The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO 6098. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1932. MLMBE.R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY PICKETS WITH BRISTLING RIFLES HOLD MEN IN MINE BONUSSEEKERS URGED TO BREAK CAMP VETERANS TOLD T0 G0 HOME TO FIGHT AT POLLS Commander Walter Waters Advises Bonuseers to Abandon Camp COMMUNITY FARM PLAN NOT FEASIBLE Governors of Many States Offer Tracts of Land for Settlements ANNAPOLIS, Haryland, Aug. 3. —Commander-in-Chief Walter Wa- ters, of the B. E. F., last night advised the « bonuseers to break camp, go home and await future plans. This was after he learned that the proposed community farm colony could not be operated as a haven for the bonus seekers un- der the Maryland laws. Police on Guard ite the advice of Waters it is leraned that other leaders of the group said they would stay hnstown, Penn, > police were on guard at town during last night as reports were received that addi- tional radicals have entered camp. Observers said more had left the Johnstown camp than had enter- ed. Are Leaving Numerous rickety trucks and cars rted late yesterday from John- carrying veterans and their €] mg-ton police searched the camp, on search warrants, for 32 National Guard tents allegedly stolen from Washington when the veterans left there. ANOTHER TANGIENT WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Com- mander Waters has arrived here from Annapolis, after a conference with Gov. Albert C. Ritchie re- garding a community farm col- ony. He sent messages to his fol- lowédrs at Johnstown to postpone breaking camp then later this af- ternoon repeated his declaration from Annapolis advising them td return to their homes. He said he realized the battle ground was in the home states and predicted a battle at the polls. Waters claimed to have receiv- ed many favorable replies from messages sent various governors concerning placing the bonusers on tracts of land. He did not give the states that were favorable to this action. MUST LEAVE JOHNSTOWN JOHNSTOWN, Penn., Aug. 3.— After a conference with Mayor Ed- die McCloskey this afternoon, B. E. F. leaders told the veterans they must move on to an unannounced destination, probably somewhere in the State. It heard Mayor McCloskey say the men could no longer expect shelter in Johnstown. “Are we going to break up and g0 home,” one man shouted. The crowd yelled, “No.” Mayor McCloskey pleaded and “I ask you to stick to Wat- and the men yelled back, “We will.” Mayor McCloskey praised Waters as a great leader and .said the Governor is with you, “body and soul.” Every man leaving will be given food and transportation. FARMERS ARE ON WAY NORTH SEATTLE, Aug. 3. — Sixty-nine Pennsylvania farmers, their wives and children left for Skagway on the Alaska yesterday. The party has been touring Western Canada and will now go to Alaska under the auspices of the Northern Pa- cific Railway. - .- MRS. ROSE MAIER GIVEN NATURALIZATION PAPERS Mrs. Rose Maier, resident of Mendenhall Valley where she and her husband are engaged in the dairying industry, was yesterday admitted to citizenship in a nat- uralization hearing before Judge Justin W. Harding in the United States District Céurt. She is na- tive of Germany., was a sorry gathering that| Liquor Fatal Richard R. Smith (top) and Jos- eph C. Lorenz, (lower) San Fran- cisco police officers, and Louis Jacobson, theater building manag- er, died after drinking liquor in the latter’s office. An analysis found traces of cyanide in one of the bot tles from which they had been drinking. An investigation to deter. mine if they had been murdered was ordered, (Associated Pres: Photo) EXTENSIONS OF SEASON MAY BE POSSIBLE SOON None Advi;gl; for West Icy Strait — Others Depend Upon Runs Afier a thorough inspection of conditions in the salmon fishing indusiry in Southeast Alaska, pay- |ing particular attention to the state of the run of pink salmon, Commissioner Henry O'Malley, United States Bureau of Fisheries, announced on his arrival fhere today there would be no exten- sion of the season in the western end o: the Icy-Strait-Cross Sound district. “Extensions in other areas will depend entirely on the condition and size of the run reported to be striking through Cross Sound now,” the Commissioner