The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6344, TWELVE PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY GERMANY ACCEPTS DISARMAMENT PLAN ‘FRANCE WILL MAINTAIN PRESENT ARMED 4 bl 3 FURTHER CUT, WAR EXPENSES IS REJECTED French Premisr8lies Tn-| direct Reply to Hit- ler’s Proposals STATEMENT MADE TODAY IN SENATE Squelches fi of Confer- ence Between Dala- dier, Chancellor PARIS, May 19.—Mainte- nance of a strong army is the French reply to Adolf Hitler. Premier Edouard Daladier categorically rejected a furth- er cut in the war expenses in a statement made today in the French Senate. The French Premier said the army must be kept strong. This firm stand squelched talk of a meeting between the Premier and Chancellor Hitler. “I affirm we must have confidence in our army and I affirm our national defense is assured,” said the Premier. Last night it was reported that a direct and personal discussion between the French Premier and the German Chancellor was being urged as a means of a settlement of the disarmament question. Al- though official confirmation was lacking, it was claimed, according to gossip in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies, that such a meeting was in prospect. e EXCURSIONS BY AIR ARE “ON SATURDAY Special Reduced Rates Will Again Be Offered Ju- neau Residents Tomorrow afternoon and even- ing the Alaska Southern Airways will offer another special reduced rate tour, giving Juneau residents an opportunity to see the vicinity by air. travelers this district offers one of the most beautiful scenic trips to be found in any place in the world. The trips tomorrow will - give air excursionists the opportunity of secing Gastineua Channel, Men- denhall Glacier, Mount Juneau, Mount Roberts, - the various Islands, bays, and surrounding country af- fording an entirely different pers- pective of the country than is possible to obtain from the ground. A. B. Hayes, manager for the airways, suggests that the pleasure of the trip may be enhanced by groups of friends making reserva- tions for the trip together, five or six or less to the group. Special attention will be given children who make the trip, ae- cording to Mr. Hayes. Adjournment of Congress Is Now Indicated WASHINGTON, May 19— Chieftains assured President Roosevelt today that the House will be ready to adjourn May 21 The Senate outlook is prom- ising and it is said adjourn- ment will be taken mnot later than June 10. — - About one million tourists visited France in 1932, CCLUMBUS, Ohio, May 19. Couples will have to give a min- ister thres days’ notice before they | can be wed in the Presbyterian | Church under a new chapter to be | Presbyterians to Make It Hard to Get Married |at the General Assembly meeting read into the church’s statutes here next week. The purpose of the new ruling is to avoid “ill-considered” un- ions, the chapter explains. STOCK MARKET AGAIN DRIFTS; DILS ADVANCE Close Today Is Ilrregulari with Transfers Total- | ing Three Million NEW YORK, May 19.—Stocks mulled about today over circuit- ious routes with some groups, not- ably oils, displaying moderate strength while others, lacking sup- port, drifted to moderately lower levels. The close was irregular with transfers totaling 3,000,000 Petroleum stocks moved up, ap- parently in belief that Federal regu- lation is imminent and probability | that a Dbill be introduced to this effect. The Stock Exchange re- ceived advices of an anticipated message being prepared now by President Roosevelt regarding the oil industry regulation. 4 Followars of rails were uncer- tain in their trading today al- though there was no pressure brought against the group. Oils were wup fractionally to around two points but gainhs were | pared during the last hour. | Most of the commodity issues iwere slightly lower under realizing. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, May 19.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau minz stock today is 14%, American Can 81%, American Power: and « Light %, Anaconda 127%, Bethlehem Steel 257%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, International Harvester 33, Kennécott 17%, Chrysler 24, Pack- ard Motors 4%, Continental 0Oil} 12%, Standard Brands 18, United) States Sbeel 47'%, Timken Roller 22%, Armour A. 5%, Armour B. 3%, Fox Films 3, General Motors 22%. - — i VETS AND ELKS CLASH TONIGHT {Manning and Nello Expect-| ed to Be Opposing | Moundsmen Unless weather conditions get worse, the scheduled City League game between the American Leg- ion, current league Jeaders, and the Elks, tail-enders, will be play- ed