The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1934, Page 1

E DAILY | ! | 1 ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ILL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6657. JUNEAU, ALASKA, DAY, MAY 22, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ NO STEAMERS OPERATE ALONG CO SILVER MESSAGE IS SENT CONGCRESS NEW POLICY IS PROPOSED T0 CONGRESS Legislation Ready for In- troductionsn Line with Recommendations WASHINGTON, May 22.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has recommended to Congress it declare the Ameri- can policy to be for the “increase of the amount of silver in our monetary stocks with the ultimate objective of having and maintain- ing one-fourth their monetary value in silver and three-fourths in gold.” The policy would be made man- datory and payments for present silver holdings in this country would be limited to 50 cents an ounce, profits so made to be taxed 50 percent. Take Over Surplus The Presidential message also asked authority to take over the “present surpluses of silver in this country not required for indus- trial uses, on payment of a just compensation, and to regulate im- ports and exports and other deal- ings in monetary silver.” Legislation to ocarry out the Presidential proposal is ready for introduction and swift passage is believed in prospect as the result of an understanding among west- ern silver advocates. Negotiations Started Pointing to a world wide bi- metallic agreement as an ultimate solution of the silver problem, the President revealed he has already begun negotiations with neighbor- ing countries “in regard to the use of both silver and gold preferably on a coordinated basis as a stan- dard of monetary value.” President Roosevelt Given Word Picture of Proposed Highway by ‘Slim’ Himself WASHINGTON, May 22.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has a complete word picture of the proposed Interna- tional Highway through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory to Alaska after a visit with Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond, Mrs. Di- mond and Clyde C. (8lim) Wil- Mams, veteran dog' musher of the horth. The three were dinner guests of | the President and Mrs. Roosevelt | last Sunday night. Although the President did not commit himself on the subject, Wil- liams, who drove a dog team from Alaska to Chicago and Washington, |and Delegate Dimond said he | seemed highly interested in the development of the Territory,” and | the proposed highway to touch Fairbanks as the principal Alaska point. ROOSEVELT IS IN CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY Texas Editor Makes Sur- vey Showing Executive Is Real Boss AMARILLO, Texas, May 22— Gene Howe, Editor and son of the on $200 bail after being arrested | famous Kansas Editor, Ed Howe, CONGRESSMAN "FREED ON BAIL AFTER ARRES Representative Francis H. I Shoemaker Involved in Strike Riots ST. PAUL, Minn,, May 22.—Free lon disorderly conduct charges in NRA REVIEW ~ BOARD PLANS Did Trapped Rafiles Raid Their Jewels? | | | | NEW REPORT i Criticism Made on First Findings { WASHINGTON, May 22—Clar- ence Darrow's NRA Review Board, lin a three-page statement, late yes- | terday, assailed criticism of {50,000 word report made Sunday {which was a critique of the Na- \‘Monsl Recovery Administration. | Criticism of the report was made by NRA officials headed by Gen | Hugh 8. Johnson who called it “su- || | perficial, and an inaccurate politi- fcal sounding board,” and recom- i‘mended the Board be abolished. | The NRA Review Board in the | three page statement, promised a second report before the end of this week and challenged NRA to answer it. The second report, the | Board said, will cover industries “in | which conditions are even worse {than those already covered.” | White House Expectations Meanwhile, at tne White House, a trip through the East revealed|bloody riots Monday morning in|UP its work soon. President Roosevelt as complete mastery of the Nation” “having | connection with the truck-drivers'| | strike, <Congressman Francis H. The original report, made Sunday | recommended the return of the in contrast with the fifty men|Shoemaker said that he was act-anti-trust laws and termed the NRA James W. Gerard said were run- ning the United States in 1930. Gene Howe picked 49 of ling “in the publi¢ interest.” Congressman Shoemaker said the [that the broomhandle which he| CTiticized carried | watchword of “fair competition” an |illusory phrase. The Board also the NRA price fixing | plan, and declared that prices its. it is indicated President Roosevelt | said @ survey he has completed by |the Market district here, scene of | XPected the Darrow Board to wind | {Issues Statement Assailing GRacE FocRE Although specifically charged with two jewel robberies, Hugo Willgerod, recently trailed to Englewood, N. J., and arrested by New York detectives, is suspected as the master mind in a score of gem thefts from society women and actresses, value of loot from which is said to be nearly $2,000,000. Two robberies for which Willgerod is indicted