The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1934, Page 1

4 . — %Y R ] (ol e o N T == 8 - il S— » THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6566. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CONFLICT IS PROBABLE IN FAR EAST Russia Is Preparing For War With Japan; order Is Fortified THOUSANDS OF CASES ARETO BE DISMISSED Unanimous Decision Made Today by Highest Court n Land WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.— A unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States late today held that all pending Federal Prohibi- tion cases must be wiped off the dockets. | Thousands of cases grow-| ing out of the old dry law,| which are still not disposed| of, must be quashed. | This included not enly lhose‘ in which indictments have been returned but those in which convictions have been obtained and have been ap- pealed. Chief Justice Hughes said the act “is rendered inoper—‘ ative by repeal of the Eigh-| teenth Amendment, not by| Congress but by the people.” More - than thirteen thou-| sand cases must be dismissed: following teday’s decision. ‘ ———————— ALASKA ON ROAD T0 RECOVERY IS MDEDBYF.D.R, President’s Policies Prove] Beneficial—Warn- | ing Is Issued SEATTLE, Feb. 5. — President| Roosevelt’s policies have put Al- aska on the high road to recovery | according to leaders of the Terri- tory who said the golden stream of | millions of dollars worth of yellow | metal began to flow from the | mines to the Government upon the announcement of the new gold price. Proceeds are also flowing into| other lines of industry as the re-| sult of the President’s policy. De- preciation of the dollar brought a | measure of prosperity to the fur| business and relief funds provided have averted a grave unemploy- ment situation and helped Alaskans to keep their chins up is the| concensus of opinion. | Improvement Speaks Alaskan fishermen, prominent men and newspapers of the Ter-| ritory say this improvement is spreading gradually over the north from ice-locked Point Barrow to the Lustling eities of Juneau, Ket- chikan and Anchorage. All Alaskans have issued the| same warning that even if a gold rush takes place during the spring it won't be for greenhorns. There is no room for outsiders who will lose their grubstakes and make nothing. y Wagner, Manager of the| le Fur Exchange, said in the | two months there has been a | decided improvement in fur prices in the Alaska fur market, gener- ally attributed to the President’s. depreciation of the dollar and buy- { ing by Europeans. JACOB ORGUTT, AGED 5, DIES SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Feb. 5.| —Jacob H. Orcutt, the last living man to have seen the driving of the golden spike at Promontory | Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869, madrk- ing the completion of the Union BIG LI EVERETT SANDERS Aftected By President’s Anti-Lobby Edict |3 DECLARATIONS FOR PRIMARIES ARE MADE HERE Two Democrats and One Republican -Seek Nom- mations for House Three new filings were made in the office of Clerk of Court Sat- urday and today for the April pri- y elections, today by J. W. Leivers, Deput | Clerk of Court. Two were for th Democratic and the third for the | Republican primary. R. E. Baumgartner and John Ronan were the Democrats, and | Louis F. Paul the Republican fil- ing. All seek nomination for | House of Representatives. Mr. Ronan is employed at the | Maska Juneau mine. He was & | member of the Alaska Senate in 1917-19. He is widely known in the | Territo and has resided here ! since the early days. He lived at Fairbanks and Iditarod in the in- | terior, in the Third Division and 'at Hyder. | Mr. Baumgartner came to Alaska |seven years ago from Michigan. |He lived at Fairbanks and An- chorage before coming to South- east Alaska. He practiced in Pet- |ersburg for the past three years aoJoun CosTELTL,0 it was announced | Lhe‘ Fear of a possible scandal blighting his administration, say observers, actuated President Roosev ais now historic b]as.t against lawyer-politicians who practice before Government departments, \“h‘nf}\t fé)u]x']f:: n the resignation of Robert Jackson as Secretary of the Democratic National Committee and Committeeman from New Hampshire. Four other National Demoeratic Committeemen are affected by the Presidential edict They ave Arthur F. Mullen, Nebraska; Orman W. Ewing, Utah; Dudley Doolittle, Kansas, and Jokin P. Cos. tello, District of Columbia. 