The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 14, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” " JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1933. MEMBER O F ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLIL, NO. 6443, PRICE TEN CENTS ULLETS FLY IN STRIKE OF PENNSYLVANIA MINERS em—e WANTS IR DICTATORSHIP IS ANNOUNGED BY SAN MARTIN Cuban President Expected to Demand Excep- tional Powers POLICE RESERVES ARE BEING ARMED Students Training in Camps Strikes Continue n Province Towns HAVANA, Cept, Sept. 14—Presi- dent San Martin today worked on a manifesto in which confidants expected him to demand dictatorial powers for combatting disorders. Opposed by veteran political lead- ers, plagued by labor troubles and unable to pacify officers who insist de Cespedes be reinstated, the Executive said he is ready to cite State reasons for iron hand poli- cies. Police Reserves Armed Police reserves meanwhile have been armed with rifles and heid in readiness but no reason for thel action is announced. At the same time rumors the Army faces dissension in the ranks, are heard. Two soldiers have died violent deaths, one a suicide and the other a victim of an unidenti- fied machine gunner. Several unidentified persons have been attacked. | Strikes Continue | Strikes continue in the Province| towns with unrest prevalent every-| where. The Revolutionary Cabinet in cludes nobody who participated m| the earlier mediation efforts and backed by the students. Posters throughout Havana at- tack the American policies which are called “Yankee Imperialism.” Hundreds of students drilled yes- terday and today in three Havana camps with machine guns and rifles | and announced their purpose of learning to “defend students and! their ideals.” WELLES TOLD TO STICK WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Sum- ner Welles, the Administrator’s Ambassadorial trouble-shooter in Cuba, has been ordered to remain in Havana until stability is re- stored, instead of coming to Wash-| ngton as planned. ————————— AGRICULTURAL PRICES GIVEN ATTENTIONNOW President Turns Kecovery| Forces in New Direc- tion—Banks to Aid WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Ex- pressly gratified with the progress in recovery endeavors but not sat- isfied, the President has concen- trated his immediate attention on the rise of agricultural prices to keep pace with the industrial up- swing. Plans are afoot for the fullest Federal support to banks and the President counts on increased co-| operation from bankers mward; spurring business with Federal funds made available if necessary to reinforce capital structurbs. BOY KIDNAPED FROM HIS BED Salt Lake Youth Released Later—"We Got the Wrong Kid” SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 14—Kenneth Rogers, aged 13 years, | was kidnaped from his bed last night, he told the police, taken several blocks from his home by two men and then released with STEEL CZAR IS ON HAND TO RULE "HARVEY BAILEY BACK IN IRONS Handcuffed and chained around the feet, Harvey Bailey is shewn in charge of police and Federal agents at Ardmore, Okla., where he was captured after his break frem the county jail at Dallas, Tex. (Associated Press Photo) RESIGNATION OF World Series Will Start on October 3 CHICAGO, Il Sept. 14. —The World Series will op- en on October 3 in the city winning the National League ¢ ham pionship, presumably New York. This was de- cided at a meeting this af- ternoon at a meeting pre- sided over by Baseball Commissioner Landis. The game will start at 1:30 o'clock in the after- noon, Eastern Standard time. Two games will be played in New York and three games in Washing- ton. GREAT SURPRISE Robert P. Lamont Steps Out of Office—Gives : : | His Explanation ; | NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Charles M. Schwab is mentioned as the probable successor to Robert P.| Lamont, steel czar, who shepped‘ out late yesterday with the dec- laration that Government reguld- | tion of industry has begun and | “no one knows how far it may go.” | Lamont’s resignation as Presi- | dent of the American Iron and Steel Institute at a $100,000 yearly salary, came as a surprise to all| but inside quarters. | Se00e o0 00000 — o THREE STRICKEN DISTRICTS WILL BE GIVEN RELIEF President Instructs Various Agents to Get Busy Immediately Rumors Ofen Rife Rumors of the resignation have often been rife but nothing ever came of them. The letter of resignation clearly indicated lack of sympathy with NRA. 0 ¥ Institute officials said the re- signation was not a protest against, the recently adopted code. Lamont’s Letter Lamont's letter said: “From now on, or for an in-| definite period, the principal ac- tivities of the Iron and Steel In- stitute and obligations of industry will be carried on under a code, properly carried out and reported to be an opportunity of the Gov- ernment for constructive forward looking studies of plans for in- dustry. As a whole that was deem- ed possible a year ago and must give way to the practical immediate | need which can best be met by, men familiar with the vast details of the various branches of in- dustry. I can be of little help in this work.” —e—— — BABY BOY BORN TO MR. AND MRS. GORDON BARRETT A seven and three quarter pound baby boy was born at St. Ann's, Hospital at 9 o'clock last evening' to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barrett.' Both the mother and baby are getting along nieely. