The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ ALASKA EMPIRE~ VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6635. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934. MBVIBER OF ASSOCIATED PRFSS UNITED STATES U ASKS JAPAN TO EXPLAIN POLICY | T i i i Nippon Goyetamént’s Hands Off China Ult- | matum Causes Action OFFICIAL REQUEST | IS MADE BY GREW Visit of Ambassador toj Foreign Minister Im- presses Officialdom TOKYO, April 26. — American| concern over Japan’s declared in-| tention to oppose Occidental deal- ings with China, which forms Ja-| pan's lewpoint as ‘“endangering| Wl Be - Canshiapts Hoaa Unem plO Yy ment Insurance Bill Favorably Reported 1o NCERTAIN WASHINGTON, April 26.— The Administration supported Unem- ployment Insurance Bill has been reported, without recommendation, to the full House Ways and Means Committee by the Sub-Committee. Representative Lewis, of Mary- land, author of the bill, said he| will make every effort to put through this session in responge the President's wishes. ‘The bill provides for a five per- cent levy on payrolls to set up a it m fund to take care of workers when | they are laid off by industry, DIMOND INSISTS ON ALASKA MAN FOR JUDGESHIP States, but He Hopes to Get It for Alaskan DIMOND INSISTS— peace in Eastern Asia,” found offi- cial expression here today. | 'Hw United States carried to| ign Minister Kiki Hirota| gh United States Ambassador | Joseph Grew a request for eu—! thoritative versions of Japan's re-| statement of her policy toward China. The visit of the American Am-| bassador to the Japanese Foreign | Minister profoundly impressed Jap- anese officialdom. CONFERENCE IS HELD | WASHINGTON, April 26.—Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary of | State Hull conferred this after-| noon on the Japanese situation but | no announcement has been made concerning the outcome. SIGNIFICANT MOVE ‘WASHINGTON, April 26.—Presi-| dent Roosevelt's request for right to expand the navy to the treaty sfréngth is linked -with' Japan's hands off China policy, it is said. CHINA MAY APPEAL GENEVA, April 26.—China may appeal to the United States and other signatories of the Nine Pow- er Treaty against what she sees’ as a possibility of Japanese over-| lordship. The first thing China is expccted} to do is to attempt through diplo- matic exchanges to learn whether such .an appeal will receive general support. There is a fear here, ac- cording to the Chinese delegation, that the appeal will result in “an- other diplomatic triumph for To- kyo.” | | ——————— GEORGE CREEL IS CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Noted Publrist_ Announces ~ He Wlll Seek Office in California SAN FRANCISCO, April 26— Pledging support to the princi- ples of the New Deal, George Creel, noted Publicist, has an- nounced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Gov- ernor of California. Creel immediately submitted his resignation as Regional Chairman of the National Emergency Coun- cil. T he candidate announced he planned fo carry on an aggressive mmpalgn WIRT CHARGES ARE ONLY BUNK Bulwinkle Committee Pre- pares Report to Be Handed to House WASHINGTON, April 26— The Bulwink'e Committee has adopted a report to the House holding un- founded the claims of Dr. W. A. Wirt, Gary, Indiana, educator, that tHe Administration brain trusters were working for a ‘“revolution.” e IN HOSPITAL Mike Bozoff, employee of the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Com- WASHINGTON, April 26.—Dele- gate A. J. Dimond announced to- day he would insist upon the ap- pointment of a resident Alaskan attorney to the Federal judgeship for the Third Division of Alaska, made vacant by the recent resig- nation of Judge Cecil H. Clegg. The Delegate added he had not considered any particular man for the position but he predicted there' would be a number of candidates| from the States for the post. Officials of the Department of Justice, said the Delegate, had in- dicated no choice had been made for the position. They have given him encouragement that an Alas- kan will be named. JOHN DILLINGER BREAKS THROUGH POLICE CORDON {Federal Agents Are Now Concentrating in Vi- cinity of St. Paul CHICAGO, Ill, April 26—The great circle of men blocking all highways and stopping all suspic- ious persons around Mercer, Wis- consin, has apparently failed to hold desperado John Dillinger. Reports said the Public Enemy No. 1 has slipped through the cordon. Federal men, burning under criti- cism seldom made of Government detectives, are massing somewhere in the vicinity of St. Paul believ- ing Dillinger to be in that neigh- borhood. A fight to the finish with Dil- linger is imminent but from other sections of the country, as far south as Virginia, came reports Dillinger has been seen. Most re- ports, however, -are disproved. Mercer residents demand Melvin Pulvis, head of the Chicago Of- fice, Bureau of Investigation, re- sign. They have received no reply and Purvis had made no comment. CITY HEALTH OFFICER TREATED DILLINGER AND HENCHMAN; SUSPENDED ST. PAUL, April 26.