'On the heels of the Roosevelt blast Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, introduced a bill making it iilegal for national committeemen of any party to practice law before Federal Departments. If enacted, the measure would compel Everett Sanders, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. to either relinquish that vost or close his Washington law offica Bellweth;f of American Business Now Increases J PROFIT TAKING: STOCKS HIT BY | land came to Juneau several months ago and opened an office. He has |not been actively connected with [gmolitics up, to this. time, | Mr. Paul is a resident of Wran- gell. He has been a leader of the Alaska Native Brotherhood since it was first organized. For several |years he was editor of the weekly newspaper published by that or- ganization at Petersburg. Only one more day remains for |filing declarations of candidacy. |The period closes tomorrow after- !noon. Other declarations were ex- i pected to be filed here before the ‘closmg. | B CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb, 5. —| M“RE ARRESTS With huge orders pouring in for | ORDERED, AIR railroad cars, locomotives, equip- ment and rails, and steady support continuing from automobile factors ies, the steel industry, the bell- wether of American business, last virtually estimated |ed, or those just waiting on routine approval, are at more than $50,000,000. Other railroad projects on a lit- tle further in the offing woul double this figure. Steel men said numerous mills are increasing operations. | plant at Mansfield, branch of the Empire Sheet Tin Plate Company, will reach full capacity this week. Senate Passes Resolution| to Take 3 Others in Custody | 5~ The WASHINGTON, Feb, Senate has ordered the arrest of three more aviation officials in connection with the Senate Com- mittee Air Mail investigation. The| resolution adopted cited Harris g most One Hanshue, President of the West-| ern Air Express; H. Brittin, | WITHDRAWS AS Vice-President of the Northwest These In Race The withdrawal of Victor A. Mey- {ers from ithe race leaves the follow- |ing candidates to fight it out ! for mayor in the primaries: W. T. Campbell, John F. Dore, Frank F. Fitts, William D. Freeman, Robert ended to include W. P. MacCrack- all in connection with the destruc- tion of papers in airmail c:m-! Governor of S‘alev SflyS He Lacks Funds General Brown. ———.—— | Lieutenant Governor of the State {of Washington, announced he has or of Seattle, giving the press of personal business, lack of campaign SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—Earl Foster, Ments as reasons for his withdraw- aged 29 years, dry dock worker, was % exhaust fumes. The exhaust pipe Dancial help from individuals, of his sedan became loosened while (Might prove an embarrassment at chine from soft dirt in a rcad, |lature” e Bank Deposits Are Protected, Insurance en, who was already under arrest, Vic Meyers, Lieutenant tracts unider former Postmaster | SEATTLE, Feb. 5—Vic Meyers, | withdrawn as a candidate for May- IN UWN cAR funds and his night club require- asphyxiated in his automobile by| Meyers also said: “To accept fi- he was trying to extricate his ma- future sessions of the State Legis- Third of Nation’s WASHINGTON, Feb. 5— |H Harlin, Charles H. Miller, More than cne third of the na- | Charles L. Smith, Kenneth L. tiow’s $42,460,000,000 bank de- Webb. Harry W. Carroll and Victor M. Iverson are candidates for City posits are covered by insurance. The deposits are in 13,400 banks Central Pacific, thé first conti~ nental railroad, died Saturday ‘t‘ the age of 95 years. invelving 54,000,000 depositors. The present law insures depos- its up to $2,500. Comptroller. M. L. Callahan and H. L. Collier (Continued on Page Two) CANDIDATE FOR = Activity. Most Prabunced WUMAN SLAIN IN DANCE HALL; i Since Midsummer of | ‘ i Last Year | extreme gains of one to around! four points today but these were reduced during the last hour by heavy profit taking activity, the pronounced since last July.