The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS RECORNITION OF | INION IS CAUSE OF OPEN STRIFE Members of——a—nited Mine| Workers Are Fighting New Organization MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN PICKETS National Guard May Be Called Out as Author- ities Helpless ELLENSBURG, Wash., April 3.— Torn by a jurisdictional fight be- tween Labor Unions, the Cle| Elum and Roslyn coal mining dis- tracts are seething with exc ment today All roads are blocked with men, women and children picketeers. All mine entrances are picketed. One womgn is known to have a stray bullet. persons have been in- Tocks. been wounded b; Several admitted they and indicated they y ask the Governor to the National Guard. call The open warfare is between | members of the TUnited Mine Workers of America, the parent union of all mine workers, and the new organization of the Western Mine Workers Union. The warfare broke out yester- day after fermenting under cover for months. No pay and no hours are in- volved, only recognition of the new union. ————————— SOVIET PLANE MAKES FLIGHT FROM ICE FLOE Pilot Babushkin Goes to Cape Van Karen—3 Aviators Missing MOSCOW, April 3—The Soviet Government has been advised that Aviator Babushkin, member of the expedition seeking to rescug 89 persons marooned on an ice floe in the Arctic, took off from the floe and hopped to Cape Van Karen, Siberia. for supplies. He took no passengers and is expected to return with supplies for Dr Otto Schmidt's party. ; Three other Russian airmen, Kamanin, Molokoff and Pivenstein, are still missing after taking off | ¢ from Anadyr in a snow storm for the ice floe. HOPS FOM NOME NOME, Alaska, April 3—Bound for Cape Van Karen, Pilot Sletneff hopped for Teller yesterday after- noon in the second plane of the|s and (s Russian Rescue Expedition later the plane, with Assistant Me-| chanic Bill Lavery, of Fairbank aboard, was sighted over Cape Prince of Wales heading out over Bering Sea. NOME, Alaska, April 3—A wire- less from Pilot Sletneff, who took | off yesterday for Teller, says he} has arrived safely at Cape Eglin enroute to the ice floe stranded| party. e Old Creek Council House To Regain Former Glory OKMULGEE, Oka., April 3.—The old creek council house, seat o tribal government in early days, is to be restored to its former ap-| pearance. The building, owned by! the city, has been leased to the| Creek Indian Memorial Associa-) tion with this proviso. Charmbers of the house of kings and house of warriors, legislative branches of the tribal government, and offices of the supreme court To Unite Financial Families Edith B. Baker | The betrothal of Miss Edith B. Baker, New York society beauty, to John Mortimer Schiff, sportsman and financier. is of interest not only to | society but to the financial and philanthropic worlds, For the Baker and Schiff families long have held prominent places in the industrial life of America. The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late George F. Baker, who as head of the First National Bank, was reputed to be worth $500,000,000 at the time of his death in 1931. She will one day be the richest young woman in the world. The future bridegroom is the only son of Mortimer L. Schiff, partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co., financial house. The young man inherited the bulk of his father’s $100,000,000 fortune, when the latter died in 1931. Educated at Yale and Oxford, | Schiff followed in his father’s business footsteps. He is also a sportsmap of note, being deeply interested in hunting and horse racing. Fascists Seek “Militarism” But Not Arms, Is Claim Made HEAT wAvE |N | By JOHN LLOYD ROME, April 3—Fascism has set itself the task of making Italy [ into a “military nation.” spokesmen say, should not be con- fused wit. rmed nation.” They BREAK REGURBS differeniate betvicen the (wo a5 follo A “military nation” is one whose | RO citizens are fitted to pass from Blizzard Ragmg in Western pacific labor to wartime activities| to overcome mental Its fighting es, can fall | without h: or spiritual barrie men, when the time Section — Floods Pre- | workers are digging over an FALL CAMPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY COMING WEEK| [linois Voters Will Be First| to Line Up in 1934 Primaries ELECTIONS SPREAD TO EVERY STATE Senators, Representatives and Governors Are | to Be Chosen | WASHINGTON, April 3.