The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6478. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1933. MLMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CELIE U. S. STARTS BUYL G GOLD AT $31.36 . B0V, TROY WILL START ON TRIP EAST TCMORROW Will Leave for Washmgton to Confer with Secre- tary H. L. Ickes to Washington, D. C. | on his t official trip since as- | suming office last April, Gov. John W. Troy will leave here tomorrow on the steamer Alaska for Seattle. The length of his stay in the east is indeterminate but it probablyI will last+ several weeks. The purpose of the visit is to discuss with Secretary Harold L. s, of the Department of Inter- nd other Department chiefs, matters of importance to! He will also confer with | ate Dimond regarding legis- e matters affecting the Terri—! | | | | Enroute The Governor, by traveling on the Alaska, will have several hours in which to visit in Sitka, Peters- burg, Wrangell and Ketchikan He planned to visit these and other Southeast Alaska communit-| jes before going to the National| capitol, but the pressure of official | here, particularly in con- b n with pending public works | and applications covering additionu]il projects, prevented him from car-| rying out this plan. He will meet municipal leaders and others in the ports he visits enroute south and discuss with them unemployment relief and other local problems The Governor expects to remain in Seattle several days before pro- The Control of quuor-As Other Contrws Dolt No. 1.—Canadian Provinces’s ONTAR!O ‘STRICT DRINKING 1N RESIDENCES ONLY Liquor may be bol trol, Ontaric’s being rated the strictest and Quebec’s the most liberal. ernment liquer store with a bottle of whiskey, which may be obtained weman leaving an Ontario Gev under permit for consumption in residences or hotel rooms. tems Range from “Striet” to “Liberal” QUEBE ‘Ll BERALC DRINKING IN HOTELS AND TAVERNS ught in all but one of Canada's nine Provinces, under various degrees of con- The photo shows a Canadian BOLD MINING MEN PERFECT ORGANIZATION {|Association Is Formed at Mecting of Operators in San Francisco (Ask INTERPRETATION * FINANCING QUESTION Weslem Man Requested| for Head of Federal Bureau of Mines / S8AN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct 25.— Folowing a call for gold mine Operators to meet here and form an organization, mining men yes- terday elected George W. Starr, veteran Grass Valley, Cahrm-mai op:rator of a gold mine as Presi—‘ dent, and J. C. Kempvansee, Jr.,! Becretary and Treasurer. | The organization formed will be| known as the Gold Mining Orla—‘ tors of America. The members are banded to- gether for the general furthering of the interest of the gold mining industry. Want Act Explained Oustanding among the resolu-| tions adopted by the new organi- zation was one seeking clarification | was recentl laughter o Woolworth Do WHITE METAL of the National Securities Act to EDITOR'S NOTE: As its to- tal of states ratifying the am- cndment to repeal prohibition mcunts toward the 36 requir- ed, America is becoming more interested in the regulatory ceeding east. He will be accompanied to Seat- tle hy his son-in-law, Robert W. Bender. President. —and. . General Manager Company. Mr. Bender will be in Seattle several days looking after company business matbers. WINTER PUTS ON PREVIEW QUITE EARLY Various Sections of Coun-| try and Canada Struck by Snow and Gales CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 25—Winter put on an October preview of its annual show today, almost two months ahead of the-date of its formal debut. In widely scattered sections of the country and Canada reports have been received of mantles of the fleecy snow to a depth of 12 inches in Duluth, Minnesota, to 16 inches further west. With the snow came a drop in temperature in the Northwest. Storm warnings of a.gale have been sent out along Lake Superior. The snow fall is the heaviest for October in 47 years. At Saranac Lake, New York, the mountainsides are covered with two inches of snow. In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, balmy weather prevails and roses are in bloom, while the Berkshires had snow. Ontario has been struck by snow, sieet and rain with a 60-mile gale raging. ————————— GERMANY MAY REJOIN LEAGUE, ARMS SESSION Steering Committ ee at Geneva Makes Recom- mendation Today GENEVA, Oct. 25—The Steering Committee has recommended that the Disarmament Conference be adjourned until December 4 as re- ports have been circulated that Germany would submit proposals under which she could return to the conference and also the League of Nations. . A whife rose bush planted in Mission San Gabriel, Cal., 127 years ago still blooms. It was originally brought from Madrid, Spain. of the Empire Printing | countries where liquor now is sold legally. This, the first of scries ¢f four articles concern- | ing various plans, looks north- ward into Canada. | | [ | systems employed by those | 1 TORONTO, Oct. 25—Canadian Liquor control systems range from “most liberal’ to “very strict,” with the provincial governments holding | a steady hand on the bottl> necks. Quebec is in the “most liberal” class, comes Ontario. Other Provinces have systems paterned after those of the two large central provinces and ranging between in strictness. Quebec Sell “All Comers’ In Quebec the government sells hard liquor in its own stores over the counter a boftle at a time tc all comers, bzer and light wine are sold in restaurants and hotels and taverns cater to the straigh’ beer drinkers. Beer also is sold ir grocery stores and delivered to the householder’s door on order. | The government commission sell | Canadian, Scotch and Irish whisk- !ies, all sorts of wines, liqueurs brandies and so on. It imports only Quinness and Bass ale, the others | being Canadian brands. | In 1921, the first year of opera- tion, the commission made a profit of $2,860,000. Profits rose steadily until $9,000,000 was shown in the year ending May 1930. Decline ir | the tourist trade as well as the economic slump cut profits to $3.