The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6427. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ NATIONAL GUARD CALLED OUT IN WASHINGTON CITY HIGH WATER FOLLOWS IN GALE'S WAKE Forty-seven Known toHave Been Killed During Hurricane DAMAGE ESTIMATED OVER TEN MILLION Calls for l‘?lp‘ Are Sent Out—Hundreds of Fam- ilies Leave Homes NEW YORK, Aug. 25.— Floods still imperilled parts of the East as the death toll listed 47 victims and damage mounted to ten million dol- lars in the path of the run- away hurricane that raged up from the tropics and whistled away into the St. Lawrence Valley. One dam was smashed and 190 persons were marooned. They were mostly boys and girls at Camp Achvach, N. Y Calls for assistance were sent out and a rescue squad was sent from the Port Jervis Fire Department. Ten are known to have been killed in New Jersey, two in New York, ten in Pennsylvania and 14 in Maryland, others in scattered districts. Hundreds Leave Homes Hundreds have fled from their homes in Pennsylvania and hos- pitals and schools have been thrown open to care for the refugees. One steamer off shore was lost for 24 hours with 34 passengers aboard but finally it reached port. Another vessel with 12 persons aboard is still missing. In the Catskill Mountains, the| village of Fleischmann, menaced for a time by a weakened dam, is be-| lieved to have been saved. One New York priest was drown- ed trying to save five marooned persons at Mount Temper, N. Y. Trains Wrecked Several train wrecks have been reported because of washed out roadbeds. Innumerable craft have been smashed on the coast at various| points. Several communities are still without communication making the| check of total casualties difficult. Virginia has counted 11 dead. - FOUR ARRESTED In Kansas B Guaroive TReasury Vaurr » Gov. AM. /ANDON ond Mystery ;Romspn Franey @ Following disclosures of alleged forgery of over half a million dollars’ ‘worth of municipal bonds, (:overnor guard in charge of the blauz Tre: 1f M. Landon has placed a military asurer’s Office at Topeka until such time as the investigation places the blame. Ronald Finney, bond broker and grain speculator, is under bond to appear for hearing on September 5. Heis chatied Bank of Topel with uttering $20,000 in forged bonds to the National The storm center of the mysterious affair is State Treasurer Thomas Boyd, whose books and accounts are under scrutiny of State investigators, HESSE ON TRIP TO WASHINGTON T0 MAKE STUDY Will Study Insmutlons for Aged to Get Ideas for Pioneers’ Home A study of institutions for the care of aged people, such as the Pioneers’ Home to be constructed at Sitka by the Territory, is to be made at once by W. A. Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer and Chairman of the Pioneers’ Home Building Commission, it was re- vealed today by Frank A. Boyle, Secretary of the same body. That is the principal object of Mr. | Hesse's present trip to the States. He left last Tuesday morning on the steamer Aleutian and will spend as long as necessary to ac- cumulate the data desired. He will visit institutions of similar nature in Washington State and prob- ably in Oregon. $60,000 1S PAID TO LOCAL WORKERS BY ONE PLANT {Superior Fisieries Employ 247 Local People— Has Fine Season | | . The Superior Fisherles Com- pany, operating at Tenakee, paid out approximately $60,000 during the current salmon fishing season to local fishermen and cannery workers, largely to Indians, it was made known here yesterday by J. T. Tenneson, President, who/| came here with 2,000 salmon for| local unemployment relief next| Winter. The company had one of its best years, he said, and was| highly grauified with its results. Its pack was approximately 117,- 000 cases of all varieties. Much of it has already been shipped south and some of it has already been sold. On the cannery payroll were 157 Indians, Mr. Tenneson nnusevsmun AIDES DISCUSS U. S. FINANGES Conference “Held at,Hyae Park — Woodin and Douglas Attend NO INTIMATION ON Health - of Treasury, Sec- retary Proclaimed" to Be Ail Right HYDE PARK, President Roosevelt went deep in- to the question of the public and government finances today with two chief fiscal aides, Secretary ot| Treasury Woodin and Budget Di-| | rector Douglas. There was no intimation of any new move either for inflation or change in the highly important| Treasury office; however, Roosevelt seriously talked over with Woodin the question of his health. At for inflation, the President and, his aides still decline to discuss the| subject. New Move Planned It is said the President 'is ‘de- termined there shall be a gradual and steady rise in prices and wa-| ges but how that is to be contin-| ued he is not divulging and pro-| ceeding as he feels the situation! demands. There