The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6515. “TWELVE PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933. ALASKA EMPIRE «“4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS s ROOSEVELT DOLLAR SOUNDEST, WORLD 3 IONE SCHEM PROPOSED NOW, WORLD CONTROL Premier Mussolini Makes Suggestions—Rejec- tion Is Seen VERSAILLES TREATY BE ABROGATED, France Believed Opposed, to Plan for Three Great Divisions ; W ashington State | Representatives Charged Ineligible OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec. 8.— Written charges of ineligibility to hold their seats in the State House of Representa- tives because of other jobs held in connection with the State or Federal governments, were filed today against nine Representatives, including the Speaker, George Yantis, by Representative Frank - Ander- son, Democrat, of Spokane. RIGHT OF WAY - PROCURED FOR 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Premier | Mussolini’s new plan for a sort of | super League of Great Powers in| ruling the affairs of three world! zones is looked upon by some state officials as already well on the| way toward rejection although they are withholding final judg- Next Week ment. ~ One reason given by the offic-| pollowing the completion of the rance wi €] g€ ja i ment, which as it pdoes. would ‘"e“,tfi; t:fd;fdnuefi:,:] Erzw%ay move from the Versailles 'I\"eaty;s(,um to and through Admiral some guarantees of security. { Way, meeting lower Front Street The plans of II Duce, roughly|ag the Winter and Pond location, speaking, would let the United| zccording to an announcement Stat_es take primary control in the made today at the City Hall. It affdmrsR of, m;l A.mfrlm:;‘ JapA:j-xs expacted that this work will an ussia those in Asla, and pegin next week. Germany, France, Great Britain| jydging from the enthusiastic and Italy, the affairs of those in.‘ response this announcement Tre- ST. EXTENSION Work to Proceed on City End of Willoughby Europe. ——————— COL. MILLER VISITS HERE FOR ONE DAY Aboard th Fornance, Col. Wil- i liam C. Miller commandant ati Chilkoot Barracks, arrived in Ju- neau at 12:30 o'clock this morn- accompanied by Capt. John S. Vincent, Quartermaster at the! barracks, from a trip to Sitka. | The Fornance washeavflyweight-) ed .down with ice as the result of the storm raging on Chatham Strait and resembled a miniature Niagara Falls. Col. Miller left Chilkoot Bar- rocks last Friday for Sitka to get work started on the National Cemectery there and reports every- # ing progressing splendidly. J. G. Shepard is foreman of the work and .will employ two crews of eight men each. One crew will be composed of white men and the other of Indians. Each crew will work three days a week as the 30- hour week law will be observd. Col. Miller expects to leave aboard the Fornance for his re- turn to the Barracks early tomor- row morning. During his present command, Col. Miller says he has| never experienced such a long blow as the present one and he hopes it will die down before he starts steaming up Lynn Canal for his headquarters. LINDBERGHS ARE FLYING ~ TOWARD U. 8. NATAL, Brazil, Dec. 8—Col. Charles A. Lindberg and his wife hopped off for Miami, Florida, at 3:15 o'clock this morning, Pa- cific Coast time. They expect to be homes in New. Jersey by Christmas after their flight across the North Atlantic in easy stages, to various parts of Europe and a flight across the South Atlantic. PARA, Dec. 2—Col. Lindbergh and wife have arrived here enroute to Miami. CLIFFORD COMES HOME [ ited property Owners, ceived from local business men to- | day, this linking of important | traffic lanes will be both a pop- ular and efficient development. This near-future improvement s made possible by public spir- including E. R. Jaeger and A. and others interest- Oscar Harri, J. Dishaw, ed. MRS. EDITH BAVARD INSTALLED AT A. L. AUXILIARY MEETING Mrs. Edith Bavard was in- stalled as President of the Amer- jean Legion -Auxiliary at the reg- ular meeting held in the Dugout last evening with Mrs. Homer Nordling acting as installing offi- cer. Business which was taken |care of at the mesting following the installation ceremonies includ- ed the appointment of Depart- ment chairman, the ‘decision to send Christmas boxes to all needy veterans of the fown and a month- 1y contribution to an Alaskan veteran who is hospitalized