this evening at City Park. The game is slated to start at 6:30 o’clock. Jimmy Manning, star Vet hurler, is expected to be on ‘the mound with Boyd receiving. Joe Nello, who is dividing the pitching bur- den for the Elks with Claud Er- skine this season, ,‘prubably will oppose Manning with Blake re- celving. The Vets have a full game lead over the Elks in the standings. If the latter win tonight, it will tie the count for all three clubs, as the Vets are only one-half game ahead of the Moose and the latter has the -same margin on the Bills. Bob Jernberg, who has been roaming left field for the Vets this Spring, was released yesterday by Manager George Worth. He was promptly transferred to the Elks and will appear in that club’s uniform tonight for-the first time. —r— Soviet Government Will Participate, | Economic Conference MOSCOW, May 19.—The Soviet Government will accept the invi- tation to participate in the London Economic Conference. A formal an- BIG FISH TRAP IN FALSE PASS IS ELIMINATED Bell Closes Several Other! Traps and Makes Other Regulatory Changes Supplemental regulations issued yesterday by Frank T. Bell, Com- missioner of Fisheries, wiped out several trap locations, changed her- ring weekly closed seasons in sev- eral areas and liberalized gear di- mensions in Prince Willlam Sound, it was announced today from lo- cal headquarters of the Bureau of | Fisheries by Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent. One of the traps eliminated was the P. E. Harris trap in East An- chor Cove, False Pass, which was the cause of sharp criticism of the bureau by the Alaska Legislature| recently. Another was a trap op-| ened last winter on Shelter Island for Libby, McNeill & Libby: Other traps closed included: One on Korovin Island owned by E. A. Sims, pioneer Washington State fisherman; one owned by J. E. Carlson on Long Island, and two others in the same district, ‘and one in the Kodiak District. In the Alaska Peninsula, Aleu- tlan Islands, Chignik, Kodiak and Prince William Sound districts the weekly closed season was changed to read from 6 am. Saturday to 6 pm. Sunday, instead of from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Mon- day. The herring season in the Kodiak and Prince Willlam Sound areas will open June 15, instead of | July 1. Three changes were made in the | salmon fishing regulations. In the Chignik district the old require- ment for set or gill nets to be an- chored in a straight line was| amended to permit the use of a 12- foot hook on these types of gear. In the Copper River and Bering | River areas, the use of 200 fathom | red salmon gill nets instead of 175 fathoms and 100 fathom king sal- mon gilt nets instead of 75 was| authorized. In North Prince of Wales Island area, commercial fishing will be permitted during the open season between Point Alexander and Pro- lewey Point, except within 500 yards of salmon spawning streams. A H.BIGES IS KILLED; FALLS FROM WINDOW Former Gold Rusher Meets Accidental Death in Seattle l SEATTLE, May 19.—A. H. Biggs, aged 73 years, former Alaskan dur- ing the early gold rush days, fell from the fourth story winodw of a hospital here to his death a short time after being admitted as a heart case. A. H. Biggs, mentioned above, is believed to have been in Dawson in the early days. He was associat- ed there with his brother, Charles Biggs. He is no relation to the Biggs now residing in this city. - ,——— ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED WAGGONER'S ROADHOUSE| Dancing and dining may be en- joyed at Waggoner's Roadhouse tomorrow night. Music will be furnished by Krane’s orchestra and a fine time is assured. SBand- nouncement is expected soon, wiches may be secured, also beer. {one hour. This put Seattle HUGH JOHNSON SELECTED FOR HigH PoSITION Roosevelt Chooses Manu- facturer to Supervise Industry in U. S. ALMOST UNLIMITED POWERS GRANTED World W: Industries Board Member Named for Important Work WASHINGTON, May 19.