The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NE ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIV., NO. 6646. JUNEAU, ALASKA, NESDAY, MAY 9, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ | VETERAN SEATTLE OFFICIAL SUICIDES | COAST SHIPPING IS TIED-UP BY STRIKE \ [ THOUSANDS OF LONGSHOREMEN WALKOUT TODAY Ports from Canada to Mex- ico Affected — Ship- ping at Standstill HIGHER WAGES, ALSO | SHORTER WEEK ASKED Federal Mediation Board: Continues Efforts to | Reach Settlement ! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 9. —Coastal and trans-Pacific ship-| ping lines are today faced with serjous labor shortage and conse- quent interference with sailing schedules as between 10,000 and‘ 15,000 longshoremen were called! out! on a strike in ports from| Canada to Mexico at 8 o'clock this| morming. | yith the walkout apparently | went the last hope of keeping| workers on the job and a com-| plete breakdown resulted in the| negotiations whereby the F‘ederal} Government sought to avert just such an action. | GENERAL TIE-UP SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 9. —The longshoremen in coast ports struck for increased wages and a shorter week. The Mediation Beard redoubled efforts to reach a settlement. Police have been rushed to wa- terfronts in many ports to prevent outbreaks and violence but it is reported everything as quiet. Labor officials said the shoremen will remain out their demands are met. long- until Klondike Ddys Recalled When ST[]GKS AGAIN Two Horses Are Unloaded Here Two fine big five-year-old bay|put into their new harness. and horses brought out a crowd at the the parade started down Willough- Commercial Dock last night which| by Avenue. was reminiscent of the old Klon-| It was a parade, for dozens of 4 dike and gold rush days. children chased along beside and . They came north on the Za-| behind the wagon the full length | Metal Shares Are ESPCClal- ra, which docked at 7 o'clock | of the avenue. The {wo men took < ! fiacst evening, and were the first the team as far as the Glacier 1) Hard_ Hlt TOday—q horses to be shipped here for sev- | Dairy last night and planned to Grains Resist eral years. Intense interest sur-|/go on to Eagle River this morn- 8 rounded the leading of the horses ing. Doubts as to whether the NEW YORK, May 9.—Stocks into large boxes and hoisting them | animals would be in cbndition for sagged as silver enthusiasm ap- out of the hold and to the dock.|the trip after seven at sea|peared only of brief duration. Some of the younger witnesses| were set at rest by ('hoerIuliMem\A issues especially were soft. had never seen anything like it. |way in which they set out down|Most of the other groups showed John Ackermann of Eagle River|the road, just as if they had been|moderate losses. Today’'s close was is the owner, and he took immed-iborn on Eagle River and were!|somewhat heavy. iate charge of the two bays. With | headed for home. Bonds were strong but the curb the cooperation of Henry Hansen,| The horses and the new equip-|was weak. a bright new red and green wagon | ment are part of a planned devel- Grains were unable was loaded with a complete new‘opmem by Mr. Ackermann which is| realizing notwithstanding eventually to work into a beef|unfavorable crop reports. The horses were‘ stock ranch. | Eastman was up more than two to resist further City Baseball League. Play will|g61,, American Power and Light start at 6:30 p. m. 7%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 27 The Vets are expected to use|Bethlehem Steel 36%, Curtiss- A. L. Reed, a California product,| Wright 3!, Fox Films 14%, Gen- on the mound, and Carl Stellard|eral Motors 33%, Kennecott 197, for his batterymate. Both are Seneca Copper 1%, no range; new to the cireuit. Mack Jensen, one of the Moose pany 2%, United Aircraft 20% i McIntyre and Dome steadied. cific, Santa Fe, Schenley, Case, Telegraph, Westinghouse, while CHICAGO, Ill., May 9.-—Phfladcl-; The American Legion and Moomf! CLOSING PRICES TODAY San Francisco 9; Oakland 2 farming outfit which also came on the Zapora. points. | Many Issues Off U. 8. Smelting lost five points. | American Smelting, Depasco, Howe | (Sound, were off around one point. ’ | Other issues off one to two or | more points included Union Pa- GAME TUESDAY' |N FleT GAME%Amprlcan Can, United States | Steel, Allied Chemical, Goodyear, | —_— ‘l‘i] S. Rubber, General Electric, B . o ) ] |{Western Union, Johns-; ville, Philadelphia Makes Win- Old Rivals Resume Hostil-| 500. " Xovericar Toiogiabe snd ning by Score of ities in City League— |Tel / |3 5 R d J P.l h 'Sp.egol May Stern dropped more to | eed, jensen Iiic {than eight points. phia blistered three pitchers of the | will open hostilities for 1934 this| NEW YORK, May 9.