The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MLMB]:R OF ASSOCIATED PRhSS PRICE TEN CENTS INTERVENTION MAY BE NEXT MOVE, ISLAND President Roosevelt Takes Another Unpreced- ented Action DIPLOMATS CALLED INTO CONFERENCE Navy Secretary Speeds to Havana—To Advise Chief Executive BULLETIN — QUANTICO, Va., Scpt. 7.—A squadron of Marine Cerps planes has been ordered to make ready to take cff any minute for the south in connection with the Cuban cituation. The planes will prcbably carry Marines and machine guns will be mounted on the planes. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Toward Cuba with its rumbling volcano of discontented forces, President Roosevelt's Secretary of Navy, Claude A. Swanson, sped on a warship, while the Administration’s decision on assuming the heavy re- sponsibility of armed intervention hung on the fateful events of the next few hours. Navy Around Cuba Already the Cuban waters are bristling with American warships and Marines are concentrated as an expeditionary force at Quan- tico, Virginia. Secretary Swanson is hurrying to the Cuban capital abroad the cruiser Indianapolis. Presidgent Makes Move Thus far the feared eruption which might bring bloodshed, dis- order, anarchy and the demand for intervention has not come after the new coup of Tuesday by the army and navy enlisted men which caus- ed the Provisional Government to} resign. Hoping such a momentous step, as intervention, might not be neces- sary, the President, in an unpre- cedented move, called the diplomats of the leading Latin-American na- tions to his desk to tell them of his fears and hopes and his ex- treme reluctance to intervene. Secretary Swanson is to assist Ambassador Welles in advising the President of the fast moving situa- tion in the island. —————— EXPECT BLOOD WILL FLOW IN ISLAND NATION Situation Regarded Tense —Coup Participants Are Splitting BULLETIN — HAVANA, Sept. 7.—Scldiers this after- ncon set up machine guns in the down-town parks as the city was stirred by confusing rumors including an insistent repert the United States will ask the twe-day old Radical Government to surrender power. One wild rumor is Washington would ask that de Cespedes be replaced at the head of the Government with a new Cabinet. A heavy revolutionary guard has been thrown around the Presidential Palace. Street demcnstrations have been ta- booed. HAVANA, Sept. 7—Cuba's tur- bulent situation today reached an impasse from which no one saw anything but a bloody solution. The Leftist Administration con- tinued, on the surface, to be optim- istic that the coup would be suc- cessful and officials declared order will be maintained and there wil be no American intervention but all seéctions of the more conserva- tive opposition groups saw interven- (Continued on Page Two) PROF. EINSTEIN NOW MARKED FOR DEATH LONDON, Sept. 7. — The Daily Herald, Labor newspa- per, today said an organiza- tien called the Fehme, allied with the German Nazi, has put Prof. Albert Einstein on the death list. The Daily Herald also claims a reward has been offered to anyone who silences the Pro- fessor. The reward is said to be one thousand pounds. Prof. Einstein is President of the World Committee to aid Victims of German Fascism. DEVELOPMENTS INGUBA CAUSE WORRY ABROAD ‘Forewn Natlons Watchmg Five Thousand Demand| Situation — France Is Against Intervention NEW YORK, Sept. 7—Foreign countries are watching the Cuban developments closely aside from the South American Republics which are vitally interested in any action taken by the United States. Spain is viewing the situation with regard to interests of a great number of Spaniards living on the island. The disturbances are also causing considerable anxiety in Great Bri- tain regarding the possibility of damage to foreign property. French Viewpoint Advices received here today from Paris said officials commented fav- orably on what they called the extreme caution with which Presi- dent Roosevelt is handling the Cuban problem. It is said French officials recognize the right of the President to intervene under th Platt Amendment but declared was their opinion it is best to; maintain a ‘hands off’ policy except in an extreme emergency. South Americans are reported to believe, intervention can be avoided. Using Huge Plow To Fight Forest Fires in Michigan | ROSCOMMON, Mich,, Sept. 7.