The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1933, Page 1

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLH., NO. 6464, JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCfOBER 9, 1933. MEMBER O F ASSOCIATED PRESS _PRICE TEN CENTS SERIOUS CRISIS IS DEVELOPING AMONGNATIONS Stand Taken_by Teutons Is Causing Much Appre- hension in World NO STATEMENT IS MADE BY OFFICIALS United States Is Awamng Word from Special Am- | bassador Davis WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—High officials of the United States Gov- ernment regarded as extremely ser- | ious reports from Geneva of Ger-| many’s position on aramaments | that includes the demand for the | immediate right to rearm. The Administration is withhold- | ing action or representtions until| a full official report is received, | which is expected soon from Spec- ial Ambassador Norman H. Davis, now at Geneva, Secretary of State Hull refused to discuss the matter but in other quarters it is apparent the Ger- man stand is regarded as marking a serious phase in the movement for smaller dramaments. CONFERENCE SLATED GENEVA, Oct. 9.—As the re- sult of American initiative, the five-year disarmament conversa- tions with Germany included on an equality basis, began here to- d The French Foreign Min- i and Count Dudolf Nadoiny, of Germany, are scheduled to con- fer before nightfall Special American Ambassador Davis said he was having diffi- culty in bringing the two together in eu sttempt to iron out their differences. - STOCK PRICES TAKE UPWARD TREND TODAY Late Buying:;is Alcohols, Rails, Specialties— Raises Maintained NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Stocks furned upward indefinitely today, largely professional, with mild ral- lies and declines being frequent. Late buying came into alcohols, rails and various specialties. The closing prices were around the tops of the day. Sales were 1,250,000 shares. Carrier equities developed a fol- lowing on reports of improved car- loadings and hope of resumption of substantial shipments by heavy industries. Alcohols Up National Distillers led the alco- hols up with a gain of about six points. Metals got back some early losses. ‘Wheat was reactionary. The dollar lost ground in foreign Famous Socialist Leader Dies After Long Illness At His Home in New York | NEW YORK, Oct. Hillquit, lawyer and internationally | known as a famous Socialist lead- er, died at his home here early Sunday after a long illness. | He joined the Socialist party in 1888, two years after coming with | his parents to the United States | from Russia, and soon won recog- nition as one of the most able of | its younger members. | Foremost Representative At the beginning of the century he had attained a leading place in the national organization and since then had been his party's foremost representative in national and international councils as well as its chief advisor. At different tilmes since 1900 Mr. Hillquit had been a member of the national organization and since then has been international secre- tary of the party since 1904. Since | the latter year he also had been | a representative on the Interna- tional Socialist Bureau and chair- man of the party’s national com- mittez since 1913. Was Keynoter 1 Beginning in 1899, Mr, Hillquit had been a delegate to all the na- tional conventions of the Socialist party since that time and fre- quently served as temporary chair-| man to delive* the convention key-| 9. — Morris | £ | the Socialist party of the !ist Congresses at Amsterdam 11910 and Hamburg, ASSOCIATED PRESS MQR RIS HILLQUIT He also represented United at the International Social- in 1907; Copenhagen, 1923, The popularity of Mr. Hillquit was attested in 1917 when he was note address. Statzs 1904; Stuttgart, (Continued on Page Seven) MAIL ROBBERY ARRESTS MADE, WIDE SECTION Score of Afigg—ed Members| of Gang Reported Rounded Up CHICAGO, I, Oct. 9.— Relent- less search from New York to] Texas by Federal Agents brought under arrest a score of alleged| members of the interstate mail rqobbery gang in six cities and provided a solution of the $250,000 Chicago mail robbery brought to light by the bizarre death of Ed- gar Lebensberger, operator of a| night club. The solution of the robbery dis- closed amazing ramifications of underworld operations. Sum Is Recovered The Federal agents recovered $150,000 of the loot. The robbery took place Decem- ber 5 when five robbers snatched a bundle of bonds from two car- riers of registered mail shortly| after they left the Central Post office enroute to a bank. The robbery took place during a fog. Four men were arrested here, four persons are held in Denver, five in Kansas City, three in New York and others in Minneapolis and Boston. NEW EVIDENCE SECURED ON STOLEN SECURITIES CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 9.—New evi- dence, indicating a huge clearing house for stolen securities that had its operating headquarters in Chicago, has been uncovered by Federal Agents investigating the | bell | caused markets. Gainers Reported United States Industrial Alcohol, American Commercial Alcohol, Owens, up one to three points. Allied Chemical was up three points. American Can took a two-point raise and kept-it. Oils Go Up American Telephone and Tele- graph, Case, Johns-Manville, Con- solidated Gas, North American, Celanese, Chrysler, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia, Sears and others were up one to two or more points. United States Smelting lost two peints. McIntyre Porcupine, Amer- jcan Smelting, DePasco, Dome and Alaska Jureau were down frac- tionally to nearly two peints. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine (wontinued on Page Two) . Commercial Solvents were | $250,000 Chicago mail robbery of last December for which 20 persons have been arrested and several al- raedy indicted. Walter Johnson, Chief Postal In- spector, made this disclosure as the aftermath of the suicide of Edward B. Lebensberger, night club owner and one of those indicted. Officials said the syndicate dealt solely with the disposal of stolen securities, operating through gamb- ling houses and night club figures to spread the activities in at least seven States. GANGSTER SHOT CHICAGO, Oct. 9.—Gus Wink- ler, gangster and reputed Kkiller, was himself shot and killed on a North Side street near a beer distributing agency. He died in the hospital without talking. He refused to admit his identity to the Police Sergeant. DECISION MADE IN AGCIDENT TO NORTWHESTERN Pilot Ellis and Second Of- yed for Hoover. ficer Kelly Are Held Responsible SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—James R. Ellis, pilot, and Delbert J. Kelly, second officer of the steamer Northwestern, are held responsi- ble for the disaster to the vessel on Sentinel Island, near Juneau, Alaska, on July 27 when the ves- sel ran aground and was later beached on the Eagle River bar. Negligence Charged The decision was made public by Steamboat Inspectors Daniel B. Hutchings and William Camp- who found the accident was by “unskillfullness and negligence of Pilot Ellis who was in charge of the nagivation of the Northwestern, and lack of knowledge of the duties of his station on the part of second officer Kelly. . The officers were in charge of the watch when the vessel went ashore. Suspended Six Months The license of Ellis, as a mas- ter mariner on ocean lanes and as pilot of inland waters of South- east and Southwest Alaska is sus- pended for six months, from Sep- tember 12, 1933 to March 11, 1934. “The hearing of Kelly wll be held as soon as he returns to Ellig's First Accident In fairness to Ellis, who testi- fied before the steamboat inspect- ors at the recent hearing, Capt. Hutchings bad the statement in- cluded in the records that four- teen years ago he examined Ellis for a master's license and that the Northwestern's accident was the first wreck Ellis had had since receiving his license to pilot ships. “Of course you realize that the 180 persons on the Northwestern might really have drowned,” Capt. Hutchins said at the hearing. “The steamboat inspector also elic- ited from the pilot that he had left the bridge for ten minutes an hour before the accident to get a cup of coffee and that at the time of the accident a de- tailed chart of the waters in which the ship was sailing was roiled up in a drawer instead of being spread out on a pilot house table. ———eo LEAVES HOSPITAL Mrs, F. E. Raney, of Haines, left St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday and plans to refurn to her home on Lynn Canal this week, * | Securities | | His term expires in 1938. W. E. HUMPHREY IS REMOVED BY PRES.ROOSEVELT Seattle Lawyer, Member of Federal Trade Com- mission, Is Out ACTION TAKEN IS CONCISE, POINTED Wisconsin Man Named to Position—Legal, Poli- tical Dispute Due WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—(Copy- right by Associated Press)—Presi= dent Roosevelt last Saturday or- dered Willlam A. Humphrey, Se- | attle lawyer and an oild line Republican, removed from office as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. {Judge W. H. 75,000 Miners Fail to Heed Roosevelt’s Plea PITTSBURGH, Penn, Oct. 9—An atmosphere of uncer- tainty hangs over the soft coal fields with most of Western Pennsylvania's 75,- 000 striking miners still idle despite President Roose- velt's plea that they return to. their work in the. coal pits. Whittlesey Passes Away Former Resident of Sew- ard, Wellknown Demo- crat, Passes Away SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Judge Wil- liam H. Whittlesey, of Seward, Humphrey refused to recognize the order saying it was ‘in di- rect violation of the law.” After weeks of the controversy, the President dispatched this let- ter by messenger to the Commis- sioner’s office: Hereby Removed “I am in receipt of your letter of September 27. [Effective ag of this date you are hereby re= moved from the office of Commis- sioner of the Federal Trade Com- mission.” A brief announcement from the White House said Huhphrey was removed and George C. Matthews, of Wisconsin, former member of the Public Service Commission of that State, had been appointed to the place. White House officials said Mat- thews was a Republican and vot- Humphrey’s Statement Pointing out that the place he held belonged by law to a Re- publican, Humphrey said the new Division Commission, which administers securities law, had been filled by Democrats and that was the real reason for his attempted removal. “They fear that I would know too much about