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

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6485. ]U\I[./\L, ALI\SI\A THURSDA\ , NOVEMBER 2, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE bS PRICE TEN CENI'S THREE MURDERED; BAFFLING MYSTERY S. CHALLENGES WORLD ON YELLOW METAL BUYING - PAROLED MEN BEING SOUGHT | TRIPLE GRIME1 Two Women, Held by Authorities, Give Clews in Kidnaping BEATING, ROBBERY ARE ALSO COMMITTED sailants of Wealthy ll’l rice of Gold 1‘ l7o4l(1) 10 Cents ' Above )e.slerdu) 2 ASH!'\IGTON Nov. The price of gold today quoted at $32.36 an O This new gold price is ten cents higher than yester- day and is 25 cents a the world market pri quoted in London or where ee0 0 o000 s e « . . . . . ° . . else- . . \ i | | U, S, DANGLES | GREAT OFFER | ichigan Man Being ; BATTLY CrEBK, Michigan, Nov t Two women are held by the!D. writies who also announced I ice Announced for Gold paroled cc s are sought m" APP]H‘S to YQIIOW | on with the kidnaping,| 475 ! it i and robbing of Louis E.| Metal f‘OEAblodd 1 wealthy manufachirer, | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — The| e convlets are SO aled by |Price Of $3236 an ounce to be . r O et Devere, | Paid for newly mined gold, as omen, M dwards, |announced this morning, was the A S otfer the Administration dangled | e _ |before the world to take all foreign | clals said they are sek- |4 yinned to this country. | in Brown and Lewis Con- t he brought to collect the dif- hce between wages Zervos paid him and the amount called for| under the President’s reemployment | sgreement which Zervos had signed. Officials regard the decision as one of far-reaching effect and said this would effect about 28,000 res- taurants in New York City unless the Recovery Administration changes the present stand that per- mits tips to be included in part of the wages. A similar decision was given in the Federal Court at Denver, Colo- rado, recently. - NEW SILVER GERTIFICATES T0 BE ISSUED — The WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Treasury sue eleven million dollars in silver certificates backed by silver re-| ceived in June war debt payments. | Officials denied this will be con- sidered inflationary as the certifi- be used in the normal cates W course of business to replace other forms of currency as they are turned in at the Treasury for re- demption. Oregon Rancher Kills Dworced Wife, Himself| 2— LAKEVIEW, Oregon. Nov. After he killed his divorced wife who lived on his ranch but in a J. O. Bacon, aged 50, shot and killed himself this|years preceding the Eighteenth separate house, morning. Department may soon is-| gy = | The bullion price in London ra e oles and both | on, g3152 to $a2.11. ik ¥ s _| The price weakened currency | 2 o ,‘A“/IIS:C‘PTI“‘G;]POI fl;]n prices abroad, the franc taking 2! i&l‘ook" P\‘“ eiven | Slight drop on the exchange today e, ) ‘;,m, e had been ! Details for purchasing imported from his plant, B e the sate |801d, including the price to be] e A T Marahall, taken |Paid: Were not disclosed ihe country and then released. | 2 AP T AP ! robbers obtained $36,000 in | | and $12,000 in cash and | 2 - \ Next Tuesday Midnight,| GIVEN AWAR Fate of 18th Amendment, s Will Be Ascertained | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — B\ Decmon Sald to Be Far‘neu Tuesday midnight the nation | Reachm" Espeua‘y !should know whether the Eigh- % 4 k Ci in-enm Amendment is to be dmeled‘ in New York City from the Constitution ! Ballots of six States will tell| IS e, ' ;lhe tale although ratification of I\“'Wl :’nge}fx:\lm‘rhzamg::;e:‘?(f | the result of State conventions cnn-‘ iy Inm come before December 5. | v‘j“'“‘” fDElMdfd ebril. ?;;flbsfigo:;o;’ Kentucky postpones tabulation ! R A 5 of ballots for one day. Returns from Pennsylvania, Ohio, | Utah and North and South Cam-‘ {lina should show the outcome. { Administration leaders express no doubt about the result. | GUSHER FIRE IS PUT OUT; | GITY SAVED Series of Explosions Fol- low in Another Plant, Tanks Destroyed OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Nov. |2—A blazing oil gusher that en- |dangered the city's wholesale dis- trict for seven hours was shut down by fire fighters late yes- terday Shortly afterward a series of ex-| plosions in the Capitol Producing| and Refining Company’s ]easc! nearby destroyed four empty tas I None were injured, according to! latest reports. The flames from the oil gusherl fire overheated the tanks and caus- ed the explosion, it is said. Billions Are Lostby U. S. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — The |cost in thirteen years of Prohibi- tion in lost Federal revenue is esti- mated unofficially by Government fiscal agents as upwards of three billion dollars. This is on the basis of average yearly receipts for five Amendment. | private |buy and sell for Russian account | ufacturing * * ’l'hoy're l’rincipa]s in a Millicns of Russi; ticn when Pr ent Franklin Ro for Fereign Affairs, is now realiz Scviet Cemmissar Soviet Moves Lure America | with Commerce By FRANK I. WELLER WASHINGTON, Nov — For | mor2 than a decade Soviet Union has tried to bar trade for | job involved: 1. Centrosoyuz-America, a New York agency of the Central Union of Consumers' Cooperatives in Rus- diplomatic recognition by the Unit- | sia. It bought chi for retail ed States. It took the young|sale through its own agencies in American Republic 20 years to win| Russia all manner of products the same thing from Czarist Rus-|listed as necessities. sia. 2. Selskosoyuz, represenfing the ffed A The first attempt was rek Union of ultural Cooperatives in 1921 when the Wilson Admin-{in Russia. s purchases were con- | istration deported M. Martens, | fined to_ field seed, farm imple- | S t trade emissa before he|ments and tractors. {had opened his portiolio. 3. All-Russian Textile Syndi- Use Ceorporative Devi cate, set up specifically to buy This country did not believe the American cotton. In 1928, t‘he last year of heavy purchases, it took Bolshevist party to be truly rep- resentative of the Russian people and would not enter acts of con- | fidence with a government so close- $45,000,000 of staple. American Trade Ebbs Amtorg capitalized at $3,000,000 |1y aligned with international com-|Dow dominates commerce munism and its propaganda against | Bussia Tt is said that 95 perce capitalistic countries. of the stock is owned by Sovie The result was formation of | government organizations for which | Arcos, Ltd., of London, which act-|it acts agent. <d as a trade clearing house be- Amtorg acts both in wholesale tween Soviet importers and a and retail capacity for Russian goods entering the United States the peak value of which was es- tablished at $24385786 in 1931 | Manganese, anthracite and furs head the list of two dozen com- modities imported. The peak ports to Russia came in 1930 a were valued at $114,398,537. Russ! accounted for but 1 per cent of total American expo: in 1929 and 0480 per cent of to- tal imports. The export percent- age got up fo 45 per cent in ¢ peak year of 1931 but since t it has dropped under 1 per cent branch establishment in New York jan-Americans in this coun- y in Arcos the nucleum of trade with the Moscow government and incorporated un- der the laws of New York state the Products Exchange company which developed a considerable volume of small business. Chicagoan Makes Haul Moscow beamed on fhis begin- ning and dispatched M. Hoorgin in a private capacity to the new trade movement. merged the two budding enterpris- es into the present Amtorg Trad- ing corporation by placing their directors on Amtorg’s board at} B e Addition of 2,000 acres to the hop acreage of Oregon provided a mar- salaries of $12000 a year each. kg;e for more than 12,000 trellis While Artorg was its D ey foundation in 1924-25, Julius Ham- mer, of Chicago, incorporated the | Allied American company as an individual venture, contracting to} by agreement with Lenin. Soon, however, Moscow influ- enced him to swap his business to Amtorg for a pen and pencil man- | concession in Russia There he pracfice American m ods, developed a branch house in} London, and almost obliterated So- Press, Washington.) viet competitors. | No political pilgrimage for Diverting his activities Moscow‘]ong time has had the =ye gave Hammer an asbestos mine to ear of Washington like the develop at his own expense but|of Postmaster General Farley he had trade stirred up with Ger-| Vice President Garner in T many and England in short order Thers will be much lis and Moscow subsequently bought and watching for weeks to com in both concessions, retiring Ham- | The returns may be slow in com- mer reputedly in possession of ing in, for the Vice Presid enormous wealth. | by way of being a very deli Amtorg Abscrbs Trio | and silent man when he choo The incident led to all except| But sooner or later the one of the original direcfors o!;ot the campfire councils of Amtorgtrading their American po-|two are expected to appear. sitions for Soviet concessions with, however, somewhat different re-| THE GARNER “PLATFORM” sults. The story of Mr. Garner's, ai- Amtorg's next big amalgamation | titude toward the office he holds By BYON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated * * * n International Drama Rusam sH )pos of R('( otrmtwn Vision Umted btates Trade * * * lin (left) for leadotship have a stake in the trade potentialitics e s S cvelt