— Gilbert Stewart, who is in charge {of the state forest fire experiment station here, has developed a huge plow capable of turning a furrow three feet wide, for use in com- bating Michigan forest fires. The plow is mounted on wheels. | | of Religious Meetings HICKORY FLAT, Miss., Sept. 7. “Hell Creek” Is Scene —They're holding revivals now in Hell Creek bottoms. The Rev. George H. Ledbetter, pastor of the Hickory Flat Meth- odist church, conducted the first services there recently. | The creek was named by union soldiers during the war between the states, when their artillery was mired in the mud after a heavy rain, | ——e——— i MRS. T. C. RICHARDS, SONS | PASS THROUGH JUNEAU ON WAY SOUTH, WI‘NTEB Mrs. T. C. Richards, whose’ husband is manager of Burns and Company, Ltd., large meat com- pany with branches throughout the Yukon Territory and Northern British Columbia, was met at the dock by Juneau friends when the Princess Louise docked here. | With her two sons, Mrs. Rich-| ards is on her way south to spend the winter in the States. ,——— AL DOWLING RETURNS TO FAIRBANKS HEADQUAR.TERS‘ | Al Dowling, Deputy U. S. Mar-| shal in the Fourth Division, is on his way to his headquarters in Fairbanks on the steamer Yukon, which passed through Juneau on the way to the Westward, | Connor, | Commissioner | have been :330000 to $73,049,000. | MRS. BANKERSWILL FIGHT CLAUSE OF INSURANCE Postponement of Sec- tion of Banking Act CHICAGO, IIl, Sept. 7. — The American Bankers Association hasi drafted a war map to battle against | insurance of deposits but announc- ed a policy of cooperating with national recovery by giving credit| to industry, within the limits of sound banking. Five thousand bankers demanded postponement of the deposit gu:n-' anty clause in the ~ational Bank- ing Act of 1933 saying it would cause many bank failures. | FAIR ADMINISTRATION CHICAGO, Il, Sept. 7. A pledge from President Roosevelt that the deposit insurance provis- ion of the Banking Law will be fairly and justly administered was given to the American Bankers’ Association today by J. F. T. O'- Comptroller of Currency. O’Connor denied what he term- ed a vicious, unwarranted and un- truthful propaganda to the effect that small banks and the inde- pendent bankers will be eliminat- ed. He said the President told him “injustices must be avoided.” g — ENGINEER IS GIVEN BLAME, TRAIN WRECK Violated All Regulations When Ploughed Into Rear Fast Train BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Sept. 7.| —H. J. Bordwell, General Manager of the Eastern Division of the Erie Railroad, placed the blame| for the train wreck which killed| 14 persons and injured scores, on| the engineer of the milk train. Bordwell said M. H. Kind is to] blame “bhecause he disregarded sig- nals, rules and regulations about everything. The milk train ploughed into the rear end of the Erie Express; telescoping the two rear coaches completely. ————— Farm Act Doubles State’s Crop Value NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. T.— The Federal Farm Act has mare than doubled the value of Ten- nessee’s cotton, corn and wheat crops, says O. E. Van Cleave, the of Agriculture. Van Cleave estimates the value of the three crops for this year increased from $32.- — e CHARLES WATSON IS RETURNING TO KENAI HOME PRI Mrs. Charles Watson, whose hus- | band is Deputy U. 8. Marshal at ! Kenai, is returning home from Se- | the | after COAL INDUSTRY NEARLY READY T0 SIGN CODE President Roosevelt Takes Part in Operators and Workers Conference FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING PERFECTED Admmletlatlon to Take No Sudden Action in Case of Henry Ford WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. — The soft coal industry seems as good LEADERS IN BLUE EAGLES BIG PUSH of tedious bickering. Last hour negotiations only ap= parently remained after Presldent Roosevelt’s personal participation: in the conference between the mine’ operators and the workers. Administrator Johnson made lhe‘ announcement that he expects to put the master code on the Presi~ dent’s desk by next Saturday. The bituminous coal industry Is last of the basic industries to get under the Johnson sought code. i Administrator Johnson announc-| ed, after a conference last msht with President Roosevelt, that Henry Ford’s lack of action signing the auto code " called for no sudden action on the part of the Admmlslumon DEATH SCENE REENACTED AT | MURDER TRIAL {Woman Near Collapse After Giving Testimony How She Killed Man | NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—A dark- haired housewife, Mrs, Millie Prince, aged 31, is .néar collapse re-enacting the Woodland death scene in which she killed a middle-aged jeweler, Charles Wol- fert, when she said he threat- ened to kill her husband and her 10 year old son unless sheeloped with him. Mrs. Prince said Wolfert struck her and she stabbed him with a | souvenir knife. Denies He Slew Wife in Bathtub Davxd Lamson Takes Stand in Murder Trial in | Own Defense SAN JOSE, Cal, Sept. 7.