The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 14, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6598. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JOHNF. DORE LOSES SEATTLE ELECTION ST. LAWRENCE PACT IS LOST | BY 46-42 VOTE latural Development Plan; Is Defeated in Upper | House of Congress MEASURE FAILS TO | GET PROPER SUPPORT; President Roosevelt Makes Statement—To Be Re- considered Again ey | WASHINGTON, March 14—The | ate today rejected the St.| Lawrence waterway treaty. i When informed of the action,| sident Roosevelt said the water- | 11 be built regardless but he defeat of the treaty by e may place the seaway in the hands of Canada. The President considers the sea- a natural development and refore cannot be prevented. e vote in the Senate was 46 to 42, far short of the two-thirds majority needed. President Roosevelt said before the vote was taken that if the treaty was defeated he would send it back for reconsideration when | there was time. MINERS TO NAME UNION OFFICERS IN NEAR FUTURE Meetings Last Night and This Morning Given Ten- tative Nominations With of the approximately 90 per cent Alaska Juneau Mine em- ployees signed up, the newly or- ganized miners union last night and this morning held meetings in the Dancer To WedAEarl LOW ON BRIDGE PIER ERECTION {Local Contractor Under- bids Field of Seven— Totals $50,514 Alfred Dishaw, well-known lo- | cal builder and -contractor, was {low in a group of seven bidders |1 for the contract to build the four | piers of the Douglas bridge across iGastineau Channel, it was an- ,nounced this afternoon by Ike P. | Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Al- |aska Road Commission. work. tractor who built the Juneau Cold | Storage Company’s plant and oth- er local buildings, was second with {a tender of $58872, { The next four bids were in a imuch narrower bracket, but were approximately $30,000 above Mr. Dishaw's. McRae Brothers, Seat- tle, bid $79,000; West Coast Con- struction Company, Seattle, $79,- 573; Sheble Construction Com- | pany, Seattle, $82,500; and Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge Combany, $84,900. The extreme spread in the bids represented by Mr. Dishaw The engagement of the youn( Earl of Suffolk and Mimi Crawfor( (above), a dancer, has been an nounced in London. The earl Charles Henry Georg: Howard, it was a grandson of Levi Leiten, Chicagl and Seims-Spokane Company, Spo-| merchant. Miss Crawford hal|gane contractors, whose tender of danced in many London successes |14z 000 was almost $95,000 above ~|the lowest offer and more than |$60,000 *higher than the Puget BUNUS AGT'UN |Sound Bridge & Dredge Company BY PRESIDENT which was sixth in order. [ Mr. Dishaw has ten days within | which to furnish the required $25,- {000 surety bond for faithful per- | formance of the contract. The con- tract will be awarded by Mr. Tay- lor without reference to Washing- ton. Work is required to be start- !ed within 30 days after notice of | Raosevelt Does Not Men-|2ward. Piers one and two, on the : p | mainland shore, must be complet- tion Passage of Bill icd within 150 days after award, {and numbers three and four on Bu{ Comments | the Douglas Island shore, within 1200 days. WASHINGTON, March 14 | Mr. Dishaws tender was about Without mentioning the passage|$3,000 less than the engineering by the House of the vevuemns-:esnmabes of the Commission which bonus bill, President Roosevelt to-|totaled $53,000, Mr. Taylor said. ——,——— DISHAW BID IS | | Mr. Dishaw bid $50,514 to do thel A. W. Quist, Seattle con- | representing all the large manu- facturers except the Ford Motor Company, have recommended a re- duction in hours of workers from 40 to 36 hours a week with an increase in pay, ef- fective before the end of this month. If the recommendations are ac- cepted 183,000 workers will be af- fected. | tomobile Chamber of Commerce, productive | Vamping Old Sol [ | | | June Knight A wise-crack about a beautiful southern night is quite in order. | This lovely ornament on Miami | Beach, Fla, is the same June Knight who is a familiar figure on Broadway and the movies, STOCKS RETAIN SMALL ADVANCE ONN. Y. CHANCE |Interest of Traders Only Lukewarm as Wash- ington Watched NEW YORK, March 14.