- 700,000 in the fiscal year 1932-33 Charities Get Share of Profits Each year the first million in profits go to public charities, and the balance is adopted to roads and | education. Ontario’s system is at the other extreme, so far os drinking is con- cerned. It bans consumption of in- toxicants of any form in any place | other than a private residence or | hotel room used as a residence No liquor can be purchased with- out a permit good for one year and | costing $2 for hard liquor and $1 | for beer and wine. Each purchase |is entered on the permit at the time and forms a record which is frequently used in police court | cases of bootlegging and drunken driving. Permit Plan Profitable Purchases of either spirits or beer are virtually unlimited.- but abuses, however, are wafched clos- ely. The commission sells in gov- ernment stores almost every kind of alcoholic beverage. The permit system act, which went into efect in June, 1927, brought profits of $10,000,000 in 11931, $0,260.000 in 1932, and an estimated $5,250,000 for 1933. | Of the nine Canadian provinces, |only Prinde Edward Island has prohibifion, All others have some form of government sale. ‘The Scott act, passed by the Do- minion. became law in Prince Ed- ward Island in 1880 affer plebis- and at the other extreme Legulw(’d Sale of Alcohol May Mark Beginning of Real Tempemmo Report Intimates VALDEZ MAN IS NAMED MARSHAL : FOR THE THIRD Chester J. Todd, Veteran Democrat, Appointed to Replace Sullivan Chester J. Todd, pioneer of Val- dez, and veteran Democratic lead- or of the Third Division, was to- iay named as United States Mar- shal for the Third Division, in a -acess appointment made by Presi- dent Roosevelt, according to an As- sociated Press dispatch from Wash- ngton to The Empire. Mr. Todd will succeed Marshal Harvey Sullivan who has held the office since 1921. The transfer, it is expected, will be made Novemper 1 Mr. Todd has resided at Valdez since the early days of that com- munity. He has always taken an active part in politics and has served as Chairman of the Divis- jonal Democratic Committee for the Third Dovision for the . past several years. He was endorsed for the marshalship by the Divisional Committee last Spring and also re- ceived the endorsement of National Committeeman James J. Connors, and the Territorial Committee of which Gov. Troy is Chairman. Sometime ago it was reported that the Department of Justice had disapproved the recommenda- tion for Mr. Todd's appointment on his advanced age. He is 65 years old. Apparently it has re- scinded its action in this regard and submitted his name to the President. Both Mr. Connors and Gov. Troy, when informed of the appointment today, expressed their gratification and declared they were confident Mr. Todd would make one of the best Marshals ever serving in the Third Division. —— e, ACCUSED SLAYER OF FOUR IS FREED SEATTLE, Oct. 25. George Coyne, accused of murdering Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Stone and their two small daughters then - burning the farmhouse near | |Tacoma to conceal the crime, has| been freed on a directed verdict of lacqumnl. (self-control. last June, ease financing of primary indus- | tries. Some claimed the act res- triets financing of mining com-| panies. Financing was called a necessity as the “small miner and gold; prospector augument the ranks of the unemployed” and with assis- tance they could go into the field and become producers and thus cut down on relief organizations. Western Man Wanted Another resolution asked that when a change is made In the| Directeorship of the Federal Mines Bureau, a “western man by ap- pointed and sufficient funds ap-[ propriated.” To carry out the work of the new asociation an Executive Coun- NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—There iy made public today a portion of the results, shortly to be published, of study, sponsored by dJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr., of the problem of liquor control. The study was con- ducted by Raymond B. Fosdick and Albert L. Scott. The portion made public today, showing how legaliza- |tion of the manufacture and sale of liguor may promote temperance and sobriety, follows: | cil will be made up of two re- | “Law and education are twin|presentatives of each gold pro- pillars of the social order. In re-|ducing state or territory including ! spect to most human problems the Alaska and the Phflippme Islands. hope of the future lies in soundly conceived and well admm— INDIAN BUREAU b istered, and in an educational pro-| cess rooted in self-discipline an(l “What is needed in this counuv‘ is a national ideal, a public will, a deep desire to eradicate the evils of alcoholic excess. i | | Effcrts in Other Countries | “In a number of countries