The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 2, 1933, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 6458. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN |EXPLAINS GOVERNMENT’S VETS’ POLICY 'CALIFORNIA SHAKEN, SHARP QUAKE SHOCK AROUSES | RESIDENTS OF LARGE SECTION Early Morning Rumble In- jures Four Persons— v Does Light Damage ‘ DISTURBANCE WORST SINCE LAST MARCH Extends from Santa Bar- bara to Long Beach Early This Morning S ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 2.—A sharp earthquake of | short duration, apparently \ centered in the Pacific Ocean or desert, awakened residents from Santa Barbara to Long Beach at 1:10 o’clock this morning. 4§ The shock caused injury to four persons here and also light prop- A .erty damage. Telephone companies and rail- roads, three hours later, reported no reports of extensive damage or deaths. | The quake was by far the worst | earth disturbance since March 10| 179 sy-920- porsons were killed and | millions of dollars in damage was HAVANA SCENE OF BATTLE IN EARLY HOURS Soldiers Fire Into National Hotel Housing Army, Navy Officers ONE AMERICAN IS REPORTED KILLED Many Others Are Wound- ed According to Var- ious Rumors Circulated BULLETIN — HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 2,—One American spectator and more than 20 soldiers were killed it was officially announced this afternoon as the result of the fighting when Government soldiers charged the Army and Navy officers in the Ni tional Hotel early today. The soldiers fired from many points from the streets surrounding the hotel and|’ also from top of nearby build- ings. AMERICAN "POLICY" - IS NOT CHANGED - - Here are the latest appeared at a recent party. Pola dix: d from William Powell, is miooning with Harold G. Rosson, photogra Chicago millionaire (left), in _Ruptials soon. New Romance Wave- Hits Hoflmo;d Stars v heart throbs in the movie city—Jean Harlow, queen of her, with whom she eloped. Negri, t ovember, according to close se e great Polish star, will be wed in Paris to Harold F. friends, And Carole Lombard, recently en with Gary Cooper so much of late ¢ They are shown (right) aboard Gary’ Y the platinum blondes, is honey- 'y are shown (center) as they MeCor- at the film world foretells yacht. GIGANTIC PLAN FOR RELIEF.IS President to Name Corpor- ation to Purchase and Disttibute Necessities SURPLUSES ARE TO BE BOUGHT UP NOW Spending About Three Hundred Thirty Million ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN, ENROUTE TO CHI- CAGO, Oct. 2. — President Roosevelt; as he neared Chi- Legion delegates at the an-| nual convention, was busy| with a gigantic farm and un-| employment relief plan as he‘ prepared to talk to the Le-| gionnaires. i The President announced establish a corporation to! purchase and distribute the employed. X GIVEN OUTLINE Program Contemplates cago to address the American | If Repeal Passes { Washihgton Will Be Wide Open . SPOK Wash,, Oct.2. | ® —Gov ence D. Martin o ® last Saturday appointed an ® Advisory Liquor Control e ® Commission to canvass the e ® situation brought about by e { ® the threat of Prohibition e | ® repeal and to make recom- ® mendations for legislation e e for control of the liquor e e traffic when it returns. If @ ® repeal becomes effective o ® next December, this state e o will be wide open for Fed- e ® eral regulations until the e ® next session of the Legis- o o lature in January, 1935. . . . . . 000 o0 000000 NRA IS GOING AFTER PRIGE PRESIDENT, IN CHICAGO, GIVES PLAIN ADDRESS Tells American Legion- naires Just What They May Expect THREE PRINCIPLES TO BE MAINTAINED Roosevelt Discusses Na- tion Affairs Then Is- sues’ Command CHICAGO, I, Oct. 2.— President Roosevelt today told the veterans attending the American Legion Con- vention the Government RAISERS NOW Certain Manufacturers to Be Summoned for Public Hearing his new completed deal to RETAILERS MAKING COMPLAINT HEARD necessities of life to the un-[ Administrator John son Takes First Action maintained responsibility for those disabled in the war service and hoped to increase their benefits but declared that special benefits would not be given a man over and above all other citizens be- cause he wore a uniform. The President added that the third principle to the vet- erans’ program was assur- ance the Federal Government : By a coincidence, this relief and | . L . E A do:;:w one Los Angeles resident| WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.