The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6540. " JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT! TERRITORIES ARE TO CONTROL LIQUOR WAR DEBTS S DEFAULTS WILL BE DEBATED IN FIERY MANNER Repercussions Are Also Certain to Be Heard in Lower House WATERWAY PACT IS ALSO UP FOR STRIFE Lull Over Week-end Only Fore-runner of What Is Coming Up WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Bristly subjects of war debts and the St. - 1 ! GENEVA, Jan. 6 —~The worl | communique issued by the | paricon between the last three United States Leads Entire World. Putting Idle to Work -wide improvement in the em- ployment cituation is led by the United States according to a Infernaticnal Labor Office. A com- months of 1933 and the same months in the previous year showed a decline in unemploy- ment in thirteen leading nations of the world. Lawrence Waterway pact arose as| questions due to shatter shortly the e quiet that has marked the ng session of Congress, au- thoritative spokesmen disclose A fresh scrap over the hoary mé ter of defaults or mere token pay- ments on debts owed to the United States is already brewing in the Senate pot and repercussions are certain to be heard in the House. Seaway Question Firing is already under way _on the St. Lawrence seaway question in the face of word from Presi- | dent Roosevelt the pact will h‘ave‘ the backing of the Administration | for ratification by the Scnate. Op- ponents forecast & heavy -majority against it. % Unless plans are sud the treaty with Canada will reach the Senate floor next week and it appeared likely the grow too fierce or and the question mig again. too prolonged ht be shelved Debt Issue Looms Despite the lull brought by the week-end recess of both Houses, the war debt issue is mot quiet. Senators regard the adoption of the Borah resolution called on the | Treasury for debt figures as mere- 1y opening the drive to bring the question to the Senate floor_. Borah is understood by his associates to be planning to use the data during the expected debate upon pro- posals for reciprocal tariff agree- ments. Some believe another re- quest will be made on the State Department for correspondence on war debts. STOCKS DALLY WHILE BUDGET TALK IS HEARD Some Metals Regain Part of Losses — Fractional Gains—Few Changes NEW YORK, Jan. 6— Stocks generally dallied in the shadows on conflicting budgetary opinions and prices as a whole were on a rather narrow gauge. Trading was dull, ‘sales totalling only half a mil- lion shares. There were a few soft spots. The trend was indecisive but the close was steady. The dullness afflicted the curb and price changes were mixed. The market generally had a steady tone. Some metals regained part of yesterday's losses. Alcohels, Tobaccos Up 3 Alcohols improved a bit as did a few tobaccos. 5 Cotton was up @ mnotch. Grains and other commodities held re- stricted limits. Fractional gains were held‘ by United States Smelting, American Smelting, American Commercial Alcohol and Bethichem Steel. Scme Losers Tosers about one point included Chrysler and Dupont. Shares- not changing included American Tele- phone, United States Steel, Amer- jean Can, Western Union and many others. Borrowing of ten billion dollars during the next six months by the Government is construed in some| financial quarters as highly infla-| tionary, not especially from the greenback standpoint, but from the velocity of spending in excess of (Continued on Page Three) denly shifted | debate Wil | | + 1 | Poyice ComrnssioNeRJoHN FORYAN. WATER SUPPLY | DISCUSSED AT (I OPEN MEETING iSolution of Shortage Was Principle Issue at Council Session | Enlivened by the pressure of & 3 Gotham’é Soldier Police Head ‘A3 WAR Tu1E MAJOR-GENERAL With the appointment of General John F. O’Ryan as Police Commis- sioner of New York, the nation will have an opportunity to see how a soldier deals with the crime problem. General O’Ryan, who commanded | | the 27th Division in France during [ To Resume | Paying of | Dividends Important Ann ouncement Made from Office of T-A Corporation | | | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 6.| {—The Trans-American Corporation has resumed regular dividends and the first payment of 12'; cents a will run the Police Department according to arm: | dependability as the essential qualification in {i | | Abolishment of the so-called “third degree” is expected, for the general is known to be opposed to it, believing it instills disrespect for the law. }wmxld not prevent waste as it would into the men paid to uphold it. Besides being a soldier, General O'Ryam ' not be practicable in many ca is a lawyer of note, aviation enthusiast and business man. the World War, has announced he | standards, stressing s officers and men. FOUND BY ROAD; ATTACKATTEMPT Be]ievedfiyer Placed | .Dead Woman on High- | way, After Slaying DETROIT, 24icn., Jan. 6.