is some talk 6f Douglad, succeeding Woodin, but nothing is stated definitely. Treasury Healthy Secretary Woodin assured the President the Treasury was healthy and was well able t0 handle the three billion dollar public works program. As the Secretary left the con- ference at the summer White House, he announced that neither infiation nor his resignation had come up. AUTHORITIES ARE PROBING THREE FIRES Shingle Mills Destroyed Under Suspicion Cir- cumstances in B. C. VANCOUVER, B..C, Aug. | Fires have destroyed .three s! gle mills at widely separated poi in this district. The blazes occu red yesterday and caused a loss 25— 5 | the most harrassed farm distr GREAT BRlT AlN SENDS TONS OF SlLVER FORTHCOMING MOVES| N. Y., Aug: 25— ‘These 9000 bars of silver from ln:dia, worth $5,000,000, were placed in the San Francisco mint upon arrival. The metal repr: between 73 to 75 pounds. (Associated Press Photo) ents part of the payment due from Great Britain on war debts. Each bar weighs BUSINESS IS IMPROVING IN . ALL SECTIONS Resistance to ngher Prices Not Discerned—Buy- = | ing Gains Velocity ’ | NEW YORK, Aug. 25. —Dun-“ Bradstreet, Inc, review today seid ‘that while the peaks"of Jue and' July are becoming more infre-! quent, resistance on the part of; consumers to higher prices have to be discerned in slackened retail trade. Distributive totals continye to mount up and it is the excepuon when a report from even one of the small centers does not reveal attainment for the better. Progress in all parts of the counn try continues, including some of ts | and reflects far reaching benefi | sustained by the buying movement,’ whxch is gaining velocity with each Dassmzz week OREGON FBREST FIRES ARE NOW OUT OF CONTROL One Life Has Already Been Taken by Flames— ExtraHeat Prevails PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25.—Leap- 'E Sells Silver Claims, Indian to Get Gold T(’Plh Aug 25.—Joe l)lllon, fllfl blooded Slavey In- dian, coming south of Fort Sight for the first time in his life, is bound to San Francis- ¢p, Cal, for a’ holiday. Dillon has sold his silver claim for $33,000, The first act the Indian will do will be to get gold teeth for himself and squaw. Their teeth are all right, “bn!. what's the use of having “$33,000 it you cam't let the world know about it,” sald Joe. AIR INDEMNITY INSURANCE ACT UNDER ATTACK So Called Je Independents Seek to Enjoin Officers from Enforcing It In an attack on the validity of the Territorial statute making com- pulsory indemnity insurance for passengers carried by commercial airplanes, so-called independent aviation companies operating in the interior and northern sections of | Alaska have filed a suit to enjoin | Territorial and Federal officers from enforcing this law, it was jannounced today by Gov. John W Tm\ who was made one of the 1(ltv:mrlam.s in the action. A summons was issued by Judgze Coke Hill, of the Fourth Di- STOCK PRICES AGAIN BOOSTED; TRADING LARGE Alaska Junea—uMakes Gain with Other Groups— Commodities Strong NEW YORK, Aug. 25. — Stock prices swept forward in a vigorous advanee ‘today based largely on in- flatignary implications attached to increased credit expansion activities of the Federal Reserve system. Gains of one to five or more points were recorded by numerous issues in the most active trading in the past several weeks. ‘Today’s close was strong. The turnover was 2,300,000 shares. Rush of Buyers Equities pushed up at a fast rate early then the proceedings quieted down but there was another rush of buyers before the close, and despite some profit taking in final minutes, most of ths leaders fin- ished around the tops. Grains lost some of their gains. All share groups participated in the upswing, commodities being the best. Goes to High Point Homestake was jumping during the day and reached a gain of 22 points to a new high for the year. Case, National Distillers, Santa Fe, Allied Chemical, Dupont, Un- ion Pacific and Auburn were up four to seven points. One to three point gains or more were made by American Tele- phone and Telegraph, American| Can, United States Steel, Deere, Westinghouse, Western Union, Al- aska Juneau, Chrysler, Goodyear LIFE, PROPERTY ARE PROTECTED, STATE TROOPERS Strike Disorders Break Out in Yakima — Many Arrests Made FIGHTING OCCURS ON RANCH THEN SPREADS Trouble Starts Over Wages : Between Laborers - and Employers YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 25. —Strike disorders of yester- day kept the National Guardsmen on duty here all night to protect life and prop- . erty. Two companies of Guards- men patrolled the city armed with rifles and tear gas. Eighty persons have been arrested, most of them herd- ed into a hastily - built wire stockade. J. C..Young, elderly ranch- er, is in a serious condition with