The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1934, Page 1

. A THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIII., NO. 6597. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1934, MthBLR OF ASSOCI TED PRLSS PRICE TEN CENTS COMPROMISE SOUGHT ON DERN NAMES COMMITTEE FOR PROBING AIR CARRYING Personnel to Be Reported Upon, Also Instruments Used and Many Other Features Involved WASHINGTON, March 13.—Sec- retary of War George H. Dern has | named a special committee of aero- | nautical authorities, including Or- ville Wright, Col. Charles A. Lind-! bergh and Clarence Chamberlain, all famous fliers, to investigate the army’s carrying of the air mail. Secretary Dern has asked committee to espec such flying instruments as are deemed necessary for efficient avia- fion, and night beacon radio con- trolled flights and landings.” The Secret. Iso requested con- the sideration of the Army’'s flying personnel, weigh the training ex- perience in cross country flying blind at night and the under- standing of the instruments re- ferred to. STOCK PRICES INAGTIVE;; DULL TRADING TODAY Rails and Few Specialties, | Also Aircraft Is- sues Improved NEW YORK, March 13.-Dullness. ruled the stock market today. Aside | from improvement in rails and a few specialties, prices were hesi- tant and there was little public participation. The close was mod- erately irregular. Bonds drew some interest. Carrier issues were firm through- out as carloadings estimates were again optimistic. Some aircrafts picked up mod- erately on the hopes new air mail contracts will be let soon. Power and light company shares | did a little better as passage of | the St. Lawrence waterway legisla- | tion is viewed as being uncertain. Grains, cotton and silver eased. Rubber was up again. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 13. -—C]osmg quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 207%, American Can 1002, American Light and Power 9%, Bethlehem Steel 44, Calumet and Hecla 5%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films 16, General Motors 38, In- ternational Harvester 43, Kenne- cott 20%, Packard Motors® 5%, Southern Raumd 33, Ulen Com- pany 32, United States Steel 54 United Aircraft 24% WILKELM MAY SOON RETURN T0 GERMANY DOORN, March 13.—The former Kaiser Wilhelm may return to Germany as the result of the Hohenzollern family council. He and his family are in financial difficulties as the result of Chan- cellor Hitler's ban on the export of money from Germany. ially consider | Anaconda 15%, Armour B. 3,| Seattle Electing Mayor Today | | | Seattle is holding an elec- tion today for Mayor, Council- men and other officials. Mayor Jehn F. Dore (above) is seeking re-election. Attorney Charles L. | Smith, (bottom) is opposing { Dore. The two defeated half a ’ dozen candidates at the recent | primaries. VOTING IS HEAVY SEATTLE, March 13. — Heav voting is prevailing in Seatt 'runoff election. One hundred and ‘ten thousand votes is the fore-| | cast. | Besides voting for city officials balloting is being done on wheth- er to have daylight saving time | this year. e ‘Homestead Laws May Be C hanged | DeRouen Blfl Is Reported | Favorably — Dimond's ! Amendment Adopted | WASHINGTON, March 13.—The DeRouen bill to amend the act ex- ‘v.eudmg the homestead laws and | providing right-of-way for rail- |roads in Alaska, has been reported 4ramrnblv by the House Public Lands Committee. ! The DeRouen bill provides that any citizen of the United States, lafter residing on the land de- ‘.scribsd in the act for three years !as a home, lin a reasonable compact form, as a homesite without any showing as to his occupation, upon payment of $250 an acre with the mini- mum payment for any tract sold under the act at $10, No person will be allowed purchase more than one tract. An amendment by Alaska Dele- gate A. J. Dimond was adopted. This amendment provides that surveys be made without expense to the applicant where he has a habitable house or has done bus- iness for three years. R SAM BAKER LEAVING to The Hohenzollerns are deriving incomes from various German]| sources but only cash can be ex-| changed for goods and the former! Kaiser has no goods to exchange.| Chancellor Hitler will make no exception in the case of the former Kaiser in_regard to the money ban FOR FAIRBANKS ON STEAMER YUKON Sam Baker, merchandise broker, is leaving on the steamer Yukon or the Westward on his way to Fairbanks. He will go directly to the Interior and visit Kodiak and and the latter may return to his native land, it is said. the Westward points before re- turning to Juneau, may purchase five acres, | [Alaska Repeal Bill Placod on House Calendar; Vote Is Expected in WASHINGTON, March a week. Both meacures have without opposition. DIMOND PUSHES DRY REPEAL TO FINAL PASSAGE WASHXNGTON, March 3.