said. He will remain here so that he can take immediate acTion either to close or extend the fishing sea- son. Extension Requested Mr. O'Malley returned here to- day from an eight-day trip through all of the districts between here and Ketchikan. On his arrival he found a number of requests for extending the season in local areas where the run of pinks has been considerably later than nor- mal. He desires very much to gran: these appeals for two rea- sons: to afford local fishermen and cannery workers an addition- al opportunity for badly needed employment, and to enable those canneries that have operated a chance to make normal packs. Bu: any extension that may come will be predicated upon a supply of fish adequate to seed all of the spawning beds over and above the commercial take. At this time, he does not feel that the reports from canners as well as from bureau agents indi- cate that such a run is on hand. ‘Watch Run‘ Closely On that account, he has de- cided against extending the ‘time in he outer and of Icy Strait re- gion. Pishing operations close there this evening, and all traps and seine fishing will end then. The open season in the eastern end has two days more to run. In the meantime, the Commis- sioner is sending Agent Dennis ‘Winn, who returned this morning from Bristol Bay, and Dr. F. A Davidson of the Bureau's biologi- cal staff to the Icy Strait district (Contipued on Page Three) {he had received . He declined STOCK PRICES MAKING GAINS MANY ISSUES Two to Five Point Ad- vances Registered for Leading Shares REACTION OCCURS BUT IS ABSORBED Shorts Tak;_t; Cover by Midday—Oils Help Rise —Copper Better NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The Stock Market appeared today to have gotten a second wind. Early irregularity was superceded by new strength of pronounced buoyancy after midday and buying spread to all groups. Gains of two to five points were regisiered by American Telephone and Telegraph, American Can, Al- lied Chemical, American Tobacco B, United States Steel common, Corn Products, Coca Cola, Dupont, Sears-Roebuck, Union Pacific and Northern Pacific. Short Gains Issues up one point or more in- cluded Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Westinghouse, Btandard Oil of New Jersey, New York Cen- tral, Chesapeake. Brokerage quarters have been anticipating a reaction and advo- cated buying. The decline from yesterday’s setback = provided buy- ers - with @n opportunity. Short selling is reported, presumably bas- ed on the theory of reaction, but it was not severe enough and the sellinz was readily absorbed. Shorts took to cover. Oils helped today's advance. Favorably weekly statistics of copper reflected the firmness of buying abroad. The metal is sell- ing 4% 5% cents a pound, domes- tic. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 3. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 42%, Anaconda 8, Bethlehem Steel 14%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, General Motors 12, International Harvester 20%, Kennecott 9%, Packard Mot- ors 2%, United States Steel 31%, Armour B, no sale. ———.————— SMITH, ELY INDEPENDENT TICKET NOW Petitions to Be Circulated According to Minne- apolis Advices MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, Aug. 3.— Petitions to place Alfred E. Smith in the field as an independent can- didate for President will be cir- culated according to a report made today by John Grones, Democrat, and active supporter of Smith i1 1928. The ticket will consist of Smith for President and Gov. Joseph P Ely, of Massachusetts, for Vice- President. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. — Former Gov. Smith said the information about being the head of an inde- pendent ticket as given to him by the Associated Press was the first to make any comment until he geis direct word from the proposer. COLORED WOMAN DIES AT HER HOME Mrs. Vera Hunt, eolored, 59 years old, died yesterday at her home on lower Front Street. