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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. XLIL, NO. 6350. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1933. ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE - g sd D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY —— 'NEW STEP FOR PROSPERITY IS TAKEN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * & * * * * * * * * * * - PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT ACTION TODAY PROTESTS MADE T0 INCREASING TAX ON INCOMES Regular Revolt Takes Place in-Both Houses of Congress Today BLOC OPPOSITION STIRS THINGS UP Speeches Are Made De- manding Resignation Public Officials ASHINGTON, May 26.—A Con- | r 1 revolt against imposing| gnires told the police the fight|At0rs investigating the House of higher income taxes when some| q.iteqd when an attempt was|Morgan debated today whether to of the country's wealthier men| .s. to steal $125 from Ca '“(’ik': the public know how ths power- have been paying none, \mpenl:d‘lPon; who was also cut and bruised, | ful firm, to whose door came| the Roosevelt public works pro- During the brawl Shires was governments asking for help, is gram and spurred hasty plUggINg|niy over the head with a chair|controlled. 3w Dok Sodey: by another woman at the “party.”| The Senate Investigating Com- T ations of the Morgan| ~ RS R mittee had the facts in a copy ry, cially showing thati of a partnership contract sub-| organ and his partners in the | mitted by the Morgan Company have paid no income tax yfor the Senators’ private informa- uring two of the hardest years tion. of depression, resulted in a pouring tream of protests from “back " upon Congress already up in air over the revelations. At Higher Tension This pressure reached the high- tensity in the House today which had up for passage before AUfEl the ‘public ‘works and in- jal control bill carrying the ; and highly onerous schedule of high income taxes. e tax protest mingled with bloc opposition to suspending anti-trust laws necessary to| industrial program for com-| ions to boost prices, cut pro- duction and raise wages, promises the measure the stiffest opposi- tion yet faced by the Roosevelt Bill. Confident of Victory Party leaders have to work the! hardest but they are confident| of victory after hastily deciding to amend the bill to prevent hold- ers of securities, such as the Mor- gan partners, from carrying over part of the years' losses to cancel income tax they would otherwise pay the next year. This has been the system so far until last year, that they could carry over such losses for two years. ! The passage of the Glass Banking Bill, accomplished yesterday after- noon by the Senate, strips thej Morgan and Company of much of: its power by the tight limits put |y ur on private banking houses. In both Houses today there were bursts of speeches demanding the resignation of Secretary of Treas- ury Woodin and also Special Am- bassador Norman H. Davis, Ameri- ca's representative at the disarma- ment conference in Geneva and who is to represent this govern- ment at the London economic conference. The resignation Dean Acheson, new Assistant Sec- retary of Treasury, is also demand- ed | The names of Woodin, Davis!| and Acheson are among hundreds|pr. vester, National Biscuit. of others om the Morgan favored Attem pt to MORGANSECRETS ~ Rob Starts INOW IN HANDS Tough Fight;[]l: GDWITTEE Two Baseban——Players. In- cluding the Great Art Partne rship Contract Sub- Shires, Mess Up Party May 26— mitted to Senate Investigators CONTENTS MAY BE ISSUED TO PUBLIC| |List of Depositors in Pow- LOUISVILLE, Ky, thur, the Great, Shires, and nmy Adair, American Associa- tion baseball players, are among five persons charged with malicious assault after a fight in which Jack Beacon received a fracture of th right leg. I 5 4 Shires and Robert Armstrong erful Fmanc]al Flrm another of the five, were cut and| bruised and were treated at a| Also Sought hospital, then ordered to report WASHINGTON, May 26—Sen- to the police. Secret Session | Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former A secret session was called this she assumed her duties as director. £0 SOARING TO HIGHER LEVELS Last Minute !;uying Rush’ Results Today—Alas- | ka Juneau Up |the Morgan partners to the Mor- secretary of the treasury, back at micening 6 dacias Whether fo- wake cent illness. (Associated Press P! this contract. The investigators are also seek-| Makes Decision Late this afternoon the Commit- tee decided to withhold from the public the list of debts owned by NEW MINT CHIEF TAKES CHARGE The first woman to guide the operations of the United States mint, governor of Wyoming, is shown as At left is William H. Woodin, work for the first time after a re- hoto) CONVICTED OF 'RESORT TO NEW - TRADE TACTICS Official Quarters Announce Roosevelt WASHINGTON, May 26. President Franklin D. Roose- AMERlCA WILL ' United States Going Off Gold Standard by Statute; Makes Decision due the United States in any legal meney. | velt has decided the United] Chairman Steagall late this States should go off the Gold afternoon