The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934. —] PRICE TEN CENT. VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6575. W:MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS [TALIAN TROOPS RUSHED TO BORDER FELLOWS HOPES FOR FUNDS FOR HOSPITAL WORK Indian Bureau Medical Di- rector Tells Chamber Plans Approved Dies Suddenly SCENES IN FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS INVESTIGATION OF SITKOH BAY DEATH IS MADE Axel Axelson Held While Authorities Inquiry Into Death of J. Davis Federal authorities were investigating stances surrounding death of | John Davis, 45-year-old Indian, at| Sitkoh Bay last, Friday ht, and were holding Axel Axelson, fisher- man resident. there, on an open charge, pending the outcome of the inquiry. X Reports received here, United States Marshal Mahoney said, were that Davis, Axelson and others| at the cannery settlement had been engaged in a moonshine drinking | bout last Friday night and a frq for-all fight ensued. Davis disap- peared and his body was found the following morning at low water | under several feet of water. i Dr. W. W. Council pcrlorn"cd‘ an autopsy this afternoon and,| while he had not made a complete report, he saild it was his cpinion that Davis was alive when he fell, or was thrown, into the water. |He found no serious wounds on | two weeks in the National capital|the body, but there were a number | confer: with bureau authorities|Of bruises about the head and} largely uwpon the medical relief , indicating the man had been | work for the coming fiscal year.|fighting. : In Washington, he met M. L. Mer-| Davis's temains; Axelson, and {ritt.and he was a train companion |Several other residents of Sitkoh lof Miss Christie Sather, formerly Bay were brought here last night | attached to local headquarters of on the gasboat Traveler by Deputy FOR DELEGATE“‘“ Indian Service, from Philadel- | United States Marshal George Jones phia to Washington. of Tenakee. | Dr. Fellows beat the weather Not Convinced of Neces-| The zealous haste of the Roose- United States Commissioner J. F. | game during the entire six weeks ! . | velt Administration to purge itselt| SILY but Is Glad to Co- Mullen has called a coroner's jury | of his absence. He left here during |for an inquest to be held tomor- the early January cold spell. A |of lobbying connections and eivili gperate with Dimond | works scandals has become a nine- ol row morning. similar kind of weather in Seattle BB . had broken just before he arrived. day wonder to political Washing- ton. He went to Northern Wisconsin to visit relatives and found warm Always, heretofore, it has been F 0 U N n G U I LTY’ |the party out of power which rais- | | weather had replaced unusually se- jed shouts of graft and corruption. SEVENTY - FIVE THOUSAND MEN SENT TO FRONT Strategic Points Along Austrian Line Are Being Guarded ITALY KEEPS WATCH ON LATEST WARFARE Preparations Are Made for Any Eventuality Which May Arise ROME, Feb. 15. — Ready for any eventuality, 75,000 } Italian troops have bheen post- ‘ed at strategic points along |the Austrian frontier, in ad- » ldition to the Fascist Border . | Guards. Italy is watching the Aus- trian situation closely from the border points. Government officials em- |phasized that the troops had : : : !n‘m. been placed along the s et | horder points as a result of jam E, Humphrey (above) | # : : of Seattle, Wash,, former Fed- developments across the line, oral T esteenaia res L DUl bOR only, hepn~msved up moved last October by Presi- [as part ofp'a unaamental dent Roosevelt, died suddenly | op.noo in the Ttali il last night at Washington, D. ange in the Italian military C., as the result of a stroke, |Policy during the last five according to an Associated |months. Press dispateh received by The |t jo avnliined that part of these troops have been con- e. He was 71 years old and is survived by a widow and centrated in cities further south. MERCY OFFER EXTENDED IN CONSPIRACY OR COLLUSION ARE CHARGES MADE Postmaster General Makes Plain Statements in Letter to Senator COMPETITIVE BIDDING ENTIRELY ELIMINATED Star Chamer Session Held at Which Division of Contracts Outlined WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.— Wholesale cancellation of air mail centracts was publicly explained last night by Post- master General James A. Far- ley, as predicted. It is his belief “that all present do- mestic carriers secured con- tracts on conspiracy or col- lusion.” The Postmaster General made one possible exception, the National Parks Airways, operating in Utah and Mon- ~-t&na. / The Postmaster General charged the conspiracy was hatched at a meeting of air 'line , representatives in 1930 who entered into an agree-| ment which “resulted in a di-| vision of all air mail con- tracts in the United States and practical elimination of competitive bidding.” Evidence Is Given The Postmaster General's state-| ment is made in a letter to Sen- (Continued om Page Six.) % here the The hospital building program of the Aleska division of the Office of Indian Affairs has been ap- proved and if more public works funds are appropriated