The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE! “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933. TEMPERATURES DROP IN SOME SECTIONS BUT HIGH INLAND FElectrical Storms Cause Further Forest Fires— One Valley Soaked in California SAN F R A N CI8CO, Cal, Aug. 17. — Thunder crashed along the Pacific Coast today while sudden gales and down- pours of rain broke the ex- treme heat which has caused eleven deaths during thei{ week so far and temperatures have dropped. ; Electrical disturbances in- creased the forest fire men- B Oregon, all caused by light- ning. The Sacramento Valley has been soaked by the rain fall. Bisbee, Arizona, was struck by a high gale of rain and hail which tore out transcon- tinental telephone and tele- graph lines. Continued heat is expected in some inland sections. ———— & ALASKA 5OLD DESTINED FOR FOREIGN MARTS American Producers to Take Advantage of Recent Edict NEW YORK, Aug. 17—True to tradition. gold travels where profits are the greatest. Some gold from American and Alaskan mines is destined for for- eign markets. The United States, for years the most liberal buyer of gold, has been prevented by law from meet- ing the world market price. Way Cleared Only this * cleared for marketing domestic gold in foreign lands as a result of the recent edict that gold concentrates and amalgams may be shipped to other countries for refining and selling. American producers have sought permission of the Canadian Gov- ernment to send-gold to Canada, forseeing the profit above the fixed legal price of $20.60 an ounce which the United States consistently paid for_refined gold. : Advantage Lost When the United States went off the Gold Standard, advantage was lost as the dollar depreciated in terms of other currencies so domestic gold was at a discount. In some countries gold is bring- ing 50 per cent more than in the United States assay offices. Canada for two years has paid a premium on gold. NO DECISION BY CANADA OTTAWA, Aug. 17.—The Domin- jon Cabinet has made no decision concerning shipments of foreign gold to the Dominion for refining although several days ago it was reported the Cabinet was consid- ering numerous requests. It was also reported gold would be ship- ped to the Dominion from the United States and Alaska to take advantage of the premium. — Mary Gives Pat 62nd Chance to Desert Her CHICAGO, Aug. 17—Mrs. Mary V. Linton, who said her husband Patrick had deserted her sixty- one: times, decided to give him an- other chance. She therefore ask- ed dismissal of a separate main- tenance petition. ight fires are reported in|; week the way was| E “Lookout” it i Chosen from among athletic girls for superior eyesight and swimming ability, Miss Edythe Lawrence has been assigned to duty in an elevated lifeguard lcckeut cn the beach at Venice, Cal. Miss Lawrence surveys the sirand and ccean for a mile either way and has become charp-eyed on her post already, spotting difficulties” and start- ing help to those in distress be- fore guards on the lewer beach were aware of trouble. As a lockout she's also easy to look at. EMBARGOES ON FORTUNES OF MACHADOISTS Treasury Department of Cuba [s Making Thor- ough Investigation HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 17. — The bank accounts and property hold- ings of deposed President Machado are being investigated by the Treasury Department. It is reliably reported embargoes are also planned on the fortunes and properties of the Machadoists. It is believed Machado had large sums of money located 'abroad. MAN HUNT CONTINUES HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 17.—The hunt for the hated members of the ousted Secret Police continues. The capture of Jose De Valle, af- ter an exchange of shots with sol- diers was affected. DeValle attempted to escape over the roofs of adjoining buildings near the house where he was found hiding. He is a brother-in- law of A. B. Ainciart, who was Chief of Police during the Ma- chado regime. —l Eskimos Deal Out Primitive Justice To Tribal Slayer OTTAWA, Aug. 17.—Primitive Es- kimo justice upon a “bad man” of the tribe, who had committed one murder years before and who had shot at his wife and threat- ened other tribésmen, was de- scribed in a report to Royal Can- adian Mounted Police headquar- ters. Oo-Shoak-Juke, an Eskimo, who thirteen years ago killed a fellow aborigine at Cape Dorset, in Baf- fin Land, met death at the hands of his own tribe six months ago, a wireless report from Inspector T. Sandys-Wunsch said. The In- spector is on the supply steam- ship Nascopie in the Arctic re- glons. ‘The Eskimo had shot at his wife and told the trio of Eskimos who eventually. killed him that he in- tended shooting them also. 6. F. ALEXANDER, CARPENTER AND SULZER, BUESTS Chamber Entertains Not- ables at Noon Luncheon Meeting Today A capacity attendance of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce to- day welcomed Judge George F. Alexander to this city, assuring him of the organization’s co-oper- ation, and also greeted three other guests—Robert R. Morgan Carpen- ter, Vice-President of W. I. Du- Pont DeNemours & Company, for- mer Gov. William Sulzer, Alaska sourdough, and Kenneth Blanch- ard of Skagway. “I am here to make this my home. My time and any talent I may have, I want to devote t8 the upbuilding of this commun- ity and of the Territory as a whole,” Judge Alexander said in response to the Chamber's wel- come. Is Not a “Mover” Judge Alexander cannot be call- ed a “mover.” Born in Missouri he lived there until he moved to Oregon more than 20 years ago and this is the first change of residence he has made since. “I am happy to be here with you to- day. I intend to make this my |permanem