| Many issues reached new highs for | the past two years. | Today’s close was firm with salvsg SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—Percy Moul- totalling 5,000,000 shares. |tray, aged 26, unemployed logger, The curb advanced briskly. Bonds was convicted late Saturday of were active. The select Government shooting Lorraine Dean to death bonds turned easy after a good up- on the dance floor of the Black turn, |and Tan Club a month and a half Frank On Decline |ago, The jury fixed the penalty at The sharp decline in the franc life imprisonment. and other European gold currencies| Moultray insisted during his trial as seemingly ignored for most of that he was too drunk to know night ordered its engineers to' ’ MAIL I N uu I R Y |crowd on more steam MK;E:'V S cpiooks Combined orders already receiv-|Poiled over speculative fires for Unemployed Logger Insists e Was Drunk at Time of Tragedy Airways, and Gilbert Givven, Wash- session. The sterling was what happened. ington representative of the West- steady. | State witnesses testified the log- ern Air Express, to show cause why There was some distribution re- ger shouted at the time of the they should not be adjudged in MAYUR SEATTL ported as various groups were tak- shooting: “She squealed on me to contempt. A i y (en in hand. the Federals,” apparently referring The Senate resolution was am- M o | Cotton was at the best level since o a counterfeiting charge on which 1930, before yielding moderately. Grains were fairly firm. | Silver was soft. P | American Telephone and Tele- NUTED AUTHUR graph held a three-point gain | Consolidated Gas, Columbia Gas, ! DIES lN EAsT Western Union, Public Service of ! /Montague Glass Stricken New Jersey were up one to two points, with Cerebral Hemorrh- age—Widow Survives | he was convicted. Rails Advance Leading rails were up one point (Conunued on Page Two) | e Mrs. Rudy Vallee's Case Reinstated by N. Y. Supreme Court 'WESTPORT, Conn., Feb. 5— Montague Glass, noted author and playwright, creator of the Potash and Perlmutter series, died late Saturday afternoon at his summer home here af the age of 56. He was stricken with cerebral hemor- rhage on Thursday after being in ill-health for some time. A widow ' survives. NEW YORK, Feb. 5—The New York State Supreme Court has re-| instated Fay Webb Vallee's suit to Testrain Rudy Vallee from secking ,a divorce from her in Mexico. Hawaii Has F irst Bank Robbery HONOLULY, Hawaii, Feb. 5—~This Territory has had the first bank held-up. Two men robbed the branch bank at Paia Island of Maui and escaped with $1,200. No previous bank robberies have oceurred because the islands offer no refuge for bandits. QUOR RULING IS MADE Cuba’s Newest Ruler eran Nationalist leader, who | Carlos Hevia, who | dency for 38 hours after resignation | of President Grau San Martin. He | is believed to have the support of all ! parties. { BULLETS DROP FOUR AS GUN ' BATTLE RAGES | laws Killed in Fight in Okiahoma SAPULA, Oklahoma, Feb' 5— Two officers and two outlaws were killed outright and a third out-| law was critically wounded in a| pitched battle on the highwa north of the town here last Satur-| day night. | Those killed were Tom Brum- ley, Chief of Police of Sapula; C.| P. Lloyd, patrolman; Aussia Elliott, bank robber and jail breaker, and | Raymond Moore, a confederate of | Elliott. Eldon Wilson, bank and high- jway robber suspect, companion of| Elliott, with whom he escaped from | the Osage County jail at Pawhus-| ka several weeks ago, was crm-‘ cally wounded. | The officers went to a farm house occupied by Lee Davis to investigate reports men were stay- ing there who had been robbing | filling stations. Not knowing the identity of the men sought, ~the |officers had started to make rests. The men at first submitted, but later general shooting started. ar- GUARDS CALLED OUT SAPULA, Feb. 5—Following the gun battle Saturday night, the citi- zens became aroused over the re- sults and threatened lynch law. National Guard troops were called out but they were withdrawn early Sunday morning. Eldon Wilson, critically wounded in Saturday night's battle, died Sunday. ANOTHER GUN BATTLE CHELSA, Okla., Feb. 5— Early Sunday morning in a gun battle here, Deputy Sheriff Earl Powell and Ed Clantin, Cookson Hills bad- man, shot each other to death when Powell and Bud Roberts, night marshal, came upon thr men entering a hardware store. The two others escaped. ——————— CAPT. MOORE, SITKA BOUND ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 5— Capt. Bill Moore, discoverer of the Dease Creek gold placer, left Sat- urday for the Pioneer Home at Sit- ka. The famous Yukon River pilot has lived in Alaska for the past 60 years. Two Officers, Two Out-| NEW SUBJECTS | tinuing with measures to repel any invasion. MOSCOW, Feb. 5.