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Un- der instructions from President Roosevelt the Administration’s Farm Credit Bureau, Public Works and Unemployment Aid agencies went to work today to provide re- lief on a vast scale to an esti- mated 100,000 suffering families in the drought and storm stricken Dakotas, the Southwest and Flor- ida. * A new emergency aid program, involving Federal, -State and lo- cal cost of approximately $60,- 000,000, is to be worked out im- mediately. About 40,000 men will be employed on immediate pro- | Jects. — et MACHADO UNDER GUARD, GANADA e, @eoeeo0c00 e o e el MONTREAL Sept. 15 — Extra e guards have been posted at the eihotel suite of Gerado Machado, deposed President of Cuba, where he is living in retirement here. It was learned that members of the A. B. C,, a Cuban revolution- |ary society which was largely re- | sponsible for the overthrow of Machado, are here. The local au- GOLD PRICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. —The gold price was fixed today by the Treasury De- partment at $2077 an an ounce. This is the high- est figure yet quoted. eec0cccee the remark: “We got tlhle wrong kid” thorities fear an attack may be . ° . . . . . . . . L] . .xmade on the ex-president. ee 00 o000 HELD; 250000 IN LINE OF MARCH New York Demonstration Is Unrivaled Since Wartime Days ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAM IS PAID COMP L IMENT Workers P;;s Reviewing| Stand at Rate of 40,- 000 an Hour NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—One quarter of a million men and wo- men waved the symbolic Blue Eagle banners of the new economic era as they marched to stirring music of bands up Fifth Avenue between thousands of cheering spectators in a demonstration unrivaled since wartime. Thousands took an afternoon off yesterday to show enthusiasm of President Roosevelt’s program for higher wages, shorter working hours and recognition of the right of collective bargaining. Eight Hours Passing For more than eight hours the paraders marched past Gen. Hugh Johnson's reviewing stand under a swirling blizzard of ticker tape. Soldiers and sailors formed the first contingent then the workers passed, 40,000 per hour, men, wo- men and children. Cheers were abated once when the stock exchange workers passed the reviewing stand. They were booed. Mayor Makes Address Mayor John O'Brien, who has been advocating a tax program which Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange President said would drive the brokers out of Wall Street, made a short address. Shop workers carried a banner: “We do not buy Ford cars until he signs up.” GE0. SCHOFIELD SUFFERS STROKE SOURDOUGHMEET Prominent Seattle Lawyer,| Mining Man, in Hos- pital in California LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 14— George Schofield, Seattle lawyer,| here for the Fifth International Sourdough Reunion, is in a critical | condition at the Redondo Beach| Hospital as result of a stroke. Schofield is a member of the| party that surveyed and established | the boundary line between Alaska,| Canada and the Arctic to the Pa-| cific Ocean in 1882. He was in the gold rushes to Dawson and Nome and 6wns extensive mining| interests. | Schofield was to deliver the wel- | come address at today's opening| of the Sourdough reunion. | TO BROTHERS DIE, SHOOTING | Argument Occurs at Break-| fast Time—Murder and then Suicide ‘WENATCHEE, Wash., Sept. 14—/ Two unmarried sons of George| Brown, Lake Wenatchee pioneer,| were found shot to death in their| home near the lake. Lloyd Brown, aged 35 years, and Earl Brown, aged 42, were the two| brothers. ‘ They apparently started an argu-| ment at breakfast this momlnz{ The younger brother shot the older| one and then suicided. | g | Sleeping Sickness ‘ Takes 140th Victim ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 14.—Sleep- | ing sickness deaths now total 140.