introduced the ‘ Contemplated Standard by statute. iresolutinn in' the House. e The President has request-| The President, in talking ‘MOVE WILL HINGE led Chairman Steagall, of the’to the newsmen concerning | ON 2 CONFERENCES House Banking ('nmmiltee,‘the resolution, said: “I give " PR o {to introduce a resolution it as my humble judgment Nationalistic Feelings May which would accomplish this|that this bill marks the final Arise Both at London | purpose. | definite and determinate step and Geneva | A copy of the resolution|that will bring a revival in vas shown the newsmen in|business restoration, prosper- | which the President declares!ity and happiness to the Am- the United States is off the|erican people. This bill frees Gold Standard by statute. |us from the obstacles and The resolution repeals the|handicaps of the Gold Stand- Gold Standard Act and adds,|ard.” {under the resolution, that no| Chairman Steagall declared "lwnds and no obligations of | the resolution, or bill, is part i Program Is Already WASHINGTON, May 26— The United States Government, caid official quarters last night, will be armed for an economic war if the International efforts | at world economic conference fail to achieve lowered trade barriers. At the same time officials ;,"a‘::;:s:;:m‘c"’"gfln;:s'm’";‘:';‘ |the Federal Government and| of the President’s emergency ious parts of the world should |10 obligations of any form|relief program. The House lessen prospects of success, ‘>would have to be paid in gold| Chairman termed it one of not only in London but also |op gold currency, upon enact-|the greatest steps toward the arms reduction confernece |ment of this measure. stabilizing money in the Unit- ing a list of those who have smn-i ' ‘ ;ricials said definitely, though prl-l 000 or more on deposits in the| L L E BRUGK |vately, that the United States is Morgan Bank. L] | | H putting itself in a position to em- MODERATOR OF NEW YORK, May 26—Led by gan Compnay but no agreement PRESBYTERIANS MANSLAUGHTER .. in Geneva. i Although hopeful that such a' course will not be necessary, of- lbark on a policy of comparative {commercial independence with the| {rest of the world and work out a more self contained national econ- efforts of International ALASKA FURS a number of specialties, with gains has been reached on the question | greater part | phove > . « of i 1ouse, American Can, National Dis- gation recessed until next Wednes- of one to around nine or more of publishing the partnership ar- points, stocks today leaped to a,vucles under which the firm operat- new high level for the year with es. The list of individuals having a last minute buying rush enabling imore than $100,000 on deposit with most of the favorites to record the the firm will be made available to best prices of the day. ‘;Lhe committee. The question of The late upturn is attributed publication will be decided later. largely to the proposal to repeal| Plain clothesmen today guarded the Gold Standard Act. i Morgan. The close of the market was| New Revelations strong. | George Howard, President of the ‘Homestake rose to more than|Utilities holding organization of $17 a share to around $217 a share. the United Corporation, testified Alaska Juneau and Dome Mines the corporation acquired the util- gained $2 each. !ities stocks from the Morgan firm Market Domination The market was dominated a market of the session by Further Revelations such issues as Homestake, New| Besides stating his United Cor- York and Harlem Ralway, up poration was controlled by Morgan about 20, and gains in a few farm and Company, and the United was and liquor stocks running as high | affiliated with companies doing as nine points. Until the last half 22 percent of the electric and gas many leaders were fairly output business in the Nation, firm. |Howard said the United received Case was the outstanding per- from Morgan and Company various former of the agriculture group utilities concerns in the boom days finishing about nine up. |at $12,000,000 less than market Industrial Alcohol led the wet value. group with a four point gain. Howard said the banking house, Other Issues Up |in consideration for- this had ob- Others up two to around four tained dominance over the United points included American Tele- Corporation affairs. and Telegraph, Westing-| Late this afternoon the investi- price. tillers, Dupont, Johns-Manville, day. Crowk Cork, American Cigar, Gen- | eral American Tank Car, South Porto Rico Sugar, International LOCAL MAN ARRESTED AT KETCHIKAN; TO BE Many Other shares d d lists of men sold stocks below ‘heffractionally to one point i,v?n"gfe_’BROUGHT HERE SOON public price. Davis also borrowed from the Morgan House. Dan Carlson, former local resi- CLOSING PRICES TODAY | and it also stood pat on the new| s enjean Power and Light 8%, {in 1929 at $12,000,000 less than the | | Has Ended in Seattle with Jury Verdict ficant—Fundament- alists Lose Out | COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26.