—A na-, tion-wide ballot box test of the new deal starts one week from to-| day with the Illinois voters lining up for the first of the primaries of tr national off-year elections which ugurate activities that in even months will reach state before the November | ve United States Snu[ d about the same numbe of Governors will be elected and| also the great majori in the House of Representatives. i Republicans are voicing openly the hope that the usual off-year| tide will restore them to many of- s from which they were swept by the great Roosevelt landslide |in 1932, The Democrats predict gains in the Senate will offset any imma- terial loss of seats in the House. CWA WORKERS ARE DIGGING FOR EVIDENCE Spading OE#Acre Tract of Ground for Bogus Plate and Money NEW YORK, April 3. — CWA acre of ground looking for plates and $45000 in bills printed on one side only as evidence against the men and”one woman charged with planning to flood the country with $2,000,000 worth of counterfeit bills, he scheme went wrong Wwhen the gang failed to pay Frank Volk- man $3,000 for every $50,000 he printed. He put the plates in a valise and fled from Binghampton dicted in New England back easily into civil life and the principal chief will be restored, i C!"IICAGO, m, April 3—Mid- summer in the East, a howling blizzard over part of the West 1d threatening floods in the Ne England States featured the varie- ted current bill offered by therman. In New York it is predicted the heat will break the all-time high of 734 degrees, registered in 1892, In Washington it is 84 today and in Beston 72. A blizzard raging over Utah, o and Montana wi snow reported al affic is virtually in Great Falls, Utah. 1 standstill at Montana. Flocds a are threatened New England States melting snow and heavy - > - Wife Slayer Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair, ALBUQUERQUE, ‘- Nesw Mexico, April 3—Carl Wickman, convicted of murdering his wife Donalda, has been sentenced to die in the elec- tric chair. April Financing Plans Will Be Announced Tonight WASHINGTON, April 3.—The Treasury Depariment, making plans for a billicn deliar April financing, neted tangible evi- dences of business improve- ment, Seeretary Morgenthau said. 5 The Treasury will announce tenight the method cof fi- nancing. the Armed npaticn” is an abus ending itseli to false int ns. In the “jargon of G it sign: milit d eva haughty and p: ive Like Ancient Rome | | General Alb Baldini, head of the Press Bu he | War Department and now editor | fof the review “Army and Nation”| |gave these definitions in the semi-| jofficial newspaper Il Giornale | 'D'Ttalia. He declared that the Duce’s re-| ent order making military instruc- on obligatory in all schools will} build up the type of nation de-| | Iormcz" he | sired. The anci 1an empire | its glory to j LraAnm:} ‘('I its citizenry, h 0 | bed the G“n'i med mation as| of the Mu: Although he desc leva verston of an a antipode y. he the | £ al betwzen the und Duce will| and on| In the| in primar up through the jearlier grade st mostly of training 1 e youthful | nd to regard military studies as| “spiritual recreation.” Drilling will come in higher‘ |grades while the mental develop- |ment goes on apace. Teachers of | geography will explain the facilities {for defense and mass troop maneu- vers of the country’s physical char-| History teachers will} stress the Fascist contention that| military disorganization in the past| {was due to the inefficieney of lib-| eral government, ‘ | i i | on a buss for here but spilled some of the notes. Alarmed, he left 1 bus and buried the plates and money. Alaskan Aviator Is Divorced by His Wife SEATTLE. April 3—Mrs. Aquina Barnhill, wife of W. H. Barnhill now in California, an Alaskan avi- ator, has been awarded her divorce on the grounds of desertion and non-support. She was given the custody of the two children and also awarded $65 a month | Pinchot, SEA.GOING DREDGER TO SEEK ALASKAN BEACH GOLD | : Capt. John C. Benson (inset), 70-year-old sea veteran, is outfitting the Gold King, in San Francisco with the objective of dredging the bea According to Benson it is th fitted with powerful suction (Associated Press Photos) Bankhead Bill to Regulate Cotion Production May Hold . Key to “Paternalism” Issue MRS, PINCHOT | CAUSES RIOT AT MEETING By BYRON PRICE (Chief Of Bureau, The Assoc Press, Washington.) No previous “new deal” proposal has drawn a sharper issue in Con- | gress than the Bankhead cotton | bill The contest raised what| many regard as the key question | of these times, and raised it in a understandable to almost ted } manner | everyone. The bill would permit the Secre- tary of Agriculture to say exactly how much cotton any farmer would be permitted to market UNIONTOWN, Pa, April 3. — | Rioting and