reopened the questio n of Amcrican recognition of Soviet Russia, Ma enroute to the Unite d States for conversations in relation to the question. im Litvinoff (center), ~Moscow Holds Surplus Here “Talkin By STANLEY P. RIL"ARDSO\I | MOSCOW, Nov. he open- ing of a vast new fleld of credit and the removal of restrictions placed on some of its exports is hoped by the Soviet Government to b2 the chief econmic effect if and when America recognizes the Bolshevik regime. In return for satisfactory credit facilities and the lowering of its forced labor" barriers against its goods, the Soviet state is ready place large orders for American dustrial equipment and raw mater- ials. to "Give and Take” Demanded The Kremlin emphasizes, how- ever, that the latter is conditional on the former; that wants to sell more to this country it must not only supply re- quired credit but also much give Soviet goods free access to the American market on an with those of other countries Moscow authorities calculate he surplus of goods in the United States places the Soviets in posi- tion to drive a bargain and they frankly are out to get the best terms possible. Long-term credit still is the main Soviet prerequisite for pur- nases abroad, more than ever becduse of the shrinking market for its exports, which are its prin- ipal means of financing thesé purchases. American Credits Expected Credits of from two to more than four years have been extend- ed to Moscow by Germany, land and Italy on rather large EResults of Cum pfire Talks Between Garner and Farley May Seon Break for Public| of his conduct in that office and of his summer’s nt ement in Texas includes a great many things not generally understood The key to the situation is an accomplished letter writien by the Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt after the election of 1932. It declared there would be no Vice-Presidential advice as to pat- ronage, execept when it re- quested; that sflence would the accepted role of the nd in command, but that there would be nothing but complete loyalty to the! Presidential policies. To his personal friends Mr. Garner emphasized the determina tion to be silent. He felt that in his own way he might say some- (Continued on Page Seven) | Eng- | Point” scales; so Russians do not think it unreasonable to suppose that similar long range financing will be expected from the United | States. Whether this is done pri or by government loan or b ernment guarantees of Rus. per, is immaterial to Moscow. Soviet fiscal authorities were cheered greatly last summer when the Reconstruction Finance Cor-| poration lent American busines men $4,000,000 with which to fi nance the sale of cotton to Russia. | Although the sum was relativel unull they regarded it as signi if America | equality | | proved, 1ot | Probably will that i | eign affairs, it was the first financing | ficant because American governmental of Soviet business. Phenemenal Increase Unexpected While trade relations between the United States and Russia, which have declined in the past two years, undoubtedly will be xm-‘ American business be disappointed they expect a rich flood of Soviet orders. Notwithstanding the tempting | bait dangled before the world by ! Maxim Litvnov, commissar for for- in his statement at| men ' | the London Economic Conference | that Russia was ready to buy a billion dollars’ worth of goods in ireturn for normal frading facili- ties, and the broad hints voiced by the Soviet press that' America stood to profit enormously by rec- ognition, there are definite signs here that there will be no immed- iate phenomenal increase in busi- ness, In the mrst piace wnfoscow has found it necessary to restrict new commitments abroad so as not to impair its badly strained capacity to meet its obligations. This is reflected in a sharp cut of more | than 100 pef cent in its imports in the first six months of 1933, Home Industries Favored Secondly, is the increasing trend | as Soviet industralization pro-! gresses, to substitute home - made | equipment for that heretofore bought abroad. An illustration of this was in the edict last winter of C. Ordzhon- okidzie, commissar for heavy in- dustry, cancelling $10,000,000 in or- ders about to be placed with for- eign firms on the ground that such items now were being manu- factured here. Hitler's drive against Commun- ists in Germany, which has been the heaviest exporter to Russia, has caused tension in both the econo- mic and political relations between the two nations. Some business ow going to Germany may be diverted for Moscow always has contended that American machin- ery is superior to all others. ;(,'mf Safely Back |At Home Port 4 };iflr'r Being Lost \. FREIDRICHSHAFEN, Nov. e | ® 2—The Graf Zeppslin has e | e ved he: after a visit e i. to South American. ports, | | ® and the World's Fair at e | ® Chicago, Illinois. The Graf e | ® wos lost for tem hours over e . antic caused by evad- e . orms, L4 ° . ©eees0 000000000 HOP OFF ON ANOTHER LEG {Business Vl\l[ in Paris Is Ended — Take Air @ for Amsterdam 2.