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Earldean Huant, who lives in this city. Funeral services will be held Friday. Interment, under direc- tion of the Charies W, Carter Mor- tuary, will be in Evergreen Ceme- tery. RETURNS WITH BRIDE Roy Anderson, Editor of the Ket- chikan Chronicle, accompanied by his bride, came north to the First Plty on the Princess Charlotte, ton, D. C., (upper) after the ing tear gas bombs at members Awoclawd Press telephoto of seldiers, with glcnmlng knives a llachrd to guns, holding back a crowd of bonus seekers in Washing- troops’ arrival in summons for assist ance in clearing an area near the White House. Lower: Infantry toss- Smoke and gas may be seen. benus force was killed and upwards of 50 police, veterans, spectator s and soldiers were injured in a series of clashes before and after President Hoover directed the military to take the situation over w hen encamped groups of veterans heaved stones and bricks at civil of the Bonus Expeditionary Force a s they retreat. authorflles ejccung them from Government property. REINDEER HERD IS PROGRESSING TOWARD CANADA First Ne»—:in Three Months Received from Far North Drive NOME, Alaska, Aug. 3.—A wire from Capt. C. T. Peterson, of the trading schooner Patterson, which arrlved at Herschel Island on July 29, reports he contacted with the Canadian reindeer drive of Lomeas at the mouth of the Cannin River. Andrew Bahr, leader of the driv- ers, reported he expected to cross the Mackenzie River and effect delivery of the 3,000 reindeer to the Canadian Government during the coming winter. Bahr reported plenty of supplies for the men and the animals were in good condition, despite the ex- treme winter, the coklest in 20 years. This is the first news of the herd | in three months. Machine Gun Practice Irks French Veterans CHALLONS, France, Aug Ex-service men of the dist near the mouth of the Loire pro- tested against army machine gun practice in this neighborhood The veterans objected to sound of machine gun fire, cause it reminded them of experiences in the trenches. They asked the mayor to have the maneuvers moved and their peition was sent to the Minister of War. DR. AND MRS. KOLBE the be- | their ON PLEASURE VISIT| On a pleasure visit to Southeast Alaska, Dr. Park B. Kolbe, Presi- dent of the Polytechnic Institute 2t Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. Kolbe are in Juneau for a few days, staying at the Gastineau Hotel Dr. and Mrs. Kolbe, in coming from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coas’, voyaged through the Pan- ama Canal. After a brief sojourn here, they will go to Sitka, where Dr. Kolbe plans to enjoy a week’s {ishing. k of darkness,” Business Improvmg, Reports Received from Many Quarters By Department of Commerce WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Business reports received by the De- partment of Commerce show substantially that business is pick- ing up. The improved bond market is cited as one instance. Commodity prices are also increasing. Foreign gold withdrawals are ceasing and this has stopped market liquidations. Conditions attributed to causing better sentiment during July are the gains made in the automobile, textile, cement and tobacco industries. Now Just See What the Whites Have Done;Toothaches Said to Bel m'reasmg Among E.sklmos AMERICA WILL JOIN ECONOMIC WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. — The toothache is increasing among the Alaskan Eskimos in proportion to the amount of white food eaten, {the Smithsonian Institution an- nounces. A study was made of 25 E»kl-‘ mos, slill subsisting on native food and seldom seeing a white man. Not a single case of toothache or }a decayed tooth was found. At the lements where Eskimos ming with |League of Nation's Invita- tion Accepted—Borah's the the Nightly for Sydney Burglars League of Nations invitation to A T TR . attend the conclave at Geneva { has been delivered. SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 3.— Uni‘ed States Senator William E. Curfew law has been brought |pora. suggestion that debts and into operation against bur- | jeparations be considered along glary, by Judge Sheridan of |yith Cisarmament, was passed up. the local criminal court. - Instead of sending certain classes of thieves to cells, he PARIS CANS BANNED NO releases them on bond not to | be on the streets after 11 PARIS, Aug. 3.