home," he said. “I shall appreciate your as- sistance and co-operation, and I hope this is the beginning of friendships which will last as long as - we last.” Praised by Sulzer Judge Alexander recalled his meeting Gov. Sulzer some 25 years ago and expressed his pleasure at meeting him on the steamer en- route here and again in this city. The Judge was highly praised! by Gov. Sulzer as “an able lawyer, an honest man, a big type of the real American citizen, and more than all that, he is human. I predict that he will make one of the best judges we have ever had.” He also complimented the Cham- ber here as one of the best in the Territory. “You have vision and courage, and are true Amer- jcans. Anything you want with- in reason for Alaska, I feel confi- dent you can get if you go about it in the right way with the of- ficials in Washington.” Recalls Early History Gov. Sulzer, who is on his forty-third trip to Alaska, recalled memories of early days in Ju- neau. His first trip was with Lieut. Schwatka of the Army, who was sent out by the War Depart- ment to explore the Yukon Val- ley. Juneau was then non-exis- tent. The first step was at old Fort Wrangell, the second at Sitka, and the third at the Holy Cross Mission. “There is no place on earth like Alaska. I like it very much. The Panhandle is only a small part of it. To know it you have to travel it like I have. There's something about it that grips me, and I am dissatistied when I am away from it,” he asserted. He deplored the widéspread ig- norance throughout the country about the Territory. People of the country generally, he said, know more about Timbuctoo than about Alaska. And if some who knows tries to tell them about it, they greet him with ineredulity. Glacier Libel Adheres Alaska as an iceberg remains fixed pretty generally in the pub- lic mind. They won't believe, that the climate of Southeast Alaska is a mild and equable one, nor that the mold of northern New York is more intense and gripping than that of northern Alaska. Why, if it was as cold in north- ern Alaska as it is in northern New York, the people in Northern “(Continued on Page Eight) Tear Gas Used In Alaska to Halt Brawl KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 17.—Tear gas was used by F irsi Photos bfvéubanuRev-(;l Gay revelers celebrating a false report that President Gerardo Ma- chado of Cuba had resigned and fled from the Presidential Palace are shown fleeing down the main street of Havana as machine gung rattled and the bullets whistled wild random down the streets, A: state of extreme fension prevailed as Havana seethed under bayonet rule. Reporis of a breakup within| the President’s own party coincided with a semiauthoritative report of an uprising in Manzanille, Oriente 1 SULZER HERE, BOOSTING FOR | - i & MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS panic stricken civilians, Martial 1 t; Machine Guns Rout Revelers S e —— o Havana’s mounted police brigade, armed with pistols, clubs and short sabers, are pictured as they rode headon into a crowd of Cubans who were making erroneous reports of President Gerardo Ma- Machine guns mowed down scores of the revelers before the cavalrymen charged aw rules massacre city as result | Declares Statehood Should Be Granted — Pros- | pectors Subsidized a Congressman for 20 years, and| when he will leave on the Al Wales Island. He is also inter the latter part of this week. He Preliminary work on the recon- ieverage té Limit Will Be Used by Nra;Compromise Is Not Even Indicated in Plan former Governor of the State of | New York, is registered at the tian for Ketchikan, where he has PLA NT AT TAKU business interests. | ested in a gold property in the | Small Crew—Will Bunld Chandalar river district. It may! the latter part of September un- less he has to go to the Interior, William Sulze®, pioneer of 1886, Gastineau Hotel, where he may remain until Monday or Tuesda Mr. Sulzer is owner of the Sul-| zer mine at Sulzer on Prince of Gupt Minard There with be necessary for him to visit there Four-Line Cannery in which case he will fly there| which will make him a month la- ter. Juneau’s Welfare ‘“The welfare of Juneau has al- ways been close to my heart said Mr. Sulzer. “As I was ! when the town was started knew Joe Juneau in Dawson, I have known this country the first gold was panned Sheep Creek. “John W. Troy is my {ric and our relations have always be°n personal and harmonious. I as highly gratified by hisappointment and .1 predicted at the time I Washington, D. C. that he w make the best Governor in history of the Territory. It ¢ me great pleasure to repeat prediction here in Juneau’ Meets Old-Timers Mr. Sulzer has many old friend in and around Juneau, and i been a source of great sorrow U him that more and more of his old intimates among the sourdoughs are every year pasfThg o the Great Divide. “The depletion of my old here in Alaska is the saddes Patrolman Karl Drager last Tuésday night to halt a street brawl, which it did. This is believed to be the first time gas has been used in Al- tear aska. now in my life” he said. Mr. Sulzer plans to wri book of memoirs of the old of Alaska to be entitled ‘R lections of the Sourdoughs #hich (Continued on Page Two) a - the Otsego. ‘BRAZIL MAKING is, War Department has cancelled a - | high explosives factory in Piquete, struction of the Libby cannery at| Taku Harbor has been started by Supt. Al Minard who is there now with a smal]l force, according to word just received here. Creosote pilings for the docks and other materials are being unloaded from ‘The new plant will be a four- line cannery and will be the most modern in design and equipment in the north. All buildings, docks, ete., will