by Con- gress, it will be carried out. This was told to the Chamber of Com- merce today by Dr. F. S. Fellows, Director of Medical Relief, of the Service, who returned this week {from an official visit to Wash- {ington, D. C. in connection with | the regular medical relief pro-| | gram as well as the building plans. | Dr. Fellows believed that addi- {tional PWA funds would be made available by Congress. He said he | expected that work on the hospitals would begin within the next six months. i Dimond Actively in Support “Delegate Dimona is doing every- thing he can to aid us in this| matter and so are the communities in which they are to be construct- d,” Dr. Pellows said. He spent today circum- | Violence and rioting that has swirled around Paris in recent weeks assumed serious proportions as Premier Edouard Daladier (right) who was forced to resign battled for the life of his government. Fearing other disorders troops armed with machine guns were mobilized in the capital and thousards of police were massed in the neighborhood of Elysee palace. The dismissal of Jean Chiappe (inset), Paris police prefect, aroused considerable agitation, chiefly among war veterans. Pictured above is debris left in the wage of recent rioting between roy- alists and police on a prominent Paris thoroughfare. (Associated Press Photos. Roosivels xéidinir;istrutiorn : BELL RESG]NDS Acting on Lobbying, CWA | NEW TRAP LEAD Scandals Causes Wonder M. A. TRAYLOR PASSES AWAY, CHICAGO HOME N " g Ao By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) near Alamo, Montgomery Coun- ty, Indiana, and was reared on a farm. He was admitted to the bar at Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1887 and in 1893 moved to Seattle where he practiced his profes- sien. In 1898 he was elected to the office of Corporation Coun- | | | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.— | (Special Correspondence)— Com- I missioner of Fisheries Frank T. | Bell has issued supplemental regu- | lations decreasing the overall| vere cold. The cold weather in Washington also moderated before | his arrival. Not to Ask Delay ALASKA TRADE International Known Fig- ; |But in this case the Republicans, ure, Financier, Politician | they did a lot of whispering, | |said never a word out loud. Sud-| DleS LaSt E yemneg the Administration itself | length of floating traps in South- east Alaska from 1,000 feet To 900 feet. Although requested by the Cor- dova Chamber of Commerce to ask for a delay in the NRA hearing on the salmon canning code, slated CONTEMPT CASE MacCracken and Brittin sel of the City of Seattle, and reelected in 1900. He was el- ected to the Fifty-eighth Con- gress and served several terms AUSTRIAN WAR | denly This he has done expressly at the request of Delegate Dimond, who opposed vigorously from the the change which would| brought about a 100-foot in trap leads. While C oner Bell was not alloge the same mind as the Dele and following a defeat as Rep- resentative was appointed to the Federal Trade Commission. CKS PUSH UP to be held in San Francisco on February 26, the Chamber decided this was not ne ary in view of | late developments. The Cordova | equest was based on a desire of resident labor to be represented. This, the Chamber was intormed, by Hugh J. Wade, Deputy NRA Ad-| ministrator for Alaska, has just | Are Sentenced to Ten Days Each in Jail WASHINGNTON, Feb. 15.—Will- iam P. MacCracken, former Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce in the Hoover Administration, and L. H Brittin, Vice-President of the North- OHICAGO, Tll, Feb. 15.—Melvin |broke into the headlines with loud A. Traylor, President of the First|demands that it be investigated. National Bank and candidate in| A good many reasons have been| ... 1932 for the Democratic nomination |45 igned for this strange bohuvior.“)w for President, died last night u'.’Om‘ presumption was that officials e[ T his home after a month's mmw)had just discovered what was going| of pneumonia. IN 1933 SHOWS FINE INCREASE + Total for Y;; Was $64,-| Chanc.e‘l!‘or Dollfuss Asks Socialists to Surrender, Lay Down Arms KR -~ VIENNA, Feb. 15—As Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss’s mercy offér limit neared the end, guerrilla war- fare spread. At the same time 2,000 Socialist fighters entrenched at Laaberg, near here, hoisted the white flag and surrendered. » Unconfirmed reports from St. Eyre said Prince Ernest von Star= hemberg, Second Vice-Chancellgr |and leader of the Heimwehr, bitéer |enemy of the Socialists, is sur- in on and acted in wrathful indwna-;flf tion, Another was that Mr. Roose-| o i abdie ) i arohi ‘B this particular instance a bovhood log ca 5 velt stole just one more marck % TR R { From a boyhood log cabin home ] ol hadl’ theless he has accepted M |been provided for. At his sugges-| on a hill farm of Southern XKen-|his political oppone | mond’s views on the subject a | tion the NRA has requested H. An-| 080,445, Increase of | | or- |been saving up their suspicious for | "o OVBI’ $3,000,000 |tucky to the organization .conlu'l o oo el ilnLo A:. { going to carry out the latter's