—The sus- pension of Dr. N. G. Mortensen, as City Health Officer, is revealed. He treated Dillinger and his hench- man, Hamiltoh, for wounds in their shoulders received during the Ma- son City, Iowa, bank robbery on March 15 when $52,000 were ob- tained by seven machine gun bandits. Dr. Mortensen said he was forced to dress the wounds of the two men at the point of a machine gun. He told them to return to his office the next day, when he intend- | ed to turn them over to the police, but they failed to show up. DR! SCHMIDT IN FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 26— Fully recovered, Dr. Otto Schmidt, | head of the expedition rescued | from Arctic ice floes, has arrived ! here from Nome by plane with Prof. George Ushakoff. The two ! are enroute to the States. ————— PETE CARLSON IS HOME Pete Carson, employee of the pany, entered St. Ann’s Hospital Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock to receive treatment for a broken leg, the result of a fall from a crane. Alaska-Juneau (Gold Mining Oom-‘ pany, left the hospital Wednr.:dnyl WATER COMPANY GOES AHEAD ON IMPROVEMENTS Lewis Cites Steps Taken| for Bettering Service and Water Supply The Juneay Water Company is going ahead with its improvement program and will gladly cooperate with the City authorities and Ches- ter A. Smith, engineer employed recently by the City Council to re- port on the water supply and dis- tribution system, the Chamber of ,Commerce was told today by R. F. Lewis, President of the company. He reviewed some of the work| now in progress to improve the| system in town and in the basin to augment the present supply sources. Will Confer With Smith Mr. confer with Mr. Smith in the whole situation before making any ex-| tended statement. He will give to the City’s Engineer a complete report on the company's properties prepared six years ago by the Loveland engineer for the Foshay interests when they were negotiat- ing to purchase the local system. Two thousand feet of pipe, which he said was taken out by the rockfill on Willoughby Avenue is now being replaced and this work is almost complete. The company is going ahead and making a di- rect connection with the Alaska Juneau flume in the basin. This, he said, is perfectly safe from a sanitation viewpoint. This will give| a good supply of water for all win- ter. Mr. Metzgar, he added, had as- sured him he would construct a| new intake house, lining /it with asbestos and installing an electric heater so there would be no dan- ger of freezing. It will be warm all the time. Water will be turned on there as soon as a cold snap oc- curs. Thus, instead of waiting un- til there is a shortage, a supply will be available before there is really need for it. If it is the con- sensus of opinion here, he declared, that the water should be turn- ed off in the houses where the supply pipes are not protected, the company is ready to do it. He es- timated there would be about 200 such houses. Alaska Training Groound The Alaska National Forests are a valuable training ground for the | personnel of that service, declared Regional Forester C. H. Flory, citing the selection of B. F. Heint- zleman and M. L. Merritt for im- portant positions elsewhere as proof of his contention. Forest Service activities have increased 50 per- cent. under the Roosevelt Adminis- tration. This has necessitated a re- adjustment and reorganization of the forces of the Bureau. Six months ago a personnel study was begun and on that basis outstand- ing men have been selected for the | more important new positions. “It is particularly gratifying to me that we can furnish two men on this list,” he declared. This refutes the saying often heard in the service that when a man is assigned to duty in Alaska, that's the end of him. Mr. Heintzleman was selected to head the reforesta- tion and forest management pro- to Portland to have charge of the operations division that are great- ly augmented under recent develop- ments. “It is evident that Alaska is the place to develop men and not to shelve them,” he said. Carry On as Usual ‘Although current appropriations for work have been severely