—Believed slain in an attempted attack and' large number of interested citizens, |who frecly volced thelr complaints, {last night’s session of the City | {Council was devoted almost wholly |to a discussion of the local water situation. { Mayer I Goldstein started thel |ball rolling by declaring that whiles |there was no question that thed | water supply for both domestic and |fire protection purposes had proved | woefully inadequate since the start {of the cold spell, no solution for the problem had yet been found. J‘Folluw:m; the lengthy discussion | which followed and which became rther heated at times the Mayor {announced the appointment of &’ | citizens’ committee to make a thor- lough investigation of every phase lof the matter and report to the Council as soon as possible. | Cemmittee Appeinted 8 Allen Shattuck was named as {Chairman of the committee. The' jother members are H, L. Faulkner, |H. G. Nordling and Councilmen W. |S. George and George B. Rice. | Reck Szys Supply Ample % | Jock Reck, Manager of the Ju- neau Water Company, asserted that |the company had at all times an | ample supply of water to meet the | normal domestic and fire needs of | the city, but that the shortage was caused by the excessive waste of | water by consumers who left their faucets open to keep their pipes from freezing. He expressed the opinion that installation of meters | |for consumers to protect their pipes, | |and the rates would be much high- ler than at present. H | Mr. Reck said that the water |company had not called upon the | Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany to furnish water from the lzaiter's supply in accordance with' the agreement between the two |companies because of the alleged 'danger of the pipes being clogged |with slush ice after the freezeup |had started. Representatives of the Alaska Juneau declared there was no floating ice in their pipe line connecting with the Juneau Water | Company’s main. | ‘V The discussion developed the fact | \that the water company had not complied with the promise made by President R. F. Lewis two years “ARE SHUT DOWN . Flood W ater | e Remarkable air view of the s Paralyze Pacific Northwes i CRAP PROMISED, SENATE by * o <1 i S city of Kelso, Wash,, inundated by floodwaters which paralyzed traffic in Western Washingtcn. This photo was taken from a United Air Lines transport plane as it winged | over the “inland sea.” In right foreground may be seen an almest completely submerged farm. 60 FISH TRAPS ~ IN . E ALASKA Thirty Located in Waters| in Three Districts in This Vicinity Of the 98 fish traps ordered permanently closed by Frank T Bell, Commissioner of Fisheries, 60 were in Southeast Alaska, and one- | half, or 30, were located in the waters of the three fishing districts adjacent to Juneau. Eight were closed in Icy Strait,| 14 in the Western District, and eignt in the Eastern District. Fif- teen were in the North Prince of| Wales District, six in South Prince | of Wales and nine in the Southern, or Ketchikan District. The list of those closed in South- 1 east Alaska follows: Tcy Strait District Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- tion—Inian Island. Pacific American Fisheries—| George Island. ! | { | Re-elect Dimond, No Opposition, Declares Times CORDOVA, Alaska, Jan. 6.—In the lead editorial j terday, The Cordova Daily Times, Republican newspap- er, strongly endorsed Antho- ny J. Dimond for re-election as Delegate to Congress from Alaska. The Times also ad- vocated that the Republican Party either endorse Dimond or refuse to nominate a can- didate against him. ce0 o000~ —————-———— 30-HOUR WEEK AIM OF LABOR ALL INDUSTRY Chairman of National Labor Board Working on Legislation ° . . . . . . . . . . . . WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Organ- REDUCTION OF TRAPS WILL CUT CATCH 45000 W. L. Paul Says Net Cut of Trap Take Will Be at Least 1,000,000 That it is tne policy of Commis- |sloner Frank T. Bell, head of the | United States Burcau of Fisheries, [to induce salmon packers to buy more fish from Alaska seiners is the belief voiced by W. L. Paul, local attorney and prominent lead- er of the Indians of Southeast Al- aska. He holds that if Mr. Bell's “apparent policy had been adopted in 1924" there wouldn't be any trap-seine controversy today. Mr. Paul points to the recent trap reduction orders, which he es- timates will wipe out traps hereto- fore taking 4,500 salmon each sea- son and permit 1,000,000 more fish |to reach the seining areas, as |ground for his opinion. | Not All Dummies “When T visited Seattle last then thrown from an auto, body of Mrs. Virginia Gibson, aged 33, wife of an interior decorator, was found early today on the high- way west of the city. The body had been run over possibly two or three times after a struggle at fthe side of the road Finding of the woman's scarf and pockefbook led to the theory of the attempted attack. A