—Inter- est in stocks was only lukewarm |today and the least the leaders ‘Cculd do was to little more than ;hu]d to a fraction rise. The close | was There were several strong points to the bomd market. Speculative attention was prin- {cipally directed to Washington de- velopments, including labor hear- ings, NRA activities and work on securities legislation which the President said he wanted “teeth” n. steady. Rails Up Grains and commodities did lit- tle. Several ralis got up a point jor so but finished only slightly up. Utilities improved, tobaccos firmed and aircrafts drew a following, but Douglas Aircraft was the only one |that held a gain of about a point. Motors shares, including General {Motors and Chrysler Motors were |a bit better. Metals and alcohols 2ased. American Telephone and Tele- graph, Western Union Telegraph and United States Steel were off Iahout a point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 14.—Closing yuotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can 100%, American Power and Light 9%, Anacondd 15, Armour B 3, PROFIT $193,750 INPAST MONTH * Ore Production Was 320- 590 Tons—Average Re- covery Value 67.22 Cts. A total profit before charges of $193750 was shown by the Alaska Juneau for its operations on ore that averaged 67.22 cents per ton, it was re- | vealed today in the monthly state- ment of estimated operating profit issued from San Francisco early this month and made public here by J. A. Williams, Chief Engineer. i1/ Figures at $20.67 an ounce the recovery was $215000, in which the operatin gprofit was $43,500. . Estimated revenue from the price received for gold at $35 per ounce, together with a small {sum from other sources, brought ‘the month’s profits to $193,750. The statement quoted follows: Tons Mined and trammed to mill, 320,590. Operating Revenue: total Cents Per Ton Gold (at $20.67 per fine ounce) | Lead and silver, less marketing costs .. $212,500 3,000 Total $215,500 67.22 Operating Expenditures: Mining aend tram- i Ane Milling All other Juneau operating costs. New York Stock transfer and San Francisco office expenses ........ $ 91,500 66,000 2059 11,000 3,500 Total $172,000 Operating profit.. 43,500 Neon-Operating Revenue: Interest receivedon current funds less outside prospect- ing $ 5200 before charges ... $ 48,700 Estimated revenue from price receiv- ed for gold in ex- cess of $20.67 per ounce .....$145,250 e iy SOVIET PLANE FORCED DOWN ~ INMANCHUKUO Two Fliers Being Detained According to Japan- ese Advices | TOKYO, Japan, March 14.—The (Japanese War -Office announces that a Soviet plane was forced |down in Manchukuo Territory on {March 11, landing in the Nishan ' District. The announcement said the au- [ thorities are detaining two occu- | pants. | The army spokesman denied the Profit February | 66.28 2854 | Bethlehem Steel 43%, Calumet and plane was shot down and said it A. B. Hall and put up a tenta- : - tive slate for officers. |day said there is danger in pay- reported to the convention and it|DPaper money, that it might leadiA AK Rs was decided that the election of te meeting running expenses of lht“ permanent officers would be held|Government by such a method. | at a meeting in the near future,; The statement is taken to be a| Notice of the election meeting will P!ain meaning that the bill willj 5 The consensus of those auend-ise"‘“e' | ing the meeting was that the or-| President Roosevelt said further | ganization is expected to be per- he fears once the legislative body, | fected in time for representation gets into the habit of paying debts | et held by the NRA relative to the limit once the veterans are paid mine coming under its provisions.|in such a fashion. | Workers on 36 lnstead —— .- — The President believes that most | probably other workers, and War-y Of 40-Hour WCEk time munition - workers and Gov-| nLerporm Mich, March 14— | with some justice, similar pay-‘Th'e Directors of the National Au- e ! Heads of Italy, Austna,‘ELEcT SM|TI_EY to Meet in Rome ROME, ITALY, March 14.—Lead- ers of three nations, Italy, Aus- TACOMA, Wash.,, March 14. —| tria and Hungary, are assembling George Smitley, business man, has| here for a conference with the ob-~ curing continued independence of | Austria and Hungary, economical- ly and politically. | S e — | The situation throughout Cuba is easing with the strike situation clearing up according to official| government announcements. Prince de Bourbon PARIS, March 14.—Prince S.i de Bourbon Parme, aged 67 years, brother of the former Empress Zita of Hungary, and who nego- tiated for World War peace in the Several temporary committees ing off government obligations in| be giyen in the daily paper. be vetoed if it is passed by th at a hearing that probably will be |by paper money there will be 1o \{ould Put Productive ernment employees will demand, Hungary Governments TAGUMA MAYUR jective to determine ways of as- HAVANA, 'Cuba, March 14. Parme Dies in Paris! spring of 1917, died here today. \U. S. Butter Production been elected Mayor of Tacoma by 3 a vote of 19,000 to 13000 over Dr.