The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Ve VOL. XLIL, NO. 6448. : JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 193 3. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN rinll TWO MORE STATES VOTE FOR REPEAL 'FRONT STREET s 3 1% A-J WATER MAIN 1S DYNAMITED; ‘WORK OF CRANK Thirty-inch Water Main Above Gastineau Avenue Is Partly Destroyed - EVIDENCE SHOWS WAS . DELIBERATELY PLANNED Closes Mill E Hours and Threatens Residents of Lower Front St. A 30-inch water supply pipe above Gastineau Avenue, furnishing water both to the| City for its high pressure fire mains and the Alaska Juneau mill, was partially de- stroyed last night by dyn- amite, endangering the lives and property of residents on Gastineau Avenue, Ewing Street and lower Front Street. The explosion occurred about 12:40 a. m. and was undoubtedly a deliberate at- tempt to break the line -and force the mill to shut down, in the opinion of municipal authorities who were on the ground within 10 minutes after the explosion. Water Fills Street Beyond bringing a large quan- tity of dirt and rock down the hill and filling Front Street to the curb line between Connors Motor Company and Swanson Bros. Groc- ery, and causing the mill to sus- pend operation several hours, the damage was slight. The pipe is a 30-inch main and carried all of the water used in mill operations. It also feeds the salt water fire mains of the town. The force of the explosion de- (Continued on Page Two) “ALASKATO GET BIG ALLOTMENT FOR GAME WORK Funds for Boats, Docks and Buildings Allotted To- taling $184,700 Allotments totaling $184,700 from public works funds to the United States Biological Survey for ex- penditure at once in Alaska was announced in Washington today by the Public Works Administration, according to an Associated Press dispatch to The Empire, and of- ficlal advices received at local headquarters of the Alaska Game Commission. The money is to be expended in headquarters buildings for seven game warden districts, floats and warehouses and seven sea-going and river boats. One of the ves- sels will be 110 feet long, costing $110,000. The program calls for the fol- lowing projects: Anchorage, a float, $1,200. Ketchikan, float and warehous- es, $2,000. Kodiak, $2,000. Unalaska, dock, float and store- house, $3,000. Wrangell, dock and float, $2,- 000. For headquarters buildings for wardens of the Alaska Game Com- mission in seven districts, Cordova, $3,000; Dillingham, $3,000; Fort Yukon, $2,000; Holy Cross, $3,000; Kodiak, $4,000; Kotzebue, $3,500; and McGrath, $2,500. An allotment of $153,500 was authorized for seven patrol boats to be used by the Alaska Game Commission in enforcing the game laws. One of these vessels, cost- ing $110000, will be assigned to . patrol work around the Aleutian Islands and in Bristol Bay. dock and storehouse, END NGERED ENGLAND MAY ENTER INTO COMPETITION British Officials in London Give Out Their Explanations BAD IMPRESSION BEING CREATED Naval Race, It Is Said, Would Be Three Corn- ered in Short Time LONDON, -Sept. 20.—Offi- cials of the British Govern- ment told Norman H. Davis, American representative to the Disarmament Conference, on his recent visit here that the American naval building program might make a bad {on the eve of the Disarma- ment Conference. This is gram. prehension in England if a naval race developed between Japan and America in which forced to enter competition. WILL GO AHEAD dent Roosevelt intends to go ahead without restriction on the $283,- 000,000 naval building program des- pite reports abroad and suggestions made to Davis, Ambassador, that there be some abandonment or curtailment of that program. It is asserted at the White House no such suggestions actually have been received by the Presi- dent. ROOSEVELT IS SUPPORTER OF LARGER NAVY Statement of Plain Naval Facts WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Henry Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, today said that warn- ings that the American building program might start another naval construction race was absolutely unjustified. 4 The Assistant Secretary said an adequate Navy was the econ- omic life insurance of every na- tion, He further stated England and Japan are ahead of the Unit- ed States and battleships are need- ed for protection against air raids. NRA Church Unites Eagle and Red Cross TARENTUM, Pa., Sept. 20.