revolver shots broke out here last night while Mrs, Oietells. @inchiat, “l]dro e (:mvzufl;g; without penalty in any year. miners celr);tmn;( z;?sl(:‘;hl»;.our .Much of i'the dopate turned on = o | the broader question: shall the & | Government at Washington be em- T:“w'“‘“l‘)(_:'t“:‘ f"f’v‘{“‘r‘fll;f‘ and one| owered to tell individual citizens 0 a8 I Ay OEaL . what they can Mrs. Pinchot aroused enthusiasm. o by saying: “I am for the union) because I am an American PRESIDENT T0 EXTEND CRUISE sow and reap, what they can ‘munufacture, what they can buy {and sell. Administration spokesmen pro- ! tested that no such sweeping plan | was in contemplation, but no one denies there are Admihistration economists who believe that only by a system of economic compul- | sion can full recovery be attained ‘ The same question promises to g i crop up in many different guises MIAMI, Florida, April 3.—Presi- . o= "L e dent Roosevelt has decided to con-| Pefor® the issue finally is settled tinue into next week his vacation | cruise in southern waters accord-| ing to an announcement made here. MELLON KNEW TAX LAW Many pecple in Washington will be surprised if anything comes of | the income-tax proceedings against | Andrew W. Mellon. P.M. " As a practical proposition, it is ipomts:(l out that through his ex- Polls in the municipal election Perience as Secretary of the Trea remain open until 7 o'clock this Ury, Mr. Mellon knew the tax laws evening. Remember to vote before and knew what he was doing when that hour. he filed his returns. In addition e POLLS OPEN TO 7 An entry of a credit of $75 ir cash from an unknown taxpaye to the General Fund of the Ter ritory made by W. G. S Treasurer, clears the conscience o some Alaskan, a resident of An chorage or in that vicini and is the first “conscience fund” pay ment ever made to the Territoria treasury, it was announced by Mr. Smith. Efforts to trace the sender were unavailable. The remittance was mailed from Anchorage on Janu: that he turn it in to the treasury.| Treasury Conscience Fund ; Gets Its First Remittance he had the constant advice of able lawyers. The government itself never has said it had proof of wrong-doing. The White House was careful to emphasize that the matter simply would be put before a grand jury and the jurymen left to make thejr ng who hadn’t paid license s own decision. in that sum, nor for what year or Charges against the former Sec- years it was due. He endea retary been made repeatedly o trace the sender Anchoragg postoffice sources, in Congress, and the case had been kicking around in the government It seems to other and All inquiries were unpro- files for a long time. ductive. Apparently, the sender be the hope on both sides that the of the money must have heard of present proceedings will get rid of them since he again wrote Mr. it one way or another. ‘Watson about the matter. The —_— letter was dated at horage on TUGWELL IS TARGET Pebruary 28, but it was not pos! Those who did not trust the marked at Anchorage until March brain-trust are centering their 23. criticism more and more directly It again requested Mr. Watson on Professor Tugwell to deposit the money the, The complaints are not so much Treasurer and said: “The $75 sent about his conduct of his office as | you sometime ago was money for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. The money was in paper cur- rency and the latter was unsigned It se2id it was to cover license fees “long time overdue.” Mr. Watson turned it over to Treasurer Smith The latter had no means of know- license due the Territory long time as against his broader activities as | ago. Tt matters not whom it 1S reputed economist-in-chief to the from, just so the Territory gets it.” Administration. That view was accepted by the Word reaching Washington’ from Treasurer and he put it in the General Fund, “(Continued on Page Six) e first sea-going gold dredger of its kind for a drags to operate along the lines of the California type of placer dredges. B and cannot dolyiciory for their entire ticket, while | th their property, what they caniihe supporters of John E. Green, (ONE OF SLAYERS BELIEVED HURT DURING MURDERS i | Brother of Cne of Victims | Views Shambles—Tells | of Altercations FINGERPRINTS FOUND BY INVESTIGATORS Physicians of Northwest Called on to Tell of | Suspicious Wounds i | { BULLETIN—BREMERTON, Wash.,, April 3.—The Kitsap Ccunty Commissioners this af- ternocn voted $2,000 for use in solving the murder mystery of six persons. This includes a reward of $500 for apprehen- sion of the slayer and $1.500 ! for investigation expense. | | BREMERTON, Wash.,, April 3.