicly
state.his problem many think the
subject is an important one and
that it must be squarely met.
Raster, who is president of the -
Grape Control Boo'd has inform
ed Fresno grapemen that ernes 1
consider't-ien most h given the
margin grape acreage problem
IF
OS THIRD DEGREE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. (TP)—
A- Use, Spokane Wash., bomb sus
pect demanded and was granted
trial when he appeared before the
Municipal Judge Lazarus on a
charge of resisting Sergeant
Thomas Mclnerney, at the time of
arrest.
Isle still bore on his forehead
the wound which he says Ser
geant Mclnerney inflicted with a
blackjack when the defendant re
fused to pose for a photograph in
a newspaper office fully an hour
after he had been taken into cus
tody. The Sergeant was ab
sent when the case was called.
Judge-Lazarus wanted to konw
why. The Chiefs official sent up
word that the sergeant was still
hoihe in bed with an injury to the
knee which he said he suffered in
the scuffle with Ilse.
Assistant Public Defender C.
Borden demanded a doctor’s cer
tificate. The Chief’s office sent i
one that was a week old. The j
court found it unsatisfactory.
FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL
LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 5. (/P)—
The French Countess Du Bruil
Pont Briand, widely known for her
beauty, and Robert Verigrand, a
Paris stock broker, were found
shot to death in a hotel room.
Police Relieve that Vergirand shot
the woman and thefi committed
; suicide.
m QUESTION
VITAL MATTER IN
FINCH PARLEY
CONFERENCE WILL HAVE VI
TAL EFFECT ON EUR
OPE, SAID
.
; PARIS, Dec. 5. (/P)—President
| Doumergue called former Pre
mier Poincare to appear at
Ely -ee palace presumably to dis
j cuss the French cabinet crisis.
International disarmament se
curity entered prominently into
the ministerli crisis which saw
the Tardieu government resign
after losing in the senate on a
vote of confidence.
( Paul Boncour, France’s chief
j armament authority counseled
! the President to choose a cabi
net which would give first place
to disarmament and security be
cause the preparatory commission
to Geneva has succeeded in pre
paring'''a draft for the forthcom
ing disarmament conference and
j which will have vital effect on
Europe.
TAXI AIR, SERVICE
| LONDON. Dec.. 4. uP>— The
; British air ministry is backing
I a scheme as an experiment to
| establish a taxi air service from
roof to roof in London. If the
i project is found practical Lon
! doners will be able to ring for an
! air taxi which wall wait for them
on their roofs and will carry
i them to Croydon.
ill LEFT IMF!
PECULIAR CONDITIONS
ADDS 11 MYSTERY
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. (JP)—
Searching for the cause for the
mysterious attack last Tuesday
night on R. B Palmer, 48, wealthy
Castro Valley rancher when sev
eral shots were fired at him and
subsequently a bomb was placed
beneath hiM hoime, Alhambra
county authorities commenced an
investigation of a will contest
now pending in the Alhambra
county courts in which Palmer is
one of the central figures.
The contest is over the $12,000
property left to Palmer last Aug
ust by Louis Bionchi, also known
jas Louis Banchig, when he com
jmitted suicide on his ranch ad
joining that of Palmer.
GUI GETS Will
FOB PLOTTERS III
REALM OF SOVIETS
PROSECUTOR DEMANDS DE
FENDANTS BE PUT TO
DEATH
MOSCOW, Dec., 5. (/P)—The
name of Poincare was shouted
again in the court room where
the eight engineers on trial for
their lives charged with treason
before the four judges who rul
ed out all mention of “Friendly
foreign powers.”
Prosecutor Kriienko shook his
finger at the general direction
where Paris should be and ac
cused the former Premier of
France with working with coun
J ter revolutionists
“If Poincare wants to know all
i the details of this plot in which
he played such an important
part, I'll let him have them. I’ll
let him know the worst when
the time comes to fight. We will
fight as one and will meet the
crisis armed and prepared.”
The prosecutor renewed his
demand that the defendants be
put to death. He rehearsed their
confessions and that drawn
from Leonid Ramsin, accused
chief plotter.
He referred to the French de
nials of participation as “pure
'’•■he and we have sufficient
proof, that French army offi
cers. ' t hrqugh connection with
| their agents in Moscow, and ac
tion men who plotted, to merit
the most severe punishment un
der our criminal code.”
A SQUARE SHOOTER
STOCKTON, Dec. 5 .(/P)—Three
robbers went away from the State
Bank at Escalon, 20 miles south
of here, disappointed at having
gotten only $4,847. They under
stood that there was a great deal
more and with the money piled
in front of them, two of them sttod
Irwin, president of the bank whom
they acused of holding out on
them.
Pressed for time the two event
ually pocketed the $4,347 after
telling President Irwin that they
did not think he was on the
square.
ENROLLMENT BOOSTED
For the first time in the his
tory of Juneau, its public schools
have an enrollment of more than
600 students, according to tabula
tions just completed says the Em
pire. The number was 606, just 50
more than had enrolled at this
time last year.
Anchorage Hi School vs Army Tonite
ADMISSION
ADULTS 50c
CHILDREN 35c
Firemen vs Seward High School
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