are those of $25,000 worth of gems from Gertrude Williams, Follies girl who I#wr died in poverty, and $90,000 from Mrs. Marjorie Ardell, wife of the noted musical comedy director. Among other victims of the gang, of which, say police, Willgerod was the head, are n(‘,‘rac%tlvloore;J ol\];ern rs. Stanwood Men- President's chief advisers “whom was one taken from % the President consulted at his striker to prevent him from starting|Should be “determined by compe- pleasure rather than at their leis-|trouble. He said that he went to 'tion rather than regulation.” ure.” jthe market at the request of Gov.! The Editor called at least half |Floyd B. Olson to intercede with of them as ‘“yes men” and said the strikers to let farmers who! there was not one of the remain-|raised their own produce to make ASHINGTON, May 22—Fresh der who can speak for the Presi- | deliveries. ‘,smpmk ok N.RA is new 1. ordet dent without first consulting him.| He stated that as long as he “_u‘from Benatorial opposition. e | Mrs. Roosevelt heads the lists of there no riots occurred, but that Sehacgh Gamad e, Jye, Syepubll- advisers which Howe, with the aid trouble started shortly after his 0 Of North Dakota, after a con- of néwspaper men in Washington, arrest. ference with Clarence Darrow, of New York, Chicago and other east- SENATOR NYE KNOCKING singer; Mrs. Richard Mestres, society beauty, who was fleeced of £30,000 in jew 00, ,000, and . Thorne Kissell, wife STOCK PRICES cen, $150,000; Mrs. Harry Glemby, $306,000; Mrs. Theresa Noble, ) :‘iu;:h: banker, $10,000. W%ll;zemd);vas traced through clever detective work built on the slim clue of the ¥ birth certificate of a child born to his woman comnan KARNES PRESEN AT EDUCATIONAL E.’\'arris Loses Fight to Abolish Electoral College NuT AFFEBTED' WASHINGTON, May 22— The Senate has refused to sub- mit to the states the Norris NORTHLAND IS NOT PERMITTED T0 SAIL NORTH No Schedules for Fu_mu Alaska Sailings—Rotting Fish Thrown Overboard MAYOR DORE PLANS DEFINITE ACTION Mediation Conferences at San Francisco Postpon- ed Until Tomorrow Ocean shipping along the Pa- cific Coast from San Pedro, Cali- fornia, to Seattle, Washington, con- tinues tied-up today, with disor- ders reported at San Francisco and Oakland where dock workers tight- ened their siege on the waterfronts. At Seattle the situation is bad as elsewhere. Northland Cancelled Motorship Northlafid did not sail, as scheduled, from Seattle last night and has been indefinitely postponed. There is no schedule for future sailings from Seattle for the north. If permission is granted, the North- land could leave within 15 hours and be the first ship out since the sailing of the Victoria. Fich Goes Overboard Fresh fish, rotting in the holds of the Northwestern and Alaska, both from the north, will be dump- ed as the longshoremen would not permit unloading believing it was loaded at Ketchikan or Juneau after the strike was called. Mayor Dore To Act Mayor John F. Dore said that with police guards for nonunion workers he will attempt to open the Port of Seattle tomorrow, while in San Francisco, Union of- ficials declared <he longshoremen are determined to prolong the p Strike for months unless the em- Censtituticnal Amendment to ALASKA LAWS ON HOMESTEADS T0 BE CHANGED House Concurs in Senate Amendments Relative to Occupancy, Etc. WASHINGTON, May 22— The House is on record as concurring to Senate amendments to the bill providing that homesteading in Al- aska be reduced from seven months each year to five months each year for three years and that charges for surveying tracts be charged for at only $2.50 an acre. Tracts are to be limited to five acres each. LEAVES GRANTED WASHINGTON, May 22—Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed the bill granting leave of absence to settlers of homestead land during 1932, 1933 and 1934. ———e—— ARMY SPEEDS AIR PROGRAN WASHINGTON, May 22. — The Army has speeded its air program by requesting bids for 90 attack planes and further requests for bids for more than 200 bombers. - ee— University Students Rioting in Belgrade; Two Buildings Held BELGRADE, May 22.— Students are in control of two University buildings and are standing off the police, attempting to suppress riot- ing, with a warning they will throw five professors they are holding as hostages from high windows if the police enter the buildings. The students are protesting against retention of the present Minister of Education. Sixty coeds are among the strik- ers. survey. | injuries suffered when he was floor at the first opportunity the He declared that he would re-:t?e b}_IRA St Bokrsh eryed N levER PULIGY ern cities selected after a montl's quire treatment by a physician for | 1C¢ De would take to the Senate | MEETING IN D. ¢ | abolith the Electoral College | (Board's findings and give further “manhandled” b rresti | PRt bl jeepng otfioar |details about NRA's failure .- 4 NRA Administrator Johnson| sflvIET SHIP { ONE MAN KILLED { blamed the other membs-:s of ([;IP | MINNEAPOLIS. Minn, May 22. Review Board as “camp followers” striking truck drivers and sym- |statements previously made by Sen- | Through Panama Canal RELIGI“US B AN LOCAL MINE UNION | I !