—Spec- ial Correspondence) —Delegate Di- mond is bending every effort to hasten approval of his bill to re- peal the liquor laws in Alaska., Already the Senate as a result of | intensive spade work he pex'[ormed‘ on the opposite side of the Capitol, it has been hanging fire in House Committee becauge of delay in re- ceiving reports from interested de- partments. They are now in and passage of the bill should be an event of the near future. The Attorney General has ap- proved the principle of the act transferring control over alcoholic beverages to the Territory of Al- aska. Two minor amendments are sug- gested by the Attorney General, both of which are not only accept- able but helpful.. It is suggested that no endeavor be made to repeal | i | | | | the National Prohibition Act in its entirety in its application to Al- |aska. If Title III of the act should (be repealed it would mean that no "'spemally denatured and tax-free alcohol can be shipped into Alaska, fbecausc such alcohol can be with- |drawn and shipped only under a permit and, with Title III repealed, llhere will be no authority for the |issuance of such permits in Al- Continuing, the report of Ithe Attorney General says, “If Title |TII is retained in force i sections of Title II relating to per- |mits and containing other pro- \usmns deemed essential to enforce {the provisions of Title III should also be retained and reenacted. This could perhaps best be done by repealing the National Pro- | hibition Act in Alaska to the same extent that it is repealed in coff- tinental United States.” The second suggested amendment relates to disposition of pending lcases. The Supreme Court has held that no case arising under the National Prohibition Act could be prosecuted in the States after the repeal of the 18th Amendment. “There is some doubt, however,” the report states, “whether thi |decision applies to cases arising |under the National Prohibition Act {in the Territories. Section 13, Re- ‘visud Statutes, contains a general !pmvlsmn saving pending prosecu- tions where a statute is to be re- pealed. If no prosecution can be brought in the States, it is believed that, for the sake of uniformity, the same rule should be applied to the Territories.” Mr. Dimond plans to amend the bill.immediately to incorporate the above suggestions and thus Alaska will be placed in the same status as the States. | aska.” | Slim Williams is in nearby Maryland. He is active in behalf of the International Highway and has made many fine contacts. A recent heavy fall of snow gave him an opportunity to tak Mrs Curtis Dall, daughter of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, for a sleigh ride behind the team of dogs which have traveled far since they left Copper Center in Novem- ber of '32. 1 encamped The Department of the Interior has issued a call for bids from asylums located west of the Rocky Mountains for care of insane from Alaska for a one year period be-! ginning January 16, 1935. Bids will be received until March 30. Fresentation of the ivory foun- tain pen set which is the gift of the Alaska Sourdough Reunion was made to President Roosevelt this week by Delegate Dimond. The President evmced a lively (Continued on P:x"e Seven) 13.—~The Prohibition Repeal bills have been placed on the House Calendar and will be before that body for a vete within approximately — Riga, incompatibility, L Week. Perhap Alaskan and Hawaiian previcusly passed the Senate NAZIS LIMITS SHOPS,PROTECT SMALL OWNER BERLIN, March 17.—About 1, 250,000 of the German “mittels- tand,” the middle class store pro- prietors, have made a joint effort to sway the nazi government to measures calculated to relieve their economic condition. They were successful in get= ting the government to ban all new enterprises of this class until July 1, 1934, but they were defeated in trying to obtain a government order dissolving the huge co-op= erative societies which operate stores. Co-Ops Serve Millions Against the 1,250,000, estimated members of the ‘‘mittelstand,” were ranged almost 14,000,000 people di- rectly interested in the co-opera- tive businesses warough 3,700,000 members trading at 1200 stores controlled by these organizations. The shop-keepers complained that like the department stores, which have not been banned al- though their volume has been re- duced, the cooperative stores took business from the small store owners. The huge organization al- so acted to depress prices they charged. Some went further, saying co-ops are socialist at heart. The co-ops rejoined that they were interested only in keeping the food and clothing bills of the working man as low as possible. the Shops Given Sop As a sop to the “mittelstand,” the co-ops were ordered to Join a national organization and plans may be pushed to lease the co-op stores direct to the small store keepers. In the case of department stores increased taxes, amounting to 20 per cent in Prussia during 1933, resulted only in a one pef czent increase in the turnover tax paid by the small storekeepers. ITALY'S BANKS BROUGHT UNDER STRICT RULING Industrial Financing Here- after to Be Accomplish- ed by Government ROME, Italy, March 13.