—The Central = Presbyterian Church of Tarentum has adopted the blue eagle of the national recovery act, A reproduction of the insignia, with a Red Cross superimposed, adorns the building. The pastor, the Rev. A. N. Stubblebine, sent a picture of the church’s insignia to President Roosevelt, with the suggestion that-other churches be called upon to adopt the N. R. A. and work out a code that would impose strict church duties on each member, —e———— Mrs. Mark Carter of Goose Creek, Tex., won a dress-making contest with a model she created from dis- carded fertilizer sacks. impression on other countries will be protection for federal offi- the authoritative explanation advanced for re-| murder occurs. ports in Washington, D. C., that Great Britain has re- quested the United States tol defer its construction pro-’ity. it is explained, must spend its This is qualified by the|trailing the killer. statement there might be ap-| case Great Britain might be WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Presi-| America’s roving Assistant Secretary Makes‘ America pays a staggering toll to its crooks. Yearly the tributec grows as criminal traffic rises to the magnitude of big business. What are the remedies? How should they be applicd? Should we have a Scotland Yard? This is the first of three articles dealing with the crime problems and cuggested solutions. By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—When Congress re-opens, one of its major duties is expected to be the forg- ing of new legislative weapons |against crime and the criminal. | “The gangster must go,” At- torney General Cummings has said. |And to that end he has ordered | special studies, now being made, of the killer, the kidnaper, the racketeer, and of state and fed- |eral laws. One of the first considerations cers. As it is, a federal officer | may be killed, but the duty of | trailing and sentencing his Killer devolves on the state in which the | State Lines Complicate Casej Here lies a difficulty. Often the crime occurs in a community with limited funds. The commun- tax money, already needed in half ja dozen different directions, on Maybe he has crossed a state| |line and the barrier of extradition ilaws makes his return for trial | more difficult. Take, for example, | the murderers of the officers of | Kansas City. As that city's offi- cers went into the case how could they determine at first in what | direction to send their detectives? | | If the killing of a federal offi- | cer is made a federal crime thers |exists a network of brother offi- cers scattered about the nation that can close in on the fleeing | eriminals. Would Tighten Net Actually, crime experts explain, |no spot in' the country would be! a safe place for such murderers. | No place would they be more than |a few hours from officers empow- jered to take them into custody. 1 In addition, and obviously, the re- | sources of the federal government | are greater than any one of its | single communities, Gapging: U Job of Forging New An D * ti-Cri * * * m * On Gan e Weapons Faces Congress gland * “The gangster must go,” Attorney General Cummings has sai Federal and State authorities as they plan new attacks on crime. directed against gangsters who wreck trucks and damage property when tribute is not paid, against kidnapers and the underworld generally in an effort to smash its d, expressing the spirit animating Thus the long arm of the law is traffic. The connection, authorities say,| these technicalities and still pre- between crime and the politician | serve the right of fair trial and is a serious matter. It is being | the principle that a defendant is given much thought in mapping | innocent until proven guilty. the federal program. “Furthermore, fire-arms must be Some means of hastening and | controlled,” says Cummings. ‘‘Pub- making penalty more certain for|lic opinion is enough aroused, I crime is being sought. believe, to permit the speedy pas- Technicalities Undo Work | sage of a bill controlling the man- It often happens that a hard- | ufacture, sale and interstate trans- working sheriff spends sleepless | portation of firearms.” days and nights apprehending a Would Ban Machine Gun criminal, only to see him turned Experts studying the matter off with a short sentence, or no|point out that the manufacturer sentence at all. The sheriff out-|of one particular weapon, the sub- fhinks the gangster and brings| caliber machine gun, should be him to trial. But the defense at- | prohibited entirely. Neither the torney steps in with his knowledge | army nor officers of the law use of the technicalities of evasion.|it. ‘Then come arguments for appeal, Means to curb the manufacture dismissal, change of venue or post- | of the stink bomb will undoubt- ponements. edly be sought. It is used by A way is being sought to cutlracketeers to exact tribute from business, or to ruin business in a trade war. The Department of Justice will also seek a law to prohibit trans- portation of stolen property from | one state to another. With the existing laws federal investigators can only enter the case where the stolen property is an automobile. Good Score Against Kidnapers Kidnaping, of course, is already getting generous attention of the federal government. And its offi- cers have had conspicuous success in solving such cases. Since De- cember 10, 1932, identification and arrests have been made in the 13 major kidnapings which have been called