which | we have investigated, this spirit of | determination is at work. In Eng-| land, for example, in spite of thr‘ natural handicaps of a license sys- tem, there is a definite, oanscmm effort toward the attainment |Public Works Rellef Funds| Allotted to Indian and Eskimo Projects of | 1 temperance. Similarly, through!ml: One hundred thousand dollars Scandinavia, substantial reduction |has been allotted for Public Works in the consumption of spirits has|at Indian and Eskimo settlements been effected by health (’duC«l-‘m Alaska to be carried on under tion, by the promotion of sports |the general supervision of the Of- and by the purposeful leadership of |fice of Indian Affairs, the Cham- | public-spirited men. ‘m\r of Commerce was today advised | “In Russia, a nation-wide cam- by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond. Ofl paign for temperance is now in|that sum, $21,000 is listed for ex-| progress. Indeed, with the Rus-|penditure in Southeast Alaska com-| sians, the fight for temperance has | munities. been thrown into terms of a vast| Neither Gov. Troy, nor Paul W. symbol. Vodka, an enemy of the Gordon, Director of Education in people, is battling at their gates. |Alaska for the Office of Indian Guards are stationed in every home, | Affairs, had been advised today school and factory. Aleoholic clin-|of the allotment, but expected to ics and psychiatric wards as well|hear of it shortly. as posters and lecturers are the To Benefit Indians weapons employed. ? In his telegram to the Chamber, “From White Russia to Siberia.|Delegate Dimond said: from l‘he Black Sea to the Baltic “Public Works Administration has the voice of temperance leadership made allotments totaling $100,000 is heard. It is a spirit that is re- [for public works in and around flected in the daily life of the peo- ‘Indlan and Eskimo villages through- ple and finds expression in a thou- iout Territory. This work will be sand forms. As a consequence, in carried forward under the general Russia, the forces of intemperance ;>upervlaion of the Office of Indian are in retreat. |Affairs and natives will be em- “It may be said that conditions|ployed almost exclusively so that abroad are utterly different from |they may receive the utmost bene- those in the United States, and|fit from funds to be expended the point, of course, is true. | “The following list shows But } the here are examples of what can be|First Division communities at which done by the power of a national|work will be undertaken, character determiation to check and mini- | of work, and amount for each mize the evils of intemperance. |place: “It is this kind of ideal m:v; “Douglas village improvement and united front against a common sewage, $1,000. danger, that could change age-o! “Hydaburg, installation of water attitudes toward liquor and give |system, $10,000. temperance and sobriety a | Khlwock road construction, | foothold in our Twentieth Century |000. | civilization. | Facters in New Approach “If any program of education “Sitka, road construction, $1,000 to be developed it seems to “Yakutat, road construction and that there are a few principles|land clearing, $3,000." $1,- “Saxman, installation of water stem,’ $1,500. | 5 countries MAY REGEIVE AID SHORTLY Indicated ~ Administration to Turn Attention to Silver as to Gold WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—The gold program embarked upon by President Roosevelt is expected, in usually well infornied sources, tof turn attention immediately to aiding silver. It is indicated that the Chief Executive is studying the silver question closely and that consul- tation will soon be held to seek a definite program to aid the white metal. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, told the newspapermen that he felt somefhing will have to be done promptly for silver in view of the Presidential declaration for a free gold market with America | overbidding all buyers of the yel- low metal in International Ex- change. Senator Pittman said this would widen exchange disparity of silver having particular effect on the Orient and South America. He explained the disparity would widen and ecripple trade with using silver, such as | China and some South American Republics. The silver spokesman ‘hoped 90 cen}:.s an ounce would be called for by the Administration in any program developed. — ———— H. F. M'GORMICK DEFENDANT SUED FOR BIG AMOUNT Mrs. Rhoda Doubleday Brings Action in Sum of Million and Half CHICAGO, I, Oct. 25. — The praecipe of the suit for $1,500,000 filed against Harold F. McCormick by Mrs Rhoda Tanner Doubleday of New York, will be followed shortly by a declaration charging breach of promise, her attorney said. The praecipe was filed yes- terday. McCormick is the divorced wife of the late Edith Rockefeller Mc- Cormick and Ganna Walska, opera singer, Mrs. Doubleday is the former wife of Felix Doubleday, adopted son. of Frank N. Doubleday, New York publisher. - RECOVER LOOT CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 25.