—(Copy- right 1933 by Associated Press)— President Roosevelt has chosen Hugh 8. Johnson, soldier, lawyer and manufacturer, to administer the almost unlimited powers over industry conferred upon the Gov- ernment in the pending industrial regulation bill. While Johnson aided in fram- ing the bill, he has not formally accepted the position yet. Johnson was a member of the old War Industries Board. He is a’ close associate of Bernard Bar- uch, Democratic leader and New York Financier. He headed the first Draft Board in the World War, - e — MOVEMENT HERE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING OPENS Petition to Be Presented Tonight to City Coun- cil Urging Change A petition, signed by many busi- ness men and other residents, will |be presented to the (City Council when it meets this evening at City Hall, asking for the initiating of daylight saving time in this city. The movement, which has been under headway here for several days, is said to be popular. The petition was being circulated today by J. B. Burford. Most, if not all, of the business houses approached signed and expressed approval of the plan. Seattle went on the system sev- eral days ago, advancing its’ clocks time two hours ahead of ‘local time instead of the normal one hour This has had some adverse effect on local business transacted with Seattle banks and other institu- tions there, it is said. | The experiment has mnot been| tried out here. Ketchikan for sev-| eral years has used the system| during the summer months and| effect again. - e is understood to have put it into| Tu WESTWAHD i | TOM MOONEY TAKEN FROM SAN QUENTIN Famed Prisoner Goes to San Francisco to Await Trial SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May ! —Tom Mooney was brought h late yesterday from San Quer prison and locked in the Cou Jail to await the start next Mon- day of the newly granted on an old idictment in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing ., MRS. O. WHEAT LEAVES HOSPITAL FOR JAIL Mrs. Orville Wheat, prisoner of the local Federal jail, left Ann's Hospital where she has been | receiving medical attention, 1« and returned to the Federal ficiency, it is only recently that Aithough Albania is training an army up to modern to establish a navy in that country. when smuggling grew to be a serious menace, Albanian Navy a a start was made The need arose The navy with its cre _:Worlci’éhsmail‘efis?Navy on Parade t present consists of two submarine chasers, one of which was used in the World War by the Italian navy. Here’s the better half of the 'w on deck, BUSINESS EXPANSION 1S SHOWN |Sustained Gains Are Indi-| cated by Weekly Trade Report NEW YORK, May 19.—Reports of further business expansion is| more numerous this week according | to the weekly report of Dun-Brad- street. Indications of sustained| | gains are also more convincing al-| though the forward movement has' | been at a slower pace. The report says business in gen- eral has assumed dimensions wider1 than seasonal and progressed (o] such a degree it is becoming an exception to find a report from any section of the country which does| not enumerate at least a few {trades in which production and distribution has risen from a point at which it stood at the beginning of the quarter. Employment in the steel, auto- | mobile, rubber and brewing indus- tries increased as much as 100 per cent during the last two months, | the reports said, while recent ad- vances in agri¢ultural products have | given ‘the farmers approximately !one billion dollars more to spend, | exclusive of the funds provided by the Farm Bill. ——.————— GAME HUNTER | | | | PASSES AWAY ) o o }Herman Koestling, of De- | troit, Dies Suddenly, ! Bound to Bering Sea ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 19.— Matt Nieminen, with a mechanic and undertaker, arrived here late | yesterday from Kodiak with the ! ‘body of Herman Koestling, Detroit, Measure for Big Project GUARDSMEN IN ' WISCONSIN ON Not S DyTY OR REA Development of Tennessee Valley Assured— Warning Given WASHINGTON, May 19.—Presi- dent Roosevelt signed the Muscle Shoals bill into a law late yes- terday as the final steps toward providing for the Tennessee River Valley development. At the same time the warned innocent investors against land speculators seeking to ex- ploit the new development program. i HARRIMAN 18 MISSING:HAS MADE ESCAPE NEW YORK, May 19.—Late this afternoon a police broad- cast alarm for Joseph Harri- man, former head of the Harri- man National Bank, was sounded. Harriman escaped - from a hospital. He is under indictment in connection with affairs of the President | bank. - e, iman for the Foreign Office JAPAN ACCEPTS PEACE APPEAL OF RODSEVELT Oriental Nation, However, Attaches Strong Reservations TOKYO, May 19.The spokes- said Michigan, business man and big acceptance by Japan, in principle, E;'a-me hunter, who died suddenly (0f the world wide peace appeal [of acute intestinal trouble one|Of President Roosevelt, is made day out of Kodiak on a motorship |Put with strong reservations likely | with Guide Charles Madsen who! was taking him to Bering Sea on a hunt for polar bear, seal and walrus. Madsen will accompany the body to Detroit. Undertaker R. C. Loud- | ermilch embalmed the body at/ Kodiak. Pilot Nieminen reported a rough urip to Kodiak, being delayed three days going by fogs. He returned jon a nonstop flight. — eee equipped for sound, 4 to be sent to Washington next week. g ‘The spokesman said Japan must call particular attention to the Far West in replying to the state- 'Troops Are Called Out to ‘ Fight Milk Strike to Finish BULLETIN-—-MADISON, Wis., | May 19.