what is being done and tell it,” Humphrey said. Dispute Expected Both a legal and political dis- pute is expected to follow. Republican leaders indicated they would make a direct issue over Presidential authority to remove officials on independent commis- sions. Coolidge appointed Humphrey to the Commission in 1825 and Hoover reappointed him in 1932 The decision to remove the Com- missioner is part of the general reorganization of the Commission. The President first asked Hum- phrey to resign in July. Hum- phrey is a former member of the House of Representatives. STILL ON JOB WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The Federal Trade Commission official- ly recognized President Roosevelt's order in removing W. E. Humphrey as a member but he is sticking | on and will probably carry the case to the courts. Dutch Settlers Are ' to Be Sent to Canada| THE HAGUE, Oct. 9. — The| Dutch government has decided to support emigration of Dutch set-| tlers in Canada and has pur-| chased 7400 acres of land near| Toronto on which 150 Dutch fam-| ilies will be settled. | the Oregon State Hospital |to track the escaped men down. Alaska, died here at the home of his son and the funeral will be held today. He was 78 years of age and is survived by his son and brother. Judge Whittlesey was born in Virginia, a member of one of the distinguished families of that state. He was graduated at Princeton University where he made a bril- liant record and became a lawyer. He came West and located in Port Townsend in the early eighties. He was elected Probate Judge of Jefferson County in 1886 on the Democratic ticket. At the first state election in 1889 he was the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, but was defeated with the entire Democratic state ticket. Comes to Alaska He moved from Port Townsend to Seattle where he was associated with his brother Charles F. Whit- tlesey in the Booth-Whittlesey Ab- stract Company. He came to Al- aska and located at Katalla dur- ing the boom days of thaf town. From Katalla he moved to Sew- ard, where he was United States Commissioner for many years. Judge Whittlesey was a profound scholar. Probably no one in the West was more familiar with the classics of literature than he. He accumulated a fine library of the best books. He had the courtly manners of a gentleman of the old South. He was always popu- CONSECRATED BISHOP OF SEATTLE consecrated fourth Roman Catholic shrine of the Immaculate Conceptio bishop is kneeli Left to right: M of Spokane, and tI (nssociated Press Photos) SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—The Most Re His formal installation will There are about 100,000 office. Cathedral. The Most Rev, Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M., S.T.D., (inset) being bishop of Seattle at the national n in Washington, D. C. The new ost Rev. Charles D. White, bishop e Most Rev. Michael J. Keynes, bishop of Savannah. | ARRIVES IN SEATTLE v. Gerdld Shaughnessy, new Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Seattle, arrived here Sunday from the East and after a brief ceremony at his residence took over the duties of his take place Tuesday in St. James| Catholics in the diocese. FIRE FOLLOWS EXPLOSION ON UNDERSEA BOAT Two British_s—;amen Fatal-| ly Injured—Others | Seriously Hurt CAMPALTOWN HARBOR, Scot-| land, Oct. 9—Two seamen were | lar wherever he lived, and wa: loved and respected by all who| knew him. | | G g { { SIX DESPERATE MEN AT LARGE Prisoners in Criminal In- sane Ward at Salem Prison Escape SALEM, Ore., Oct. 9—Six men, considered the most desperate of those imprisoned in the ward for the criminal insane, escaped from last night by blackjacking Charles Wil- liams, attendant, after four sawed their way out of their cells. Those who escaped are William | Bowen, Alvin Carter, George Far- rin, Adolph Brownser, Abner Beck- er and Frank Welch. Searchers are using bloodhounds — .. Judge V. A. Paine returned to Juneau today aboard the Motor- ship Pacific after spending a short time at his fox ranch at Kake WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — NRA's buy now campaign is up to the American housewife, spender cf 85 per cent of the family income. Administrator Johnson has dressed his appeal to the housewife for her to buy now, not only to save money, but also “because every dollar spent now is helping to keep\ Buy Now Campaign Is Up to Housewives of Nation he wage earner in her family on the payroll.” Store windows are refurbished with advertising and this is inten- sified with advertisements in news- pavers In a joint effort of dealers and the Government to stimulate ,Idul'v injured and 14 others were | Public Is Asked to Aid i seriously hurt in an explosion fol- | lowed by fire aboard the submar- | ine L-26 on Sunday. The authorities believe the bla%L‘ was caused by water reaching the! but[cues through a hole in the| hull. The submarine grounded Szuur-[ day but was refloated and it was thought to have been in a perl‘e.,t‘ condmon ‘ BREWERS OFFER BIG REWARD T0 GETCONVICTIONS - n Stopping Racketeering— | No Convictions Yet NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — The Brewers' Board of Trade, which recently invited the public to co- operate in quelling beer racket- | eering, Sunday, through advertise- ments in the newspapers, offered | $5,000 reward for the first con- viction. The Brewers' Board of Trade said the reward was offered be- cause witnesses failed to identify persons arrested and ‘as a result | no convictions have so far been | obtained. DIE IN FLAMES PEQUOT, Minn, Oct. 9.