— FEDERATIUN BF Deer’ Bear Season Opens,' work program contemplated guo.ui of Its Kind “""1 ‘g"’eh the same relief it was critically hurt. Mrs. Marie |Secretary of State Hull de-| ifi“offigfffui,ifiydeifil e;sffindl:xlxjcr;; WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 gl\teh 3 er; 8 cnri;g bfo:x‘ L | " x ’ . -—|veterans who were 1sable Benedict, aged 51, is suffering pos- | sible skuil fracture when a medi- | # cine cabinet in the bathroom of | her home fell during the shock | # and struck her on the head. DIES FROM SHOCK LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2. — Mrs. Sophia Kanapow, aged 73 years, became hysterical after the earth| shocks and died as a result of heart trouble. The quake sent thousands into | the streets in their night clothes. The quake was preceded by a! gentle swaying motion. * Only two buildings were dam-| aged locally, one the police station, | where a ton of masonry crashed to the streets. ——t———— NO ABDUCTION; JUST CASE FOR DIVORGE GOURT Wife of Wealthy Man Not Kidnaped—Leaves with Children v CHICAGO, ML, Oct. 2—Chief of Detectives William Shoemaker said last Saturday night he had contacted with the missing wife of George M. Cox, believed by her husband to have been Kidnaped, who quoted her as saying she left her New Orleans home, with other members of her family, of her own volition. Chief Shoemaker refused to di- vulge the whereabouts of Mrs. ' Cox, but he said she told him she Jeft her husband with the inten- tion of tiling a divorce. The po- lice investigation was immediately dropped and three men held for investigation were released. First Arrest Early last Saturday one man who jdentified himself as William Da- vis, Jr., aged 27, of Louisiana, ~ was taken into custody after the police said the New Orleans au- thorities informed them the fam- ily of George M. Cox, wealthy ship owner, were believed to have been kidnaped for $25000. The family consisted of Mrs. Cox, aged 27, and her two sons. They were reported missing when Cox re- turnéd to his New Orleans home following a five weeks' visit in Tllinois. ’ Late Saturday afternoon, George ‘Wentz and Benjamin Berkson were held for questioning. They, with Davis. formerly worked for Cox. The three were released following the new developments. clared this afternoon there is no change in the American policy toward Cuba contem- plated as the result of the fatal shooting of an Amer- ican there this morning in a battle around the National | Hotel. BATTLE STARTS HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 2.—One American, Robert Lotheisch, was killed in a battle between Army and Navy officers entrenched in the National Hotel, and soldiers who have kept them virtual pris- oners there for weeks. The troopers fired on the hotel with cannon, rifles and machine guns, and wers met by a heavy return fire from the hotel. Endangered by Bullets Many Americans living in near- by apartment houses were endan- gered by the bullets. At least seven men were seen lying on an adjacent street ,ap- parently dead or wounded, as the battle reached the climax early this morning. About 500 Army and Navy offi- cers defiantly refused to accede to ‘the Government's demand they leave the hotel or be considered evicted from the Army. They op- pose President San Martin and his regime. In Line of Fire Sporadic shooting broke out in the residential section where many Americans live. Lothiesch, American killed in the battle, is the Havana Manager of the Swift Company. As the excitement increased there were riimors that the President (Uonunued on Page Two) Apples, Alaska Bound, Bought by Bogus Check ‘WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct. ® 2—Three hundred and fif- ® teen boxes of apples bought e here Thursday night with e a $315 check have been e found on a boat enroute 0 Alaska. Officers said they are trailing the self-styled cash buyer who signed the check E. P. Evans, and which the police said is bogus. The apples were bought from Dell Rothrock, Entiat grower. One thousand lithograph- ed checks were printed here last week for the buyer, a printing company said. S0 00 0000000 LABOR SEEKING MORE MEMBERS Annual Convention Starts Today — Green An- nounces Plans i WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—William Green, President of thg American | Pederation of Labor, reported| Sunday the organization has near-| ly 4,000,000 members. Green said the next goal is 10,- | 000,000 members and predicted that the Federation's convention, be-| ginning today will order an or-| | ganizing campaign such as never | (has been known before. ! Must Change Codes At the same time, the American Federation of Labor's Council, in an annual survey, | warned that if the recovery pro- gram is to succeed existing NRA codes must be revised to assure a “much greater reduction in work hours and much higher standards ifor minimum wages.” | | New America | President Green said 25,000,000 is the ultimate membership goal) “for a full and complete co-opera~ | tion in New Industrial America| which is being created through NRA.” — ROSS COLEMAN UNDER ARREST KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 2.