The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1933, Page 1

o THIRTY-THIR Taken from Indiana Man i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS A LL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6466. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1933, —— FLORIDA GOES WET; DRYS ARE SNOWED UNDER Majority for Repeal Is About Four and One Half to One CITIES LEAD; RURAL DISTRICTS IN LINE Only Thre;_More States Required toKnock Prohi- bition from Constitution JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Oct. 11.—The State of Florida has be- come the thirty-third State to vote | for repeal of the Eighteenth! Amendment, the wets scoring a four and one half to one victory over the drys by yesterday's de- cision at the polls. The in the State piled up huge majorities for repeal and the ral districts were not far behind. Only three more States are need- ed to vote repeal out of the Con- stitution. 3 Six States are voting on Novem- bor 7 and if the necessary States vote for repeal on that date, actual repeal will be in effect December | ¢ after ratification by conventions. RUSSO,JAPANESE SITUATION NOW DECLARED TENSE Decision Regarding Diplo- matic Relations Put Up to Moscow TOKYO, Oct. 11.—The spokes- man for the Japanese foreign of- fice said his Government Mhas placed squarely up to Russia the decision as to the future of Russo- Japanese. “Whether diplomatic relations will continue depends on the atti- tuce of the Moscow Government,” the spokesman said. The statement Wwas made in connection with the diplomatic crisis which has developed over the circulation in Moscow of doc- uments allegedly deseribing a Jap- anese plot to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway and which Ja-| pan described as utter fabrica- tions. ——— MINISTER IS SPIRITED AWAY. SAFE KEEPING Church Trouble Causes| Murder—Pastor De- clared Be Assassin JONESBORO, Arkansas, Oct. 11. —Rev. Dale Crowley is held for safekeeping in an unannounced northeast Arkansas town as the aftermath of the shooting of A. M. Murdro, aged 65, Baptist Tab- WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Theo- dore G. Rahutis, of Gary, Indiana, a restaurant proprietor, has . been ordered by NRA Administrator Johnson to surrender his Blue Eagle. This is the first action of the Ikind that has been taken by NRA following complaint and investiga- tion. Rahutis violated both maximum hour and minimum wage provisions of his agreement, the Administrator said. DENIES CHARGES GARY, Indiana, Oct. 11.—Theo- |dore G. Rahutis declared his re taurant has not only been con- forming to the regulations set up by the Indiana Restaurant Asso- ciation but has been operating on a basis even more favorable to his employees when wages and meals Americans Being Attacked by Nazi Troopers WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— Secretary of State Hull has ordered a detailed check-up by the United States diplo- matic representatives in Germany for a status of the representatives in Ger- many for a status of the prosecutions of Nazi Storm Troopers, promised by the German Government, for participations in attacks on American citizens, including Roland Viez, who was at- tacked when he failed to salute the Nazis on parade. ———o————— W. A. BARNHILL PASSES AWAY: FUNERAL TODAY Former United States At- torney in Alaska Prior to Nineteen Ten ' LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct, 11.— Funeral services for William A. Barnhill, aged 54 years, former United States Attorney in Alaska, with interment in the National telle. Barnhill died on Monday. He was United States Attorney in Al- aska prior to 1910 and served in the infantry and also artillery during the World War. WELL KNOWN HERE W. A. Barnhill is well known on Gastineau Channel. He is an old-time member of the local Elks lodge. Notice of Hhis death was received here by Secretary M. H. Sides, Secretary, from Dr. L. O. Sloane in Los Angeles. 0ld Deed Bequeaths Crop of Cotton to Grandchil HUNTERSVILLE, N. C, Oct. 11 —The cotton market in 1854 ap- parently did not worry North Caro- lina farmers. ernacle janitor, which was the latest outburst between two oppos- ing factions over the church’s pas- torate. Rev. Crowley is charged with shooting three times and eritical- ly wounding the janitor in cold blood. CHARGED WITH MURDER JONESBORO, Oct. 11.—A first degree murder charge has been made against the Rev. Crowley' af- ter the death of the janitor. . . Few Watches in Miss. JACKSON, Miss.