The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1933, Page 1

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ; 4 VOL. XLIL, NO. 6335. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KIDNAPERS TRAPPED; CAUGHT WITH THERR VICTIM AUTHORITY TO ACT ON WAR DEBTS WANTED Presidint ‘Will' Ask Con= ™ gress to Let Him Deal with Problem ADMINISTRATION FACES SHOWDOWN|| Chief Executive Desires to| Answer Bargain with Bargain WASHINGTON, May 9.— The Administration faces the first real showdown on the war debt issue since it came into power. Aware that Europe is en- meshed in debts and with economic recovery and dis- armament problems to be solved, President Roosevelt is considering asking Congress for full authority to deal with the war debt issue as he sees fit so as to achieve his aim for international prosperity, but how far he will go, re- mains to be seen. The A dministration and Congress regard the war debts as obligations as definite as the proposed consultative agreements by the United States to satisfy European demands for security. The President is intent upon meet- ing the challenge in way and answer bargain with bargain if necessary. e e — GIRLS, YOUNG MEN SUIGIDE, JAPAN GRATER Police Request Aid in Sup- pressing Tragedies, Famous Mount | TOKYO, May 9.—Fifty five girls and young men have suicided on Mount Hihara, Ishima Island,| south of here, and the police has| requested reinforcements to pre-| vent further tragedies. A Japanese youth who jumped in the crater of flames and the sen- sational death of a school girl brought Mihara into the limelight and it has become the favorite suicide spot of the flovelorn and life weary girls amd young men. e ELKS TO GIVE FINE PROGRAM FOR MOTHERS Public Invited to Annual Observance Be Held Tomorrow Night | The Elks' observance in honor of mothers will be tomorrow night at 9 oclock and the program ar- ranged will last about one hour.| ‘The public is invited. } The 15-minute address will be given by the Rev. John A. Glasse.: Martin Jorgensen will give the| tribute to mothers. The musical numbers, which are | among the best ever brought to-| gether on one program will be by Willis E. Nowell, accompanied by | Francis Harland; Mrs. C. Fergu-‘ son, accompanied by Miss Turner; and the Harmony Trio. Mrs. J. C. Stapleton, Miss Alice Palmer and and Miss Blanche Turner. The complete program will be announc- some| ROOSEVELT IS SEEKING MORE POWER When this picture was made a few ears ago all was serene in the souse of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Warner both above). The film actor has lust filed suit in Hollywood to fivorce Mrs, Warner, the former Rita Stanwood, actress, charging pental cruelty. The Warners were married in 1915, WAGE ADVANCE FOR THOUSANDS IS ANNOUNCED Hog and Lamb Raisers Re- ported Facing Bet- \ ter Conditions CHICAGO, Ill, May 9.—Cheer- ing news has come to thousands of | workmen from wage increase an- nouncements, one alone, that of the Cord Company, of a five per cent increase which affects 10,- iCOO men. { Nine thopsand textile mill work- | érs in South Carolina have already received a 10 per cent increase as did employees of the Standard Kid Company at Wilmington, Dela- ware. The J. S. Bache Company, brok- erage firm, has issued a statement that conditions look better for hog |and lamb raisers whose products Romance on Rocks (91 ATE N THIS. | have forged ahead to new highs' Gandhi Is Continuing DIVISION SOON | Continuing 'Released frglpoona Jail TOBE ACTED ON Tk | —Now at Home of Morton, Home from Wash-| Devoted Follower ington, Says Appoint- ments in Offing POONA, India, May 9~Ma- hatma Gandhi, who was re- leased from prison late yes- terday, is cndeavoring to sur- vive his three weeks' fast on a diet of boiled water, salt and soda. He is confident he will survive but physicians believe he will die. Gandhi is passing his period of fasting in the sumptious Pona bungalow of a devoted fcllower, Lady Vittall das Thackeray, widow of a Bom- obag merchant. BREWSTERS ARE NORTHBOUND ON First Division Federal judlmary‘ appointments should be sent to the Senate almost anytime now, de- | clared Harry F. Morton, Anchorage attorney whose own application for| the Federal Judgeship