— Ross Coleman, alias L. Baker, aged 29, has been arrested here. It lis alleged he is a member of a Tacoma-Mexico alcohol ring who has been making several trips to Alaska recently to bring a cargo {of alleged alcohol. He gave Ta- coma as his home town. 1 Coleman was in Juneau about one month ago and was a guest! at the Gastineau Hotel. R ORDER MINERS BACK TO WORK PITTSBURGH, Penn, Oct. 2— Seventy-five thousand coal min- ers have been ordered to return to work at once by the United Mine Workers of America’s Vice l President. GOLD PRICE WASHINGTON Oct. 2.— The price of gold today is | . . e $31.88, according to an- @ e nouncement made by the e ® Treasury Department. . . . . o000 o000 0000 B ONE ESCAPED CONVICT SHOT DEAD, INDIANA Executive | Attempts to Rob Store—Is Greeted by Fusilade of Bullets NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 2.—Jos- eph Jenkins, one of the ten con- victs who escaped from the In- diana State prison last Tuesday, was shot to death in a gun bat- tle at Bean Blossom, near here, last Saturday night, in an at- tempt to rob the store of Her- bert MacDonald. The storekeeper was shot in the arm before Wil- liam Alltop and Benjamin Kantor, residents of the town,emptied their shotguns into Jenkins’ body. British War Blind Flock To St’ Dunstan’s Hospital LONDON, Oct. 2—8t. Duns- tan’s which has charge of all men here who lost their sight as a result of active service during the Great War, is now caring for near- ly 2,000 war-blinded, more than ever before. It is estimated that the peak of St. Dunstan's has not yet been reached. At the end of the war. 30850 men were discharged from the army with defective vision, and it is from this number that the new cases are coming. C.C.C. CUTS TIMBER INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—The ci- viian consérvafion corps is not being employed just to plant trees near the camps in Indiana, but on the contrary, is being used to cut about 250,000 board feet of lumber from state owned forests ‘The timber is past maturity and is-belng used for improvements. while the remaining timber is benefitted by the thinning out. Bang, Bang; Hunter Killed | a bear, Palo Burnham, shot by William Hogan, his hunt- ing companion, scarcely two min- utes after the season for deer and bear opened at sunrise Sunday. The tragedy is the first of the season and occurred 15 northeast of Snoqualmie Falls. | Burnham died while being car- ried on a stretcher to the line camp of the Snoqualmie Falls Logging Company. | ANOTHER HUNTER KILLED | ANACORTES, Wash, Oct. 2— ‘Wade Thomas, aged 55 years, was accidentally shot and killed by his 19-year-old son Clarence, near here while the pair was hunting deer yesterday. | et NEAR TRAGEDY LONGVIEW, Wash, Oct. 2— | M. A. Tucker, of Seattle, is in the | Longview hospital, believed criti- | cally wounded by the accidental | discharge of his revolver which he dropped while bear hunting. REGULATION OF STOCK EXCHANGE BEING PLANNED '/Administration Officials Seek Curbing of Price Fluctuations | WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—Fed- eral regulation of the New York Stock Exchange is the goal of Administration officials who plan the creation of special committees to seek legislative remedies for ex- cessive speculation. President Roosevelt's aides intend committee shall be composed of representatives of the Govern- ment, business and finance. The committee will be asked to draft a bill for President Roosevelt’s considerhtion and probable sub- mission- to Congress with special attention. being given to curbing violent ' price fluctuations. ———e o Champion Apple Tree CENTRAL, 8./C—J. C. Mere- dith .says he believes he has the champion apple tree of this sec- tion for prolific bearing. The tree, 47 years old, has been a regular producer for many years and this season, Meredith estimates, it will icld 50 bushels of fruit. SEATTLE, Oct. 2—Mistaken for aged 30 years, of Snoqualmie, was fatally miles from the .veterans’ compensation under his economy drive. Disregards Advice The President disregarded the advice of many of his friends to go to Chicago and face and talk with his fellow members of the American Legion about the new deal and Government finances which involved reduction of vet- erans’ allowances. The President wrote his speech last night and early today aboard the train after arrangements for his new corporation to administer a plan of taking wasting surpluses from the American markets and providing for the needy. —eeo—— PRICE FIXING MAY BE GIVEN DECISION SOON pected