cur- | tailed, the Forest Service will car- Ty on in Alaska as uusal. The nor- mal road program will be carried out, and all of the other work will go forward as usual, he said. Transformation of roads and transportation during the past 13 years has been revolutionary in | the United States, Mr. Merritt said. ‘This was brought home to hi on a motor trip from South Bend, after recelving medical care for several days for a severe cold. i (Conclnued on Page Four) Lewis said he wanted to| gram to be undertaken under the | ilumber code by private owners of Itlmberhnds. Mr. Merritt is going i purchased on order and will ~ TREASURY TILT RETURNS SLOW ‘Olson Leads in First and Third, Harrais in Second —Fourth Unreported ‘ ks On the basis returns received |from the First, of very incomplete at 3 pm. today Second and Third Divisions, Oscar G. Olson, Cordova, |was leading Martin Harrais, Ella- |mar, by 373 votes for the Demo- cratic nomination for Treasurer. No returns have been received from any Fourth Division precinet. The returns in this Division are still far from complete. None have been received from the west coast, |except Sitka, and only Chichagof in the Icy Strait and Chatham Strait region has reported. Several hundred votes are outstanding. In the Second Division, Nome and 15 other precincts gave Harrais 271 votes to 133 for Olson. Valdez in the Third gave Harrais 57 to 34 for Olson Olson 39 to 24. Anchorage and Seward are the only Alaska Railroad precincts so far reported. None of the Kenal |Peninsula, Kodiak, Alaska Penin- |sula and Bristol Bay precincts in |the Third have been heard from. | They undoubtedly cast several hun- dred votes. The entire Fourth Division vote is missing. The Empire has sent two requests to Fairbanks for re- ports but to date has received no responses. While indications to the nomination there are too precincts to | | so far point of Mr. Olson, many outstanding make predictions. NEW PRECINCTS GIVE SHATTUCK On the returns from 21 out of |54 precinets in the Flrst Division, Senator Allen Shattuck was leading W. B. Kirk for the Democratic | Senatorial nomination, and A. H. Ziegler, H. Messerschmidt, Jce Baronovich and Joe Green held on to their leads for the first four for the House nominations. Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne was | trailing Green by six votes in fifth place. She was Tl votessahead of |John Ronan who was sixth. Three additional precincts had been received today by The Empire —Sitka, Jamestown Bay, near Sit- ka, and Chichagof. Nothing was reported from the lower west coast, Chatham Strait, Icy Strait, or other regions. Mr. Olson carried all three of them, Sitka giving a majority of 10, Jamestown Bay three and Chi- chagof two. Senator Shattuck car- ried Sitka by 15 and Chichagof by nine votes, but lost Jamestown by eight, giving him a net gain of 16 votes House contests in this Division remained unchanged. H. G. Mec- | Cain, Ketchikan, had increased his margin for first place and Louis F. Paul crept up on Frank H. Foster, in fourth place. was second and H. R. Shepard third. Sitka gave McCain 73 votes and Paul 70, while the others got 13 and 14 each. The total reported this afternoon was: McCain 319, King 244, Shepard 231, Foster 226, and Paul 184. THREE CHEVROLETS ARE DELIVERED IN JUNEAU BY CONNORS Business in Chevrolets is boom- ing in Juneau. During the last week the Con- nors Motor Company, Inc., of Ju- neau, has delivered three new Chevrolets to local people, accord- ing to James J. Connors, Jr., who is happy to see his company’s cars increasing along the highways. A Chevrolet town sedan was de- livered this week to Zolmain Gross, a Chevrolet coupe to Mentur Peter- son and a Chevrolet sedan to Mike Kosoff who intends to use it in the taxi service in town. Mr. Connors is expecting two new Potiac sedans on the next boat from the south., They were be used by the Cardinal Cab Com- pany. and Seward went ior' * |66, Maynard 27, Scott 144, Wright NET GAIN OF 16 |places in that party’s free-for-all | Standings in the Republican | Walter B. King| RESU LTS Precinct Precinct Precinct Juneau—No. 1 Juneau—No. 2 Juneau—No. .3 Jualpa Salmon Creek Thane Lynn Canal Mendenhall Douglas—No. 1 Precinct Douglas—No. 2 Precinct 3 Ketchikan, Saxman, Wa.cker Lawson Creek Skagway Petersburg Wrangell Sitka Jamestown Chichagof uosIapuy 2aped " STRLIBH Jaujreswneg yoraouoreg - BB 20 oRdwdolwownowss e B I C T S 12] 3| 4 9 OF CONTESTS IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES— Treasurer Senator Representatives 9SSIN IprEyos. 