—Closing Chicago Cubs yesterday afternoon evening at City Park in the li"St‘quotatioxl of Alaska Juneau mine for 18 hits and a 13 to 5 victory. GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 1; Missions 2. Seattle 1; Hollywood 3. Los Angeles 5; Sacramento 7. National League Boston 4; St. Louis 5. seven-inning twilight game of the stock today is 18, American Can| | southern Railroad 25, Ulen Com-| | TROY WELCOMES BOARD TUESDAY: SESSIONS OPEN Governor Greets Board of Education Which Gets to Work Quickly The Territorial Board of Educa- tion, which convened here in its second regular annual meeting yes- terday afternoon, was greeted by Gov. John W. Troy who compli- mented it on its first year's op- erations and wished even greater success during the coming year. Its work yesterday was largely de- voted to routine matters. In order to complete its ses- sions as soon as possible, day and night sessions are being held. Out- of-town members are planning to return to their homes early next week, and A. E. Karnes, Commis- sioner of Education, will leave for Washington next Monday. ‘The Board yesterday granted him leave to attend a conference in ‘Washington of the Federal Emer- gency Relief Administration and American Association for Adult Education. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins had wired Gov. Troy ask- ing him to designate an Alaskan educator to represent Alaska at the meeting, and the Governor sug- gested Mr, Karnes for the mis- sion, “At Yesterday's session, the Board heard an informal report of Com- mission Karnes covering the de- partment's work during the past year, and its current building pro- gram It also authorized Mr. Karnes to sell, with the approval of the Board’s president, H. L. Faulkner, any obsolete or aban- doned school buildings for which the Territory no longer had any use. WASHINGTON, May 9.—Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond cited the lack of defense bases in the Ter- ritory of Alaska when he intro- duced a bill Monday, for Congres- sional approval, of a fifteen million dollar appropriation for the estab- lishment, near Fairbanks, of what and airfield near the Orient. Fairbanks was chosen for site of the proposed base because of its central location in the Ter- ritory. From there it would be pos- sible to reach practically every vulnerable spot of the Alaska coast within a few hours, The bill would authorize the ex- | penditure of $10,479,000 on the con- struction of the base, and an ad- ditional $5,397,000 on the erection of the hangars and other techni- cal buildings. In addition, $1,000000 would be appropriated for construction and maintenance of “such additional military airfields utilities in Alaska as may be necessary or desirable for national defense.” Under this measure, the .Presi- dent would be empowered to set aside portions of the public do- main near Fairbanks and at any other places in Alaska where need- ed for establishment of a base. Structures Listed $10,000,000 plus the appropria- tion would provide officers’ quar- | ters, non-commissionéd officers quarters, barracks, boathouse, hos- is to be the country’s military base fschool, ordnance warehouse. the | Elaborate Plans Pr);posefl 1)5’7 MATT GORMLEY Delegate Dimond for Military Base, Airfield, at Fairbank BULLETIN—SEATTLE, May 9.—Al Bickle, Port Commis- sioner Cashier, has been’ jailed without a charge. This was done after a conference with the authorities and Port Com- missieners. $1,000 on Head Of Dillinger, Dead or Alive COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 9.— This state has placed a $1,000 reward on the head of desper- ado John Dillinger as part of erator, quarterms maintenance| building, quartermaster warehouse,| District Port Auditor Ends headquarters building, laundry and | telephone facilities, bakery, theatre, area would include a railroad spur, | e S | g ice storaze plant, garage, and gun|Body Is- Found While Still ) Expenditures for the proposed| technical buildings and equipment | ! storage, night lighting system, pav-( ed apron, ment to landing | Under Delegate Dimond's plan,| SEATTLE, May 9. — Matt H. army airmen would be thoroughly | Gormley, veteran Port District Au- |at the Territorial base for both| His body, still warm, was found | commissioned officers and enlisted | when prowler car officers located the House committee that in Rus- into the brush. He took off his sia he had seen allegedly stolen|coat, folded it, placed his hat on arrest after Auditor Cliff Yelle re- | | ported finding a shortage of $72,- | ;KIDNAPING GASE‘W“ las tseen as he walked out of his offices yesterday morning when Shipping in nearly all points Brooklyn 2; Pittsburgh 5. stars of 1933, will heave for mejcg]umet and Hecla 4!2, Simmons| o’ move 58 BYG wiates. to Ae s Waterfall, and Ketchikan, on the is at a standstill including state of Washington ports. At several points, employers said | means of loading ships will be found and from other points came | reports that no attempts will be| made to find new workers. | TREASURY'S NET BALANCE SHOWN | T0 BE $806,573.09 A net cash balance of $806,575.09 was shown in the Territorial Treasury as of April 20, in me‘ monthly report submitted to Gov.