a fractured head, hit by an unknown assailant. Troubles started at Selah, four miles from here, climaxing the week's strife between ranchers and laborers over wages in which the latter are said to be incited by men carrying I. W. W. cards. The main fighting broke out in the Congdon Orchards, near here, where the laborers assembled in groups. The farmers assembled, arming themselves with pick handles. Things Fly While discussing the situation, rocks, clubs and blood began to fly. Finally the laborers were beaten back and marched to the county Jjail here. Assault Charges The Prosecuting Attorney said first degree assault charges will be filed against 65 men. Last night fire broke out in a pile of boxes in the warehouse district but the flames were quick- ly brought under control RETAIL CODE CODE PROPOSAL IS DRAWN UP vision, before whom the suit was filed, requiring an appearance with- in 30 days from August 15, the date | said, and, in addition, eighteen | local seine boats employing 90 men were used. In addition to studying them, and others. Mr. Hesse will confer with archi- |of $60,000. ing out of control in half a dozen Both owners and Provincial au- sectors, a multiple of forest fires ON CHARGES OF TRAP ROBBERY Caswell Ar:;ls Alleged Fish Trap Looters at Craig—Bond Filed Charged with larceny for the alleged robbing of a fish trip on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, August Starkloff, Eddie ‘Kahpiato, James E. Nimmo and William F. Cummins were arrested | at Craig yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal W. H. Cas- ‘well, who went to the west coast on the Coast Guard cutter Alert. The four men are said to have held up a libby, McNeill and Libby trap, threatened the watch- man and brailed all the fish out. They . were arraigned before the United States Commissioner at Craig and held to answer to the grand jury. Starkloff’s bond was fixed at $1,500 and the other three at $500. ———,———— Was Very Religious SAN DIEGO, Cal—Befove the| thief who stole an automobile be- longing to Mrs. Thelma Dearborn abandoned the car he was con- siderate enough to fill it with gasoline, but a checkup showed tects with experience inh prepar- ing plans for their construction. He will fry to find a firm that can prepare suitable plans and speci- fications at an early date so that construction of the new Home can be gotten under way as quick- ly as possib ————.——— WEALTHY MAN SERIOUSLY ILL | SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Mark Reed,! wealthy Shelton lumberman, and | former Republican Natfonal Com- mitteeman, also legislative floor leader, was operated today for ab- dominal abcess. He is reported as being a ‘“very sick mai IL DUCE OFFERS PARENTS PRIZES MILAN, Italy, Aug. 25. — Pre- mier Mussolini recently turned ov- er 200,000 lire, or about $14,000 to a natality prize fund for silk workers here and in Rome. The appropriation was part of his gen-/ eral campaign for race stimula- tion involving several millions in two psalm books missing from the door pocket, Lcash prizes yearly. He was enthusiastic in his praise of the “new deal” in the fisheries industry, and declared credit for improved conditions in the indus- try itself was due to Commission- |er Frank T. Bell and Alaska Ag- ent L. G. Wingard. These offic- ers, he said, had made it possi- ble for both fishermen and can- !ners to have a more profitable year than would have been possi- ble under the old system. ACCLAIM GIVEN T0 SANDLOTTER KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25.—In the |eves of Kansas City sandlotters, | Abe Goldstein, outfielder, is an- | other Babe Ruth in the making. | | A home run he swatted in a Ban| | Johnson league game carried more than 426 feet by actual measure- | ment, that being the distance from | home plate to the base of the big tree in left field into which the horsehide disappeared. Goldstein’s batting average has been hovering around the .460 mark. He is a right-handed hit- ter. Piains Well Watered BUDAPEST—A geological sur- vey reports there are 6,000 arte- sian wells on the great Hungarian plains, thorities have begun an investiga- tion on the theory the fires may have been of incendiary origin. | All Generals Pensioned; Colonel Leads Paraguay ASCUNCION, Aug. 25.