The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26, 1933. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. XLI, NO. 6324. CHANGES PROPOSED IN ORGANIC ACT BRIT. PREMIER | WELL PLEASED AT WORK DONE Agreements Believed to Have Been Reached But Withheld LONDON CONFERENCE | SUCCESS IS ASSURED i .' | | | : & Monetary Questions, Tar-| | iff, Price Levels, Relat- ed Problems Discussed | WASHINGTON, April 26.—Bl‘i|-l ish Premier Ramsay MacDonald| came to the close of his stay and indicated strongly his belief that: his talks with President Rooseveit, have brought a common under- standing to his major eforts to cure some of the world’s troubles.| Although both officials said there have been no agreements, pending the world economic conference in London, the impression was that if discussions with statesmen of cther nations are as agreeable, NewU. S. Ambassador to Britain Well Known in London Society * * * Judge Bingham, Wealthy Kentuckian, Noted for His Independence in Politics. Popularity in England Aroused Opposition in Congress. A Unemployment the success of the British confer- ence is assured. { Results Attained The British statesman feels that results here exceeded expectations of his group when they left Lonv‘ don for the United States. i Premier MacDonald left at noon today for New York. ! It is understood that the Roose- velt-MacDonald conferences result-| ed in discussions of monetary ques-| tions, teriffs, price levels and their relation problems and finally war debts and return of the gold stand- ard. ‘ Working on Frapce The conference brought to light that President Roosevelt is working to bring France into line at the Geneva Disarmament Conference and also on debt bargaining. The conference also brought out the fact that the program also pro- | posed new commercial policies, less- ening of tariff restrictions and world expansion of credit through central banks to enable less wealthy | nations to join in a revival of world trade stabilization and re- habilitation of. silver. \ Seven Point Program Just before Premier MacDonald left for New York a statement iz- sued revealed that President Roose-| JUDGE RO0BERT W BIiNeHAM When Judge Robert Worth Bingham, of Louisville, Ky., goes to London as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James he will be tread- ing on familiar ground. For the Judge has been a frequent visitor to the English capital for many years and is very popular in society circles there. It is believed to have been Bingham’s popularity across the water that inspired opposition to his appointment by a small party in Congr: Judge Bingham has long been one of the outstanding figures in Kentucky palitics. Though usually Democratic in his leanings, he used the influence he held as controller of the two largest newspapers in Louisville to criticize or praise the policies of both major parties ac- cording to how he believed they deserved to be treated. He gave ardent support to Mr. Roosevelt in the Presidential campaign. Bing- ham was born in North Carolina in 1871 and is a graduate of the Uni- versity of North Carolina. The public offices he has held include that of Jefferson County Attorney, Mayor of Louisville and Chancellor of Jefferson Circuit Court. He has been married three time: first wife, Eleanor E. Miller, whom he married in 1896, was killed in an automobile accident. His second wife, Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, widow of the man who did much to develop the State of Florida, died in 1917, leaving Judge Bingham $5,000,000. In 1924, Mr. Bingham mar- ried Mrs. Byron Hilliard, daughter of an old Kentucky family. velt and the British Prime Min- 7 ister had a seven point recovery Pla"’ Pot(’. TOday program line-up in the conversa- On Inflauon tions increasing the general level of commodity prices, change in Amendment commercial policies, reductions of| tariff quotas and exchange of re-; strictions, world expansion of credit,! capital expenditures by Govern- ments to stimulate business, rees- tablishment of an international, standard and improvement of the status of silver. WASHINGTON, April 26— The Senate was called in ses- sion an hour earlier this fore- noon by the Democrats in an effort to drive the controlled inflation amendment to a vote late today. The measure is facing con- PR D 5 717 centrated cpposition. UNITED STATES |y soriogepts PLANNING HELP ey oo NEW PROPOSALS T0 ALL EUROPE gop WORK WEEK Proviso Expressed by Am-| erican Representative |Approves Suggestion that Today at Geneva i Labor Secretary Fix \ . GENEVA, April 26. — The first' Maximum Hours official echo of the Washington' 2 o conterences were heard in_EUTODE scions Wilhags Grecn of the Atwer- today when Norman Davis, Am- jcan Federation of Labor, an- erican Ambassador-at-Large, enun- noureed labor's