—The strings on the gold bags that have poured money into Italian indus- trial enterprises have been snatch- ed up by the Government from the hands of the bankers and plac- ed in those of the State Institute for industrial reconstruction. Henceforth Italian banks will engage in commercial banking and only industrial financing will be conducted by the Government's institute and industries them - selves through stock issues ap- proved by the Government. ———————— FILM ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE LONDON, March 13.—LauraLa Plante, well-known American screen actress, is suing her husband, Wi liam Seiter, director, for divorce The proceedings are brought in Latvia, on the grounds of | Hall SPEAKS BEFORE DEMOCRAT CLUB | Plans for Pubhc Rally on1 March 28 Completed at | Meeting Last Night ; Attorney-General - James S.| Truitt was the speaker of the ev-| eéning at the meeting of the Wo- men’s Democratic Club of Gas-| fineau Channel held last night in| the Council Chambers of the City | The subject on which he| spoke, was a comparison between the government of Alaska and that | of other Territories of the United | States. i Chief among the differences, according to Mr. Truitt, is that while both Hawaii and Puerto Rico have courts empowered to interpret their laws, and also have, to a; great extent, control over their natural resources, Alaska has not these privileges. This is partly due to the fact that both Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the principal Terri- tories in addition to Alaska, al- ready had codes of law before they became United States possessions, | while Alaska had none. The Organic Act, passed in 1912, and additional restrictions have so encircled Alaska with laws that the Territorial Legislature has litfle leeway in the matter of making constructive laws and no power whatsoever to control the greaf natural resources of this tre- mendous country, he declared. All Alaskans should keep before them the ultimate goal of a full Ter- ritorial government for Alaska and control of the fishing, fur and mineral wealth of the Territory. Following his very interesting and informative talk, members of the club also expressed their deep appreciation to General Truitt for appearing before the organization and his clear and concise manner of presenting the ways in which Alaska differs from the other Ter- ritories in government, Business Meeting There was a good attendance present at the meeting and before the business of the evening was taken up, twelve new members added their names to the member- ship role, bringing the total mem bership to 71 since the club was organized six weeks ago. Mrs. G. E. Krause, president, presented plans for the political rally to be held on the evening of March 28, at 8 o'clock in the| Moose Hall for the purpose of giv- ing the public of Juneau an oppor- tunity to hear candidates speak who are running for office in the Democratic primary elections. Old Fashioned Rally The rally will take the form of an old-fashioned political rally and | short talks by the various candi-| dates will be interspersed with/ lively campaign songs and selec-| tions by the City Band. As a| committee on arrangements, the| following were nominated and un-| animously elected: Mrs. J. B, Bernhofer, Mrs. Jack Langseth,! Mrs. J. W. Cadwell, Mrs. Mary: Monagle, Mrs. Minnie Hurley, Mrs.| (Comlnued on Page . Two) | HOODED MEN 'PRESIDENT SUMS UP FIRST YEAR \ President Franklin D. the first year of his administration was the amazing increase in intelligent interest which the people of the nation took in the lub]ect of government. He summed up the year in an address at exercises at the American university, Washington, held in connection with the In~ stallation of a new chancellor. After the address, which giving, he was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. Press Photo) GREATBRITAIN | PLANS NAVY TO TREATY LIMITS Promise Given by First| Lord of Admiralty— Estimates Approved LONDON, March 13.—Assurance thaf the Royal Navy will have all classes of vessels in full tonnage allowed when the December 31, 1936, was given the House of Commons by Bolton Eyrle Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty. To achieve the set totals it will | be necessary to retain in the s vice the overage cruisers, dest ers and submarines, it was plained at a night session Treaty expires in ex- last night of the House of Commons.' The House of Commons then| adopted the Government’s Naval estimates for 1934 amounting to about two hundred and eighty. three million dollars. e — TWO LEAP TO DEATH FROM FIREINN.Y. Twenty Famllles Are Made ¢ Homeless—Seventeen Victims Reported NEW YORK, March 13.