in the Third | Division has been approved by| National Committeeman James A. Farley gnd is now in the hands |of the Department of Justice. He visited Gov. Troy and conferred| | with National Committeeman James| |J. Connors while he was here this | morning. | Mr. Morton spent two months in | the National Capital. The first 30 | days he assisted Delegate Dimond | as Acting Secretary, pending the | arrival there of Secretary Bob | Bartlett. Whole Slate Approved essing confidence that the ALEUTIAN TUDAY !enm'u organization slate would be | appointed, Mr. Morton said this | would come after the pressure of . | emergency legislation had subsided.Ceneral Reindeer Super- | Dreslens poceevelt, he adged. 1f vigor Wil Tnaugurate working long hours over his pro- s lgram and the remarkable showing Harmony Policy !manle by him since his inaugura-| - | tion has revitalized the entire coun-| The restoration of harmony and jtry. Prom coast to coast, the rank{cooperation among all of the rein- ’?.nd file of Americans recognize|deer interests in the North will be | his masterly leadership and their|the first and most important aim { confidence in"Him has given them|of Lyman &. Brewster; recently self-confidence. Congress, too, has|appointed General Raindeer Super- supported him loyally, but if the visor for the Department of In- TANANA RIVER ICE GOES OUT MONDAY NIGHT Three Interior Residents Are Closest Estimat- ors to Time ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 9.—A special to the Anchorage Times says the Tanana River ice broke and went out at Ne- nana at 7:20 o'clock Monday evening. The closest estimators are + C. M. Browning, of Hot Springs, |and Eric Larsen and A. V. ! Dunbar, both of Fairbanks. The river was running free off the shore at the time of the breakup. BREAKUP DATES The following is a complete list of the breakup dates of the ice at Nenana: 1917—April 30, 1:30 a.m. 1918—May 11, 9:30 a.m. 1919-~May 3, 2:33 p.m 1920—May 11, 10:46 a.m. 1921—May 11, 6:42 a.m. 1922—May 12, 1:20 p.m. 1923—May 9, 2:00 p.m. 1924—May 11, 3:10 p.m. 1925—May 7, 6:32 p.m. 1926—April 26, 4:03 p.m. 1927—May 13, 5:42 a.m. 1928—May 6, 4:25 p.m. 1929—May 6, 3:41 p.m. 1930—May 8, 7:03 p.m. 1931—May 10, 9:23 a.m. 1932—May 7, 10:15 a.m "}933»Mly 8, 7:20 p.m. time should come when it fails to terior, who left this morning on do so, he has only to appeal to the Aleutian enroute to his head-| | the country at large to remedy ils|duarters at Nome. [ defection, Mr. Morton said. | Mr. Brewster and his bride of| Delegate Dimond has worked day|tWo months have been in Juncaui 1a“d night to get things done [m,‘for the last weelg, while Mr. Brew- | | Alaska and until he was forced to/Ster conferred with Gov. John W.| 'enter a hospital for an operation|TT0¥. Who as Governor of Alaska {recently was getting many m-mgs‘becomes exofficio Commissioner o{ done. His ability is already recog-|the Department of Interior and inized by many members of Con- director of the Reindeer Service. gress, and he has made many Many controversies that exi.st:-d: {friends there for himself and the[id Tegard to the reindeer interests | Territory, Mr. Morton said. |in the North were settled following | Hurja Gets Position jthe investigations made into th: E. Emil Hurja, former Alaska Problems of the industry by Capt LEGISLATION FOR INDUSTRY BEING STUDIED President Has Many Pro- posals Before Him— One Point Remains WASHINGTON, May 9.—Presi- 'during recent weeks on the Chi-| ' Others on Way | | WASHINGTON, May | {leadership, is moving into the Na- |of the country or are already on newspaperman and one time Secre- tary to late Delegate Charles A Sulzer, was recently appointed ef- ‘hciency expert on the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation, accord- ing to Mr. Morton. During the na- | tional campaign last year, he was | attached to headquarters as a mem- ber of the statistical division of | the National Campaign Committee. {He made a splendid record there. cago markets. BONUS ARMY IS CONCENTRATING IN WASHINGTON Middie West and Soulliér Delegations Arrive— two years ago. i Regarding his own chance for appointment and confirmation, Mr. Morton was modest. He said his application along with those