34 15, 9 18 1 5 2 ‘Totals BBQ[ 526 739‘ 925 513 (1J7 319| 472| 617 661 459 540, 285 15 PRECINTS ARE REPORTED IND DIVISION Nome cast a fairly good vote in| the primary on Tuesday. The clty itself, the largest precinct in the Second Division, voted as follows: For Democratic treasurer—Har- rais 89, Olson 43. For Democratic Representatives— Balsinger 91, Braafladt 36, Cham- berlin 50, Lee 47, Lyng 86, Martin, | 88. For Republican Representatives | —Allyn 49, Baldwin 57, Blake 85, Jones 50, Kennedy 83, Roust 66, Sullivan 114, Swanberg, Jr., 88. There is no contest between De- vine and Lomen for senators on their respective tickets. The following is the vote from {14 other precincts, Cape Nome, Candle, Unalakleet, Deering, Uti- ca, Teller, Kotzebue, St. Michael, Mountain Village, Fortuna Ledge, | Bluff, Council, Solomon and Golo- | vin: j Democratic Treasurer— 128, Olson 99. | Democratic Representatives—Bal- | singer 131, Braafladt 125, Chamber- lin 132, Lee 95, Lyng 154, Martin 107. Republican Representatives—Al- lyn 74, Baldwin 88, Blake 132, Jones 95, Kennedy 125, Roust 108, Sulli- van 171, Swanberg, Jr., 137. | Harrais | AIR MAIL TO COVER LARGER PART OF U. S, System to Be Extended Over Nation — Cost Will Be Decreased ‘WASHINGTON, April 26.—Post- |al officials are planning the cre- |ation of an air mail net work larg- er than that which spread over the nation prior to the cancellation of the air mail contracts but at about half of the authorized cost. Bids for 21 routes are now under consideration and the proposals for future additional runs will be re- ceived today. Specifications for seven or eight more routes will be published within the next ten| days, For the current fiscal year the cost authorized of $14,000,000 was based on. the average bids sub- mitted April 20. The postal officials | estimate that the contemplated| system might be as low as $7,700,- 000. Plans for Loans To Alaskans Being Perfected WASHINGTON, April 26— Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond said yesterday that the Home Owners Loan Ccrporation had arranged to handle loans for Alaska through the Seattle of- fice which will name appraisers in Alaska. “This procedure has been adopted in order to avcid con- siderable expense incident to the establishment of an agency in the territory,” said the Dele- gate. “Now there will be no delay and less upmxe under REPUBLI(.AN CONTESTS—First Division Foster Juneau—No. 1 Precinct Juneau—No. 2 Precinct | Juneau—No. 3 Precinct Jualpa ... Salmon Creek Thane . Lynn Canal | Mendenhall Douglas—No. 1 Precinct. Douglas—No. 2 Precinct. Ketchikan, Saxman and and Wacker ... Lawson Creek | Skagway . Petersburg | Wrangell Sitka Chichagof ‘REPRESENTATIVES————— King McCain Paul Shepard 45 34 50 19 16 19 12 1 16 1 2 21 0 0 Toals 231 184 Revzsed Leglslatwe Program Is Causmg M uch Wonderment| PLOT DISCLOSED AGAINST FLEET, UNITED STATES Attempts Reported to In- terfere with Panama Canal Trip COLON, Canal Zone, April 26— As the United States Fleet, 111 vessels, completed the transit through the canal, it was learned {that conditions during the move- ,ment, caused fears that attempts |were made to interfere with the maneuvers. The authorities said they had in- formation through the Army In- telligence Service, that a conspiracy seemed in progress to thwart the swift passage of the flotilla through the locks. ‘Thé nature of the purported plot was not disclosed. —,—— NEW REVENUE BILL IS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH Senate and House Con- ferees in Agreement— Senate Bloc Victors ‘WASHINGTON, April 26.— The four hundred million new revenue bill, representing a surprising con- ference victory for the Senate's high tax bloc, is on its way to fin- al enactment. The Senate and House conferees on the measure came to an agree- ment after two days nerve racking work with acceptance virtually of | all of the Senate increases in the estate and gift taxes, eapital stock and excess profits tax, and liberal compromises over the income ax publicity ‘and consolidated re- turns. ‘The conference agreement is complete except for the Senate's amendment adding 10 percent to all individual tax returns for next year. By BYBON PRICE | Press, Washington) No other feature of the revised | Roosevelt | causing more puzzlement and con- fusion than the resurrected silver question. The plain indications are that, for a second time since the pres- ent administration began, silver advocates and inflationists are get- ting out of hand, threatening to force the White House into steps it would rather avoid. A year ago when agitation for sweeping currency expansion grew too strong, Mr. Roosevelt was