The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 29, 1933, Page 1

b | 3 { ] 1 B ) Po— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ! “ALL THE NEWS VOL. XLIL, NO. 6379. ALL THE TIME” e L ; By 'CRISIS REACHED, ALASKA T0 GET MORE TOURISTS, STATES HOOPER Predicts Ne;v——Era of Tour- ist Travel Northward Based on Low Rates Real delvelopment of the Alaska! tourist business through a combi- nation of agencies, including tour-| s themselves, transportation in- and Governmental agencies, was predicted to the Chamber of Commerce today by John A. Hoop- er, sr., President General of American and Canadian | Tourist Societies, guest of the local organization at today's meeting and here for a week's stay with Mrs. Hooper. He predicted that $40 round trip rates between Seattle and South-| east Alaska for early and late sea- son travel, and $50 maximum rates' for the seasonal peak months, July and August, would be put into op- eration by the Alaska Steamship Company under its new Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager, pos- sibly next year. Others Address Chamber N. Lester Troast, architect of the | Alaska division of the Office of Indian Affairs, and Leroy F. Jack- son, of Wrangell Institute, newest and latest of the institutions of that bureau, told the Chamber| something of the activities of that organization. These talks were preceded by the usual business meeting in which the Chamber adopted a report from the Executive Board endorsing the by Gov. John W. Troy, particularly the Gastineau Channel bridge proj- | Governor has forwarded the list velt on the ‘deck of the vacation! At t0 ‘Delegate Dimond, -the~Chamber was advised. The Chamber also called on its merchant members and others to co-operate with the American Le-, gion in decorating for the Fourth of July celebration. It followed ali suggestion from the Delegate to| wire United States Forester, Maj. R. Y. Stuart and the Secretary of Agriculture urging the xmportnnce;pmwst by the Gérman representa-| of alloting emergency forest high- way funds to Alaska to give work to unemployed. i Seek Mining Co-Operation Advised that present plans call; for discontinuation of co-operative mining investigations in Alaska by the United States Geological Sur-| vey, the Chamber today approved the action of the Territorial Cham- | ber in wiring the United States Bureau of Mines to take over '.hat‘ work in conjunction with its other Alaska activities. Territorial funds for the work are contingent upon Federal participation and if that is) not forthcoming, they cannot be ! expended, it is understood. The". Territorial Chamber wired as follows: ‘Information received here thab, Geological Survey has withdrawn \from cooperation -with Territory off Alaska in conductmg, mining invesbigations and mine in- spection wmctz leaves Territory without those services as use of Territorial cooperative funds con- tingent upos: cooperation of a fed- eral department. We consider“ closing Alaska mining office a ser- jous Ttetrogressive step and hin- drance to recovery and progress of , our mining industry. On behalf of member chambers throughout Al-, aska we urge ‘upon your bureau to arrange to cooperate with Territory in work of mining investigations atl least until Legislature convenes again in March, 1935. ' Your eoop-’ eration is only means of pwvent-\ ing discontinuance of this work | during that period, and we, there- | fore, urge you ;;ive matter very serious consideration.” ¥ The Chamber today wired the| Secretary of Commerce along sim- r lines. na‘Delegaw Dimopd =ao also ad- vised of the action and asked to do everything possible to assist. Sub-Post Office Threatencd Informed today that the local sub-post office service was slated to be expended on July 1, under the stress of economy measures, the Chamber today authmjlzed the Legislative Committee to wire Post- al authorities and urge the exclu- sion of Alaskan sub-stations from the general order. It was pointed out that the expense sO far as Ju- neau is conoerned is merely nomi- 1. : mCfiinctdenc with the publication o license fees for automobile traf- fic over Richardson Highway, Sec- retary Walmsley was directed to notify the Chambers of Valdez and ,(Cant{fluei on Page Big‘ht) and Director-| Comedian Dies P NORMAN DAVIS INSTRUCTED TO RETURN, GENEVA President Roosevelt Gives Orders to Special Ambassador “FATTY” ROSCOE ARBUCKLE FOUND DEAD THIS A M. Former Screen Comedian Had Just Completed ‘Comeback’ Picture NEW YORK, June 29.