—Dr ;J:;l\n McDowell, of New York, wa SEATTLE, May 26. — Earl E. Brock, of Spokane, Wash., has |elected Moderator of the Presby- b {terian Church of the United States,Peen convicted by a Superior Court “or America yesterday afternoon jury of manslaughter and first | succeeding Dr. Charl William degree assault for fatally shooting |Kerr, of Tulsa, Cklahoma. |Isaac Smith, aged 40 years, and The election is considered signi-| the wounding of Miss Aurelia | ficant because it brought defeat Stachowski, in a hotel room here in the first test of strength of a month ago. {the militant extreme Fundament-| Miss Stachowski testified = she |alist group in the church. worked for Brock for several years | in Spokane and later opened a parlor with his aid. She beauty sald she later left Spokane and he pursued INDIAN BOARD her, both and Alaska and sought a recon- The woman said she returned here, Brock located her and they had a quarrel, terminating in the hooting, in which Smith was an innocent party. . BYROOSEVELT - |Governmental Reorganiza- Monday. tion Program Begin- ning to Work | WASHINGTON, May 26. — Board of Indian Commission {created more than 50 years {to act in an advisory capaci Bureau, was sentenced next —r———— WINN GODDARD AND SON LEAVE ON ESTEBETH TO VISIT MRS. F. L. GODDARD ,' To visit his mother, Mrs. F. L. Goddard at the Goddard Hot (the Indian labolished yesterday by President SPrings, E. M. Goddard accompan- |Roosevelt as part of the gov ied by his son, Jack, left on the mental reorganization program motorship Estebeth last evening. The order becomes effective Mrs. E. M. ‘Goddard has been visit- :r‘ne Adrq:mstratlon_appeared Te- | NEW YORK, May 26, — Closing, dent, was arrested yesterday at o, days unless two thirds of each ing @t the springs for several solved to ride out this Hide, deter- | quoation of Alasks Juneau mine Kelchikan oo & telegraphic war-ly T ongress disapprove weeks ined to keep its valued officials i i i is sing hil se O sapproves apid . ¥ [stock today is 18, American Can 63, rant r;"':‘fi;’}‘:;;“é’flg‘:”";fi sl The Board of ten served w Mr. Goddard will return to igh income taxes to finance the| v, & 3 i.|Oul renumeration other than Juneau in a week or ten days and gD, ko | Anaconda 13%, Calumet and Hec- held by United States Commis-|,onee e guties of the Board Jack will remain with his grand- three billion dollar public works| issue, joil Continental sioner W. C. Arnold without bail. la 5%, Chrysler 22%, " Gencral! Carlson will remain in 12%, Fox Films 3, AMERICAN LEG‘ON TO [35"(‘. Kennecott 17%, Packard he will be returned here in custody HANDLE FOURTH OF |United States Steel 51%, JULY CELEBRATION In response to a request by the' Juneau Chamber of Commerce, (hem Steel 27%. Motors 4%, Standard Brands 20%,!of Deputy Marshal George dJones. Timken | He will be given a preliminary Roller 25, Armour A 5%, {Sey in the local { Commissioner’s Court. B e e JIEADS [;IVE_N LEE ROX WITHDRAWS of the American Legion, will handle of July Celebration this year, was announced by the committee.| To make arrangements, the com- mittee will meet at the Dugout on| Monday, May 29 at 8 o'clock in the evening. the arrangements for the Fourth| PRISUN TER it | |- i ! BID; E. J. COWLING | Upon the withdrawal of his bid by Lee Rox and Company, the city contract for the construction WASHINGTON, May 26.—Gaston B. Means and Norman Whitaker jail at! {Motors 25, International Havester | Ketchikan until next week when Bethle- | examination before Judge Charles viea swst Week Better than for Any RECEIVES CONTRACT |have been transferred to the D¢ | partment of the Interior mother during the cation. summer va- Trade and Business This Wgek During Past 3 Years NEW YORK, May and business this week, “Reports of steadily employment continue increasing to be re- Dun-Bradstreet Review today ceived from the centers devoted ;shown. a more consistent impro to the production of steel and jment than any wesk .during allied products. |last three years. “Autos, textiles, rubber goods {Election Re;_z;l:lcd as Signi- Case with _Aiaska Angle"xr to Calilornm" Hitler's representatives at the were today sentenced to two years of new cement sidewalks on Fifth | “The rise in general busines Five hundred dollars have been each in prison following their con- appropriated by the Chamber of viction several days ago of conspir- Commerce to be used for the cele- acy to defraud Mrs. Evalyn Walsh bration and will be turned ower McLean out of $35000 in connec- to the Executive committee of tion with Lindbergh baby kidnap the Legion, hoax, J |Street from Main to Seward Street and on Seward from Fifth to kFourm Street, was awarded to E.