rec- | qorson, President of the Resident| ence of the Bank of Internationa Alaska Pishermen’s Union, to at-| | west Airways, insolved in rmnovmg‘IN A cTIvE DA Y nt campign | 5 mmendations. Writing to the De The total commerce of Alaska |Settlements at Basel, Switzerland, L“:;}.mthe e | gate under date of January 30, MI" |fenq the San Francisco ¥ saring as |tenced to ten days each in jail. for the year 1933 showed a sub-|was the span of Melvin Alva Tray- | P labor’s representative. His expenses| Harris M. Hanshue, President of papers subpoenaed by the Senate,| Y _:r.alldf;:‘ of magni-| gy o DN NI Yl CHANGE' stantial increase in the value of /lor’s career. Wit b gmiln e (Continued on Page Eight) the Western Air Lines, and Gilbert were found guilty of contempt by| K & ot uns 10 uyour letter of Januar e e i P e be seen. Tt not, all wil | gl et Givvin, Washington representative, Wall Street Content with in | )YVIRGIL MBURE’ |rounded by Socialist forces and all the Senate last night and sen-| e setting forth your objections to ritory, as well as that shipped into| In between he was a farm labor- 50 the Administration who took papers from MacCrack- | Slight Gain as Congress | communications have been severed, |lam P. MacCracken plans to ap- | | b on | M| 4934 regulations extending the Territory. According to thc;er. district school teacher, gm::-ryj‘h" credit for making t “| length of the floating traps en’s file but returned them, were| records of this office, and those | clerk, self-cducated lawyer, banker | southeastern Alaska from 900 {acquitted Works on L > " i 4 § on Law of the Department of Commerce, in a Texas hamlet of 150 people,| EYES ON 1936 Execution of the sentences were | : | Bottled U | g P NEW YORK, Feb. A.‘)A—apflcml»‘1 Von Starhemberg is reported bot- {ties led stocks in another upward tied up as the Socialists, armed S ‘!p(‘ul to the courts from the Sen- 1 L2 : ate’s sentence but Brittin chos (Was in Klondike Three to serve his term rather than fight | Years Before Gold Rush 1,000 feet has been received. delayed four days by a Senate| push today and net gains of one|with machine guns, are holding all further and has entered the jail. 7 ’ —Known as’ Moon Man 3 SHOWS FIGHT . el s [PRi & e 6f Fbn 30D traps that | WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—will- of James J. Connors, Collector of |in the country, at the age of 47|is out in froni, a f target for | were interested in this extension | Customs, made public today. |and an international figure four |rival fire from all qu and they were interested on ‘The total value of outbound com- jyears later. { No man in such a pos count of the particular formation merce for 1933 amounted to $43,-| On top of this he was se 1y | expect to escape a bomb: of the land where their traps wer 263,578. This represented an in- |mentioned for Democratic presiden- | but in Mills' case the s to be installed. crease of $2379.666 over 1932. The |tial nominee in 1932, the year that|be half-hearted for the “However, in issuing my supple- total value of incoming commercc[saw his party swept info power un-;Most party men believe it mental regulations today I am aggregated $20,816,867, or an in-|der the leadership of Franklin D.|too early either to build voking that part of the 1934 regu crease of $306,620 over 1932. The |Roosevelt. | tear down any presider lations and leaving the traps at| KANSAS OITY, Mo, Feb. 13—" balance of trade in favor of the| Until Traylor went to Europe|date. 900 feet. | Virgil Moore, aged 69 years, the| Territory for 1933 was $22,446,711. | with Jackson S. Reynolds in 1929 “I assure you that I have l)-*r-u"'Moon Man,” died in a hm;)xul: Fisheries Show Improvement to represent America at the organi- rather reluctant to take this back- |here yesterday. The report said: zation of the Infernational Bank, “A very favorable condition pre-|it was said of him that he had ac- on can | ment, | may | [ be convinced it will, as it was | was revealed in the annual report |cago, one of the half dozen largest | politicians are concerned, that he he day were 3,000,000 shares. |the mercy offer calling on the Bonds were better and nearly|Socialists to lay down their arms |all groups on the Curb Exchange and put an end to the civil war moment far up or candi- Washington, the grand total of all an expert on livestock loans, and| No politician doubts that Ogden | “However, I do not belleve this| shipments aggregated $64,080,445, or |then bank official in St. Louis and [ Mills was flirting with 1936 when | would affect the catch in Southeast o, A7y to three points were retained by |hills surrounding the town and all | 1 issues. Aircrafts lagged and jroads leading into it. MacCracken’s bail was at | 5,000, pe g | were stronger | before noon today. $5000, pending appeal. The ball| "y,) 'sireet seemed content with| The surrender of the Socialists an increase of $3,186295 over the |Chicago. He became president of |he made his keynote speech at To- | Alaska to the extent you seem m; value of shipments for 1932. This the First National Bank of Chi- | peka. That means, so far as the alcohols were