The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1934, Page 1

- & THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . VOL. XLIV., NO. 6660. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MAY RELEASE SOME ALASKA SHIPPING BULLETS TEAR GAS, SUPPRESS DEMONSTRATORS Militiamen, —H_ard Pressed, Compelled toFireInto Mob Durmg Night TWO MEN KILLED, SCORES WOUNDED Genersl Btnks May Be Called in Toledo—Peace Negotiations Complicated TOLEDO, Ohio, May 25.—With rifle fire and tear gas, National Guardsmen have gained control of |3 a riot in the scarred factory dis- trict where two men were killed| and 150 injured in strike disorders. The Guardsmen repelled a brick | tossing strike in nine hours in des-| perate guerilla warfare at the Electric Auto Lite Company's plant. | Being hard pressed, the Guards- | men fired into the jeering taunting | rioters killing Frank Hubaywun and | Steve Cyigon and wounding sev- eral others. The rioters strengthened forces and returned to the battle last! night. It is estimated that 6,000 persons participated in the riot when at its height. Prospects of peace negotiations are complicated by mnew deviop- ments toward a general strike in the ¢ity. Forty-nine persons have been ar- rested by the militia for the civil authorities. The police said they would be charged with rioting. Quiet was restored -early thns morning. Many women were among the rioters and included in the casualties. JUDGE UPHOLDS GOVERNMENT IN TRADE REFUSAL Ford Motorb*C—ompany Ef- fort to Force Purchas- es Is Unsuccessful WASHINGTON, May 25.— The Blue Eagle emerged with strength- ened wings yesterday afternoon from a courtroom clash against the Ford Motor Company. Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue of the District of Columbia Supreme Court held that Ford is thwarting the recovery act, and that the gov- ernment didn’t have to buy his products. “It would seem unreasonable that President Roosevelt should be com- pelled to contract with any com- pany, no matter how wealthy or powerful, if that company is thwarting the recovery act and de- fying the government to enforce it,” said Justice ‘O’Donoghue. “It is not reasonable that the government should be required to deal with any company blocking this great act of national recovery,” he continued. Justice O'Donoghue sustained the refusal of the government to buy Ford Trucks and automobiles for the Interior and Agricultural de- partments. Capt. Stoner Talks Over Air to Two Sons in Seattle ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25.—Capt. Frank E. Stoner, of the United States Army, Sig- nal Corps, spoke here for 30 minutes with his sons Frank and Larry, in the Seattle Radio office ever a two-way radio telephone just installed. Capt. Stener said the voices were heard distinctly. The radio telephone is not intended for commercial pur- potes at the present time but it is a stride forward. Radio telephcne will be in- stalled in all of the principal Alacka cities making a step ‘forward in northern communi- cations, | Despite the fact that R. C. “Danny | Dowling, Los Angeles dancer and Marjorie Crawford, aviatrix, kissed | as shown and told the court they | were married, Jlld(fe insists that Dowling must stand trial for “k naping” his bride. The then Miss | Crawford had Dowling arrested charging he had forced her to go to Yuma, Ariz., with him and tried to make her marry him. The couple wed after Dowling’s arrest i LABOR STRIFE, LEGAL DOUBTS, HOLD RECOVERY Speaker Viices Opposition to Dealing with Pro- fessional Unions NEW YORK, May 25.— Opposi- tion to dealing with “professional unions” was voiced here yesterday by T. M. Girdler, Chairman of the Republic Steel Corporation, at the annual meeting of the:Iron and Steel Institute. Girdler with other speakers term- ed labor difficulties and legisla- tive uncertainties the principal bar- riers to further recovery in indus- try. Girdler expressed praise for the company union plan in remarks considered significant in view of the announced intention of unions to seek labor agreements with the | steel companies. The nation’s steel industry will continue to ‘‘maintain the open shop,” Eugene G. Grace, President of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion, said at a dinner after the day meeting. PO - e EX-MONARCHS MAY SUE FOR ANANNULMENT Report Tak:Seriously in Paris—Termed Ridi- culous by Vatican PARIS, May 25.—Reports that former King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain intended to seek annulment of their 28-year-old marriage, published yesterday in Madrid, were taken seriously in Paris, but scoffed at in the Vati- can City. Friends of the former King and Queen in Paris said that there is some foundation in the report, but the royal couple has taken no ac- tion because of fheir ages. Also, an annulment might have a bad effect upon the hopes for re- storation of the monarchy. Vatican spokesmen characterized the report as ridiculous. Ketchikan Man l;_h) Marry Seattle Woman KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 25.