—Mrs. Roy Jackson and her six children were burned to death early this the consumer into a buying wave that will boost the entire recovery program, morning in a fire which destroyed the family ‘home, ONE INDUSTRY PROVING GODE IS SUGCESSFUL Textiles Making Profits Under NRA for First Time Since 1924 NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Spindle and loom continue to lead the march of recovery, despite the head|*® shakings and club cluckings, when spinning and weaving of fab i broke all records during the early summer, While production at that time ran| far in excess of consumption, and | went largely toward building up of stocks in advance of 'nvhm; code operation, there has been a| revival in the demand for textile goods in recent weeks. Production To Continue Trade analysts say active pro- duction for at least the remainder of the year is assured and the long depressed le production is now setting a pace, the one phe- nomena of recovery in the cotton division, the first major industry to start operating under the NRA code. Despnc skepticism manifest at start, many author agrw‘ the code operation is making a big bid to cure ills from which this industry has long suffered. Satisfactory profits are being made for the first time since 1924. COPPER TAKES SLIGHT DROP NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Domestic copper was sold today for 9% cents the Customs smelter the first time in several weeks the metal has been under 9 cents a pound. ; PRET G eecececenenoce GOLD PRICE WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.— Today’s gold price is $31.14 an ounce, according to a quotation made by the De- partment of the Treasury. | b | FISHERMAN DIES AS RESULT OF GUNSHOT WOUND Member of Republic Crew Succumbs Enroute to Ju- neau— Yakutat Shooting CORONER’S INQUEST HELD HERE SUNDAY Kicking Over Bucket of Halibut Leads to Trag- edy to Westward The Seattle halibut schooner Republic, Capt. H. B. Hegge, came into Juneau Sunday forenoon, its flag at half-mast, bearing the body of Ole Stortset, member of its crew, who died enroute to Juneau from the effects of a gun- shot wound received at Yakutat Friday night. The Coroner's Jury, presided over by United States Commis- sioner John F. Mullen at Carter's Mortuary Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, found that he died as a result of a gunshot wound, re= ceived at the hands of “a negro woman, to the jury unknown. Death occurred as the Republic neared Juneau, off Douglas Island at Outer Point, twenty hours af- ter the schooner left Yakutat. None of the crew of the Re- public witnessed the shooting. Details Are Lacking After the closing of the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery at Yakutat at the end of the can- ning season, there is no telegraph- ic service at the settlement. The name of the woman accused, and details of any arrest will not be available until Commissioner W. H. Dugdell at Yakutat finds some means of coming to Juneau or sending word here. The first mail boat from Yakutat will be the Yukon which will return to Ju- neau October 20. According to Capt. Hegge, who appeared before the Coroner's Jury as a witness, the Republic got into Yakutat Friday. Stortset, who is 20 years old and has been a member of the schooner's crew for a year-and-a-half, and a few of the thirteen members of the crew were playing cards aboard the at during the afternoon. About 5 o'clock Stortset went ashore. Bucket of Halibut }t was about 7 owclock Friday |night when a man boarded the Republic and told Capt. Hegge that a member of his crew had been shot uptown. They found him in the house of a coloréd woman. Commissioner Dugdell was there and a govern« ment nurse, Mrs. Dorothy W. Huff- man, was giving medical aid. The colored woman was helping her. Stortset kept saying “The nigger shot me,” and claimed that “all he had done was to kick over a bucket of halibut standing on the floor inside the door.” There i3 no doctor at Yakutat, and Capt. Hegge, with the choice of taking the wounded man to Cordova or Juneau for medical at- tention, brought him here. The Republic left Yakutat at midnight Priday. Stortset lived until yesterday morning. Course of Bullet The bullet which caused death, entered the abdom en, passed through the left lung and through' the body. Dr. L. P. Dawes, physician of the Public Health Service, Capt. Hegge and Emil Johansen were witnesses before the Cordner’s Jury. Jury members were O. Bo- thello, John Marshall W. J. Childs, M. H. Truesdell, L. Mc- Kinnon and Guy McNaughton. Stortset was a member in good standing of the Fishermen’s Un- ion. Two uncles living in the vic- inity of Seattle survive him. No action will be taken by the District Attorney's office until word is received from Yakutat. Probab- ably no knowledge of Stortset’s death—he was alive when the Re- public left Yakutat—will reach the village unfil the Yukon arrives thers from Juneau Wednesday or 9900900 Thur3day of this week,