—Point {in the direction of Japan, the Soviet Comm s |last Saturday night told the All-Union Comi Congress that “despite our diplomatic efforts, E:_\'et succeeded in convincing the Japanese ruling peace is better than war.” Repel Any ing Russia's de Invasion In a blunt outspoken address, Commissar ¢’ War Klen- emti Voroshiloff told the Congress Soviet Ru .ia is com= He used ilanguage which left no doubt that the Red Army High | came the sixth President of Cuba in #5% six months, followinireshmflion of preparations for war. eld the presi-| Command is convinced that yar with Japan is probable. Fortifications Erected Voroshiloff declared thot ected at strategic points which it will “be diffic | Carlos Mendicta, 60-year-old vet- and that armed forces h erting it would be ri ‘ic Citi “To continue to tr.st taken, is like a stye in *y iflontions have been er- teri border through der to penetrate,” d in that region, to ignore Japan's neigrhor and measures ind e have taken ‘up defense of our fronticrs ¢ e Far East, The {Japanese would be m ¢ wd pleasant as our ineighbors were we v ihout ¢ but we cannot give {them that-owtisfaetis FR L Clamissar ofA¥ar. | Reiterating the chorge 11 Jay is preparing Man- |churia as a military base for | r rations against the United States of the Soviet the Commissar of [ | War continued: “T tualities.” prepare for even- T0 BE TREATED JAPANESE ARE SOFT-PEDALING BY PRESIDENT U. S. WAR TALK Roosevelt Has Further Make First Move to Stop Suggestions Which Will | Rumors of Impending Be Made Congress | Strife on Pacific WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.— Presi- TOKYO, Feb. 5. — The Govern= dent Roosevelt is said to be watch- | ment has began making good its ing the progress of his programlpromise to soft-pedal the Japanese- with readiness soon to propose leg- American war talk: islation on new subjects including| As the first move in pursuing control of stock of exchanges and |this policy, as stated before the an amendment of the Securlv.les‘lDieL on January 23, the Govern- Act. ment has prevented circulation of The President also favors a bill the pamphlet describing an al- guaranteeing the principal of home legedly impending conflict on the loan bonds and extending author- Pacific Ocean. ity of the Home Loan Board to' The pamphlet in question said make loans for modernization of the navies of the two nations | homes. However, there is some would soon be in battle, that the | question whether the President will Japanese fleet would emerge vie- propose this in a separafe message or merely sanction the bill already proposed. | CENTS HOURLY, LOWEST WAGE Maximum Week of Thirty Hours Also Advocated by Rev. Coughlin DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 5.—Term- ing the National Recovery Act as “not the end but only the begin- ning of a huge industrial modi- fication,” the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin Sunday called for a change in its provision fixing the minimum wages at 80 cents an hour and the maximum hours at 30 per week. Mass production, he said, has increased so far beyond the pur- chasing power that “forty cents an hour is slavery.” At the same time, the Rev. Coughlin announced the proposed increase in wages would apply to the men working on his new church as well, and clerks employed in his office would be given a 10 percent increase, both effective to- day . torious and various islands of the Pacific would come under Japan- ese domination. PROPOSES 80 SAYS BROWN IS VIOLATOR OF U, 8. LAW Charges Are Made Against Postmaster General in Hoover Cabinet WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—Chair- man Black, of the Senate Mail Contract Investigating Committee, told the Senate Committee he felt that Walter Hrown, Postmaster General under Hoover, violated the law by participating in the 1930 conference here “fo divide up” air- mail routes while he was a stocks holder in the Pennsylvania Rail- road. S WA N e S Protection Is Now Sought By Austria VIENNA, Feb. 5—Following a Cabinet meeting foday, Austria de- cided to appeal to the League of Nations to protect her against ag-- gression from German elements,