able to effect a compromise. He ac- cepted a blanket grant of author- ity, permitting him to exercise al- most unlimited power over mone- tary policy. That satisfied the expansionists for the time being, although some of them suspected the President never really intended to exercise, except sparingly, the new powers thus thrust upon him. The present revival of silver talk is based, by and large, on a contention that these powers shall have been used more freely, par- ticularly for the rehabilitation of silver. The effort is to make man- datory some of the things merely authorized last year. Silver Strength Gets Bow Up to a few weeks ago, the ad- ministration believed it could pre- vent this movement from becom- ing serious at this session of Con- gress. During the President’s absence on vacation, however, the silver ad- vocates in the House suddenly be- came very active. So far as ap- peared, the Democratic House lead- ership not only did nothing to head off the movement, but actu- ally gave it encouragement. Tt was the one subject on which Mr. Roosevelt, as he surveyed the wreckage of his legislative pro- gram on his return to Washington, showed a willingness to make con- cessions. That was an undeniable | recognition of the strength of the silverites. | The Administration problem now is, again, to pacify the expansion- ists, and at the same time defeat mandatory action along any line which the President would consider unsound. The whole administration finan- cial program, with its continuation of orthodox liberty bond refund- ing, is geared to an expectation that there will be no violent chang. J (Conu:med vn Pege Six) (Chief of Bureau, The Associated legislative program is| | SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL ABDUCTED ON WAY HOME June Roblaured Into Automobile Which Speeds Away at Tucson, Ariz. |POLICE, RANCHERS AND COWBOYS JOIN SEARCH iNote Recelved Demanding Ransom of Fifteen Thousand Dollars TUCSON, Arizona, April 26— Kidnaped and held for a $15.000 ransom, six-year-old June Robles is sought by the police who captured John Dillinger and members of his 8ang here several months ago. The police are aided by scores of ranchers and grim-faced cow- boys. The girl was abducted as she returned homeward from school by a man who drove up beside her in an auto, called to her, and then sped away as she entered the car. Two hours later, Rosalio Estrada, a small boy, brought the girl’s father, Fernando Robles, member of a wealthy old Arizona family, a roughly printed note demanding $15,000 before release of his daugh- ter and also warning the father not to report the abduction to the authorities. Robles called the authorities immediately. SECOND RANSOM TUCSON, April 26—A second ransom note has been delivered to Bernabe Robles, the kidnaped girl's grandfather, offering to reduce the ransome to $10,000 “if you aect quickly.” It is not announced how the note was delivered. ANOTHER ABDUCTION MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 26. —May Carlin, aged 5 years, kid- naped while playing near her home by a man who drove up, bundled her in an auto and drove away, was found and returned home sev-~ eral hours later. She was located {@ mile and one half from where she was taken. The girl was im- mediately taken to the hospital to determine if she wns ntbncked. WOMAN SHOT, KIDNAPED IN CAPITAL CITY {Resident of Washmglon, D. C. Is Found Dying in Philadelphia Suburb PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 26. —A woman resident of Washing- ton, D. C., Elizabeth Fontaine, aged 31 years, was shot and critically wounded in the suburban town of Upper Barby, the police said, after she had been kidnaped from the capital to prevent her from telling about a gangland murder of a friend. She was found in her pajamas on the steps of a house screaming: “I am dying.” Washington detectives told the Darby police they believed she was seized and shot to prevent her telling what she might know of the killing of George Phillips, al- leged gangster. Phillips was kill- ed in Washington, D. C., ten days ago in a machine gun battle. His two companions and the Fontaine woman, it is said, eluded the pulice in a wild chase through the streets of the capita.l T0 ADVANCE RAIL WAGES Agreement " Reached B tween Labor and Man- agers Effective July 1 “WASHINGTON, April 26—Rail- road labcr and rail managers have agreed to restoration on July 1 of 2': percent of the wage reduction which has been in effect for two years. An additional five percent will be returned on January 1 and —————— |another 2% percent on April 1 of next year.