in the States. Appoint Chairmen Chairmen appointed were, Re- habiliation, Mrs. John Newm: Child Welfare, Miss Elsie Bqgg Legislation, Mrs. M. E. ‘Monagle Americanism, Mrs. Cash Cole; Community Service, Mrs. R. 8. Raven; Publicity, Mrs. R. R. Her- mann. Members of the member- ship committee, who were appoint- ed las tevenipg were: Mrs. Victor Manville, chairman, Mrs. John Mc- | Cormick, Mrs. Edith Sheelor and | Mrs. Edith Bavard. The finance committee Wwill be appointed later. Presentation Mrs. Charles Seelye was present- ed with a beautiful Past Presi- dent’s ring with Mrs, Edith Shee- Jor making the presentation speech and after the business social hour was held in of the recent return of Mrs. Edith Bavard from an extended south, with refreshments serv the hostesses of the evening, Mrs. Homer Nordling and Mrs. Waino Hendrickson. One of the biggest crowds to be present in recent months, attend- ed the meeting of the Auxillary last evening. COVERNMENT NOTE ISSUE BIG SUCCESS WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Amidst E. H. Clifford, merchandise brok-| Administration elation, the Treas- er,’ with headquarters in Juneau,| ury Department announces a heavy arrived home nn the Northland after | over-subscription of the Govern- calling on the trade at Southeast| ment’s billion dollar treasury note Alaska towns. issue. session, a | ! . honor | on the Home cemeteries. trip. G. E. KRAUSE ON BUSINESS ed byl STOCKS FIGHT PROFIT TAKING, MAKE ADVANCES Leading Issues, “However, Move in Narrow Range —Curb at Standstill NEW YORK, Dec. 8—Stocks resisted profit taking today in most of the departments but heav- iness of wheat tended to discour- age bullish enthusiasm. Leading issues however, moved in a narrow range although some specialties even recorded moder- ate advances. Today's close was irregular. The curb was almost at a stand- still. Bonds were irregular. Amour, preferred, went up two points. Issues Advancing Issues up a fraction to one point were American Telephone and Telegraph, Loews, Santa Fe, Au- burn, Westinghouse, Owens Illinois. Off two points was Industrial Alcohol. Other alcohol fhsues eased Other ' issues off about one point were Case, Chrysler, Dupont, Johns Manville, U. 8. Smelting, Ameri- can Smelting, Depasco, McIntyre Porcupine. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 8—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 21%, American Can 98%, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 35%, Calumet and Hecla 4'%, Colorado Fuel and Iron, no sale; Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 38%, TInternational Harvester 41, Chi- cago and Milwaukee (preferred) 5%, Standard Oil of California 41% United Corporation 4%, United States Steel 45%. JAPAN'S HERD PASSES AWAY TOKYO, Dec. 8—Count Gom- { bei Lamamoto, aged 81 years, twice Premier and the naval hero of the Russo-Japanese war, in which he sherved as Admiral, is dead here. PLANS FOR NEW HOME PROGRESSING NICELY, HESSE IS INFORMED Plans, being prepared for the new Pioneers’ Home at Sitka by Heath, Gove & Bell, Tacoma ar- chitects, are progressing satis- | | | NEGRO IS SHOT DOWN, POSSE; BODY S BURNED Victim Accused of Crimin- ally Attacking, Slay- ing White Woman KOUNTZE, Texas, Dec. 8—Da~- vid Gregory, negro ex-convict, ac- cused of criminally attacking and slaying a white woman, was shot to death when it is alleged he resisted arrest by a posse. is body, mutilated, was burned by a mob after it had been dragged to the pyre in the negro section. Officers and incensed citizens had been searching for the negro since Mrs. Nellie Williams Brock- man, aged 30, wife of a farmer was found dead on the highway near here last Saturday. Traced To Hiding Place Gregory was traced to his hid- ing place in the belfry of a megro church at Both, a small town, where he was shot and wounded when officers said he drew a pis- tol and resisted arrest. Gregory was taken to a hos- pital. A mob quickly formed. Is Spirited Away Officers took the negro away in an auto, trying to protect him, but he died in the auto without regaining consciousness or being his guilt or innocence. The officers drove with the dead negro in Silsbee. their éar, it, to] ( IT;dde, Business Now Taking | Great Forward Stride; Best | Levels in Two Y ears Reached Acceleration is incident to the opening of an entirely new field | of merchandise revenue Wwith a definite ending of the thirteen years of prohibition. The sudden shifting of so many men and women from relief rolls ! to gainful occupations through the efforts of the Civil Works Admin-| istration has brought encourage- ment to nearly every section of the counfry and giving an impetus to the retail demand especially in necessities, which has been wide- es. spread. ! PRICE TRENDS ILIOUOR RULING BEING WATCHED | MADE BY JUDGE BY ROOSEVELT HAWAUAN ISLE Gold Policy Believed to Be Federal Court Is Without Part of Program for Jurisdiction After Re- Recovery peal 18th Amend. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Trade and business have resumed forward strides following the lull of the closing week of November, the Dun-Bradstreet, Inc., trade review said today. The season’s volume ‘best level in two years. With no uncertain force, the Review said the consumer buying was manifest immediately follow- ing Thanksgiving and is now in- creasing as Christmas approach- is at the ! i i | WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—A mod-| HONOLULU, H. I, Dec. 8 erate exercise of President Roose- District Judge E. K. Massee ruled Ivelt's gold policy in harmony with yesterday that the Federal Court commodity price trends apparent- is without jurisdiction in liquor| able to make a statement as to|ly constitutes the Administration’s cases arising after repeal of the, definitely approved | fmmediate monetary program. i Observers believe the President immediately rests his chief hope on rising set in motion Territorial machin-| commodity levels in the domestic ery designed to regulate the liquor | | Eighteenth Amendment. Local authorities recovery prgoram and rega:ds the gold plan as a whip ready to crack if prices lag. - e 26 PASSENGERS The mob learned of this and slowly increased, trailed the Sher- iff and secured the body. Dragged About Street The leaders of the mob tied the body behind the auto with chains and dragged it for 35 min- utes through the negro section of | Kountze. Before burning the body the mob | cut out the heart and other or- gans. There is talk heard of raiding the Hardin County jail here and inflicting similar treatment to three other negroes under arrest, sus- pacted of aiding Gregory to evade the officers. Guard Around Jail This forenoon a heavy guard was placed about the jail to protect three negroes suspected of know- ing the whereabouts of Gregory. The Sheriff received telephone calls in dicating another crowd might attempt to storm the jail The Sheriff is taking no chanc- es on further mob violence and placed the extra guards around the jail although indications are that the spirit of the mob is dis- sipated. The sheriff said he might re- factorily and the first draft show- ing the new structure in some de- tall are expected to be received Iby the Home Building Commission, it was announcd today by W. A. Hesse, Chairman. who returned last night from Sitka. He came here on the Army harbor boat Fornance, which encountered rough weather and was three days mak- ing the trip. Mr. Hesse has been making| some preliminary investigations at! Sitka for the architects. He spent three weeks there in this and assisting Supt. Eiler Hanson f the Home, in improvements —————— { TRIP OF SEVERAL WEEKS G. E. Krause left on a business | trip to Seattle aboard the steamer Alaska this morning. He expects to return to Juneau in two or three weeks. Four Kidnaped Coast Guardsmen Are Set Free lease .the negroes later as he be- lieves they are innocent. CROCERS CLASH WITH ELKS AN PAPS MEET JF.. Four of the strongest fives in| the Channel Hhoop circuit will display their wares in tonight's/ scheduled double-header at the High School gym. In the opener, George Brothers will tangle with the Elks and in the final game the Moose and Firemen match strength. The Five Fast Delivery boys 100k like probable winners in the first game, although the Elks may up-| set the dope. At least they will give the Grocers a real battle The nightcap ought to be one of the best games of the year. The| Moose have won their last three| games, defeating George Brothers, ‘DeMolay and the Elks. They werel beaten by the Douglas Firemen and the Tallapoosa, both of which ‘were swamped by the Smoke- eaters. However, the Firemen lost to George Brothers, The Fircmen appear to have the befter balanced | squad