| Those afflicted at the present time lnre over 200. | the nation, confident that by Jan- |day at a baseball game. NRA PARADE I8 | Ford’s Lone Battle Sets Precedent For His Lone Controversy With NRA DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 14—The controversy that began to simmer in the first uncertainty as to Henry Ford’s reception of the NRA code centered about an industrial- ist accustomed to “going it alone” For it was Ford who years ago fought through to a finish the court battle over the ‘‘Selden pat- ents” and won freedom from payment of fees on the patents. Again he played a lone hand in his battle with New York in- terests. Rejected Wall Street Terms In 1921, it was Ford who turned down the terms of “Wall Street” for much-needed financigl assis- tance. To realize on funds tied up in inventory, he started his factory at top speed and notified his dealers to dispose of the flow of trucks, tractors and automo- biles or surrender their agencies. He did not stop until he had built his own system of steel mills, glass factories, steamships, a rail- road and other enterprises to supply his raw materials and dis- tribute his product. Opposed Unionization Similarly, he always has resist- ed unionization of his employees, claiming his own labor policies gave his workers more than they could gain through a union. 4%e first propounded his .econo- mic philosophy of “higher wages and lower prices mean greater buying power—more customers” in 1914 with announcement of the $5 minimum day wage, a wage in that day believed by many indus- trialists to be ruinous. The five-day week followed in 1926, with the explanation that workers would consume more if they had more leisure. PRINCIPALS IN BLUE EAGLE RIFT General Hugh Johnson's insistence that Henry Ford sign the NRA code for his automobile industry found the two in disagree- ment regarding certain points of the industrial recovery pregram. Raised Wages in 1929 And in 1929, when many em- ployers were considering wage cuts, Ford announced at a White House conference that the thing to do was to raise wages. He in- creased the minimum day wage to $7. But the length of the depres- sion eventually forced his wage below the 1914 minimum of $5. As industry and the public wait- edyto see whether Ford would com- ply with General Johnson's insist- ent plea that he sign the code, there came from sources close to Ford information that he regard- ed the code as one that he would have to “live down to” in the matter of wages. NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Spurred The explanation given was that,|by the revival of inflationary psy- while the code provides for a|chology, stocks galloped to higher minimum wage of 43 cents hourly | territory today and displayed in- for a 35-hour week, Ford is pay-)dications of resuming the recent ing his 42,000 employes at the|advance. River Rogue plant a minimum of| The forward movement met some 50 cents per hour for 40 hours. |resistance although mining issues But General Johnson contended|and some specialties maintained that that “only way you can get|a rather buoyant fone. people to get them together is Today’s market close was firm. to get them to agree to act to- Sale of bonds was irregularly geher.” Almost 3,000,000 shares were sold. WILL BE AIDED Grains and other commodities exhibited renewed life and a brisk demand for equities developed. Administration Plans to Help Institutions that Are Worthy Most of the stock went ahead WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Pres- at the end. Mining shares were strong and ident Roosevelt is starting a cam- paign to re-open closed banks in STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE; CLOSE IS FIRM (Mining Issues and Some | Specialties Are Rather Buoyant Today around the peaks at the close. Homestake was up 19 points, Américan Smelting 8 points. International Silver and Howe Sound gained two to three points. National Distillers, U. S. Alcohol, American Commercial Alohol were up one to three points. Up one or two points were Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph, Chrysler, Case, Deere, Allied Chem- ical. Rails were just about even. Utilities were somewhat heavy. uary 1, when the system of insured deposits becomes operative, all but a few will be doing business. The Administration is beieved to| be ready to put the resources of ; the Government behind any in- CLOSING PRICES TODAY stitution not irremediably msolv.i NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Closing ent, provided the communities do| duotation of Alaska Juneau mine the same, i stock today is 30, American Can ;92"»’.. American Pov;er and Light m . 11%, American Smelting 43, Ana- Three Escaped Convicts|conda 18%, Amour B. 27%, Beth- s s lehem Steel 39%, Calumet and /!re ShOt Doun’ 3 ()l?