| John W. Troy by W. G. Smith, Treasurer, it was announced today by the Governor. The total bal- ance was $865715.51 with warrants outstanding in the sum of $59,- 140.42. The mnet balance was $201,906.37 in excess of the net on the same date in 1932, when it reported as having been $604968.62. The up- ward trend is in keeping with the gains shown in previous months since the first of the year. M. S. ZAPORA IN LAST NIGHT HAS ASSORTEDCARGO The motorship Zapora, Capt.‘ Hugh McDonald, master, and Har-| old Matson, purser, docked at the| Juneau Commercial Dock at 7 o'cleck last evening with over a Philadelphia 13; Chicago 5. New York 3; Cincinnati 7. Paps this evening. Curly Frasier|161., Standard Oil of California will do the backstopping. 3 pound sterling $5.13, Nabes- The Vets will have almost an clare a similar amount for the capture, dead or alive, of | | pital, guard and fire house, incin-| | gasoline' storage, post exchange,| yge 1+ | eymnasium, chapels, sewage dis.| His Life When Embezzle- | posal plant, enlisted men's club, ment s Charged | 7% maca- 1S SHORT $72,000 | 2ines and officers’ mess. | Improvements to the building | shed, reservation fence, water sup- ke !ply, electric light and power plant, | Warm_NOte Is Le?l n flagstaff and coal storage. | Locked Automobile | would include hangars, operations | | building, radio building, photo- | graphic building, gasoline and oil| | flelds, runways, air depot shops,| and warehouse: i s Rotatien Service | ACCUSED OF SHORTAGE | familiarized with northern terri-! ditor, with 18 years of public ser=- {tory flying conditions both in Win- | yice behind him, shot himself at | ter and summer by rotation service|dawn today. | men of the air corps. Gormley’s automobile on a road. Representative Sirovich, Demo-| Gormley left a note in the ear, crat, of New York, recently told|which he locked, and then went Japanese plans for attack on Alas-1it, laid down on his side and shot ka in the event of warfare. ih]mse]f through the head. : | Last night orders for Gormley's | 000 in Gormley's accounts, Gormley, brother-in-law of Port Commissioner George F. Cotterill, | State Examiner J. L. Dittemore y linformed him his accounts were 1 short. TUCSON, Arizona, May 9.—The! Associated Press has been told by Gormley assured Dittemore he could satisfactorily explain the sit- uatfon. American League Chicago 6; Washington 7. Detroit 5; Boston 1. Cleveland 0; Philadelphia 2. St. Louis 3; New York 8. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pet. .28 8 8 22 14 611 21 14 .600 1 | 18 486 18 471 23 361 21 344 P 23 324 National League i Won Lost Pet. 13 6 684 Los Angeles Missions San Francisco Sacramento Hollywood Oakland Portland Seattle New York Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis .. Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia 5 13 Cincinnati 4 14 American League : B ‘Won Lost Pet.’ New York . 122 ‘Washington . 550 Cleveland ... 533 Detroit 520 Boston 500 Philadelphia 500 St. Louis 313 Chicago 267 650 611 579 500 444 278 222 . 13 1 11 9 8 7 7 8 9 10 13 1 8 9 9 9 5 4 Channel League Won Lost Pct. Elks . 1 0 Douglas Moose Legion 000 000 0 1 0 0 0 0 000 FILM ACTRESS GIVEN DIVORCE MERIDA, Mexico, May 9. "entirely new 1.000 ! outfit. Junge, at second, being the only regular left for infield and Cecil Allen the only holdover outfielder. They will have Joe Snow on first, Ward Mc- Allister, short, and Jack Diringer at third. Allen, Ev'. Nowell, Billy Rodenberg, Fred Matheson, L. A. Green and Jimmy McCloskey are on the Vets' outfield list. M. MacSpadden, Fred and Jack Schmitz and Stan Grummett make up the Moose infield. Bill Schmitz, Jimmy Ramsay, Al. Blomquist are available for outfield work. MOTHER DAY RECITAL TO BE PRESENTED BY LOCAL GRADE SCHOOL A Mother’s Day program will be presented tomorrow by the Sixth and Seventh Grades of the local public school of which Miss Elma Olson is the teacher. The selections are from the en- tire year's work given them by Miss Alice G. Palmer, and will constitute a review of their mu- sical studies, with samples taken from all parts of the terms’ work. The program will begin at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and will last for about half an hour. The selections to be performed are as follows: Beginning of Year's Work. Drills. The Pearl—Pg. 5 Beginning of two part singing. Cold the Blast May Blow— Pg. 14, 9 It Was a Lover and His Lass. —Pg. 14. 