of the others of the Alaska slate had been approved by Mr. Farley and sub- mitted to the Department of Jus- tice. It, apparently, has been approved there. When it will be submitted to President Roosevelt and by him to the Senate depends to a large extent on the progress made with the emergency legisla- tive program. Mr. Morton. is a passenger on the steamer Aleutian. He spent the morning here visiting friends and Democratic leaders. “THIRD OF SOUTH LASHED .UFNLEEETTH};UES i AGAIN; SIXTH STORM RAGES, "™ NG PLAN Navy Department An- | nounces Tentative Scheme for Ships ___ 9. — The Bonus Army, now divided as to tional Capital, for the second en- campment. Delegations of the Middle West and South are already here and have been taken in hands either by Veterans' Expeditionary Forces or Bonus Expeditionary Forces. Other sections - of the Army are leaving various Bonus parts the way. ———— Section from Mississippi River to Atlantic { Gale Swept [ ATLANTA, Ga., May 9.—Spring storms lashed the south again Monday killing six in West Ten- nessee, injuring 34 and spreadi destruction along the Mississippi River to South Caralina. It was the sixth major storm in the South since the middle of March. The death toll for all storms is more than 180 persons, WASHINGTON, May 9.—The Na- vy Department has tentatively de- cided to place one third of the fleet on a rotating plan under |which it will be taken temporarily lout of service similar to the plan put into effect for destroyers and submarines last year. ‘The ships will be overhauled and repaired while being rotated, af- fording employment at shore sta- tions, &R ed tomorrgw, | Mr. Hurja last visited Juneau some | |Trowbridge, former inspector of dent Roosevelt is expected to de- Indian affairs, and H. M. Gillman, |cide finally within a few days the {Jr., of the Secretary of Interior's type of industrial control legisla- |office. | tion that will be-lajd before Con- E Since the investigations last year,| gress. 3 land the reports made this Spring,| Dozens of industrial panaceas |controversial matters have been|have been presented and these are |settled, B. B. Mozee, fromer Gen- understood to have been boiled eral Reindeer Supervisor has been down to a point where the major replaced by Mr. Brewster and an|remaining point is the authority effort is in progress to calm the|to be provided for compelling min- agitation that has existed regard-|orities in industries to march with ing reindeer matters. the majorties in agreements for Mr. Brewster will endeavor to|produetion, wages and hours of {make clear the position of the work. (government, in respect to the - e e — legal rights to grazing land a““’PHOTOGRAPHER TO SPEND |the extent of which the govern-| MONTH TAKING ALASKAN ment can participate in the rein-| PICTURES FOR C. P. deer industry, | R. commercially. | Separation Impracticable Harry Pollard, who is with the | One important question was sel-| Associated Screen News of Mon- tled by Mr. Brewster while in|treal, passed through Juneau Sun- Juneau, with his announcement day night on the Princess Norah on that the Reindeer Service would his way to Skagway. make no move to separate Eskimo-| Mr. Pollard will be in Alaska for owned and non-Eskimo-owned deer, the next month taking Alaskan as had been previously recommend- |pictures for the Canadian Pacific ed by the Kendrick Commitice. Railway. He expects to return to Further investigation revealed tha!|Jumeau after spending a few days the separation plan is not feasible|in Skagway, and while here will| or practicable. There are no na -|take local pictures and photo- ural boundaries in the reindeer|graph Mendenhall and Taku Gla- districts, Mr. Brewster explained ciers, Later he will return to the and the same conditions exist i interior and take pictures at White- the north as were prevalent in horse, Atlin and Dawson the western states before ranges e | were separated bv fences. 