| O PUTS BACK HIS i OLD MINIMUM WAGE John Riegle, dentist. Smitley will| e take office in June. DETROIT, Mich., March E __|The $5 a day minimum wages porhe three million dollar sewer|which Henry Ford startled the au- | yesterday and 47,000 of the 70.- 1000 men employed in the Ford plants in the United States were benefitted by the increase. It is expected the wage boost will add six million _dollars to the Ford payroll annually. in Steady 53-Year Risei ITHACA, N. Y., March 14—From 1869 to 1933 United States butter production increased an annual av-| erage rate of 1.32 per cent. it is reported by E. E. Vial of Cornell University. The annual population rate of increase during this period was reported at 191, giving a rate of increase for the per capita pro- duction of butter of 041 per cent annually. The most rapid rate of increase for any of the six decades was reported at 7.43 per cent annually from 1870 to 1879. Centralization of All Armed Forces in Austria Is Planned VIENNA, March 14.—During the absence of Chancellor Dollfuss at a conference in Rome, the |Heimwehrs are understood to be seeking a centralization of all arm- ed forces under Vice-Chancellor Emil Fey. | to industry with in 1914, came back | Hecla 5%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 38'%, Internationgl Harvester 42%, Ken- Southern Railroad 32%, Ulen Com- pany, no sqle; United States Steel 53%, United Aircraft 24%. e DELEGATE DIMOND PRESENTS PETITION FOR AUK-LAKE P. 0. The petition, signed by residents of Glacier Highway, asking that a postoffice be established at Auk Lake, is again being presented to the Post Office Department by Delegate to Congress Anthony J. Dimond, according to word receiv- ed by W. H. Bacon, of the Chan- nel Bus Line from M. L. Mer- ritt, who is mow in Washington, D. C. It is hoped that favorable action on the matter will result, Mr. Merriit stated. necott 20%, Packard Motors 5%, | presumably landed on account of |engine trouble. The condition of the plane and aviators is not stated. The Foreign Office today an- nounced the two Soviet aviators will be questioned closely regard- ing why their plane, a light bomb- er, was flying over Manchukuo. BURDICK RETURNS FROM | INSPECTIONS AT WINDHAM District Forest Ranger Charles Burdick returned here last night after inspection of the trail con- struction work in progress at Windham Bay by an ECW crew. He carried supplies there for the crew. About five miles of trail con- necting the outer bay at deep wa- ter to the bay at the Yates ranch is virtually completed, except for some rock work. This will be done in the near future, Mr. Burdick said, SENATE BLOCKS BIG SEAWAY TREATY Ai_ASKA jUNEAUA Arsenal in Bangh:ift Hideaway | { When detectives in Baltimore inspec formidable array of guns and ammu James Holden and J. D. Farrell lo (Jake the Ba QUICK CO CHICAGO, I, M: that kidnaped John (Jake the Barl som, was convicted late last night. {hour to return the verdict against 94|and recommend a sentence of 99 years in the State Prison. Touhy and two other of his ‘henchmen previously convicted, received; member of the nor, was found shot to death, propped up against a fence on a rural| |the same sentence. Another road. H. Banghart, reputed brains of the Touhy kidnap gang, they found a shown in insert, is being held in connection with the abduction of John CHAS. L. SMITH CHOSEN MAYOR BY LARGE VOTE 'David Lockwood, Univer- I sity Football Star ; Leads Councilmen 'DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN IS DEFEATED New Order of Cincinnatus Plays Important Part in Balloting SEATTLE, March 14. — Mayor (John F. Dore was snowed under (by Charles L. Smith, attorney, in yesterday's city election. Smith polled 62,093 votes for Mayor and Dore polled 46,552 votes. The votes slashed recklessly the demand for new blood. David Lockwood, aged 27, former | University of Washington football star, led the race for the City {Council as the new order of Cin- JERDIC’ JRNED cinnatus shoved over their can- "L'Fh me:thrEoTlus ’thy gang didates with the aim of cleaning Factor and secured $70,000 nm~§“p politics awdl cutting the cost of It took the: jury only aboub (me‘thc government. He received about Bhall ‘Hugh (The Owl), BangHare| Do seme siied: i v i San iy it . | Other Councilmen Roger| james Scavotto, former Council- man, and Austin E. Griffiths were ‘Ice Wagon” Con- also elected Councilmen. J. A. Early was elected Port | Commissioner. No Daylight Saving ted the hideaway apartment of Basil : n nition. Above are shown Detectives oking over the arsenal. Banghart, rber) Factor. gang, Convicted in Kidnap Manny Strewl (above) has been convicted at Albany, N. Y., on a charge of kidnaping John J. O‘Connell, Jr., nephew of powerful upstate political leaders last July. Sentence was deferred yesterday, according to Associated Press dispatches re- ceived by The Empire until Fri- day. Strewl acted as the go- between in the pansom nego- tiations between the gang and the family. In the above pic- ture he displays a cocksure con- fidence smile as he listened to the cpening of his trial. He is a former beer runner. JUDGE LOMEN IS VERY ILL IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 14.