mepm“& of ciated before the Disarmament pederal production and control in Conference, the policy of Presidett oposition to the minimum wage Roosevelt. He stated the Unitd legislation before the House Labor States was ready to do big things Committee hearing of the 30 hour to maintain peace, once Europe work week bill. shows she really wants to reduce President Green said the Federa- arms. ition accepts the proposal to let This electrified the delegatesand Secretary of Labor Perkins fix is interpreted that the United maximum hours a week that any States is disposed to strengthenthe one plant could operate. Briand-Kellogg Pact by agreement ’ to participate in consultation of a ALASKA CONCERNED pact of the European Powers and' According to advices recevied by the United States might agree to the Alaska Territorial Chamber of refrain from extending any man-iOommewe. from Delegate A. J. cial help to an aggressor State. Dimond, the six hour bill as intro- ANNIVERSARY OFLO.0.F.T0 * BE CELEBRATED {Informal Entertainment for | All Branches of Order | | . This Evening Celebrating the sixty-eighth an- iniversary of their organization, the | members of all branches of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and visiting lodge members will be | guests tonight at the Odd Fellows | Hall of Silver Bow Lodge Number | 2A. | Charles W. Carter is chairman of | the committee in charge of the an- | niversary entertainment and Jake | Meyers and Sam Daniels are other | committee members. They are ar- | ranging an informal program which promises a _pleasant eve- | ning’s entertainment. duced efiecis Alaska industries the same as all others but as the bill passed the Senate the fish pack- ing industry was excluded as was canning of perishable products | generally. The message also said: |" “Bill as finally introduced in House would give Secretary La- ( on showing law not suitable for such industries. Senate bill does not apply to commodities produced foreign countries, but House bill idoes. Hearings commence House bill before Committee on Labor April 25. I intend to appear be- fore committee as before and en- deavor have Alaska entirely ex- cluded.” bor power to exempt industries up- T0 BE CREATED BY CANNERYMEN Salmon Packers Will Open Labor Registration ‘Of- E fices in Three Towns |JUNEAU, KETCHIKAN, ANCHORAGE PICKED |Object Is t:Kid Territory Solve Its Problems of § The establishment of three em- | ployment registration offices by | Alaska salmon packers without de- lay with a view of placing as many as possible Alaskans in the salmon | canning and fishing industry, was announced here last night by rep- resentatives of the packers who are now in the city. | The agencies will be located in Juneau, Ketchikan and Anchorage. Each will have a representative of the canners in charge. They will open woout May 1, and operate for 60 days, by which time most of the needed labor will have been em- ployed and authentic lists of avail- able workmen will have been draft- ed. Limited to Residents “It is the aim of the packers in- terested in this experiment to as- sist the Territory in solving its unemployment problem and to that end we are opening the three of-| fices named. Only resident Alfl:-: kans will be listed by them, and| jobs wiil be sought only for them. The reason for this is plain. If we, were to extend it to everyone ap- plying, the rush of unemployed from Seattle and other places in} the States would defeat the end we have in mind and probably| leave the Territory as Had if not| worse off than it now is,” declared a spokesman for the group. The plan was revealed at af meeting last night attended by A.| 'W. Shiels, President of the Pacific American Fisheries, Inc., P. E. Har- ris, head of the P. E. Harris Com- pany, Vietor Elfendahl, Vice-Pre: dent of the Alaska Pacific Salmon | Corporation, and Nick Bez, Presi-| dent of Peril Strait Packing Com- | pany, who represents the packers| backing the plan. Names of the agents to be in charge of the agencies will be announced later. Result of Long Study The decision to try the experi-| ment was said to have been the result of long study and extended| negotiations. It was finally reach- ed after the arrival here yesterday of Mr. Shiels. The movement was initiated| here several months ago by the lo- cal Chamber of Commerce which sought to induce the Associ of Pacific Fisheries to sponsor the| |plan. Although it was not then 'adopted, it was widely discussed | and placed before many of the in- dividual packers. About two months ago, the Alas- ka-Territorial Chamber of Com- merce endorsed the plan and im- | mediately revived discussion of it with the Association which, how- ever, was not able to see its way, clear to establish agencies. 