—Col. Charles nd his wife, here for several conferr ng on aviation matte: Ministry and also with manufacturers, hopped off this morning. §L|NDBE§I;H§ PARIS, | A. Lindb have been Air airplan | for Amslerdam MOTHER, SON DAUGHTER ARE FOUND SLAIN Doors of Hou?: Are Lock- ed—Only One Win- dow Unlatched GREWSOME DISCOVERY REVEALED BY OFFICERS Bodies Located on Floor— Two Victims Shot, One Beaten LAWTON, Okl. Nov. 2.— Three bedies, locked in a red frame house, gave a murder {mystery today as baffling as a fiction thriller. The bodies are those of l‘Mrs. Robert Hayter, aged 50 ars, and her children, Nell, The bodies were found on i the | i the floor ¢! the second story. | ARRIVE SAFELY The lights in the rooms | AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2. — Collpp o4 .id ooc iar Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh| 026G iand gas jels were | have arrived here after a fast|Oped. | f'ght from Puris. { - Mrs. Hayter and- her son | b o e 1‘11;11! been shot to death in the | “GARIBOU B"—I—” ,h('ml. Nell had been clubbed to death. The three apparently had if COOPER PASSES " ON LAST TRAIL ‘Oldtune Alaskan, Who ! Came North Before Gold Rush, Dies | TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2—W. F. | “caribou Bill” Cooper, oldtime Al- |askan, died here yesterday at the age of 67 years. Cooper went to the Yukon dis- trict before the gold rush days and stayed there long after carrying mail between Ruby and Dyea. Cocper gained fame in 1909 by |mushing from Skagwe to New York City. Cooper was a personal friend of Jack London. an pa-| During later years he won some success in character parts in the| |nm/os in Hollywood, also in pic- ' studios. his brother, Wash. tures produced in East Cooper is survived b Henry, now al Concre LABORITES IN - ENGLAND WIN ~ IN ELECTIONS te, MacDonald E) vernment Must Rally Support to National Gov't. Nov. 2 | LONDON, 2. — A decisive Government defeat in the recent Fulham by-election, coupled with Pioneer of SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 2 Henrietta Ledgerwood, Nome for 30 years, died here yes- terday. She had been here seek- ing med reatment. The widow- er, Robe is now enroute from Nome. —MTrs. a sweeping Laborite gains in muni- |cipal ¢ ions yesterday, has arous- ed P r Ramsay MacDor and his Mir 'rs to the necessity of |rallying public poinion be mnd the | National Government. This is in hat the Labor Party | members m launch a hot cen-| sure in Parliament S eee——— Nome Dies resident of | been killed sometime last Fri- day night. Hayter is a traveling salseman (Continued on Page Five.) ——— CHAMBER TAKES ACTION ON MANY LOCAL MATTERS [Moves to Defend Bridge Project—Protests Pro- | cessing Salmon Tax At one of the most largely tended meetings of the year, the }‘Immbcr of Commerce today re- | viewed progress made on the Gas- tineau Channel bridge project, ad- |ded a fourth member to its com- | mittee looking after the same |matter, and asked the committee to represent the Chamber at next Wednesday's hearing on the Terri- tory’s application for a War De- partment permit for construction. The Chamber also voiced a pro- |test to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration against the propos- ed processing tax on fisheries prod- ucts, unanimously approving a tele- gram sent yesterday by President John W. Jones to Administrator George N. Peek. Approves Referendum A referendum from the Alaska Territorial .Chamber of Commerce on the re-eestablishment in Alaska by the United States Bureau of Mines of a co-operative mining investigation and engineering or- ganization was unanimously adopt- ed. | A petition prepared by the Trade |and Transportation Committee, R. | E. Roberison, Chairman, asking | Gov. John W, Troy to seek funds |for a safety basin for small ports |in this port, was also unanimously | adopted. Bl | By rising vote, the Chamber | expressed its appreciation to Mayor L. Geoldstein for his aggressive and | successful work on the Willoughby Avenue project, hailed as the most local improvement n a | important {many year | Semmers on Committee the suagestion of H. B. Le- nan, President Jones lapy R. J. Sommers as the fourt: member of the Channel B.idgze Committee. The other mem- | bers are C. T. Gardner and Hi | Roden, g This committee will assemble data on traffic out of Juneau north (Conunued on Page Two) 83 e i