—The milk pool strike has ended and troops will be !‘ withdrawn late today. The statement was made fol- lewing a conference of those | involved with Gov. A. G. | Schmedeman. The strikers promised to ceace picketing activities and the Governor agreed to appoint a Farmer Controlled Committee | to study the problems of Agri- culture, | MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 19— | Half of Wisconsin's National Guard strength has been mobilized for a ‘flmsh fight in the milk strike. | Violence, which the authorities |charged to be from an organized 1 gang, has assumed proportions of an organized rebellion, | After a quiet morning yesterday, ! with milk flowing to the market under protection of hundreds of | Deputy Sheriffs in this section, a | successlon of sharp engagements | flared over the state in the after- noon. About half of the state’s 5,000 guardsmen are now on active duty or in armories, subject to instant : call. i Yesterday was the fifth day of | the strike. The fdrmers are ask- ing for production costs. | THREATS ARE MADE | BELOIT, Wis, May 19.—Destruc- | tion of the publishing plant of the Beloit Daily News because of the “newspaper’s attitude toward the milk strike,” is threatened in an ;anony'mous letter received by thei newspaper. The News has maintained strike should be peaceful. - e — TRUGE EXISTS - BATTLE FRONT the PEIPING, May 19.—Reports said a virtual truce exists on all fronts PROPOSALS OF GREAT BRITAIN GIVEN APPROVAL Important Announcement Is Made This After- noon at Geneva 'GERMAN DELEGATE MAKES STATEMENT 'Says Move Should Be Re- garded as Proof of Na- tion’s Moderation ' GENEVA, May 19.—Ger- {many has accepted the Brit- ish disarmament plan as a basis for an agreement to be reached by the World Dis- }armament Conference. The announcement was greeted by the delegates this afternoon with great acclaim. { The German delegate said: :“l hope this will be regarded | as new proof of German mod- eration.” CONFERENCE RESUMES GENEVA, May 19. — The isarmament Conference re- sumed today with delegates hopeful of a conciliatory for- eign policy resulting from the pronouncements made by | Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Roosevelt’s plea. It is believ- ed these will point the way to an agreement on the re- duction of arms. There is a feeling of optim- ism that the deadlock into which the conference has fallen will be broken. This feeling was aroused by Hit- ler’s announcement regarding the position to be taken by Germany: in his declaartion made Wednesday before the special session of the Reich- stag. The delegates, however, awaited from Norman H. Davis, American Ambassador- at-Large, a statement con- cerning participation in an international pact against an aggressor nation. FORMER SEN. MCUMBER 1S DEAD IN EAST Career of Nearly Forty Years in Public Life | Comes to End WASHINGTON, May ¥.—Nearly two score of years of service in | public life have ended for former | United States Senator Porter J. Mc- | Cumber, of Worth Dakota. He died late yesterday, at the age of 75 years, while at his desk. The former Senator will be re- membered chiefly as the father of the Pure Food Laws and as co-autnor of the Fordney-McCum- ber Tariff Act of 1922. He died from a stroke which he sufiered three days ago. McCumber was defeated in the ment not to send troops 4across iy North China but a plane iden- 1932 primaries by Lynn J. Fraz- another nation's frontiers. SOVIET PARTY MOSCOW, May 19.—The Soviet Government has informed Presi- dent Roosevelt it felt cerfain his arms reduction appeal has met peoples of the Soviet Union, tified as a Japanese bomber flew over this city today and drew fire of the Chinese. The plane flew away untouched. —_———.—e——— John [Pesek, Nebraska wrestler, announced he had given up his back on the mat, |ter, incumbent. He had held a Senate seat since 1899. McCumber supported Frazier in the elections |then returned to the practice of |law, | ———— The production of poultry in | b g Palestine has 19 movie houses, 16 with a warm response from the hobby of racing dogs to try a come- North Carolina will be increased in 1933, Germany, and President