—Although the a collection of typical voices, reg- isterinz them on gramophone rec- ords, these men from the tempta- l ticn of stealing under cover GENEVA MEET : whites, it was found seven out of | nine Eskimos had tooth troubles. | Proposals Passed Previous to the coming -of the| whites, the Eskimos, as a people,| WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The had less tooth trouble than any|ypited States is w to join the race in the world {World Economic conclave that will | i PR s jignora debts and specific tariff rates o but with the way left open for {Curfew Rings possible debt discussions of indi- vidus! nations. The American note accepting the| o'clock at night. cries of street hawkers are ban-| “This is no hardship,” says |ned here as unnecessary noise, the | the Judge, “but it may remove |Institute of Phonetics is making| One member of the GERMAN RIOTS FLARE UP;GUNS KNIVES FLASH Two Hundr_ed_ Armed Nazi | Storm Troopers Arrest- ed in One Locality BERLIN, Aug. 3.—Riots in which guns and knives were used, flared anew today. Three men are dead and several {have been injured at Koenigsburg. Communists retaliated for the at- tacks by the National Socialists firing a volley at a Nazi meet- 1ing. One man was killed “and four w stabbed or shot during |the riot following. | A Eoclalist Labor member, fath- er of 10 children, was killed at | | Zweibruecken. The police arrested 200 armed Nazi storm tropoers. Wincdows of the Hungarian Con- sulate Frankfort-On-Main were smashed. n at von Schleicher expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler declaring the Nazi move- was fired with faith. He| contrasted Hitler = with former| Cha r Bruening, saying Brue-| ning failed to make the masses| undarstand his aims. i /GILBERT SKINNER ON WAY TO SEATTLE ; HAD | SUCCESSFUL SEASON THREE THOUSAND MEN LAY SIEGE ON 60 WORKMEN National ‘Gasmen, with Airplanes and Gas, Re- quested by Sheniff PICKETEERS PREVENT AID FROM OUTSIDE One Man Dead, Eight Others Mortally Wounded —Ambulance Turn Back BULLETIN —INDIANAP- OLIS, Aug. 3. — Late this afternoon Gov. Leslie ordered 1,000 Indiana National Guards to Vigo County where union pickets have besieged 60 non- union miners. Gov. Leslie said the situa- tion is beyond all but State control. “I will not permit guerilla warfare to continue,” the Governor said. TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, Aug. 3.—A union picket line, bristling with rifles, is to- day holding 60 workmen in the mine of Dixie Bee. Four of the workmen have been mortally wounded by gunfire. National Guardmen, with airplanes equipped with gas, to scatter the attackers, have been requested by Sheriff Dreher, whose deputies are helpless to raise the siege in the face of the picket strength. Three thousand men are picketeers. They have block- ed all roads and permitted none to approach. The picketeers have turned back ambulances sent for the wounded. Preparations are made for a battle at the mine, Sheriff Dreher said when the troops come. Nine casualties resulted in six hour fighting yesterday. Taylor Kellar was shot in the head and died soon after. Eight men are known to have been wounded. Mine officers attempted to reach an agreement to allow the men to leave the mine {but with slight hope of sue- cess. A wage dispute split the mine force and many have been working on contract. The wage agreement expired March 31 ——————— THREATS MADE; POLICE CALLED a successful Harbor, Gilbert President of the Alaska Salmon Corpo: to h's headquarte: Alier | Squaw was met production company in Jack Gilber here by manager Sou' heast for the Alaska Harbor plant had a| and filled its cans| season actually came | There was an unus\x-l run of red fish in the| | | PETERSON RETURNS HOME } Torgivald Peterson who entered PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3—Thraa hundred whites and 150 Filipinos, |disgruntled workers from Bristol Bay canneries were landed here today from the steamer North King under the supervision of the |police and Harbor Patrol. Dissatisfaction of wages paid by Wong On, Chinese labor contractor, resulted in the presence of the police to avert trouble. The men threatened Wong On and the Filipino foreman. The men struck last May because of a 35 per cent reduction in wages. One hundred men, hired in Seat= tle, were sent home immediately by stages which met them at the dock. ———————— Five-cent street car fares have |Sa. Ann's Hospital Monday was idismissed today. been restored at Shreveport, La., after nine years of higher prices.