—Roscoe “Fattuy” Arbuckle, aged 45, come- dian on the screen several years 1ago, was found .dead in his bed in Jhis hotel apartment this morning | where he and his wife lived. Mrs. Arbuckle awoke this morn- ing to find her husband dead, un- doubtedly as a result of an attack of the heart. Completes Picture Arbuckle has just completed a | picture yesterday in his film come- | back. Arbuckle retired last night after a party in honor of the first an- niversary of his third marriage and was apparently in good health despite recent attacks of the heart. { 0Old Case Rcvived | “Fatty” Arbuckle lost his fortune | | in defending himself at three trials in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, screen actress, in San Francisco, in 1921, following a party in Arbuckle’s hotel suite. He |was finally acquitted. Arbuckle’s guests at an afternoon drinking party in San Francisco on September 5, 1921, included Passes Away SEATTLE, June 29— |Calvert, aged 65 years, Chairman ‘of the Board of Directors of ' the |Pacific National Bank at Seattle jand President of the San Juan {Fishing and Packing Co,, died at’ 'his home early yesterday aftetn las the result of a heart M)m 'caused by indigestion. 4 | William Calvert was a pioneer !in the fishing industry on. Puget 'Sound and in Alaska, and bscamg} one of the leading factors in the {business in the northwest. Staft- ing with practically nothing, Mr. |Calvert organized the - San -Juan Fishing and Packing Company and ,built it up until today it is one of the most important fish con«| \cerns in the United States. - - | The San Juan Fishing and Pack- ing company is interested in the Peril Straits Packing company and operates a saltery and cannery at DPort San Juan, a cannery at Tutka Bay and one on Kodiak Island, in addition to handling a large portion of the halibut that is ship- ped out of Alaska. As Chairman of the Board of LAKEMAN'S BAY, Maine, June Miss Rappe, her friend, Mrs. Bam- Directors of the Pacific National 29.—Norman H. Davis, Special Am- bina, Maud Delmont, Z2y Prevost, Bank in Seattle, Mr. Calvert had bassador to Europe, is today under Alice Blake, show girls; Lowell devoted the larger part of his time orders to return to Geneva and Sherman, film actor, some of them for the last five years to his bank- renew ' American efforts for dis- armament toward which the Chief Europe is progressing. wearing pyjamas. At the height of the gayety, | Arbuckle followed her. Later two 1ing interests. In addition to his widow, Mr. two of whom, Lawrence and Starr, Davis presented hopeful prospects women found her writhing on a are actively interested in the San ect connecting Juneau-and Doug- for world peace and disarmament bed in a nearby room fully dressed Juan Fishing and Packing Co. las, which is on the program. 'nxe‘;ls he chatted with President Roose- and tearing at her clothes. | yacht ‘Amberjack No. 2. one of the trials, Miss Prevost |and Miss Blake - testified - Miss Starr Calvert; ‘who -came north Davis was ordered to return this Rappe cried out: T am dying. He early this week to inspect the op- conference. CONFERENCE ADJOURNS GENEVA, June 29—The World Disarmament Con/lerence has ad- journed until Ogjober 10 despite tive. The recess has amounted to a first class funeral for disarma- ment, the German representative declared, and he further said the public will be disillusioned by the adjournment. He also asserted the plans to hold private conversations between now and October 10 are i useless but this was denied by the i French representative. —w—o— PRICES GOING " UP;INCREASES - INMANY LINES Labor Department Makes " Announcement for Week Ending June 24 ‘WASHINGTON, June 29.