—David A. Lamson took the stand yester- day and denied he killed his young wife in a bathtub with a bludgeon. Lamson told the jury how. he found her body and sobbed out denying he had expressed a wish he was not married to her. The case is now in the third week and has been climaxed Lamson taking the stand in own defense. hi as in the NRA fold after months| Here are four of the generalissimos of the NRA’s nationwide cam ness recovery part of the Administration’s program, to end the depr supporting the gigantic effort is and President Roosevelt. the cry. ALASKA SALMON PACK FOR 1933, 5,068,497 CASES — { Total Up to Average‘ Pinks Are Short While Reds More than Normal Alaska’s 1933 canned salmon pack, to September 2, aggregated 5. 068,497 cases, it was announced here today by L. G. Wingard, Al- aska Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. This is vir- tually the complete pack for year as only one district, Kodiak, is still operating, and it will close down at the end of the current week. While the pack is slightly below average in quantity, there is a shortage in the pink salmon pro- | duction which was compensated for by an increase in the red pack. Pinks led with a total of 2168777 (Continued on Page Two) Road Commission Is Now Employing 381; More to Be Added Eight hundred and eighty- one men were on the pay- rolls of the Alaska Road Commission in its construc- tion activities on Septem- ber 1, according to stati compiled at local headquar- ters of that organization by G. W. Skinner, Chief Clerk, This is the largest number carried by it for eight or nine years, he said. Most of them are em- ployed under the emergen- ¢y public works relief pro- gram recently set in motion by the Commission. It expected between 40 and 50 additional men will be add- ed this week, bringing the number well above 900. Fishermen Are SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 7 —Arthur L. Johnson, State Labor| | Commission’s attorney, . announces plans to bring the case of Emil Mayer and Sam Young, San Fran-/| attle on the steamer Yukon. She visited with Juneau friends while the steamer was in port. ing men they sent to Alatka Ln work in the fisheries, before the i Clothiers Defrmuhng 4l( Im to Be Brou ght Before Grand Juries in South county and Federal grand juries. At Johnson’s request the trial of the clothiers was postponed of forcing men to purchase needed clothing in order to obtain| cisco clothiers, accused of defraud-|work in the Alaska fisheries und part of the responsil also operating an employment| agenecy without a license. the | "Cape Spencer and Cape until September 20. The pair is accused | uny HEAD MOVEMENT FOR FISHERMEN (Will Undertake to Get Them to Agree Upon Halibut Program | Pending some degree of agree- ment among the halibut fishermen | themselves, no recommendation will be made by the local Chamber of | Commerce %o the International Fisheries Commission, it was de- termined by that organization to- | day. 'However, the' Chamber de- | tempting to get the fishermen submit a program that will be agreeable to a majority of them- selves. That local fishermen from Prince Rupert northward are in a large measure responsible for the early, \clusure and its resultant hard-| by spokesmen for them. ment of operations and worked at capacity all season despite warn ings from the Commission that the |area they fished in would be closed as soon as the limit was reached. Blame Larger Vessels season’s total take was made l;y \larger vessels sailing out of Seattle, id Mayor I. Goldstein and Cdpl | TRY, TRY CHAMBER IS TO | cided to take the initiative in at-| to| !'ship on them was rx-ucly.ndnnmd] They had| | been unable to agree on a curtail-| However, a large portion of the! | Olaf Larsen, speaking for the loc: 41‘ 'flshermen These vessels are able . |to and do operate on the western banks now that the banks between Flattery| | are closed. Bub the closure of the | latter has put the smaller vesse ’oub of business until next Feb- ruary. | Mayor Goldstein {1,000 fishermen w forced int |idleness on August 25, last, when |the area was shut down, and the ‘wla.l number of persons affected ‘wds said to be about 3,500 The high local boat, he added, pamed about $1,000 per share and mxc low around $40 this year. Thus, |it is clear that aid will have to be given them during the coming Winter as five months idleness faces them. Admits Own Fault Goldstein declared that ility for sted on the fishermen themselves (Continued on Page Two) aid at least o Mr. | | enforced | | stuck to his (long fight, i s | aign to give effect to the busi- icn. Buy now and support those Left to rght, Hugh S. Jchnsen, Grever