— A marriage license has been is- sued to Carl B. Carlson, aged 28, of Ketchikan, and Miss Cecliz Ja- cobson, aged 27, of Seattle, ( TOEND STRIKE OF FISHERMEN Suggests thdt Hugh A. Wade Be Named to Med- iate Tieup at Cordova Hugh A. Wade, Deputy NRA Administrator for Alaska, who left here by plane today for that port to investigate the fishermen’s strike that has the canneries of the district tied up, has been sug- | gested as an arbitrator by Gov.| John W. Troy. The Governor has! telegraphed the Fishermen’s Union, | the packers and the Cordova| Chamber of Commerce urging| them to accept him as a mediator. | This action was taken as the| result of a radiogram received by | the Governor this morning from the Chamber of Commerce which/| declared that a hopeless deadlock | existed and only arbitration could ! avert economic disaster that would seriously affect the community | Legal Procedure Too Slow | A method "of arbitration undcr‘ the Governor is set up by a law | enacted by the first Alaska Legis- lature in 1913 but it involves such | 2 lengthy procedure that, were it | attempted, any relief would come too late to be of benefit for thls season. The Governor, therefore, has appealed to those interested to | accept Mr. Wade's services. ! The situation confronting the! community was depicted by the | Cordova Chamber in a message t.o! Gov. Troy as follows:' “Fishing strike Cordova area positively deadlocked, we having| exhausted all local means to bring parties together. Red run already | commenced and if lost this com-| munity, which includes fishermen i (Conunued on Page Two) H ———,,o——— MARKET RISES DESPITE LABOR DIFFICULTIES Cains of Fractions to Three| Points Recorded ‘ Dull Session NEW YORK, May 25.—Prices of {various leaders recorded gains to- day of one to two or more points. The list was steady throughout. A rallying tendency appeared late. Extreme dullness prevailed. The close was firm, with sales | of a little over a half - million shares. Sentiment seemed much improv- | ed in spite of labor troubles. Wheat Up Three Points ‘Wheat was up three points, and other cereals were strong. Bonds were mixed. Case and Dupont were up more than two points. Tobaccos recovered, some as much as two points. Others up strong fractions to almost two points were American Telephone and Telegraph, American Can, United States Steel, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Armour preferred, and Goodyear. Some rails, Commercial Alcohol, Industrial Alcohol, Depasco, United States ‘Smelting, American Smelt- ing, aircraft and utilities were about steady. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 94, American Power and Light 7%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 3, Ben- dix Aviation 15, Bethlehem Steel 332, Briggs Manufacturing 16%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrysler 39%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 14'2, General Motors 32%, International Harvester 31%, Ken- necott 19%, Standerd Oil of Cali- fornia 32'%, Ulen Company, no sale; United Aircraft 21%, United | States Steel 40%, Warner Pictures 5%, Pound $5.09%, Nebesna bid 1, ask 1.05. ——————— “Universal Bible Sunday” will be observed on December 9, 1934. | ployees today fought it out LIFEIN TRADE REPORTED NOW Vlgorous Lunge Ready for Genuine and Lasting Recovery Indicated NEW YORK, May 25.— Trade movements show renewed signs of ! life after a period of hesitation, Inc., reported to-, Dun-Bradstreet, day. The wholesale and retail activity has expanded again with the de- mand stronger in nearly all lines. Although confusion fostered a disposition to mark time for a while, the weekly review declared “everything is in readiness for a vigorous lunge forward as genuine and lasting recovery is being brought nearer than at any time durmg the past year.” TWO PULIGEMEN ARE SHOT DOWN MAKING ARREST |Speeding Chlcago Gang~ sters Wield Machine When Forced to Curb "CHICAGO, May 25—A carload m‘ gunmpn thought to be John Dil- linger and his gang of outlaws, shot two policemen to death Thurs- day night when officers sought to | stop them while speeding through | the city. Officers Martin O'Brien and Floyd Mulvihill, on auto patrol de- tail, forced the speeding car to | the curb. As the officers stepped from the car ,the outlaws killed ATTEMPT BANK ROBBERY Chicago, Tll, May 25.—Bank em- four bandits, believed to be mem- bers of the Dillinger gang. One bandit was killed outright, and fatally. Two women waiting in an auto in front of the bank, the South Holland Trust and Savings Bank another possibly wounded drove off with the other two and | escaped in a hail of lead. MAY REDUCE TOBACCO TAX 40 PER GENT IHouse Committee Takes! Action but with Cer- tain Proviso Made WASHINGTON, May 25—A flat forty percent reduction in all to- bacco taxes, with the understanding the entire cut be passed on to consumers of cigars and cigare has been approved by the House Ways and Means Committee S e New Moderator of Presbyterian Church Chosen at Assembly CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 25.