2. I | | tion 15%, United States Steel 441., | | Briggs Manufacturing 16%, War-| |ner Pictures 6. | 1 ations being carried on at the wreck of the Islander was in port |of picking up the lines cast off when work was closed down last |imposed quotas on Japanese im-|some distance nearer the beach ports will likely be the first gun|last summer, now sits on its nose This is indicated by an official water and the stern in about 60 in high government quarters who| feet. The diver has little diffi- imems are shown on the most fa-| - ivored nation clause in the Anglo- E. MILLAGER HOMEWARD e e H BRITAIN Nuw y The tug Georgia, which is in | last night and today for supplies. TOKYO, May v.—A formal pro- | fall is progressing rapidly. |to be fired by Japan in the Anglo- in the muck of the channel, the said: ‘‘We are determined to de- culty in working in the deepest Japanese commercial treaty. ‘ BOUND ON M. S. NORTHLAND TUG GEORGIA IS |na 103, ask 1.08; Bendix Avia- commission at the salvaging oper- IN TRADE wAR\ According to reports, the work ‘test against G;Bruain‘s newly| The wreck, which was moved Japanese trade war. bow in abput a hundred feet of fermd our treaty rights if infringe-|place now, it is said. TEST OF SUPPORT E. Millager. proprietor of the KOBE, Japan, May 9.—Japan |Home Grocery Store on Willoughby locked practically in a trade war|Avenue, is homeward bound on the with Great Britain, welcomed a|motorship Northland which left visitor from whom Japanese lead- |Seattle Monday night after spend- ers hope to learn how closely Aus-|ing the last four months visiting tralia will support the Mother in Washington, Oregon and Cali- country, fornia. He left Juneau the early The visitor is John Greig, at- part of January feeling that a few torney General and. Minister of {months in a milder climate might External Affairs and Industry of |benefit his he: Australia. He arrived here for i tour of the Orient. £ The Japanese sée in his visit an opportunity to learn how firml WAY TO MINING PROPERTY a GEORGE JON LEAVES FOR PRINCE RUPERT ON America’s Number 1 public enemy. an authoritative source that one of the men who figured in the kid- naping plot of June Robles, aged six years, on April 25, has been Yelle said Gormley remarked he needed a little air and would re- turn later and talk it over. He failed to return and a search was found in by investigators and is immediately started last night now within custody. |when the warrant for his arrest The man is identified as a Mex- | was found. ican. Others’ in the plot are a| The note in Gormley's locked car B e S KETGH'KAN uN white man, another Mexican and said: his wife, the same source said. “I think T have been half crazy | A written document giving de-|for these many years. I tried to tails of the plot and locations keep up, knowing it was just a | where the child was secreted, was matter of time. I hope my fault | found penned by the man who has| will not be visited too heavily up= been in custody *for a week. lon my, family. The best a man ‘The document implicates himself could fiavc, and T can hardly ask as one of four persons in the kid- it, but try and think of me as not naping. lall bad. I tried, but was too PENNY DRIVE FOR CHAMBER IS T0 ORTHOPEDIG IS WELCOME BOARD OVER TOMORROW AT NOON LUNCH Juneau’s part in the Children's| M. J, Walsh, Nome; P. C. Me~ Orthopedic Hospital Penny DrlveEMunen‘ Seward, and A. H. Zieg= will be ended tomorrow, when ler, Ketchikan, out-of-town mem-= workers will collect the envelopes|pers of the Territorial Board of that they left in business houses| Education now in session here, will COUPLE ARE MARRIED HERE LAST EVENINGa week ago. | be guests of the Chamber of Com- Every offering that finds its|merce at its noon luncheon meet~ In the presence of their families|Way into a Penny Drive envelope, ing at Bailey's Cafe tomorrow, it and a few intimate friends, Mrs.[Whether it is a penny, a dime or|was announced by Curtis G. Shat- Velma Cunningham and N. T./@& dollar, will help a crippled child tuck, Secretary. Keaton were married last evening|Patient at this famous children's| The Chamber at 6 o'clock. The ceremony took hospital in Seattle. |a statement of the Secretary of place at the home of the bride’s! ~The Chlildren’s Orthopedic is War regarding the International mother, Mrs. Elsie DeVault on|the foremost hospital of its type|Highway project which will be KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 9.