4 Canners Take Up | However some of the packers, who are members of the Associa- tion, did take an active interest in| the subject. After discussion among| themselves, and with local “inter- ests, they reached an agreemnt that| was made public last night. { The final details were not set-| tled until Mr. Shiels arrived las night, although the program gen- erally had been approved prior 10| LABOR AGENCIES| New Trial Revives Mooney’s Hope for Pardon “Mrs. MARY MooNEY i For the first time since his conviction 16 years ago, Tom Mooney, Amcrica’s best known pris- oner, sees real hope he will win hjs pardon for which he has fought as the result of a new trial scheduled to start teday in San Francisco, Cal. Judge Louis H. Ward recently granted the new trial on an indictment unused in the previous trial when Mooney was sentenced to death on conviction cf participation in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombin which cost ten lives. Although acquittal the that time, it was said. The agents will not directly em-! , (Continued on Page Eight) I new trial would not be sufficient fought for the day in court on inditment would strengthen Mooney’s fight for a full tcmpts have been made to reopen the case, most of them led by Many of those connected with the prosccution have come forward at various times and Mconey. asserted that there was doubt of the prisoner’s guilt. was sent to prison on perjured testimony. by James J. Walker, then Mayor to free him from San Quentin, friends and attorneys of Mooney the theery that the State’s failure to win a conviction on the unused pardon. nce Mocney’s conviction, many - at- his aged mother, Mrs, Mary And it has been openly charged that Mooney The lasl attempt to free the celebrated convict was made of New York, in 1931, when he made a much-publicized plea before Governer James A. Rolph, of California. BOARD OF FIVE IS TO SELECT SITE FOR HOME Senate Recreates Pioneers’ Home Commission and Empowers It to Act A commission of five, all Terri- torial officers, was created yester- day by the Senate to decide where, and what kind of a new Pioneers’ Home will be built, and an appro- priation of $225,000 was made avail- able for that project. The commission, known as the Pioneers’ Home Building Commis- sion, is composed of the Highway Engineer, W. A. Hesse, as Chair- man. The other four members are E. A. Karnes, Commissioner of Education; Frank A. Boyle, Terri- torial Auditor; James 8. Truitt, Attorney General, and W. G, Smith, Territorial Treasurer. To Pick Site The Senate’s bill, a substitute for the measures introduced by Senator Shattuck and Senator Lomen last week, provides that the “Commis- sion shall immediately organize and authorize the Chairman to hold hearings ‘at Juneau, Sitka, Anchorage and other places as may seem desirable for the purpose of determining the most appropriate location for said Pioneers’ Home, giving due consideration to climatic conditions, accessibility from all parts of the Territory, cost of con- | struction and maintenance.” It will | base its decision upon the findings from the hearings, and its decision will be final; The bill, drafted by the Commit- (Continued on. Page Two) Repeal of 1 8th Amendment MADISON, Wis., April 26.—Del- tution= al Convention, fourteen men and one woman, yesterday cast Wiscon- ,sin’s vote in favor of repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Al ‘The vote was unanimous as the state overwhelmingly elected re- pealist delegates on April 4. Wisconsin follows Michigan as the second state to ratify the re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment. T rial of T. Mooney Continued Demonstration Outside of Court Room Causes Judge to Act SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 26. —The trial of Tom Mooney was continued today to May 22 by Judge BEER MEASURE RUNS GAUNTLET OF THE HOUSE Passed Yesterday After Much Amendment— More Bills Passed With one dissenting vote, the Louis H. Ward on the grounds the demonstmation outside the court room by Mooney sympathizers would prevent a fair trial The police dispersed the demon- strators. EARLY DEVELOPMENTS SAN FRANCISCO, April 26— When Tom Mooney’s second trial on a.charge of complicity in the Preparedness Day Parade bombing in 1916 opens t0Way indications were that the case would probably be thrown directly to the State Supreme Court with a consequent long delay. As the prosecution and defense completed the last minute {prepara- tions, John O'Gara, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney during Mooney's first trial, announced he would pe- tition the State Supreme Court to prevent the trial unless dismissal or steps toward dismissal resulted from today’s hearing. O'Gara asserted the second trial will be illegal because ‘“Mooney's guilt was adjudicated forever by his first conviction in 1916.” ————— Moratorium Talk: Advanced by French Premier PARIS, April 26—If Presi- dent Roosevelt offers a war debt moratorium for duration of the World Economic Confer- ence, Premier Daladier announc- ed he will be willing to ask Parliament to approve of the payment of the $19,000,000 in- terest due the United States last December. ——————— James Walker, Miss Bertha De- maski and Miss Laviza Ray of Holy Cross recently made the trip by plane to Flat to visit. House yesterday afternoon passed the Senate’s beer bill and ordered it returned to the upper Chamber where it is expected that several of the House's amendments will not be found acceptable. - The amend- ments adopted by the House Mon- day in Committee of the Whole were approved on the floor and in- corporated in the measure, Representative Green made a |last minute effort to substitute Territorial officers as licensing of- ficers instead of the judges and ,clerks of the United States’district jcourts, He could muster but five lvobes, however, and those sections of the bill went back to the Senate unchanged. Pass Money Measure In passing the general appropria- tions bill yesterday afternoon with only one item changed in the com- | mittee’s measure, the Housze set at new record. The one change was in the proposed office of Commis- sioner of Mines whose salary and | that of his clerk were brought into |line with those of similar officers |and employees. This struck $890 }olr the previous total making it 1 $1,823,939. | The measure was considered by ! section in Committee of the Whole |and a few corrections in phrase- jology made in addition to the sin- |gle amendment. It was then re- |ported back to the House, recom- mended for passage as amended. | The rules were then suspended and |the measure passed by a unani- mous vote. It will reach the Sen- [’u,t,e today. | The House yesterday afternoon passed many bills, two of its own | measures and 11 of the Senate’s. It | continued three on its calendar for 1l’umre considerdtion and defeated Wo. ! Measures it passed included: the i (Continued on Page Two) TWO MEASURES TO HELP ALASKA ARE_ INTRODUGED Delegate Dimond Takes Steps of Far-Reach- ing Importance GAME REGULATION MAY BE SWITCHED Transfer of Fisheries to | Territory Another Demand Made WASHINGTON, Aprii 20— Two changes of far-reaching importance in the Organic Act of the Terri- tory of Alaska are proposed in two measures just introduced in the House ui Representatives by Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond. One of the bills would transfer from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Territory the control and regulation of fur and game re- sources and provides for a similar transfer of the fisheries from the Department of Commerce to the Territory. The second gives the Alaska Legislature authority to pass laws for their control and regula- tion. Most Vital on Record Commenting on the bills, Dele- gate Dimond said yesterday: “These the most vital changes sug- gested since the Territory’s Or- ganic Act was approved in 1912 They are his first steps toward carrying out the pledge of the Democratic Party in Alaska to ob= tain home rule for the Territory. The first measure would empower the Alaska Legislature to make all the laws affecting fisheries, fur- bearing animals and game animals, other than fur-seal and sea otter. This bill would also transfer to the Territory one-half of all the proceeds to the Federal Govern- ment from the sale of seal skins. Special Session Proposed The second measure would auth- orize the Governor of Alaska to call a special session of the Leg- islature, upon its passage and ap- proval, to frame legislation and create an organization to admin- ister and regulate both the fish- eries and the fur and game. The two measures have been turned over to the House Terri- tories'’ Committee for report after hearings. e e b g s TWO NATIONS ARE BATTLING, TRADE FIGHT Great Britain Places Em- bargo on Russian Goods —Soviets Retaliate LONDON, April 26.—Great Brit- ain and the Soviet Union are at grips in a severe trade war that is slated to continue at least as long as the two Britishers, recently con= victed at Moscow for sabotage, es- pionage and bribery, are held pris- oners. The cost to the two countries in goods alone will probably be near- ly one hundred million dollars yearly. Great Britain has an 80 percent ban on Rusisan imports that is effective tonight. Russia retaliated with a com- plete embargo on British imports and other drastic restrictions on British shipping and commerce. U. S. Officials Not Worrying Concerning English Debt in June WASHINGTON, April 26— On June 15 the war debt amount due from Grreat Britain is almost $76,~ 000,000. Failure to include this amount in the budget is noted with inter- est but without serious concern in officia) circles. are