unenthusiastic. The| Chancellor Dolltuss, fighting -for lose was firm and total sales for|the life of the Government, issued was \mf lee and he w lsrfr(,ed- |a discreet advance as Congressional e committees studied the new spec- L | | is | | | e | o Mt v Aconzmueawo;r Page Five.) D ulation control bill | Metals in Demand | S were in demand and cot-|I7sull Remains up. Grs at a [" G e U ] | standstill while si rubber sreece Until Proba¥ly the first real cannon- | ading will take place in New York | state, where both Representative Meta Allie Hazard | . |ton w id her husband 1894, three s ve Wads- kr and ward step, but due to your is-| The widow, Mrs tent demand I am happy to go|Moore, astrologer, s vailed in the fisheries industry as along with fthose whom 1 jow | was in the Klondike a whole during 1933. The total value of fish products shipped dur- ing the year o the United States and Canada aggregated $29,640.518, which was an increase of $3,462,580 over 1932, The canned salmon in- dustry was largely responsible for | this increase. Canned salmon ship- ped to the United Sfates this year amounted to 259,184.164 pounds as against 259,166,163 pounds for 1932, or an increase of 375 cases for 1933. The total value of these ship- ments for this year aggregated $25,620856 as against a value of $22.145179 for 1932. or an increase of $3475677 for 1983. “The fresh fish industry suffered (Continued on Page Eight) never been away from his work for more than three weeks at any one fime. The 1929 task, however, consumed several months. FProvides for Bank | The bank was provided for in the | Young plan for settling the vexa- Because the United States had al- ways held that reparations were | distinet from the war debts which the allies owed to America, the Washington government was not represented officially at the or- | ganization conference and Traylor sentatives of American banking in- terests. At the same time the Fed- eral Reserve Bank was concerned (Countinued on Page Two) tious German reparations problem [ and Reynolds took part as repre- | Snell and Represents worth are mentioned along with | Mills as favorite sons. It might turn into a four-cornered battle if May- or La Guardia decided to build up Ihis own Republican State organi- | zation. Underneath Mills' opening salvo will mean a lot of Republican ac- |tivity which the public won’t hear |about. Every Republican who has Presidential aspirations—and there !are many varieties of such Repub- licans, scaftered from coast to coast | —will begin looking around The general agreement, privately, is that it is too early for a public |start but that doesn't stop candi- dates from making underground Alaska at heart, as you have knowing your desire to cor people.” John S. Smith, a resident o Nome district for more tha years, has returned w0 1Tn ington. A former Juneau attorney ‘Washington. (Continued on Page Seven) (wontunued on Page Two! this great industry for the Alaskan where he is making his home t winter, following a visit to Wa thur Ooghe is now a resident published the first magazine > got out In the Territory Mrs. Moore also said her ‘band published the first news {in Nome and sold the late s e n 30(in Nome. He and Rickard 1. |partners in the hotel and house business there for - |years. | Moore was a world trave |earned the nickname of Ar- | Man” through his system of the stars. Three daughters by a pre ) widow, survive, i of |casting the wheat market thr have the interest of the people of |years before the gold rush and ever hus- paper Tex e |Rickard the sfte of his first saloon were | opera three fore- rough evious Mr. Dimond is lending his active 'marriage, and a sister, besides the {Father Accused of Taking ) { futures improved. SEARBH MADE: Foreign exchanges were moder- | Health Improves ately higher in terms of the dollar. Montgomery-Ward, American Can and a number of others made new highs for the past year with fr: tions to around point gain. | United States Smelting and Re-| fining, McKeesport Tinplate, Allied Chemical and Motor Products were 15— up two or around three points. Other Gainers Other gainers were American Feb. 15. — Samuel wanted in the United € for utility collapses, and crdered to leave Greece several weeks ago and seek a new refuge against extradition, will be allowed to remain here until his health improves, Insull was given until Jan- uary 30 to leave the country. He made a protest that his health would be seriously im- paired and requested to be al- lewed to remain in Greece until there was improvement. This request has now Leen granted, Lad Away, Returning Without Him ROCKFORD, I, Feb. Searchers are today seeking eight- | year-old Charles Backus, Jr., miss- ing for eight days. It is believed | Telephone and Telegraph, United | the lad is dead. The father is ac- | States Steel, General Motors, Chrys- cused by the boy's mother of slap-/ler, a few rails and sugars, Case| ping fhe youth info insensibility, Threshing, Sears-Roebuck, Republi spiriting him away and returning|Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Western without him, (Continued on Page Three) | §