—Com- \modity prices continue to show a steady increase, the Labor Depart- ment announced yesterday. Wholesale prices for the week ending June 24, were 65.1 as com- pared with 64.5 for the week end- ing June 17. ‘During the week ending June 24 the largest increases were noted in farm products, hides, leather pro- ducts, textiles, fuel, lighting and building materials. ———— LEAVE FRIDAY T0 HUNT FOR JIM MATTERN Expedition Hops Off from New York—Nome Will Be Party’s Base NEW YORK, June 2. — Four men, led by William Alexander, chief pilot, leave here tomorrow in a four-place airplane via Winnipeg,high, low and closing of wheat to-|sponsoring “the training of Edmonton, Whitehorse and Nome,|day was as follows: July wheat|Marble, ‘Californja .and Pac!’ to search for Jimmy Mattern, miss-{91, 87%, 90% to %; September|Coast woman's champion, and D¢ The searchers will| wheat 93%, 90%, 92% to %; De-|dicts her eventual succession ing solo flier. make Nome their base, |her out of the window.” Miss Rappe died of a ruptured ‘bladdeh STOCK MARKET TRADING TODA * VERY CAUTIOU Stabilization Activities' and Dollar Rally Causes Concern NEW YORK, June 29. — Stocks moved cautiously in the face of new currency stabilisation activities at London and coincidental with a rally of the dollar in foreign ex- changes. Some specialties advanced Sub- stantially. The close today was irregular. Wheat was higher on crop dam- age reports. | The curb was irregular except for United States Government bonds which were uniformly high- er. All bond groups were h-regullr.l Wet Groups Sobered Profit taking of ‘wet shares sob-, ered up the gorup with some size-| able recessions. Gainers of cne to about three points included Cudahy, Standard} Brands, Commercial Solvents, Cel- anese, Deere, Commercial Invests' ment, American Ice. | National Distillers was off sev-| eral points. Off one to two points were Owens| Illinois Glass, Commercial Alcohol. Off one point were Liggett My-! ers Tobacco B, Western Union, Case, United States Steel and! Bethlehem Steel. CLOSING PRICES TODAY i NEW YORK, June 29.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20, American Can 89%, American Power and Light 12%, Anaconda 16%, Bendix Avi- ation 17%, Armour B 3%, Beth- lehem Steel 40%, Calumet and Hec- la 7, Ward Baking B 4, Radio| Corporation 8%, Fox FPiums 3%, General Motors 29, International Harvester 39, Kennecott 10%, Pack- ard Motors 5%, Standard Brands 20%, United States Steel 57%, Un- fon Pacific 115, American Cyanide B 13%, Ulen Company 4%. WHEAT QUOTATIONS CHICAGO, I, June 20— The cember wheat 96%, 93, 95% to %. {the minimum wage and maxim {ning child labor during the p-| |week and push toward a general hurt me!” and that Arbuckle told erations of the San Juan Fishing lngreement at the Jong drawn out her to shut up or he would throw and Packing Co., was visiting Nick Bez at the Peril Straits Packing Co., at Todd, in which the San [Juan has an interest, when he was informed of his father’s death by 1 Wallis George, who flew to Todd in ithe seaplane Baranof immediately (upon receipt of the wire inform- dng him of Mr. Calvert’s death in . Seattle. Mr. George has been as- sociated with Mr. Calvert through business dealings for the last six- teen years. A. B. Hayes also made the trip to Todd and return. | Mr. Calvert and Mr. Bez returned to Juneau in the seaplane arriving here at 8:30 o'clock last night and jan hour later left Juneau for Ket- |chikan on the way to Seattle. | Funeral arrangements were held in abeyance awalting the arrival of Starr Calvert. LABOR FIGHTS | * TEXTILE CODE _ ~ ON2POINTS Minimum Wage for Week, Child r Are Under Assault WASHINMOTJUM 29.—The cotton textile industry is fac assaults from organized labor o work week code proposed by it ° become . a law under the Indu trial Recovery Act. It has been agreed also to m that code more stringent by b: riod of the emergency. | The code proposed gives $10 the minimum week wage of 40 hours. KEYSTONE PROBLEM WASHINGTON, June 29. — T chasm of difference between cm-| ployers and labor over wages und| working hours in the cotton te> mills provided the National ! covery Administration with a key- stone problem in its job of regula'- ing industry. Administrator Johnson volunt« ed a vehement assertion that ferent. working codes for industiics will prevafl as circumstances ¢ different. ;. el et Howard O. Kinsey, former tional doubles tennis champion the national singles crown, Pioneer in F_isfing Industry} on Sound and Alaska® [ William |- SON FLIES SOUTH ! R lon in history. At | adjourn 8miles flashed across the fac: ft Vice Pre: Picture at right sho greeted news of adjournment. (Associated Press Photos) how Speaker Ral VOLSTEAD LET OUT;SERVICES " NOT REQUIRED iAged Legal Adviser to Dry public works program worked out; Executive feels public opinion in Miss Rappe left the rooms and Calvert is survived by three sons,{ Unit Not Surprised— No Campaigning 5 ST. PAUL, Minn, June 29.