with the strongest reserve force to draw from. The Moose, however, have been shooting well ON NORTHLAN FROM SEATTLE Arriving from Seattle at 11:15 o'clock this forenoon, the motor- ship Northland, Capt. L. Williams, ’mxxm. and E. P. Winch, purser, |brought 26 passengers to Juneau for Sitka. Passengers for Juneau from Se- attle were: Miss K. Pickering, W. Manahan, Mrs. F. W. Flanigan, Ben Leaming, Mrs. J. C. Arm- strong, Mrs. James Milligan, Mrs. Babe Kusisto, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams, Robert Brown, Wil- liam Fogg, Bob Clayton, H. Moses, Harry Mullen and F. M. Lane. From S. E. Alaska Those on board for Juneau from Southeast Alaska ports were: Ed Leask, W. D. Gross, G. D. Mc- Donald, Harry Race, E. H. Clifford, C. A. Wellington, Carrie Demasi, A. J. Fries, Mrs. E. F. Rice and Gert Smith. - For Sitka Tonight The Northland left Juneau for and had three through passengersl trade in the Hawalian Islands. Judge Massee held the Volstead ' Act automatically invalidated the! repeal of the Eighteenth Amend-! | ment. It was previously held that | Congressional action will be nec-| [essary to nullify the Volstead Act| |in the Hawaiian Territory. v I MEANS NOTHING HERE, SAYS JUDGE ALEXANDER The decision of Judge Massee will have no effect on the liquor situation in Alaska. That was| made plain today by Federal Judge | George F. Alexander of the local | United States District Court. In answer to a query by a rep- resentative of The Empire, he said | the status of liquor laws is not changed. “I am not informed as to the/ basis of the decision of Judge, Massee, quoted in press dispatches | today,” Judge Alexander said. “I do not care, therefore, to comment upon it. However, in this Ter- ritory the Alaska Bone Dry law| still remains in effect, and, of| course, must .be enforced regard- less of what happens to the Na-| | tional Prohibition Act.” 1 —l ALASKA GIRL MAKING 600D {and Mrs. Shonbeck, who are en- | while the steamer Alaska was in ‘Man Who Stomped FIGHT, LIFE SEATTLE, Dec. 8—Miss Mil- dred Johansen, 17 year old Uni- versity of Washington girl, is mak- ing a brave fight in the University General Hospital. Doctors expressed belief she will win despite a fractured skull, col- larbone, concussion of the brain, and a severe knee injury as the result of being struck by a deliv- ery truck. Miss Johansen is from Peters- burg, Alaska. —————————— HARRY RACE IN TOWN Douglas at 2:30 o'clock this after-| noon and will sail for Sitka at/ 8 p. m. from the Union Oil Dock, ! Juneau, For Sitka the through passen-, gers are L. L. Stenseth, Al Hage- vig and Mary Lenado. Passeng- lers from Juneau for Sitka are Willilam Bailey, Oscar Jensen, Mr. {and Mrs. Richard Marshall. and Dora Gordon. The Northland will sail south | from Juneau next Sunday at mid- night. v Angry Mob Threatens Child to Death DENVER, Co., Dec. 8.—Af- Harry Race. proprietor of Race’s Drug Stores in Juneau and Ket- chikan, arrived here on the North- land. ————————— | GROSS RETURNS three-year-old son to death W. D. Gross returned home to| | when the child asked for can- |Juneau today after conducting the | dy, was brought here today for |campaign for the Pioneers’ Christ- i safekeeping. Murder charges |mas Fund in Seattle, Ketchikan will be filed against Smith. Wrangell and Petersburg. —_————— s above par at long disfances and if they continue their ‘marksmanship, they will be a hard outfit to beat Charles Goldstein left here on‘ K. B. Edwards and H.'B. Crew- a business trip of a few days to|son, merchandise brokers left Ju- |Wrangell on the steamer Alaska|neau for Petersburg on the steam- this morning. er Alaska on business. OB VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN TEXAS Alaska, Hawaii To Seek Senate Representation GEN. JOHNSON * PRAISES MOVE BY PRESIDENT NRA Chief Gives Message to Those Who Think o oub ikl for Themselves " O CRITICS ANSWERED, JUNEAU'S UUUTA NEW YORK ADDRESS INCHA PROGRAM™ .5 e > BOOSTED TQ 60 Nevererer Reveed NEW YORK, Dec. 8. — The Roosevelt dollar is pronounced the “soundest money on the face of the earth now or at any other time,” by Hugh 8. Johnson, head of NRA, in an address last night, which he called a ‘“message for Juneau’s quota of jobs under those who think.” the CWA program, launched in Gen. Johnson said to the audi- Alaska this year, was raised today tors of the National