to the attention of the De- partment of Justice. In seven sentence has been pass- ed. In the rest, suspects are be- ing held for trial AND IT IS NEWS RIGHT IN A NUTSHELL By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.) And it all comes under the head of news: SILENT PARTNER: To Admin- istration politicians, the most sur- prising thing about Vice Presi- dent Garner's withdrawal from public view is that he hasn't even taken the trouble to send out word what patronage, if any, he wants. HUEY: If the grapevine tidings from top-notch Democratic .circles that punching administered Sen- ator Long at a New York club party isn't a circumstance to what is about to hit him and his party organization in Louisiana from the direction of Washington. ANGEL WANTED: One potent reason Republican headquarters in. Washington is so silent, in con- trast to the loud drum-beatings of the Democrats after their de- feat in 1928, is that no cash back- er has appeared with money bags comparable to those opened to the Democratic resuscitators four years ago by John J. Raskob. NEWEST DEAL: There are now signs that one or two other fi- gures almost as well known as Prof. Raymond Moley may go west into the magazine or some other private occupation befare the Roos- evelt administration is a year old. and that doesn’t mean BSecretary - (vonuinued on Pagé Two) ANNIE BESANT PASSES AWAY; OLD AGE CAUSE | [nternationally -Known Re- ligious Leader Dies in Bombay, India BOMBAY, India, Sept. 20.—Dr. Annie Besant, aged 86, interna- tionally known Theosophical lead- er, is dead here. her death. Evolution from wifehood motherhood in a quiet English vic- | arage to world-wide leadership of the phical Society, inter- HARD LIQUOR CONTROL BILL IS NOW LAW Two Temporary Measures Go Into Effect When Repeal Achieved ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 20—Bills| to control and tax the manufac- ture, importation and sale of hard liquor in New York State as soon| as prohibition repeal is achieved became part of the law when Gov ernor Herbert H. Lehman signed them. The 'bills, of which there were two, are designed as temporary measures, to be in effect until Ap-| Socialism and with work for home ril 1, 1934, by which time the l‘cg»: rule in India, marked the long life ular 1934 session of the Legisla- ©f Dr. Annie Besant. ture is expected to enact a per-| Was Organizer manent system of control. | As President of the Theosophical Both bills which became a law| Soclety, to which post she was el- were recommended by Governor | ccted in 1907, 1914, 1922 and 1928, Lehman and passed during the|she lectured and organized branch- extraordinary session which re-|es Of the creed in many parts of céently adjourned. One of them.|the world. There were eleven such the Kernan bill, gives the State| “sections” or national societies, Alcoholic Beverage Confrol Board!|when she first became President. the same authority to control and | By 1982 there were 47. license hard liquor which it now| Nearly all the countries of Eur- exercises in the control and li-|ope, the United States, Canada. censing of beer and wine. authority similarly is conferred visited by -her in this work. on the New York City Board and |these tours she expounded theoso- county boards upstate. | phy as “a mystical speculation Tax Is Levied | applied to deduce a philosophy of The other bill, which was ad-|the universe.” She preached the vocated by Senator John L. Buck-| doctrine of reincarnation and that ley, of New York, levies a tax man could know God by developing of $1 a gallon on liquor, 10 cents| his own soul. e | (Continued on Page Seven) W_whce’l‘w) Old age caused | and | spersed with pioneering in British| Local | Australia and New Zealand were| Oon PRICE OF 6OLD HIGHEST IN HISTORY LONDON, Sept. 20—The rise of two shillings in the price of gold brought it te the highest every known — 133 shillings and nine pense a fine ounce. The dollar fell today to new low terms in gold as renewed ex- citement was manifest in the mar- kets over reports the United States has decided on some form of mild inflation within the next few weeks. The closing today of the dollar was $4.85% to the pound. SALLY EILERS GIVEN DIVORGE HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, Sept. 20— | sally Eilers, screen actress, said i today she had been granted a | Mexican divorce from Hoot Gibson at Chihuahua on August 28. | Alaska Dredge and | Salvage Company Is Incorporated, W ash. | OLYMPIA, wash, sepi. 20.