—An= drew J. Volstead, author of the enforcement act bearing his name, was divorced yesterday from of- ficial connection as its Adminis- trator. ‘The 73-year-old legal adviser of the Eighth District Prohibition Ad- ministrator, was notified he will be indefinitely furloughed on July 1. Volstead said he was not sur- prised but stated he had not chang- ed his mind about Prohibition since he helped draft the Volstead Law in 1919. Volstead was recently forced !.or ease up somewhat on his hard code work because of heart trouble and for that reason he said he would not participate in a cam- paign against Prohibition repeal in Minnesota which will vote on the proposal on September 12. — e Millions Asked For Flood Control, Rivers, Harbors WASHINGTON, June 29.— The Army yesterday asked for $387,000,000 for flood control and rivers and harbors pro- gram from the public construc- tion fund. Details, at the request of the War Department, were with- held. Chamber of Commerce ‘nds Half-Year With Balance of $829 {® The Chamber of Com- merce ended its first six %months of this year with a cash balance of $820.42, ac- cording to the semi-annual financial statement made to- day by G.-H. Walmsley, Sec- retary-Treasurer. Tts total expenditures up to date amounted to $2,037.72. This includes all major programmed items, such as Fourth. of July funds, Fire Depdrtment, Boy Scouts, City Band and Girl Scouts contributions. The Chamber has a paid- up membership of 150, and outstanding members num- bering 29, Its luncheon at- tendance for the six months ending last week totaled 1,057. In addition to these, there were 129 visitors ex- clusive of Territorial Legis- lators during the session last spring. During the pe- riod 668 letters asking for information - were received and answered by the Cham- ber. - 2900900909000 2 i nt Garner is lhgwn talking to newspapermen just before congre ney (second from left) and his colleagues in the The engagement of Charles Breasted, son of James H. Breasted, University of Chicago archeologist, and Martha Munro Ferguson, daughter of Mrs, Isabella Greenway, democratic national woman from Apfizona, was announced in the White Hou: "~ ARIZONA HEIRESS WILL MARRY ommittee. by Mrs. | Franklin D. Roosevelt. The couple will be married in Lordsburg, N, M. (Associated Press Photo) ALL MOTOR CAR TRAFFIC TAXED OVER HIGHWAY [Fees Range from $5 to I $175 Per Year Over | Richardson Highway | —(Special Correspondence) — No| | type of automobile using the Rich- ardson Highway 15 to escape the payment of a tgll, or as the more delicate phrase has it, a “license| fee.” The regulations . covering traffic jon the highway were issued this week by the Secretary of the In- terior. Tolls are to range from five |dollars for a pleasure car to a max- | imum of $175 for other classes of vehicles, l No One Escapes | If a motorist takes a pleasure ride of a mile out from Valdez or |Fairbanks once during the season, he is just as liable to payment o[J |the five dollar fee as the person | who uses the road constantly. | The regulations now issued were | promulgated in substantially their present form by former Secretary of the Interior Wilbur and their rates decided upon by him are the same, or nearly so, as those now going into effect. Rates Are Listed As previously announced, motor | vehicles are divided into three classes. They are: A. All motor vehicles not listed {in Classes B or C below. B. All motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire. | | €. All motor vehicles used’ in the transportation of merchandise or freight. Tolls are to be fixed annually. Those decided upon for 1933 are: Class A.—$5.00. Class B.