—An early morning tenement house fire from which two nego women leap- | | | | he is Juneau Baskeeters ' Are Playing | Peter sburg lmughl ° ° . . . lo . . Both the |m.h and girls basketball teams are playing the Petersburg aggregations tor t, according to advic- es received by The Empire from Coach Regele. The steamer Yukon is not leav- ing the Wrangell Narrows c until 10 o'clock and this gives the teams an op- port for other South- east Alasga games The Juneau girls defeat- the Wrangell girls in play there by a score of 26 to 3. ed - o floosevelt believes the most salient hct of ROOSEVELT HAS | THEM CUESSING NO HAPSBURG | ON NEW PoLcy D l resident 5urprlse< Politic- ians - by Avoiding Open Alignment By BYRON PRICE M('huf of Bureau, The Associated | | ample. llvd to death, and a boy is in a| § !injuries, brought to seventeen the| number of tenement house fires| GITY GUUNCIL within the month, Mrs., Mary Blake, aged 53 years, and her daughter Mary, aged 17, . F) a2 " leaped to the sidewalk and were Organization in Bellingham| kitea atter the flames cut ot & = their escape. to Run Agl.talors Twenty families were made from lelts homeless by this morning’s fi - BELLINGHAM, Wash,, March 13. Wearing the uniforms similar to the KKK group, fifty hooded men marched through the City Coun- cil chambers during a meeting of the City Council last night, and handed in a communication an- nouncing they planned to take forcible steps to remove agitators from the city. The hooded men identified themselves as “Minute Men” Government’s Income Passes Two Billion WASHINGTON, March 13— The Government’s income for the fiscal year has passed the two billion mark. Expenditures stood at about four and one- half billion dollars, Press, Washington.) To the politicians, the biggest cuvpxw of the Roosevelt admin- 1 has been the President's abill » avoid open .’nlmnmcm with e the Radical or the| Conservat! wing of his party. When he was élected nearly everyone felt the party was so badly divided on fundamentalsthat | he would ! to get into one camp or the other, or else have both sides sniping at him What he has dene consisi- ently new for a year is to put hepe into the breasts of the radicals one day, and gladden the hearts of the conservatives the next. And instead of mak- ing enemies of both, he man- ages to ay on terms with both. The monet a inf rey conservatives manding on 'y program is an By indicating he cheaper dollar, he pleased onists. Then, when he ue the dollar, he pleased who had been stabilization. has done something hundred other issues. all He a erybody wonders how long he keep it up. A LITTLE MIXED UP War debts and tariffs have (Continued on 7?&5? Two) friendly ly ex favored the did | the de- similar Ev- can be- INVESTICATE ARMY’S MAIL CARRYING |JAMES TRUITT | DENOCRATS OF HOUSE CAUCUS AFTER PASSING - DEFYINGBILL ’Da re - Presidential Disap- proval then Take Action to Submit Troublesome | Clause in Measure WASHINGTON, March 13.—The | House Democrats dared the prom- | ised Presidential veto and passed the bonus bill late yesterday, then quietly agreed to a caucus to sup= | port the plan to send the $350,~ (000,000 of the veterans and gov- ernment pay increases to a com= ference with the Senate and seek a compromise acceptable to Pres- ident Roosevelt. The bonus bill now goes to the Senate. Democratic leaders expressed con= | fidence that the bonus bill will never reach the President. Administration chieftains said the Senate Mll kil it. BILLINGER MAY " ATTEMPT RESCUE 'BF DOOMED PAL Tngger Flngers Nervous 1 Ohio as Appre- hension Grows LIMA, Ohio, March 13.—There is growing apprehension that John Dillinger, desperado, who escaped from the Lake County jail at Crown Point, Indiana, a week ago last Saturday, may dare to lead a raid and free his imprisoned pal, Harry Pierpont, doomed murderer, from the County jail here. This made trigger fingers nervous in Ohio. Pierpont helped free Dillinger from the same jail here on Oc- tober 12 and gaying Sheriff Jess Sarber, for which he was convict- ed and scntenced m death. YNASTY FOR - AUSTRIA NOW iSharp Walmng Issued by | Jugoslavia For- | eign Minister \ELGRADE, March 13—A sharp warning that Yugoslavia will not countenance attempts torestore the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria is |made today by Foreign Minister | Bogoljub Yevititch. | “History has already pronounced judgment on the Hapsburg dynasty and attempts to restore it can {bring neither consolation nor pa- | cification in Central Europe,” the | Foreign Minister said. | It has been reported the German intend to placé Archduke throne in Austria. | Nazis Otto on the | EARLE WANTS '~ GOVERNORSHIP U. S. Minister to Austria Resigns — To Seek Ex- ecutiveship in Pa. WASHINGTON, March 13. George H. Earle said today author- itatively he has resigned as Min- ixswr to Austria in order to run for Governor of Pennsylvania where Gov. Gifford Pinthot has announc- ed he will run for the Senate in