17 Against Government Mark‘etfi?fr?wse B ury. The Trowbridge and Gillman r-|Little Empire port has recommended agair marketing by the government. Iti ‘Wan’t Ad" more practicable for the Eskimo owners to take advantage of th available commercial facilities thar for the government to enter into competitive marketing. The Nort! Star, Department of the Inter boat for use in the reindeer i dustry, is equipped to handile 1800 carcasses. Last year the Nort Star distributed deer to var- jous points in Alaska. Because of the low price of m in the States, the outlook I reindeer sales on a commer 'basis is not promising, at the pre ent time, Mr. Brewster said. Commercial Development Considerable research has bee: made by the Lomen interests Every day people phone the Empire about some good deed the Empire Want Ads have done. Bob McKanna sent out an 8. 0. S. to Juneau yesterday in The Empire Want Ad col umn asking if anybody found his much prized field glasses which he lost Sunday. Sure enough the little want ad circulated all around Juneau and grabbed the finder'’s at- tention who happened to be Curtls Shattuck. This morning Bob is all smiles over the re- turn of his glasses, and phoned his thanks to The Empire with the statement “people sure read Empire!” A New York girl, Loulse Hachmeister, handied Franklin D. Roose- velt's telephone calls so expertly when he was governcr that she has been placed In charge of the White House switchboard. President Roosevelt calls her his “telephone detective.” (Associated Press Photo) PLANT TO TREAT ADMINISTRATION CROSS TIES MAY BOARD HAS ITS General Manager Ohlso n’ Studying Project-—Gas Rate Cut Announced Hope that it will be found prac- {ticable to establish a tie treat- ing plant on the Alaska Railroad so that Alaskan tie-makers can furnish the tie requirements for that road was expressed today by Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Man- ager, who visited Gov. Troy here Boyle Named Secretary— Initial Road Authoriza- tion Is Approved | The first meeting of the Board| of Administration, popularly term- ed the “Governor's Cabinet,” was held yesterday in the office of Gov. Troy with all members in attendance. Tts business was large- ly confined to general -iscussion. with headquarters in Chicago. Believes Plant Feasible Ohlson believes it will be to establish a plant to treat ties for the Alaska Rail- road. He is now compiling statis- tics in the cost of installation, op- eration, transportation, cost of raw materials, and benefits to the Territory and the railroad property, itself. “I am hopeful that we can build such a plant, and I believe it will be beneficial both work this year, $100,000, should be made available for expenditure at once. The Highway Engineer, W. A. Hesse, was si instructed. This permit him ‘to work immediately Col feasible sum, $20,000 will go ahead with 2% necessary The Governor ‘was also author- ized to inform Delegate to Congress that the sum of $7,000 was avail- able for flood control on the Sal- mon River at Hyder at any time that the Federal co-operative fund to the Territory and to the Fed- of $6,000 was appropriated. eral Government,” he said. | This is in accord with a report of The superiority of the creosot- the Board of Engineers for Rivers treated cross tie is so conclusively and Harbors which has approved established that there is no room the expenditure of $46,000 in Fed- for argument about that matter, eral funds conditioned upon $7,- he declared. Lacking such a plant 000 local expenditures. in Alaska, automatically, the tie-| = hackers on the route of the rail- road and Southeast Alaska sawmills are shut out from bidding on the requirements, Would Mean Much establishment of a plant railroad would mean much to the rail belt and to Southeast Alaska, it was admitted. The road requires annually some 80,000 ties for replacements. The tie-hackers on the road are capable of furnish- ing not to exceed 25000 of these. The remaining 55,000 should be furnished by the sawmills of the Panhandle. Under present con- ditions, flacking a treating plant, this is not posgible. If the De- partment of Interior finds it pos- JAPANESE IN " NEW KTTACK ON CHINESE Bitter Fighting Takes Place Near Changli in Re- newed Drive The by the “TOKYO, May 0. — Sweeping sible to build one, then all of the | throush the City of Funing, the requirements - of the road can. be Japanese figtantry hhs attacked (fimed. Tosanty: Chinese positions at Changli. Bit- Col. Ohlson said his studies have | rer “5“‘”‘“. A pruuntwn‘x. A ¥ not progressed sufficiently to say{ Four North China UJN, .h.ne |definitely. that this%is practicable, | eent bombed by Japanese airmen but indications are that it will participating in a renewed drive be. If it is, the plant will be built which is expected momentarily to at either Anchorage or Seward, force the Chirese to evacuate | | Lwanchow. |probably the latter place. He + |not inclined to take the recer »-burning incident there ve: riously. Lowers Gasoline Rates The immediate reduction of freight rates on gasoline by the }Amska Railroad was announced |today by Col. Ohlson. A two-cent | i as expressed that by the Fears are again | Tientsin will be attacked | Japanese. | Two Chinesé centers of resistance have been crushed before Anshan. The Japanese intend to cut off the Chinese retreat from Changli Bodies of 600 Chinese are reported to have been found when the Jap- anese took Chinese positions, y BE ESTABLISHED FIRST MEETING 0% Auditor Frank A. Boyle was o . Hf lsh_enm]utedrrom Wash- clected as Secretary. The Gover- Angct}?:ra,g: is headquarters in por i made Chairman by the y law sed by the ¢ isla- He was called to the National ture. i 7, HeRiiee . bout [Capital to confer with Secretary| 1y grder to permit the immed- Ickes of the Interior Deportment j;ce jaunching of certain neces- several weeks ago. He is accom- G 5. . sary roadwork, the Board agreed panied north by Harold W. Snell, m:‘}; not than 20 per Ecem' General Freight, Passengex" and or the sum appropriated by the Immigration gent of the railrcad Legislature for road and trail RUNS WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD []FFIGERS ARE GIVEN TIP-OFF ON ABDUCTION Plot Is Revealed—Authori- ties Traill Men—Ar- rests Are Made AGED VICTIM FOUND BOUND AND GAGGED Another Attempted Case Was Planned with Ran- som of $100,000 FREEPORT, Ill, May 9.— A fantastic story of how William Trevilliam, aged 54 | years, official of the W. T. Rawleigh Company, was kid- naped for $25,000 ransom was told to the police today. The victim is safe at home again and his, alleged abduct- ors, William Stubbe, aged 27 years, and Laverne Moore, aged 21, upon whom the of- ficers said they found a ran- som note threatening “irons on his hide if the money was not paid,” are in jail. Trevilliam' was found by the authorities in a shack, bound and gagged, a few hours after he was seized as he left the office for the day. The men were with him and were arrested. THE officers were informed before hand and laid the trap and followed developments of the moves of the kidnapers. Kidnap Plan The Sheriff was informed of the kidnap plans by two men whose names are withheld. The Sheriff said they came to him looking for work and met | Moore who urged them to enter the plot with a promise of re- wards. The Sheriff advised the men to tell Moore they would go through their. plans. Officers Alert When the kidnaping occurred, both State and Federal officers were on the scene. W. T. Rawleigh, head of the company, was next on the list for kidnaping and whose ransom amount would have been $100,000. Trevilliam said he was seized as he entered his auto, by two men with drawn guns. - e — TRUCK LOADS OF BEER SENT INTO MICHIGAN {Brew Becomes Legal on Thursday Night—Gang- sters Are Watched DETROT, Mich, May 9.—Beer by the truckload lots moved into Michigan Monday to be held for consumption when the beverage be- |comes legal at 6 o'clock next Thurs- day night. | Meanwhile officials are investi- |gating reports that gangsters, fi- [nanced by the Chicago Capone |gang, are attempting to gain con- |trol of Detroit’s legal brewing dis- tributing business. | Officials said only breweries free |from suspicion of gang influence, will be licensed. el O | Securities Control Bill in Conference; Slight Differences WASHINGTON, May 9. — The | far-reaching securities control bill, | designed to protect investors from | fraudulent issues, has been pass- ed by the Senate and now goes , to a conference between Senate and House committees on slight differences. It is expected the bill | will be sent to President Roosevelt | by nightfall * R et About 300 grooms are required |during the racing season at the Lexington, Ky., track,