—One man was killed and 40 in- |of Darrow for the “dogma of the Jjured, some seriously in a riot this lrepon." afternoon in the City Market when | Darrow said the report bore out s, | pathizers congregated to halt the ator Nye that the recovery program Icebreaker Krassm Reach- movemenfitr oitrucks. Vi 1had failed in many respects. es Alaska Waters—Went ' NOME, Alaska, May 22.—The ice- breaker Krassin, bound for North- ern Siberia after a trip through TODAYy MOOSE HALL Al the request of the member- ship, the Alaska Mine Workers the Panama Canal, has arrived bere. Aviator M. Sletneff, one of the rescue aviators of the Russians Many Issues Lose One to Five Points—Close Is Heavy in Market NEW YORK, May 22. — Stocks apparently found little inflationary stimulation in President Roosevelt’s message or in the subsequent in- troduetion into Congress of a bill to accede to his request for silver legislation. Led by leading metal issues, lequities dropped one to three or | more points. There were a few mild rallies. The close was heavy. Silver futures closed moderately lower. Bar metal was unchanged. Grains finished easy. Bonds were irregular, and the and provide for direct election of the President and Vice-Presi- dent. RESEARCH FUND AVAILABLE FOR Mrs. Koosevelt Describes Session as ‘‘Highly Significant” WASHINGTON, May 22—(Spe- cial to The Empire)—A. E. Karnes, aska, with headquarters at Juneau, was an active participant in the tion which opened at the Shore- ployers acede to their demands for a closed shop. Guards on Trucks Mayor Dore said Seattle police will ride on all trucks as guards for anyone who really wants to carry cargo to and from the docks and the police will prevent any strike pickets entering the docks or boarding ships in process of being .Commissioner of Education of Al- ) 2404 or unloaded. Awaiting Ryan One report from San Francisco ;Ninth Annual meeting of the Am- oo the mediation conferences jerican Association of Adult Educa- pere have been postponed uptil tomorrow pending the arrival of {ham Hotel here yesterday, when ;oo H. Ryan, President of the Money for Archaeological Study on St. Lawrence Island [s Provided Dr. George Zook, Commissioner of Education, announced that eight million dollars would be spent for education of adults. Dr. Zook further declared that a large sum of money had been set stranded recently on the Arctic ice floes, will board the icebreaker and return home on her with his dis- mantled plane. —— s . MEXICANSTATE Catholic Churches Closed —Priests Ordered to Union will hold a special meeting tonight for the purpose of discuss- |ing matters described. as being of | vital importance, it was announced today by members of the Board of Trustees. WASHING'i'Uiv, is. C., May 1.— ' aside to carry on the Federal Em- (Special Correspondence) Actual ergency Relief Administration transfer of the funds which will be schools. expended in Alaska archaeo]ogicnl;’ Following Dr. Zook’s research by the Office of Indian:Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife Affairs took place this week. The0f the President, described the curb was off. United States Smelting lost five points. Losses of one to three points were suffered by Howe Sound, American Smelting, Depasco remarks, International Longshoremen’s As- sociation. A compromise proposal is also reported to have been given out by the President’s Mediation Board and both sides are considering the details which are not disclosed. Mail by C. G. An Associated Press dispatch from Seattle said there is a possi- bility Coast Guard cutters may be used to handle mail from Seattle Leave Immediately | Officers of the organization did| not give any intimation of the and Kennecott. United States Steel was off two points. Off three points were Case, Eastman and entire program will be under the | meeting as *-mgm?' significant” and to Alaska ports. This is direction of the Alaska College and later added that “adults can learn ¢4 an announcement md:b“y":m" D. FIRE - PROOF STOCKYARDS T0 BE BUILT Modern Structures to Arise from Ashes of Great Blaze in Chicago CHICAGO, Ill., May 22. — Fire- proof stockyards will rise from the ashes of the yards almost destroyed by fire late last Saturday according to official reports. The nine-story Exchange Build- ing will probably be razed although the walls and foundations are in- tact. Alaska River F loor; Control Problems Are to Be Studied WASHINGTON, May 22.—A bill authorizing a study by the Army Engineers of flood control problems of Salmon River, in Alaska, has been passed by the House. NOGALES, Arizona, May 22.