—Judge G. J. Lomen, for many years Judge of the Second Judicial Division of Alaska, with his headquarters at nome, is critically i1l here at the home of his son Ralph Lomen. Judge Lomen, now in his eight- |ieth year, practiced law in Alas- ka and held the position as Judge of the District Court at Nome until four years ago. -~ o Spats Create Stir AUSTIN, Tex., March 14—When Representative B. L. Rogers came to a session of the Texas Legisla- ture wearing spats, historians be- gan delving into fheir rdsords and found he was the first member to do so in years. | Speakers at Weekly Meet- & Curtis G. Seattle will not adopt the day- light saving plan this year which was to be effective the second unday in June and end on the Sunday in September. The both supporters of Dore, were de=- Chamber to Have Several|founded 1ast septemver and posts |city taxes by at least 50 per cent METZGAR,WADE v y | AND UTHERS Tu |daylight saving proposal was lost 1by a three to one vote. feated for the Council. To Reduce Taxes {are now under way in Tacoma, ‘Spoknne. Olympia and other cities. |through a plan of State reorganiza- L. H. Metzgar, General Super- tion as one aim, which is con= MEET GHAMBER' V. C. Webster and Ralph Nichols, The order of Cincinnatus was ing Tomorrow Noon |The order cals for a reduction in intendent of the Alaska Juneausolidation of counties, school, port Gold Mining Company, Hugh A.|and other tax districts into ten or Wade, Deputy NRA Administrator | twelve administrative distriets for for Alaska, Coach Regele of the the wholesale. Crimson Bears, and others return-l Lockwood said the organization ing here on the steamer Yukon plans to go into the State election today will be guests at the Cham- next fall with a slate for State ber of Commerce at its- weekly Representatives and Senators all luncheon tomorrow at Balley's over the State, Cafe, it was announced today by Shattuck, Secretary. | THE MAYOR-ELECT | Mr. Metzgar has been absent for| Mayor-Elect Charles L. Smith, | several weeks on official business, “Charlie” as he is best known to ‘_largf'ly at company headquarters his friends, is a native Washing- {in San Francisco. Mr. Wade has tonian, having been born in 1892 | just come back from the San'on a farm near Auburn. His fa- | Francisco hearings on the salmon ther and mother, now in their sev- | packers code. | enties, still live there. The elder There will be but little routine Smith is a former County Com- business to transact tomorrow, Mr.' missioner and sheriff. He drove |Shattuck said. The time will be into Seattle every morning to work largely given over to talks by Mr. for his son's nomination. | Metzgar, Mr. Wade and others. Smith spent the early years of ! bt 5 i o his life working in an Auburn I | print shop, setting type and carry- K I N .ing papers. At this job he saved $500 to pay his way at the Uni- DIES IN SOUTH, “===" = U. 8. GUNBOAT L] [} SEATTLE, Wash.,, March 14— | | | prominent gold rush days, treasurer of the Augustine Starrett, 69 years old, in the early Alaska Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, died here today after a week’s ness. The ’lunural will be held tomorrow. Starrett went to Alaska in 1896 and went over the Chilkoot Pass into the Yukon. He -is survived by his widow, one son and two daughters. - e MRS. ROOSEVELT T0 COME HOM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 14—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President of the Unit- ed. States, after a first hand study of various conditions in the Islands, is preparing to returnhome as she came, by airplane. BURNS IN CHINA BUT GREW SAVED Rescue Vessels Remove | Men from Doomed Ves- | sel of Asiatic Fleet | | HONGKONG, March 14.—Two |rescue vessels report they have saved 187 men, the complete per- sonnel, from the United States gunboat Fulton, which burned in Bias Bay, 50 miles northeast of ! here. » The officers and men of the Fulton abandoned the war craft and were picked up from their lifeboats. No cause is given for the fire. A British warship is standing by the burning ship.