—Five passengers or less capacity, $100.00. o Over five-passenger, up to and L WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.a dor including seven-passenger capac- ity, $125.00. Over seven-passenger, but less than 15-passenger capacity, $175.00. Class C—Up to 7,000 pounds gross load, $100.00. Over 7,000 pounds, up. to 10,000 pounds gross load, $150.00. Operating s Class B up to 7,000 pounds gross load, minimum Class B charge, plus, $100.00. Fix Registration Fee In addition to these license fees, it is required that the applicant pay a fee of one dollar when reg- istering. Distinguishing windshield stickers e to be issued for cars in Classes B and C. As stated before Delegate Dimond interposed numerous objections, both verbally and in written form, to any toll system whatsoever. From the first he sensed that it was a losing fight but he continued to carry his protests to the secre- tary. These regulations were drawn up at the direction of former Sec- retary Wilbur. As a matter of fact, the only change mad; by Secretary Ickes was the addition of a toll for pleasure cars. Dimond Protests Futile Delegate Dimond’s last commun- ication with the Secretary on this subject was a lengthy letter in which he dissented .with vigor from. the theory that: tglls of any kind. should be applied. So that his position may be made entirgly clear, short quotations from his letter are printed below: “The imposition of fees or tolls the use of the Richardson Highway runs counter to the gen- eral tradition and plan of federal highway aid. One of the require- ments of the federal highway aid act is that no tolls shall be im- posed for the use of roads built partly or wholly by federal funds. It is difficult to understand why this plan should be abandoned in Alagin, ‘X0 N Is False View It has been argued too, that the |Richardson Highway parallels the {Alaska Railroad and. therefore| there is competition between twa " (Continued on Page Three) THREATS MADE BY GOLD BLOG TO WALK OUT Ultimatum Is Served by Four Nations at Econ- omic Session || POSITIVE DEMAND IS GIVEN M’DONALD American Delegation Also Faces Serious Dilemma Now LONDON, June 29. — Re- sponsibility for finding a way out of the new currency stab- ‘ilization crisis developed at | the World Economic Confer- 'ieyce was this afternoon plac- i ed on Washington’s doorsteps lin an attempt to offset the {threat by the gold bloc of i quitting the conference if currencies are not stabilized. | The British compromise plan has been chucked overboard. From Washington, late this Iaftemoon, came word from Under Secretary of Treasury Dean Achesen who asserted {no action is being considered regarding stabilization. LONDON, June 30—The World Economic Conference faced anoth- er grave crisis today precipitated by the threat of several members of the gold bloc they will quit un- Jess there. is currency stabiliza- tlon in the near future. The ultimatum was couched in courteous terms to that effect and presented to British Premier Ram- say MacDonald by France, Switz- erland, Holland and Belgium. The ultimatum demands that Great Britain act immediately. Deélegates Uneasy There is" & calm of uneasiness over the situation in high quar- ters interpreted as a move to force Great Britain to render active aid and present currency fluctuations and also to obviate the possibility of the gold countries being forced off the gold standard. No indication is shown as to whether the Americans will con- sider any fresh scheme of stabil- ization. U. §. Dilemma g In the meantime, the United States delegates are faced with a serious dilemma, an effort to save the domestic policy from collision with the foreign situation. The Americans have also been warned that a further drop in the dollar will dislodge other cur- rencies from gold which might also have an adverse repercussion likely te bring a quick rise of the dollar, 60LD CLAUSE OF PITTMAN IS APPROVED Resolutions Given Commit- tee O. K., at Lon- don Conference LONDON, June 29.—United States Senator Key Pittman's gold resolution, first approved by the subcommittee of the Monetary Commission, has been approved by the Commission’s gold committee but the silver section is separated and has been sent to another com- mittee. ‘The gold clause provides for ul- timate stabilization and return of gold when feasible, withdrawal of gold from internal circulation and lower legal coverage of central banks to 25 percent. CAPT. HINCKLEY ON GAME COM. ! SEATTLE, June 29.—Capt. H. D. Hinckley, Coast Guard Commander, has been appointed a member of the State Game Commission. He succeeds Ben Paris who recently re- signed, 41 B