— | Clues believed to be important in |obtaining the identity of the slay= six persons at the summer colony at Erland's Point are being studled today, while Jack of Seattle, brother of one victims, remained unshaken belief that robbery was the the Salmon King, to be renamed ches off Nome, Alaska, for gold. trip to the north and will be lers of i Springlike Weather Favors‘ Big Vote, But Rate Is | Normal at 3 P.M. | | close! JUNEAU VOTERS =+ ‘of the {in his | motive | ¥ | One Slayer Wcunded | One of the slayers was undoubt= |edly seriously wounded in the bat-~ | Itle, Luke May, criminologist sald; H |after examining blood stains in the AEHETT od-spattered house and determ- lining that some of the blood came from a person other than the victims. Fingerprints Secured Sheriff D. L. Blankenship has g |called for physicians here, Seattle An almost perfect springime|;nq other cities to report their weather, Juneau's voters were turn-|,¢iandance of any persons with ing out today to elect a Mayor, |ypexplained wounds. Fingerprints three members of the City Coun-|gund in the house, he said, will cil and one School Director. With jgentity them. two complete councilmanic tickets Search Underworld in the field and an extra candidate| nreanwhile the Seattle under- for the City Council workers were|y..q is the subject of a search busy in lal precincts endeavoring o, reports that F;-ed Balcolm, bar- to get out a rpvfn-d vote tender, and one of the victims, and Conflicting claims were prevalent |poth Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flieder, at midafternoon as to the outcome. |two other victims, had altercations Workers for each side claimed a|with persons. One Theory Jack Flieder, who came here to the scene of the mass murders, serted he was as good as elected.isaiq he believed the robbers were Impartial observers predicted an|ynoen to his brother who went unusually close election. to the summer home last Thursday The Y»ffl"ir"u‘?ff.:u:;"fi about (ot ADS v he crovue, SN normal up to 3 p.m. at which hour bareve, PRtk Iicomiiieh & A0 ¥ ohe of the men and knew they 1 total of 774 out of a registra- fon of 1,664 had been'polled. This | i, Stter tos. mones, s iead -unning alone for Councilman, a is less than 47 per cent of the total potential vote. Last year at the same hour slightly more than 17 per cent of -the registration, or 375, had voted At 3 p.m. today in Precinct No. 1, which had 773 registered voters, J75 had voted, or 48 per cent. In Precinct No. 2, hour, the vote was 264, or 53 per cent of the total registration there which was 503. The balloting in Precinct No. 3 was not as heavy as in the other two during the earlier hours. There only 135 eut of 388, or less than 35 per cent had cast their ballo! Ballots Are Split Election officials reported con- siderable splitting of tickets by the voters. This was deducted from the length of time required by many of the voters to mark their (Continued on Page Two) W. J. M'MAHON LEAVES FOR ANCHORAGE THIS MORNING IN SEAPLANE Shortly before noon today W. J. McMahon left Juneau bound for Seward in the Alaska Alr Expr Lockheed seaplane J. C. Hickey, Manager of the com- pany, is making the round trip in the plane, which is expected to ess return to Juneau tomorrow or] transferred to the custody of the Thursday. If possible they will continue to Anchorage, Mr. Mc- Mahon’s destination. An attempt to make the flight across the Gulf was made by the same party yesterday, but the plane was forced back by fog and ice after a half hour's flight, Flieder. “I believe they forced their way into the house and then {fired shots to intimidate the guests, |members of the family party, then tied them up at pistol points, and =L:\pv:l their mouths. Fight Starts | “I believe that Chenevert, former ring fighter, became incensed, broke at the same | i tConLnued' on Page “Two) INSULL; T0 BE EXTRADITED NOW {Fugitive in Turkey Is Re- i fused Right to Make His Last Appeal ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 3. — The last door to the possible es- |cape of Samuel Insull from ex- | tradition to the United States | was slammed shut today when the | fugitive was refused the right to appeal from the decision of the | the Turkish Cabinet's decision to | extradite him was based. 3§ | Insull must remain here until | United States Government adents. , el POLLS OPEN TO 7 PM. Polls in the municipal election remain open until 7 o'clock this evening. Remember to vote before that hour, 3 b NO ESCAPE FOR Pilot Gropsts.|{Thirq Penal Tribunal upon which - &