—If the personal property tax rolls of Mississipi are correct, only 9,196 watches are own- ed by the State’s 2,000,000 inhabi- tants, says Chairman Alf H. Stone of the State Tax Commission. Charles Mayberry has found an old deed of gift, executed that year by Leonard and Sara Whit- tington, in which they bequeathed to their daughter, Elizabeth Whit- tington, to have and to hold for their granddaughter, Sara Ann ‘Whittington, “for her own personal use, all the cotton we made last year.” Want Free Lion? LONDON—I.ions have become so plentiful that the London. Zoo is giving them away. Last year the 200 took over 11 lions from a menagerie. Six were given away, but there still are 20 in London and five at Whipsnade. The pigmy hippopotamus 1is another beast that has multiplied in the zoo. will be conducted this afternoon: Military Home Cemetery at Saw-| are provided and time off hours considered. He will make an effort to have his Blue Eagle restored. TWO MORE WITHDRAWN WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—This afternoon NRA ordered withdrawn the Blue Eagle from two New Rochelle, N. Y. employers for al- leged violation of the President's re-employment agreement. Telegrams have been sent to | Miss B. Wilmer, proprietor of a beauty shop, and Maurice Rapo- “ort, manager of the Shop Town Market, ordering them to surren- der their Blue Eagles. The Postmaster, following ig- | noring of warnings based on com- | plaints made by employees of the two concerns, charged that the maximum hours and minimum wage provisions of the agreements ! were violated. STOCK MARKET | QUIET TODAY; TRADE SLACK Day Before—fi;l—iday Affects Situation—Mild Ral- ly Near Close | | | | NEW YORK, Oct. 11—A pre- holiday apathy held stocks to nar- i row bounds today. Leading issues backed and filled in a desolutory fashion. Professionals continued to account for most of the trans- yactions. A late mild rally failed yto hold and the list closed some- i what easy. Sales were under 1,- 000,000 shares. No Enthusiasm Jate news from Washington | that the Treasury would call for refunding of an unannounced por- tion of more than six billion in 4% percent permanent liverty loans . failed to create undue enthusiasm. Issues Off Grains recovered some of their early losses. American Telephone and Tele- ’graph, U. S. Smelting and Nation- a1 Distillers were off two points. Homestake was off 24 points. Some Gains Made Some gains were made by Good- year, Westinghouse, Union Pacific, Atlantic Refining. | Losses of fractions to one point | included United States Steel, Du- pont, United Aircraft, American Can, Chrysler, Johns-Manville and others. | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 24%, American Can 92%, American Power and Light 9%, Anaconda 15%, Armour B 2%, | Bethlehem Steel 33%, Calumet and Hecla 5, Colorado Fuel and Iron 5%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 16%, General Motors 30%, Interna- tional Harvester 38, Kennecott 20%, | Missouri Pacific, no sale; Packard |Motors 4, Standard Oil of Califor- inia 42%, Chicago and Milwaukee | (Breferred) 10, Radio Corporaticn ‘g, Standard Brands 25%, United ' Corporation 7, United States Steel d 46%, United Aircratt 32%, Ward Baking B 3%. STOCK INQUIRY IS BROADENED jSenate Investigation Will . Include All Markets { in Country i | WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—The ‘Senate investigations into the New York Stock Exchange have been broadened and the inquiry will include all stock and bond markets in the country. This is the announcement made here this afternoon. e Many schools in Eastern Kan- sas have had plans to burn wood fhis winter, buying stove wood cut up by the unemployed. WARNING GIVEN | LABOR IN TALK AT CONVENTION H Recovery Administrator : Johnson Makes Plain Talk to A. F. of L. DECLARES STRIKES ARE NOT NECESSARY Economic Sabotage Must Not Be Permitted or Even Countenanced WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. — A warning that. the ‘“very founda- tions of organized labor is at a test” was sounded by Hugh' 8. Johnson, Recovery Administrator, before the delegates attending the annual convention. of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. Strikes Not Necessary - Strikes are unnecessary ‘“under | the Roosevelt plan” said the Ad- ministrator. At the same fime he asserted that both industry- and workers were vital in the success| of the recovery program. Plain Stark Truth “The plain stark truth is you cannot tolerate strikes. Public] opinion is an essential power i this country and in the end! will break down and @ subversive influence,” said t! d- ministrator. Warning Given Gen. Johnson warned that pub- lic opinion will turn against La-| bor “if you permit or countenance this economic sabotage at the time | when the whole power of thé d'ov-l ernment -and people is being given | to provide and maintain ultimate | rights for every man who works| for pay.” | aE IRD STATE V The American Leg e OTES R ion On Parade MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENIS SEVEN KILLED IN CRASH OF AIRPLANE EPEAL The greatest parade Chicago has ever seen was staged Tucsday when 120,000 Legionnaires march- ed down historic Michigan Boulevard with a crowd of 1,000,000 or mcre persons cheering them on. International Ilustrated News Photo. NEWPLANTO END STRIKES | 0 BE SOUGHT Administration May Ask Congress to Grant Special Authority | WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Power | to step in and end labor disputes | may be asked Congress by the| Administration unless the organiz-| ed workers settle their own in-| ternal dissentions and arbitrate before striking. An ultimatum has been issued | to two unions, carpenters and iron | workers, by E. P. McGrady, As-j sistant Secretary of Labor. | The : two union3 * have halted construction work on the Depart- ment of Justice Building here. ————to——— Involved in Fight, Skull Is Fractured, Dies in Hospital PORTLAND, Ore., Oct, 11.