to Take Action Early This Week WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—Wheth- er the country’s retailers will be permitted to fix minimum prices by code action will probably be decided by President Roosevelt early this week. TWO AGENCIES AT ODDS WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—NRA and the Farm Administration are apparently at odds over the Gov- ernment’s policy toward price fix- ing by huge retail trade and bus- iness. Administrator Johnson is éxpect- ed to approve of a retail code de- signed to stabilize prices by pro- hibiting retailers from selling at less than 7% per cent markup over the wholesale cost. This has a flat rejection by the Farm Ad- ministration, Both codes will eventually receive the President’s approval. ‘While hearings preparatory to a final drafting of the grocery code will not begin until October 9, farm administration officials disclosed a code affecting food prices also proposed a 2% per- cent markup for wholesalers and George Peek, Administrator, ruled out the price fixing for distribu- tors except where the codes or marketing agreements assure a parity of prices for farm pro- ducts. ———— Mississippi's 1934 automobile li- cense plaes will have sunken white letters on a black background: President Roosevelt Ex-| |The first action of NRA |against manufacturers accus- ;ed of skyrocketing prices was |announced Sunday by Recov- fery Administrator Johnson! iwhn said summons are being iprepared to require certain |overalls and other wearing 'apparel manufacturers to ap- !pear at a public hearing and Ianswer charges they boosted | prices 100 to 200 per cent. Explanation Arom manu- facturers was that the in- crease was due to increased costs due to the cotton and textile code. The hearing, the date for| which has not been set, was| iin response to complaints of retailers. INVESTIGATING POISON DEATHS Two Other Victims of Mys-| tery Case Are in Se- rious Condition VERNON, B. C, Oct. 2—The poison deaths of Hugh Lawrence and Christine Harris, both about| 19 years of age, residents of the; Indian reservation at the head of Okanogan Lake, are being studied by the authorities. The source of the poison has not been learned. Two other persons are still in a serious condition. The four were taken sick last Tuesday and two died Thursday. —e————— Want to Buy Baby Hippos? {Here’s Chance MEMJHIS, Tenn., Oct. 2. — A Century of Progress exposition of- fers so many things that N. J. Melroy, superintendent of the mu- nicipal zoo here, hopes it will of- for a market for two baby hip- Pos. While attending the National| Zoological Convention at Chicago| he hopes to interest some other 200 in the offspring of Venus and Adonis, the “first family” of the Memphis Overton Park 2z00. Another visit of the stork is| i Islatic from causes not connccted with the war service but able to care for themselves Discussing other Nationa! affuirs President Roosevelt warned that realization of the domestic recov- ery drive cannot be attained in six months but he reported pro- gress. un Employment Gains “Employment has proceeded only part of the way. From week to week there have been ups and downs but the net result is con- sistent gain,” said the President. “Freezing of credits has been stopped and the ice is definitely melting. “Farm income has increased but it must be further increased. Industry Picks Up “Industry has picked up but in- creased purchasing power must stimulate it further. “I ask further and even greater efforts in our program of National Recovery. “You, who served in the uniform, I call to the colors again as your Commander - in - Chief, your com- rade. I am confident you will respond.” CONVENTION IN SESSION CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 2—Men who bore arms and helped carry the Allies to victory in the World War gathered here today to listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and later settle some of the major issues of their own, including the bonus. The President was this morning speeding here to address the open- ing of the convention. ‘The bonus question will be the center and probably the first fight. — .- DOLE FRAUDS ARE REVEALED Oct. 2.—New leg- alfecting the payment of the dole has led to the tracking of numerous frauds. Out of a total of 175,000 unem- ployed submitted to control with- in the first three months' opera- tion of the law, 20,000 were found unentitled to the dole, another 62,000 to a reduced dole, and 1,500 were prosecuted for fraudulent statements. ——,—— NEW DOCTOR, SEWARD BRUSSELS, Dr. L. E , of Seattle, has arrived at Seward to assist expected during the Christmas holidays, and feeding hippos is| a problem. Dr. A. D. Haverstock in the Sew- ard General Hospital.