be built during the winter and the machinery installed next Spring. Twenty men have been employed from this city, it was said. Lum- ber for at last a part of the re- quirements will be purchased from the Juneau Lumber Mills e OWN MUNITIONS RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17—| Cramped for foreign exchange, the munitions-buying mission to Eur-| |ope and instead will promote home ‘prndmlon of military supplies. The department recently opened a | Sao Paulo, and has plans for nm‘ | airplane factory. By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The ' Associated Press, Washington) The national recovery adminis- tration would seem to have arrived at that moment which in most great enterprises in the past has proved decisive. It is preparing to use a familiar phrase, to test the strength of the iron hand un- der its velvet glove. It began its labors amid soft words and sentimental appeal. Day by day its demeanor has reflected increasingly the “state of war” mentioned somewhat slyly at first, and understood by few. It still does mnot like the word “boycott,” or even the word “con- trol,” But General Johnson's plain advice to the American peo- ple to “spend under the blue ea- gle,” and his warning to those employers who have signed the code but have failed in increase employment, signalled the passing of a milestone in the history of this great venture. What General Johnson was say- ing was, in effect, this: ‘“We have passed the first haz- ard. Employers generally have signed up. We are convinced the majority opinion of the country is with us. Now we propose to use the leverage to the limit to see that the covenants made are en- forced completely and without any compromise.” WOODIN’S STATUS There is authoritative basis now for saying that hé will stay in the Cabinet if he wants to, and if his health permits. Reports that he disagreed vigor- ously with President . Roosevelt's departure from the gold standard are without foundation. He. saw EXECUTIVE OF DUPONTS HERE ONFALL HONT [R.R. M. Carpenter and I Family Here on Westward —Gives Impressions To pick up guides and prepare for three weeks hunting and fish- ing expedition in this vicinity, Robert B. Morgan Carpenter, Vice President of the E. I. DuPont De- Neumors & Company, of Wilming- ton, Del, arrived here today on the Campbell Church yacht West- ward, Capt. Dykeman, He is accompanied by Mrs. Car- penter, their two sons, Robert and William, aged 17 and’ 14 re- spectively, and both enthusiastic sportsman, and William Wood, 19. They will hunt in the eastern and southern areas of Admiralty Island, and mainland districts for mountain goats. Is Chamber Guest Mr. Carpenter was a guest of the Chamber of Commerce today, the first meeting of such an or- ganization he has ever attended, he said, although he is a long- standing member of the Wilming- ton, Del. Chamber. His party has been fishing and cruising between here and Ketchikan for about a month. Mr. Carpenter said he was ‘“uncomfortable, because it is the first time I have had on ‘store clothes’ in @ month and my shoes smart my feet. “I am most impressed by the gracious and obliging people met; by the rain; by the scenery; and by the co-operation between some of the United States Government departments here,” he declared. He illustrated that co-operation out of his own short experience. Before he left Washington he was told by Paul Redington, Chief of the United States Biological Sur- (Continued on Page Two) SBREAK COASTHEAT WAVE JOHN FACTOR UNDER GUARD AFTER DEATH THREATS MADE Recently Kidnaped Man, Released on Large Ran- some, Fears for Life— Protection Given CHICAGO, I, Aug. 17.— A heavy guard today protect- ed John Factor, millionaire market plunger, and known as ‘“Jake the Barber.” Factor is being protected from gang vengeance for the involuntary part of the police in efforts to trap his kidnap- ers which failed. Meanwhile sixty Chicago officers have been commis- sioned as an extra guard. Federal agents have searcii- ed into Wisconsin following a death threat telephoned to Factor who paid $100,000 to his kidnapers recently. This threat was reported to the police. Factor complained and said: “I was reluctant to as- .|sist the police and now they have failed to make any ar- rests in my kidnap affair. I'm left on a limb and con- | sidered by my kidnapers to have broken my word to pay off the balance of the ran- som and shield them.” Factor says the police horned in. . GOV, TROY AND PARTY IS NOW AT ANCHORAGE Banquet and Reception Will Be Held Tonight— For Seward Friday ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 17.— Gov. John W, Troy and his party arrived yesterday afternoon on a special car from McKinley Park. It is. understood the party will leave Friday for Seward enroute to Juneau. Gov. Troy will be the guest of honor tonight at a' banquet and reception given under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. SEVENTY DROWN, JAMAICA FLOOD Bridges, Buildings Washed Away—Banana Plan- tations Levelled KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 17. —Seventy persons were drowned yesterday in floods following arain storm accompanied by lightning and e high wind. The damage is estimated at ap- proximately $2,000,000. Bridges have been swep: also many buildings. The banana plantations been leveled. You Have to Be Good to Get Free Divorce CAMDEN, N. J, Aug. 17.—Free divorce proceedings provided by law for those who cannot afford to pay, hereafter will be restrict- ed to applicants who prove to be of ‘'sound moral character. For away have those who have $60, however, Wil- liam J. Kraft, advisory master in chancery, will hold hearings re- gardless of their character, ol