Association to 60, it was announced by E. W. Oof Manufacturers: Griffin, Acting Governor. The Al- “Don’t let anybody do your aska Road Commission was prac- thinking for you.” tically Swamped yesterday with NRA Defe men on the unemployed list, a § number of whom have come here _ Discussing critics ‘of the Roose- velt Administration. Gen. Johnson recently from other sections of A the Territory, hoping to find work "}‘l’"’“‘ defense both for NRA and in the minnig industry. ;r:m““‘ of the Roosevelt pro- Two local projects have been pro} He dwelt again on the freedom the Gold ¢t the i Creek improvement plan and sew- of press: and the recent charge of radio censorship “is a er installation in the Seatter Tract residential section, Mr. Griffin an- nounced. Politics Twenty-four ~workmen under For the first time in answer- Jack Foster, foreman, were given ing criticism, Gen.Johnson brought jobs on the Gold Creek work this in politics when he said: morning. The crew there will com- It may be merely a coincidence, prise 28 men, but four of those put nevertheless a fact, fhat with who were signed up at Commis- 3 few exceptions, the r;mst promi- sion ‘headquarters yesterday failed nent newspapers that have been to repo;-lt1 rgr wofl; fi:dayr.‘ Twenty assajling NRA -are severely Re- men Wi 2 use the sewer installation in the Seatter tract. f:m“{,',,gy fie‘:gec: y:".,';,m,fm,,r; Work under the CWA program g5 the Chicago Tribune and Chi- also started in Douglas today. cago Daily News, whose affilia- Nine men were put to work this tions and political allegiance have morning and ‘others are expected never wavered, could be very en- to be added later.. thusiastic for a Democratic Ad- e T ministration.” ENROUTE SOUT FOR VACATIO aganda could swing Congress into passing a tighter labor law, pos- sibly a 30-hour week law, and that A. A. Shonbeck, prominent An- chorage business man and owner of a large Matanuska Valley farm, WASHINGTON, Dec. 8— @ Delegates Anthony J. Di- mond, of Alaska, and Mc- Candless, of Hawaii, an- nounced today they will in- troduce a bill in the coming session of Congress giving their Territories represen- tation in the Senate. Crew Put to Work on Gold Creek Today—Second Job Starts Tomorrow bugaboo, out of whole clpth.” “an unreasoning attack on the codes will get an unreasoning Con- gressional mandate.” LIGHTHOUSE AT FIVE FINGERS route to the Btates for a vaca- tion, visited local friends last night port. They will be absent from Is DESTRUYED the Territory about 90 days. { One of the most active Demo-, crats in the Territory, Mr. Shon-} beck held an extended conference Fire from an upreported cause last night with National Com- destroyed the light house on Five mitteeman James J. Connors, and Finger TIslands this morning at later conferred with Acfing Gov. 11 o'clock, according to wireless E. W, Griffin relative to the un- messages, received by the U. 8. C. employment situation and other G. Tallapoosa shorfly after noon matters effecting Anchorage and today. the railroad belt. The messages were meager but After spending a short time in|said that the boat house and Seattle, the Shonbecks will go tc|carpenter house had been saved Los Angeles for a visit, then goc|and that the crew had establish- East, visiting Delegate Dimond in >d a ‘emporary light on the Rog- Washington for several days. Mr.|ers Host House. Shonbeck expects to purchase ssme | It is believed that none of the farm machinery in the East, in-|crew was injured but no word cluding a modern hay drier for use | Was received as to domage to per- by the farmers in the Matanuska | sonal property. Valley Five Finger Light is situated —_———— near the lower end of Stephens Passage & little north of Cape DRUNKEN MAN Fanshaw and was one of the largs est lights in Southeast Alaska. A subsequent message ta thd H 0| Tallapoosa from the ligfithouse fender Cedar, sald a Igft had been temporarily established &% S Pive Fingers, same liance SEATTLE, Dec. 8—After terri- “Mxe - e / fying the neighborhood with rifle shots and holding ten policemen at bay for three hours, Eddie Mey- ers, aged 44, was shot and ser- jously wounded in his home in the south end. He has been ta- ken to a hospital. The police said Meyers was almost incoher- ently drunk. b il Days to J. E. Boyle, Union Oil esen- tative, left on a business trip to Ketchikan on the steamer Alaska.