— Mine Sweeper Swallow, vanguard' of the six naval craft survey ex- pedition bound to the Aleutians, arrived here last night. Capt. Bern Anderson reported that the airplanes, aiding in the survey, are being shipped aboard the Sirius instead of flying along the coast as originally planned. ‘The other craft of the expe- tion are expected here Thursday or Friday, except the flagship Oglalla, carrying Rear Admiral Sinclair Gannon, which is believ- ed going direct to Dutch Harbor. ——t—— WELL KNOWN YOUNG is in receipt of Beginning of three part singing The Huntsmen—round—Pg. 34. Good Night.—Pg. 67. Modulations to Nearly-related Keys. The Forest Concert—/(syllables) Australia is lined up with the rest| George Jones, until recently of the British Empire in an effort Deputy U. S. Marshal at Tenakee, to stem world wide tide of Japan-|left” on the Princess Norah for ese manufacturers. | Prince Rupert on his way into the ———o Omineca region, in the interior back of the Canadian city, where 4. Franklin Street, near Fourth and the Rev. John A. Glasse officiated. Mrs. DeVault was her daugh- ter's attendant and E. L. Wheeler acted as best man. Following the ceremony the bri- in the Northwest. Many crippled|read to the membership t Alaskan children have been sent|row. It also has a coxr')nmumm- |there for treatment and returned|tion from Delegate Dimond rela- to the Northland cured. There are|tive to air mail service in the now twenty-five Alaskan children| Territory, detailing steps thai have !in this Seattle hospital. | Y fip ot e Katharine Hepburn, film actress,' has been granted e divorce with-' out restriction and with permis- 5. sion to marry immediately. Pg. 4. Three Part Songs. A Trumpet Call of Spring.— Pg. 141. The Evening Bells—Pg. 78. The Low-backed Car—Pg. 160. The Minstrel Boy (syllables) Pg. 172. Sailors of the U. 8, A—Pg. 210. Mother Dear—Pg. 81. ——,—— THE WEATHER Forecast for Juneau and vi- cinity, beginning at 4 p.m. May 9: Shcwers tonight and Thurs- day; gentle southeasterly winds, hundred tons of mixed cargo, in- cluding two horses and complete | new farming equipment for John i Ackerman of Eagle River. PSSO M R | There was only one passenger ! for Juneau, Mae Marsh from Tena- i g e we e e v CHINA BAGKS 2 UP ON JAPAN morning, she carried 35,000 feet of | lumber from the Juneau Lumber Mills for Tenakee, Klawock and Craig, and with three passengers; SHANGHAI, May 9.—The Chin- for Klawock and one for Craig. |ese government officials are deaf ‘ to Japan's protest against China’s| military activities and announced a special commission is to study! The Zapora will also call in at Chilkoot Barracks, Port Alexander, modern fighting methods, i way to Seattle, £ : ALBERT WILE LEAVES FOR he will spend some time looking SITKA ON (VICTORIA oyer the vicinity. Mr. Jones is S % | interested in the Royal Shepard Albert’ Wile, merchandise broke:. | property in that district. left on the steamer Victoria for| i - Sitka on business last evening. He | B. B. NIEDING LEAVES FOR will return here within a few SOUTH ON S. S. VICTORIA days. B. B, Neiding, well known min- ing engineer and until recently | superintendent of the Chichagof TRIP TO SITKA Mining Company, left last evening on the steamer Victogla to join N. A. McEachran, representative Mrs. Nieding and their daughter of Schwabacher Brothers Grocery | Ruth in Svattle wheré they make Company, left last evening on the | their home. steamer Victoria on a business triv| Mr. Nieding expects to return to e N. A. McEACHRAN MAKES A BUSINESS ./ been taken and prospects for its | continuance. Qi BB R SR \BROUILLETTE GIVEN STRIKERS ARE " TickNse &1 RAINES retail liquor license by she dal party attended a wedding sup- | per at Bailey's Cafe and later in' the evening the couple were at home to their friends at an in- formal reception in the DeVault residence where they plan to make | their home. Both Mr. and Mrs| Keaton are well known here and have many | Board of Liquor Control. No ac- friends. '~ Mrs. Keaton came to BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 9.— tion was taken by the Board at Juneau with her mother several Two negroes were killed and two|that time on the application of the years ago and has recently been seriously injured in fighting which|OCity of Ketchikan for a license employed at the Juneau Ice Cream broke out between striking miners|to operate a municipal liquor store. Parlors while Mr. Keaton, who has and deputy sheriffs late yesterday.| The Board has communicated lived here for some time, is em- The strike, begun over wages|with the City Council there and ployed at the Alaska Juneau Gold and working conditions, has been|is awaiting a reply before taking to Sitka, Alaska sometime in August, Mining Company, on since Friday of last week. final action on the