—Ac-! cording to advices received here, Gov. Rudolfo Elias Calles, son of the former President of Mexico, yesterday closed all Roman Catho- lic Churches in the State of So- nora, Mexico, and priests were notified to leave the state within 12 hours. Catholics Sonora claim the closure edict is an expression of Gov. Calles' anti-religious views, Most of the expelled priests are expected to emigrate to the United States. All clergymen planned to obey the edict and leave the state. in Is Christened with Sparkling Champagne NEW YORK, May 22—In the presence of 1,000 Norwegian-Am- ericans, Thor Solberg had his ém- phibian plane which he intends to fly to Bergen in June, christened Sunday at the Floyd Benmett Air- port. The wife of the flier broke a ttle of champagne over the bow of the plane. She brought the sparkling wine here with her from Norway. The plane was christened Liey Erikson, plans for the meeting. However. they called attention to the fact ithat it is the first special meeting that the organization deemed nec- essary to hold since its inception It will be held in Moose Hall, and will open at 7 o'clock. ALASKA MINE BILL SIGNED WASHINGTON, May 22—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the bill for suspension of the annual as- Sessment work on mining claims held by locals in the Territory of Alaska. Patroll;nn Kills lii;self While Cleaning Revolver EVERETT, Wash.,, May 22.—Pa- trolman William Harney, aged 42, 1 accidentally shot and killed him- self at his home last night while cleaning a revolver, Harney had been with the Po- lice Department for eight years A widow and foyr children sur- vive, Commercial Alcohol. Others down one to two points ‘were American Can, DuPont, Chrys- ler Motors, Goodyear, Montgomery Ward and others , CLOSING PRIC] TODAY NEW YORK, May 22.—Closing | auotation of Alaska Juneau ming | stock today is 19, American Can |92%, American Power and Light 7, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 27%, Ben- dix Aviation 15, Bethlehem Steel |33%, Briggs Manufacturing 16%, | Calumet and Hecla 4 Chrysler |38%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films, Ino sale; General Motors 32, Inter- | national Harvester 32%, Kennecott {19%, Seneca Copper 1'4, no range; ‘standnrd Ofl of California 32%, !Ulen Company, no sale; United | Aircraft 20, United States Steel 40%, Warner Pictures 5%, pound 2 Washington. In doing so he dem- :fll; Nabesna bid $1.06, asked COGiTated cxive. agatn. nis willing:| | ness to express in concrete fashion | | his interest in the country where | pre {Chinese Irregulars he received his early training as a Make Raid, Manchukuo newspaper man. In recent weeks Mr. Hurja has moved from the Interior build- TOKYO, May 22— Eleven Jap- &nese; including five schoolboys, are reported to have been killed ing, where he was administrative| PR s T s TS ' assistant to PWA Administrator VWorkmen wrecking the old But when 100 Chinese irregulars raid- ed a model settlement in Man- Tckes, 10 the seventh floor of the|lef hotel in Seattle found & half chukuo, as a comprehensive plan of work has more quickly than children.” been mapped out by Dr. Charles E.| Ny e tion. Forty-one thousand dullars‘cRuP DAMAGES was made available by the Public, Otto M. Geist, who has been in| charge of the field work for the MANY REG'“NS many years past, came to Wash- ington yesterday from New York e Drought, aided by grasshoppers and chinch bugs, has spread Bunnell, president of the institu-' Works Administration for the in-| vestigation of the culture of L'AT]Yi I Nc R E A s E s IN day residents of Alaska. 1 College on St. Lawrence Island for 4nd today took oath of office CHICAGO, LI, May 22— further destruction through the archaeologist for the Office of In- dian Affairs, He intends to leave Seattle for Fairbanks May 5. grain belt and increacing crop lcsses to as high as 85 per cent in some sections. Hurja Aids Project Instrumental in obtaining grant of money for the St rence Island project was Emil E. Hurja, Alaska’s good friend in the Law- RAIN IS FALLING CHICAGO, 1Il,, May 22.—Late today reports were received that rain is falling in Northern Ili- nois and seme sections of Wis- consin. The rain has partially broken the drought and was relief from the rapidly growing fire hazard. . - .| pint bottle of whiskey that had National Press Building. There “:. oaia lahiaabed 1 ~the | G for 45 years, (Continued on Page Two) stone | Lawrence, District Superintendent |of Mails, after a conference with | Commander Hinckley. | Gov. John W. Troy this morning Ireceived a radio from T. B. Wilson, !General Manager of the Alaska | Steamship Company, now in San jFrnnmscu_ that Judge Charles Rey- ’nolds has been appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt as mediator for the | longshoremen’s strike. f “The conference yesterday ended in a deadloock at nocn on account of labor demanding one complete coastwise agreement covering all ports, closed shop, with compiete control of the job. Los Angeles declined as,that port fully opened {under police protection. San Fran- cisco working cargo to a limited extent under police protection,” radioed Mr. Wilson, ¢ “Northwestern ports are closed with no protection. Northern ports are willing to “egotiate towards settlement. Conference Adjeurned “Asistant Secretary McGrady ad- Journed the meeting until Wednes- day awaiting the arrival of Inter- national President Ryan who is flying to San Francisco to par- ticipate in the negotiations. “In the meantime, "the Alaska