— | Among the corporate filings here | today is that of the Alaska Dredge | and Salvage Company of Scattle Wi | car] Wiley, Peter Barnes and Guy | Shumate., They latter said they | did not care to reveal the purpose 10( the company at fhis time. BYWATER Tomorrow it Will Be Noon at Noon; Time Is Standard when the sun overhead, or- as possible in this clime, it will be near northe noon, For this new fangled day- light saving arrangement passes at the end of to- day, or to be exact at mid- night tonight. Most of the folks will likely turn their clocks back exactly at the midnight hour, but ev: body will get a break to- morrow morning for they can sleep that extra hour lost last May when the clocks were zoomed ahead one hour Standard time comes back to Juneau by order of the City Council Don't forget, turn the clock back at midnight to night. ®ee00ec00000c0s00000 000000000 ©eeve0evscscce o000 g0 000000 SEVERE EARTH TREMOR SHAKES TOWN TUESDAY Dishes Rattled, Pictures Sway, No Damage Done —Skagway Also Hit Juneau and at léast one other Southeast Alaska town were more or less severely shaken yesterday afternoon by an earthquake, said to have been one of the heaviest in recent years. The tremors started at 3:41 p. m. and continued for 80 seconds, according to R. C. Mize, Meateorologist in Charge of the local United States Weath- er Bureau station. No damage was done here or at Skagway, the other town reporting the quake. Pictures and wall mir- rors swayed violently, dishes rattled and table lamps were overturned here and Skagway reported simi- lar effects as well as the stopping of clocks. The tremors were noticed in all sections of this city. Workers at the Alaska Steam Laundry stopped their tasks and some of them rushed to the street. Some of the residences on the hill swayed per- ceptibly. The movement seemed to be northwest to southeast at the start and swung from that to a west to east trend. — U. S. OFFICIAL IS THREATENED BY UNDERWORLD Joseph Keenan, Leading Nation's Drive on Crime, Slated for Death OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept. 20—The life of Joseph Keenan, Assistant United States Attorney| General of the United States, lead- ing the Nation's drive against crime, has been threatened by George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Airmail Letter Threat Keenan received an airmail Jet- ter from Chicago at the end of yesterday's Federal Court session here where Harvey Bailey, Albert Bates and others are on trial for the kidnaping of Charles Urschel, oil millionaire. Kelly is accused of aiding Bates in carrying out thie actual Urschel * | kidnaping. Daily Threatened The Daily Oklahomian also re- ceived a threatening letter from Kelly as has Urschel who testified yesterday. It is understood the letter's brazenly boasted that the $185,000 ransom Urschel paid for rdmsom is being held intact to organize and pay off underworld forces for car- NEW MEXICO GOES3TO1; IDAHO CLOSER States Number Thirty and Thirty-one Against 18th Amendment ONLY FIVE MORE ARE NOW REQUIRED Jdaho Splits Ballot, South Counties Dry, but Northerners Wet WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. —Repealists today counted on Idaho and New Mexico as States number 30 and 31 in t h e mounting anti - Prohibi- tion column on the basis of substantial leads in yester- day’s balloting. New Mexico voted wet by better than 3 to 1. One hundred and ninety- eight of the 785 precincts showed 25,021 for repeal and 7,438 against repeal. The Idaho vote is closer. From 41 of the State’s 44 counties the vote shows 47, 074 wet and 34,636 dry. The Southern counties, set- tled by Mormons, were the driest counties while the Northern counties, where miners and lumbermen are settled, were the wettest. Only five more States fav- oring repeal are required to knockout the Eighteenth Amendment. LATEST RETURNS WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. — Ac- cording to latest returns, received at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Idaho repeal figures give 52,800 for and 38,779 aaginst; New Mexico 31219 for repeal ahd 9,843 against. — e 0'BRIEN WINS 0UT3TO1IN N.Y. PRIMARIES Will Conte?for Mayor November 7 Against LaGuardia, Fusionist NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Mayor John P. O’Brien, number one can- didate of Tammany Hall, won a walk-away nomination for Mayor in yesterday’s primary, defeating Loring ‘Black and Jerome Ambro, by a vote of approximately 3 to 1, but T. J. Prial won the nomina- tion for Ciiy Comptroller, defeat- ing Tammany's choice, John Har- man. O'Brien goes into the November 7 election against the Fusion Ticket headed by Fiorello H. La- Guardia, Republican, who was also nominated yestérday. Woman, 106, Says Don’t Worry, Don’t Hurry! CARROLTCN, Ohio, Sept. 20.— Steadfast refusal to worry or hur- ry has enabled Mrs. Margaret Markley Hibb to live to 106. That's the advice she gave the youngest members of her family when they gathered here to help her cele- brate a birthday anniversary. The modern world, said Mrs. Hibbs, is “moving much tec fast,” and its inhabitants “want too many thrills.” Just keep regular habits, don’t get in too much of a rush, and don't hurry, above all thiugs don't worry,” she said. Mrs. Hibbs rying out death threats made by Kelly. has lived for forty years on the same farm near here. &