passing motorist discover=d the body and saw a car ahead pass over it. Tnvestigators said the slayer | probably placed the body on the highway so that death might be ascribed to an accident. The woman’s wrist watch had stopped at 12:20 o'clock this morn- share wiil be made January 31 to |stockholders on record on January 116. It has not been decided whether |futuré dividends will be quarterly |or semi-annually. | The dividend on January 31 will |be the first since dividends were 'suspended in June, 1931, with the | disbursement of 10 cents a share. GEORGE POWELL " FOUND INSANE 1 | SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—Adjudged in- ;s:m& George Powell, alleged ploucr‘ |of the attempt to kidnap the son| ing. of J. G. von Herber, theatre mag-| Gordon Gibson said his wife left nate, has been committed to the|their hotel last night to go to a Western Washington State Hos- | theafie while he went to work. The the | ago to have the fire supply tank |filled from the supply mains before | the domestic supply tank received |water. Mr. Reck stated that such action had not been taken because | |it was feared that the cold water {would freeze more quickly in th2 |fire tank if it came into it first. |At Mayor Goldstein's suggestion, {he promised to wire to Mr. Lewis for authority to make the change |immediately. The Mayor pointed out that although the business dis- trict and much of the refidential | sections of the city have good fire protection because of the salt water system, the Casey-Shattuck, Wil- loughby Avenue, Seatter Tract and other outlying sections must rely upon the domestic water supply; hence the importance of keeping I'.he fire tank filled to capacity. Investigate Additional Supply Mr. Goldstein announced that he Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- tion—South Inian Pass. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora-| tion—Lemesurier Island. | Astoria and Puget Sound Can- ning Co.—Pleasant Island. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- | tion—Excursion Inlet. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora-' tion—Chichagof Island (2). Western District Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- tion—Chichagof Island (4). New England Fish Co.—Baranof Island. Peril Straits Packing Co.—Baran- of Island. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- tion—Mansfield Peninsula (4). Libby, McNeill and LAhby—Ad-‘ miralty Island. | Alaska Pacific Salmon Corpora- tion—Admiralty Island. Nick Bez—Admiralty Island. lin the Labor Board. |today said they have been invited | ized labor, with the assurance of month, naturally my first interest some sympathy in both the House was in the new fish regulations,” land Senate, is drawing plans for a Mr. Paul said. He was particularly legislative drive to bring the 30- interested in the probable effect hour week into all industries. |of the trap reduction promised by Senator Wagner, Chairman of Commissioner Bell. He conferred the National Labor Board, dis- with L. G. Wingard, Alaska Agent, closed he is working on legisla- as to the claim that the reduction tion to revise the labor section of only affected so-called dummy NRA and vest additional powers traps, since the canners were per- (mitted to designate the traps to | be eliminated. | “While the packers did the se- YIectinsg, the Bureau of Fisheries ————— to be eliminated,” Mr. Paul said. GOMING Tu “ s | “By referring to reports on file, L] B the total catch of the abolished jtraps at the time I inquired (80), .. was about 4,500.000 sh. BANGKOK, Siam, Jan, 6—The| AR (PR TN . amount is larger now as the total King and Queen of Siam are ex-| i g | number abolished is 93, and that pected to return to the United, ..o wi pe stnl further in- States soon and reliable quarters; d ki | crease Net Gain of 1,000,000 pital at Steilacoom. McNeil Prisoner Sues for Release | TACOMA, Wash,, Jan. 6.—Frank | Williams, federal prisoner sent up | from San Francisco for imperson- ating a prohibition officer, sought ! his release from McNeil Island pen- ! iténtiary today by filing a petition for habeas corpus in federal court. He claims he is illegally held since | repeal of the Eighteenth Amend- ment. Williams was sentenced by Judge Harold Louderback at San Fran-| couple married about five years ago. MYSTERY CASE DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 6—The poiice today soughit for the solu- tion of the death of Charles Bertle 17-year-old high school senior, whose unclothed body, covered with a bathrobe, was found face up- ward on a piano bench in his home with a cord bound tightly about the neck, waist and limbs. The boy had been alone in the house for several hours. The boy's mother found the body when she returned home from work. The authorities said the bath cisco in 1931 to serve terms of three and two years consecutively. He was convicted of impersonation on nine counts and is now serving his second sentence. Date of the hearing was not set. ‘ robe was put over the body after death and led them to believe the hoy was slain. The manner in which the cords were tied about the body precluded the theory of intentional destruction. (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Two) BERLIN, Jan. 6.