—Tom Bell, aged 60, Portland longshore- man, died in a hospital here yes-| | terday as the result of a frac- tured skull received, the police; said, in a fight with Jack Rases, 49 years. Rases is held for ques- tioning. | Liquor Legislation To Be Taken Up Soon by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 —President Roosevelt, with- in the next week, will co- ordinate different Federal groups in studying steps 10 be taken if Prohibition is repealed, in an effort to find a basis for new legis! tion but a special sess! is not in prospect. Whether the Administra- tion’s liquor policy will g0 beyond enactment of a do- mestic tax and import dut legislation is not yet clear ee0 0000000 of Chief Executive, United States, Addresses Legion C emmsT ESSSRy R ST . 5, ¥ .. " T, S PR T SE Thirty thousand Legionnaires jammed the huge Chicago Stadium for the opening day of the fif- teenth annual convention of the American Legion and to hear President Franklin D. Rcosevelt in a CHAS. H. SABIN " PASSES AWAY SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, Oct.11 | ! —Charles H. Sabin, aged 65 ve CHairman of the { Guaranty Trust Company, died a:‘ his home here today following an| illness of about one wife is a prominent leader against repeal of the Eighteenth Amend-| ment, | Board of year. ————— Nearly .1,200,000 in farms Agriculture. the | His this | made from pine trees, now says pa- | country have been growing ap- per may be made from trees pre- proximately 840,000,000 bushels of |viously worked for turpentine and {use. Thus they escape the Federal wheat a year, says the Department | discarded as worthless except® for | wheat processing tax, which is ad- | J speech which brought forth applause which fairly shook the gigantic building. President while he was delivering his address, International Illustrated News Photo. |[se0eeseseeccsse B¢ . |® GOLD PRICE . | . | . lo = ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— The price of gold as an- nounced today by the Treas- urp Department is $30.91 an ounce. . /o0 s 00080000000 e | New Newsprint Paper SAVANNAH, Ga—Dr. Charles H | | Herty, research chemist, who dis- }covnred newsprint paper can b ol fuel. Arrow indicates the BILLINGS IS ASKING PAROLE FOLSOM PRISON, Cal, Oct. 11. K. Billings, co-defend- th Tom Mooney in the San Francisco Preparedness Parade | bombing, has applied for a parole. Reports said that if he gained his freedom he will be married soon after leaving . the prison. Growers Mill Wheat THREE FORKS, Mont—Wheat rowers of this region have turned millers and are converting much of their grain into flour for home ded to the retail price of flour. 9 WOMEN AND T MEN DIEIN AIR DISASTER Explosion Takes Place, Then Craft Drops to Earth in Flames BODIES OF VICTIMS ARE BADLY BURNED One Woman Was Enroute to Nevada to Wed For- mer Boston Broker CHESTERTON, Indiana, Oct. 11. —Seven persons were killed five miles southeast of here last night when a United Airlines transport plane, enroute from New York to Chicago, crashed in flames. The bodies of the victims were badly burned. Witnesses said an midair crash. explosion in apparently preceded the 3 On Way to Marry Among the seven killed in the plane crash was Miss Dorothy M. Dwyer, of Arlington, Mass., who was enroute to Reno, Nevada, to marry Theodore Baldwin, wealthy man and former Boston stock mar- ket operator who had just been divorced at Reno and is now in- in.mining. in Nevada. Ac- cording to advices received here, Baldwih is prostrated over the disaster. Others Killed Others aboard the plane besides Miss Dwyer, and who were killed were as follows: E. Smitt of Chicago. Fred Schoendorff of Chicago. A. T. Ruby, co-pilot, of Chi- cago. Miss Alice Scribner, of Chicago. H. R. Tarrant, Park, Illinois. H. R. Buuis, Columbus, Ohio. Terrific Explesion Farmers near the tragedy said they heard a terrific explosion. A few minutes earlier the plane ra- dioed all was well. Five bodies were recovered dur- ing the night and two more were sought. Farmers said they saw the vic- tims milling around inside the cabin unable to save themselves. Two other bedies were found this forenoon, partly burned, on soft ground about 250 yards from the tail of the piane, considerably removed from the main part of the plane. — e —— 3 PROSPECTORS ARE RESCUED IN NICK OF TIME H. S. Graves and Two Others Are Located— Flown Here by Plane stewardess, pilot, of Oak radio operator, of H. S. Graves, Juneau business man, Jack Marsh and Fred R. Patrick, whose delayed return from a_ prospecting trip on which they left Juneau June 15, caused consid- erable anxiety among their friends and families, were picked up about 12 miles up the Alsek River this morning by Gene Meyring and Sheldon Simmons on the seaplane Baranof. The three men plainly showed the hardships they had endured, and were gaunt and weak from hunger and exposure. The last food they had was five days ago. It consisted of flour and water made into a paste and baked over an open fire. Previous to that goat meat and two grouse sustained them for eleven days. Lack of Food Lack of food supplies was caused /by the washing away of a large cache of food and supplies that had been flown up to a designated spot six weeks after the men started on the trip. On August 20