“,)r‘s, Hecla 6%, Colorado Fuel and Iron Captured by Authorities 6%, Curtiss-Wright 3, General MARKSVILLE, La., Sept. 14— Motors 34%, International Harves- Three escaped convicts were killed|ter 41'z, Kennecott 23, Missouri- in .a battle with possemen near Pacific 6%, Packard 4%, Chicago, here shortly after officers had cap-| Milwaukee preferred. 13%, Radio tured three others of the eleven Corporation 9%, Standard Brands who fled from the Angola Penal|28', United States Steel 55, West- Farm after a bloody riot last Sun- | ern Union 68%, United Aircraft 39, | Ward Baking B 3%. DIVERSION, FUN FEATURED AT FAIR OPENING Excellent Exhibits Twelfth Annual Fiesta Attract Large Crowd o000 000000 at| [ PROGRAM TONIGHT 8:00 to 9:00 p. m—Band concert, 9:00 p. m.—Madame Hel- ene Orloff, Soprano. 9:30 to 10:30 p. m.—Bo- kach's Russian Balalaiki Or- chestra, 10:30 to Midnight—Danc- ing. Reveler’'s Orchestra. PROGRAM FRIDAY Afternoon This is Douglas Day. Awarding of prizes—Pub- lic and private schools, made cakes' exhibit. Avening 8:00 to 9:30 p. m—Band concert. 9:00 p. m—Madame Or- loff, Soprano. 9:30 to 10:30 p. m.—Bo- kach’s Russian Balalaiki Or- chestra, 10:30 to Midnight—Danc- ing Reveler's Orchestra. Auspices American Legion. eeececscccccsscee eecceev00vee With a considerably larger at- tendance than on the opening night last .year, the Twelfth Annual Southeast Alaska Fair formally | began last evening, with an enter- taining program, a fine assortment of displays and amusement booths and many interesting exhibits, in livestock, flowers, school, art and home departments. The displays were all in place Juln(] the decorations attractively arranged for the first night of the fair, with many people in attend- |ance, to view the exhibits and |enjoy the entertainment furnished at the various boths. Music in sev- iernl varieties, both concert and CUBANS RIOTING BREAKS FORTH AT GATES OF THREE MINES Men Are Shot, Scores Beaten by Pickets— Stones Also Hurlefi VIOLENCE IS SIGNAL FOR TAKING HOLIDAY Delay at Singi—ng of Code Starts Disorders— NRA Leaders Busy UNIONTOWN, Penn., Sept. 14— Rioting broke out this morning at three mines in the Southwest- ern Pennsylvania strike area. Six men were shot at the gates and scores were beaten and stoned at Edenborn and Footedale. The violence signalized the of- ficial beginning of the mining holi- day voted yesterday by the rep- resentatives of more than 30,000 miners impatient at the delay :n signing the coal code. Decide to Quit The men decided to quit and re- main out of the pits until an ac- cord is reached. Fourteen men, some of them |shot and others severely beaten, were brought to the hospital here. Attaches of the hospital said at least one man will die. Trouble Flares Trouble flared this morning as the pickets' tried to prevent miners going to work. Deputies’ stationed at the gates are reported to have opened fire on the pickets. In the battle ensuing a deputy's arm was blown off by gun fire. Among the casualties at Eden- |born are John Garrow, aged 40, fractured skull; Mike Savage, aged 45, beaten about the head. All three mines where the trouble started are owned by the H. C. Frick Coke Company. NRA LEADERS BUSY WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—NRA leaders set in today to end the miners’ strike by terminating ne- gotiations for the bituminous code with all possible speed. Adminis- trator Johnson sped from New York to renew conferences with operators representing all major production companies in the field. —— CHANNEL BRIDGE 1S ON APPROVED PROJECTS LIST Chamber Informed Outlook for Construction Bright- est in History The projected bridge over Gas- tineau Channel, linking Juneau and Douglas, has finally reached the approved list of public works projects for submission to the Federal Public Works Administra- tion, the Chamber of Commerce was informed today by Judge H. B. LeFevre, who with Henry Ro- den has for more than a year represented the local organization on a joint Juneau-Douglas Com- mittee that has been promoting the project. The outlook for early construc- tion of the bridge, he asserted, is more favorable than at any previous time. It now has the unanimous backing of the people of both communities, Federal and Territorial authorities, he added. Report Is Submitted More than 400 persons from parts of the world, tourists visiting here during the current Summer, registered at the Infor- mation Booth of the Chamber, it was disclosed today in the re- port submitted by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, attendant in charge. A much larger number of visitors stopped at the booth for inquir- ies but did not register, she re- ported Mrs. months, steamers capacity, provement all Parker said during two July and August, the were booked almost to showing material im- over the same two (Continued from Page F;;u'rf (Continued on Page Seven)