—A sensation has been created in European mili- tary circles by news that a* new gasoline-driven machine gun has been invented and perfected by a Japanese engineer. The mnew gun, operating on a tionary, is declared to be the deadliest and most formidable mod- | ern field weapon. It is silent in operation, uses no gunpowder and is credited with| firing ten times more bullets per minute than any other known ma- New Gun Said to Fire 9,075 Shots a Minute principle said to be wholly revolu-) chine gun. | The inventor is Joshitaro Shimi- Zu. He has submitted his invention | | to the Japanese general staff, which | was highly satisfied with results | of tests and is believed to have | recommended adoption of the wea- pon for the imperial army. | Though details of the gun are| | as White House guests of thci President and Mrs. Roosevelt. King Prajadhipok, it was said will take the queen and the royal party aboard a chartered liner di- rectly to Europe and then on to America. The forthcoming visit is necessi- tated by King Prajadhipok’s eye trouble. About three years ago he had a cataract operation at Pur- chase, N. Y. - e - Man Lives Right on Free and Easy Street DURANT, Okla., Jan. 6—Thom- as Hopson, Sherman, Tex., candy “Of course, the remaining traps {will catch a large number of fish | heretofore aught by the traps which have been abolished, but still T figure that fully one million salmon will get into the seining | areas, which areas by the way have been enlarged for seining op- | erations. £ | “The policy which seems to guide | the new Fish Commissioner is this | —all cannerymen have been asked { to reduce their trap catch so that ithey would be compelled to buy more fish from resident seiners. In the case of perhaps two companies, they have been informed that their traps have been reduc:d ' because GONGRESS WILL SOON ACT UPON BIG QUESTION, SAYS M'DUFFIE Twenty-first A mendment Is Intended to Apply to All Possessions of United States WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.— The opinion that Congress will shortly make the Twen- ty-first Amendment effective in all insular and Territorial pessessions where the Eigh- teenth Amendment applies, is expressed by John McDuffie, Chairman of the House In- sular Affairs Committee. “I know Congress intends |to give the insular and terri- |torial possessions the same ;authority on control of liquor ias it does our States,” said | McDuffie. | The opinion was given in discussing the bill designed to repeal Prohibition as-econ- tained in the organic laws of ;Pucrto Rico. The members of the committee discussed the | Fuerto Rico bill since the |repeal bill is to affect all | Territories and insular pos- sessions but it was decided that inasmuch as the organic laws governing each are dif- | ferent, separate consideration {would have to be given. LIQUOR BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. — The new liquor tax bill, passed by the House late yesterday, is expected to bring in almost half a billion dollars from spirits, beer and wine. 8he bill goes to the Senate and it is expected to be passed early next week. ALASKA BILL RUSHED ALONG HOUSE COM Two Territories Seeking Representation in U. S. Senate WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. — The bill introduced yesterday by Dele- gate McCandless of Hawaii, per- mitting Alaska and Hawali to elect one member each to the United States Senate who will have power to debate but not to vote, has been sent to the Judiciary Com- mittee. The reason for the added rep- resentation in Congress, aside from the Delegate in the House, is that one man cannot possibly keep in touch with all matters pertaining to his district and many small issues are forced to wait action because of the press of larger ones. This situation will be remedied with a delegate in the House and one in the Senate. % | Governor Troy On Way from Cal., to Seattle Gov. John W. Troy is aboard the liner Emma Alexander en- route from Los Angeles to Se- store president, has resided on Easy, ¢ney have not bouzht enough fish most effective weapon of ils | being strictly guarded, information | Street for many years. Recently a o 4 | reg, B aronah s bis from seiners but have depended ’ufl!cer of a Western power, who|erty and called Free Street. characferized the invention as “the|now lives at the intersection of ind." 1 street WaS_out through his pmg"almost entirely upon their trap € cateh. '{ Free and Easy streets. l (Continued on Page Seven) A attle, according to radio receiv- od from him toeday by The