Whalen, Fannie Hurst 1Associlud Press Phoio) NRA Peacemakmg Gemus Enhanced by Settlement of U mon-()pen Sho hop Row| By BY RON PRICE (Chief of Burcau, Press, Washington.) In none of its manifold activi- ties has the NRA displayed a great in its sudden settlement bitter dispute over For weeks, leaders of labor and industry have been so wrought up over this that they could not dis- cuss it without raising their voice: But, when the ruling came down, both sides not only accepted it but praised it. What thé ruling did, in effect,| was to leave it to the employes of any industry to decide for them- selves what kind of union they would have. The labor men likes this be- cause it appeared to them to mean the end of the hated “company union” system, under which they charged that the steel and other industries controlled their employ- es through local unions dominat- of the | ed by company officials, The industrialists cause they saw in it an effective barrier against American Federa- tion of Labor organizers who had been charged, with telling non-un- ion employes that the law required them to" join the Federation. There is, of cou the possi- ty that differ; interpreta- tions of The ruling collide at some future time, causing the NRA a new batch of troulles; but the fact remains that for the present critical moment, at least, this very t source of contro- versy has sappeared from the picture. liked it be- AGAIN was not accomplish- reat worry and effort. formulas were put on tentatively, and torn up, | right one was conceiv- This resul ithout of Hi en: ;u per before th: ed At one time, came to its fi when t test in the steel code, was inclined to accept bosition of the employe: h they would have been zed affirmatively to com- the open shop and the com- pany union system if they chose. For the fact that this provis- ion was nov accepted, organized labor probably owes its thanks to| Donald Richberg, NRA counsel who| for years had been attorney for railway labor unions: He guns throughout the insisting that under the of the law, no such the issue| the mak- Joh bine the language 115 | qualification could be included in a code. (Continued on Page Seven) The Associated | genius for conciliation than! the open shop.| | first General | LITTLE, BIG FELLOW ARE GIVEN BREAK Treasury Department Tells How Gold Consignments Can Be Made METAL RECEIVABLE IN VARIOUS FORMS |Affidavits Must Accom- pany Shipments, Gov- ermental Purposes WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.— Under new regulations by the Treasury Department, con- signments of newly mined gold intended for sale or ex- port must contain at least two cunces of refined gold, | at least two parts of gold in five by assay. | Gold will be receivable in | the form of bars, rings, but- Etons, retort sponge, lumps, | grains and dust in the native istate and free from earth or stone or nearly so. Consignments must be ac- companied by an affidavit . showing the source of the gold and time mined and per- sons delivering the gold must keep an accurate record of all gold mined or acquired and these records must be avail- able for examination by the Treasury Department officials |for at least ome vear after | the consignment is delivered. TACOMA SMELTER MAKES OFFER TO GOLD OPERATORS TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 7.—Assur= ing operators in the western min- ing States and Alaska the best obtainable price for gold, Manager E. A. White of the Tacoma smel- ter of the American Smelting and Refining Company, today announc- ed his company will pay ore or bullion producers an advance of $20.67 an ounce. The final settle- ment will be made on that amount and the world price of gold. Manager White asid the Federal Reserve Bank will determine the world price. With gold selling today in Lon- don at $29.27 an ounce, an addi- tional sum for the producers would exceed $9. - e PRICE FIXING IS NEXT MOVE, RECOVERY PLAN Senator Borah Finally Breaks Silence Concern- ing Administration WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—In his formal comment on the Ad- ministration’s recovery program, United States Senator William E. | Borah, of Idaho, predicted the Gov= ernment will “soon be facing the proposition of price fixing' to block unjustly high prices. Senator Borah said the cost of some things was now already be- yond reason and gouging has been started in some places. \Byrd Starts for South |Pole During This Month; May Be Absent Two Years WASHINGTON, miral Richard E. ed today he will sail from Bos- ton on September 25 for another expedition to the South Pole. He announced he will probably spend two ¥ i the Southern Con= tinent, Sept. 7. — Ad- Byrd announc-