|appears to be fortifi=d adeq: {J. Cowling, the next lowest bidder,|to withstand the usual seas | yesterday, it was announced bylreoessions of the summer month lcity clerk, A. W, Henning mdsy.J ys the review. been lifted to a level sufficien high to reveal its stability shoes, leather and lumber of course | are leading and indices are indi- i |cative of a quicker tempo of in- dustrial activity which has now become too accentuated to be at- tributed merely to a seasonal rise the review concludes, The legislative machinery under which this will be brought about, necessary will include a farm bill and industrial bill plus tariff) powers which the President is expected to receive shortly. All |have a bearing on the loos'cnin;q‘, for restricting of trade activities,| HITLERITES CAUSE RIOT INNEW YORK | NEW YORK, May 26—Rioting broke out late yesterday on a pier lin connection with the arrival of | forthcoming Chicago World Fair. Anti-Hitlerites, composed of sev- leral thousand men and women, be- |came enraged when the Germans | were transferred from a liner to a Itug and brought to the Battery. The Manhattan police had to {level guns at the crowd before it quieted down. Several persons were (arrested. | The Anti-Hitlerites displayed banners condemning the “Nazi murder-terror regime” in connec- tion with the treatment of the | | ONE-EYED COL. MUECEK, CUBAN REVOLT LEADER HAVANA, Cuba, May 26.—Col. |Charles Muecke, more than 60 | years of age, blind in one eye, |a hard bitten campaigner of guer- |illa warfare days, who fought for {Cuban Independence from Spain |before the Spanish-American War, Ihas been identified as the leader of |the present rebellion against Pres |dent Machado, according to a dis- | patch received here from Camp- |aguey. | The dispatch said six rebels sur- {rendered to the Federals and as- serted they were members of fight- Jews. | | ing outfits jointly commanded by |Col. Muecke and Ismael Sanchez,| | cuban. The rebels have been operating The President also said it would be possible for foreign ed States and all legal money to meet obligation that have been payable in gold. debtors to pay the war debts SENATE PASSES GLASS BANKING { ARE SNAPPED | UP BY BUYERS BILL THURSDAY Prices at Monthly Auction:Measure to Be Returned to 10 to 25 Per Cent Higher than Last TACOMA, Wash.,, May 26—Buy- ers snapped up everything offered in Alaska furs at the auction sale here and at prices 10 to 25 percent higher than paid last month. The sale netter $38,000 the larg- est monthly sale in three years. Buyers said manufacturers in the market are anticipating a sharp upturn in fall business. Muskrats, beavers, marten, mink, lynx, cross fox and red fox furs were quickly taken. — - — MIGRATION OF SEAL HEAVIEST IN MANY YEARS The seal migration this Spring off the coast of Baranof Island has been the largest in recent record, according to advices re- ceived by Capt. M. J. O’'Connor, Assistant Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The mammals are still passing off- shore in large numbers. One boat containing Indian hunters, five in number, is operat- ing out of Sitka. So far 22 seals killed by them have been authen- ticated, it was reported today by Special Wardéen W. R. Garster, who arrived last night on the patrol vessel Widgeon, Capt. Clyde I. Dell. Other hoats may start out with hunting parties shortly. The mi- House to Harmonize Differences WASHINGTON, May 26. — The Senate passed the Glass Banking Bill late yesterday afternoon. In addition to providing a gen- eral revision of the bank lews to safeguard the public, the bill carries provisions for both emer- gency and permanent insurance in deposits and calls for the severance of banking and investment busi- nesses. The bill was sent to the House where several points of difference will be harmonized. A similar measure passed the House last Tuesday. —_—e—— KARNES LEAVES FOR KETCHIKAN T0 SPEND WEEK To meet, with the School Boards of Ketchikan and Charcoal Point at a joint session to be held by them next Monday afternoon, An- thony J. Karnes, Commissioner of Education, will leave here tomorrow or Sunday, it was announced today. He expects to be absent about & week. A movement is on foot to con- solidate the Ketchikan and Char- coal Point public schools. Efforts to reach a satisfactory agreement on the terms of consolidation so far have been unsuccessful. Mr. Karnes was asked by both gration northward usually ends Boards to assist them in the mat- about the middle of June. HUNUNg| 0.~ ge said the consolidation was operations last until well along for the best interests of both toward the end of the run schools and expressed his con- The Widgeon was dispatched t0-| siqence that a solution to the day to Taku Harbor to destroy a beaver dam erected across the mouth of a salmon spawning stream there. Frank and George Bach were taken out to dynamite the obstruction. Two years ago a dam was destroyed in the same lo- cation. Monday the Widgeon will pro- ‘,ceed to upper Lynn Canal to place laround Campaguey Province. el February exports of leather from, the United States were valued at $841,535, an increase of $73,500 over | January, ‘ markers at the mouths of salmon spawning streams, designating the area closed around each. It will return to Sitka sometime next | week | difficulties so far preventing an agreement would be reached. - eee — — EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY PERFORMED ON BABY DAY An emergency appendix opera- tion was performed on little Har- riet Day, two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Day at St. Ann's Hospital last evening. The baby is in a ecritical ‘condition today according to Dr. JH- C. DeVighne,