—Although Paraguay is at war with Bolivia in the Chaco, there are no zen- erals in her army. The field commander is Jose Felix Estigarriba, and in rank are two Lieutenant els. There are three -General ex-Cabinet Ministers, on tired list. Absence of active Generals is ascribed to reorganization of the army and to economy motives Seattle Goes Of f SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Th¢ o tle City Council definitely aban-| doned daylight saving last t| by voting to furn the clocks to Standard Time at 2 o'clock t Sunday morning instead of the or- iginal date, September 24 a m. ban- | was peal | The reason given for the donment of daylight sav to_avoid confusion in the el&Ttlon next Tuesday. The Attorney General ru! i the| 1l exiled from Nova Scotia in Savmg Time on Next Sunda in Northwestern Oregon, has taken the life of Frank Palmer, young CCC worker. The flames have icontinued the flight through mil- lions of dollars worth of fine tim-| ber. The wind reached a velocity of a gale at times and swept the flames through the tree tops in three counties. i Extreme heat prevails. Honors Ancestors | ST. MARTINVILLE, La.—Louis- iana descendants of the Acadians,| 1760, have created a park here, memor- ializing the landing place of their forefathers, and have ted a statue to Evangeline, heroine in Longfellow's poem, of the exile. Dcwlt oht Y | | polls must open close Standard Time. Seaftle was the first city in the and k| Pacific Northwest to go on day-|“great | night saving time, but is the last | | to abandon . it. | Various other places, not only m\ the Pacific Northwest but in var-| ious parts of the nation, tried out daylight saving, but soon re-! | turned to Standard Time, finding| | it caused more inconvenience man\ benefits supposed to have been de-l rived, l excess of $100,000; on mcm of the law will | fere with and burden the business of the summons. The defendants name are: Gov. Troy, Frank A. Boyle, Auditor; James S. Truitt, Attorney General; Judge W. A. Holzheimer, Leroy J. Sullivan, War- ren N. Cuddy and Ralph J. Rivers, ' United States Attorneys for the four Judicial Divisions. Complied with Air Act The complaint alleges that thej several plaintiff companies have al- ready “severally performed and done ali the matters and things required of them” by the Depart- ment, of Commerce of the United States under the provisions of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, a Fed- eral statuté, and with regulations issued thereunder by ment of Commerce; that they are |engaged in interstate air commerce, and have done and are doing a 2| large volume of passenger business; that their property is valued in and that they have contracts now in force ior tramportatmn of persons and prop- erty for hire within the Territory. They declare that the enforce- “unduly inter- of the plaintiffs” and cause them and irreparable loss and damage” that cannot be estimated or computed. Legislature Exceeded Power It is charged that the law “con- titutes an interference with, and {a burden upon, interstate air com- merce as defined in the said Air the Depart-| % CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 30, American Can 9 American Power and Light 12%, Anaconda 18%, Armour B. 3%, Bethlehem Steel 42'%, Calumet and Hecla 6%, American Tele- phone and Telegraph 129%, Colo- rado Fuel and Iron 7, Fox Films, no sale; American Smelting 39, General Motors 34%, International Harvester 42%, Kennecoft 23, Mis- souri Pacific 7%, Packard Motors 5%, Radio Corporation 94, Stand- ard Brands 29%, Unifed States Steel 581, Western Union 70%, 39%, Ward BakR- ss-Wright 3%, COLLINS IS BACK IN B. B, FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 25.— “Rip" Collins, former major league hurler more recently a member of the Texas Rangers, is back in base- ball again. Manager Jake Atz of the Fort Worth Cats, in need of a relief pitcher with enough speed to baffle Texas league hitters, sign- ed the former moundsman. Collins’ career in the big time extended over a period of about 10 years, and at one time he was| Commerce Act of 1926, and that (Continued on Page Two) known as a pitcher with plenty of | stuff. He had been a Ranger for| A R by Na- tional Recovery Admin- istration Last Night ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—A new tentative code for retail trades calling for a work week of 44 to 48 hours and minimum wages rang- ing from $12 to $15 weekly, was offered to the Recovery Adminis- tration by that industry’s draft- ing committee last night. The code has not been approv- ed by all groups involved, some de- siring longer warking hours. The code contains a clause ta prevent sale of goods below cost and definitely forbids the advertis- ing claim by a store that it gen- erally undersells competitors. The code does not apply to food stores. e ——— THIRTEEN HER LUCKY NUMBER HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 25. — A Houston woman who thought she had 13 Confederate bills of $100 denomination sought to sell them to a dealer for 10 cents each. One of them, which had lain with the others for 40 years, turned out to be a genuine United States -note. —————e. A new highway for the exclus- ive use of heavy motor truck traf- fic between Milan and Genoa, a year or more. Italy, is nearing completion,