—Federal cites in three counties, and thel James M. Woodall of Augusta, entire province became dry, as it| ! Ga., says he is the first white child has been since with the exception|to be born within what are now (vontnued on Page Two) ithe city limits of Miami, Fla. i that require emphasis: 2. ‘The need of research is para- (Continued on Page Five.) The $100,000 aliotment, covers only | recovered $350,000 in loot taken | | J Part of Program agents reported today they have l (Centinued on Page Seven) in recent mail robberies. ©hildren of two prominent New York society famil announced. They are Miss Dorothy Ogden L. Mills, former Secret nohue, son of Mrs. James P. Donohue and gr: founder of the Woolworth “five-and-ten-cent” fortune, married in December. l Woolworth Heir and Fiancee Randolph Fell, New Gold Price To Be Used for ies whoze engagement step- ary of the ’Irensury. and andson of the They will be GOVERNMENT'S PLAN IS NOW . IN OPERATION [Purchase of—N;w]y Mined Yellow Metal Is An- nounced Today {QUOTATION N HIGHER THAN DAY’S OPENING |Producers Wfll Be Paid in i R. F. C. Debentures— Applies to Alaska | WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— | President Roosevelt’s unpre- |cedented plan for contrelling }thc American value eof gold, |in expectation of raising the | commodity prices, was put in ‘opemtmn today with an offer \to purchase newly mined gold (at $31.36 an ounce, 27 cents thigher than the day’s open- ling guotation on the world ! markets. | The metal will be paid for |in Reconstruction Finance {Corporation 90-day deben- tures which Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation said o could be easily converted into ® |cash. ® | Government experts are o (working out a plan whereby ‘the debentures can be dis- wountod at the rate' which will . 'brmg holders the full | ® |chase price for their goid. i An Executive Order and regula- ® ltions will be issued outlining the procedure by which mining com- {panies will transfer their gold o (the Reconstruction Financz Cor- b poration. The London price today was the lowest for the dollar in a2 month, representing a loss of 12 cenis since | vesterday. Alaska Shipments In preparing statistics of gold shipments to the United States proper, the average Treasury and Reconstruction Finance Corporation price is to be used from this date and statiglics should show a reasonable estimale of the fine ounce content of gold dust and concentrates, ac- cording to radio instructions received today by United States Colector of Customs James J. Connors from the Bureau of Foreign and Dom- estic Commerce in Washing ton, D. C. Previous statistics were based on the average month- ly world price which main- tained until October 25, according to the mesage. S STOCK PRICES TAKE UPWARD TREND TODAY, Inflationary Entl‘usxasm Is, Shown — Leading Is- sues All Show Gains DIRECT STIMULUS NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Inflation-| pDENVER, Colorado, Oct. 25.— ary measures entered into stock | The new gold purchasing plan of trading today, all groups of equities ' the Government is viewed as a advancing one or two or MOT® gistinet stimulus to metal mining points. | in the Rocky Mountain region. This Trading was expanded transfers|is the view of R. E. McElveny, reaching nearly the 3,000,000 share | General Manager of the Western mark. The close was firm Department of the American Smelt- Both professional and public buy- | ing and Refining Company, and ing swept the leading ues up- metalurgist for all of the Guggen= ward heim holdings. He said the plan ‘The new gold price was aS | will do much to interest capital in high as expected in some quarters.| mining and already conditions are Grains were up two to fouri petter in silver, copper, lead and points. zinc than one year ago. Purchase Plan ‘The purchase pian 1or the yellow metal applies to only newly mined American gold, including that from |the Territories. No amount to be bought has been set, it being explained the Goverm- ment will pay the price fixed for whatever amount of metal is of- fered. Rocsevelt Pleased President Roosevelt is nleased with the public’s reaction on his monetary program but asserted so far as Wall Street is concerned he {will keep his future moves and next steps to himself. Mining Mining share: after yesterday's s losing about 15 poin others holding to a n Case was up five poi cluded Detre, Unifed State preferred, four, smesscan T E | Allied | Slgel, ’ lephone and Tele “mph m:u- (]H(l"r[ Deere, UUnited States Sl"el common, National Distillers, Indus- 1 —— trial Alcohol, Atlantic Refining and Cold Control E‘fecl Opin- ions Differ Among U. S. Scientists both Standard Oil of New Jersey and California, American Can and International Harvester. President Roosevelt's delermina- | (Continued on Pagz Two) s - ‘. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — Many A financial observers agree that the Roosevelt’s Name temporary inflationary effect to re- E"",r‘“,n, Into sult from the gold control experi- ik ment of the Government beginning Mayoralty Fight today, and on farm products and other raw materials naving a world NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Presi- |market, may advance considerable dent Roosevelt’s name was def- |ir the policy is pursued vigorously. initely drawn into the mayor- | But behind all this, a few econ- alty fight in New York City, |omists agree while many others when Jeseph V. McKee em- |deny there will be any but the blazoned forth with the slogan: |most transiend inflationary conses quences. The economists say the sues rather tired , Home ».ake‘Ex s and thel TOW grove i “A vote for McKee is a vote J for Roosevelt; a vote for La Guardia is a vote against Roos- evelt.” action will depend to considess able extent on the dollar price to which gold is raised.