—I William Chalmers Covert, Secretary of the Presbyter Board of Christian Education, h been elected Moderator of Presbyterian Church at the Four- teenth General Assembly. He is a member of the conservative group. with | | | I | { | | | Fermer soldiers frem New ank assembled in Unicn Square for a new to demand payment of the bonus. The above picture chows the men disnlaying their discharge papers Photo) before boarding buses for the tri BENEFACTOR ,OF BELGIUM PASSES AWAY Brand Whitiock, Former U. S. Ambassador, Dies as Result of Operations CANNES, May 25.—Brand Whit- | them with a burst of machine gun lock, aged 65 years, former United | fire and fled. | States Ambassador to Belgium, is dead here. He had been ill some | months and underwent two opera- tions for bladder trouble, the s ond yesterday. Funeral services will | be held tomorrow. The outbreak of the World War in 1914 and the invasion of Bel- | glum developed a great humanitar- | fan problem which focussed world- \wxde attention on the American | minister to Belgium. | This man was Brand Whitlock and his vigorous efforts in behalf | of the Belgian civilians in the face | of strong opposition by the Ger- | man military leaders won for him | the admiration and affection of the Belgians to a degree only slightly less than their love for their fight- ing king. Many others were active in rais- ing funds and food among the al- lied powers and neutrals for Bel- gian relief, but it was ‘through | Whitlock’s organization that such | relief came to be distributed. | Germany Recognized Him Trying situations without num- ber confronted the American min- ister at Brussels, in resisting pres- sure of various sorts exerted or at- tempted on the Belgian non-com- batants. It was largely through the vlgorous efforts of Mr. Whitlock \that the Germans finally desisted (from the wholesale deportations of | Belgian civilians into Germany for war work. | The report of his embassy on the execution by Germans of Miss |Edith Cavell, English nurse, who was convicted of aiding prisoners (of war to escape, caused many Ger- |man newspapers to urge that the | United States be asked to withdraw him but no official action was tak- en by Germany' He visited the | United States in December, 1915, Ito recoup his health, but soon re- turncd to his duties. (Continued on Page Five.) Horse-Napers Invade New Section; It’s in Kentucky The the | LOUISA, Kentucky, May 25 ransom racket has invaded Kentucky mountains with the ing from the stall last night of a registered stallion owned by R. C. Moore, veterinarian and a former judge, Dr.| The horse-napers tacked a ran- som note on the stable door de- Ak-‘md]ng $500. | A postscript was attached to the note saying: “This horse ain’t what we fust| | thot, Bring $250." p to the capital. ( SEATTLE, May 25.—The govern- ment has declared itself ready to care for needy striking longshore- men and their families until the termination of the strike. The Seattle office of the Wash- ington State Relief Administration announced that it had been direct- ed from state headquarters at Olympia to regard striking long- shoremen needing food and other living necessities in the same cate- gory as all other needy persons. The same policy was announced at San Francisco and will obtain in all ports where the strike is in effect, the Seattle office was giv- en to understand. Few Requests Here “Thus far the influence of the strike has been negligible as far as our enrollment is concerned,” A. M. Young, chief engineer here, de- clared. “Longshoremen have been getting work regularly up to the present and I don't think many have yet applied for relief.” The relief policy is predicated upon an order received from the Federal Relief Administration. WICKERSHAM BOUND HOME ment Address — Also Turns Sod for Hall SEWARD, Alaska, May 25.-—Judge/ James Wickersham is sod for the Ben Eielson Memorial| Hall, | to by the Territory, the Judge said — .~ - Warning Given —— | Johnson, Also | Sec. of Labor WASHINGTON, May 25.— Threats of a finish fight during the summer months between in- dustry and labor unions, with battle lines extending across the nation, stirred the capital to- day. | NRA Administrator Johnson | and Secretary of Labor Perk- ins have been warned of the danger of a pessible epidemic | of strikes, The | Judge Makes Commence-| STRIKERS RIOT; GUARDSMEN @PEN FIRE _u_v_vu_si_ IGOVERNORACTS INEW SIGNS OF \U. S. Relwf Offered Families of Strikers here en-| g5 __pete Kreis, of Knoxville, Tenn., route to his home in Juneau from ' driver, Fairbanks after his communwmem(cdl address at the Alaska College and | yoday School of Mines and breaking the | race ! |om~ de of Judge Wickersham said mcu-a.sed\sm”k at activities in gold and other min-| Tpe ing is better than ever and with |jmpact the coming of more aviation, the Interior is en Ng 4 new era | Statehood is being looked forward Il"[”(, (,”(,/ ~ PRESIDENT OF ' LONGSHOREMEN - ISSUES ORDER Wires Seattle Strikers to Load Certain Boats for Northern Territory |CONSIDERS REQUEST | TO BE MANDATORY [Mediation Board Continues Work at San Francisco —Hope Is Indicated Authorization by Joseph H. Ryan, President of the International Long= shoremen’s Association, to release lall Alaska ships now held up at Seattle, was laid before the strikers at Seattle this afternoon for rati- fication by Dewey Bennett, Secre- tary of the International Long=| | shoremen’s ~sociation, according |to an Associa.¢d Press dispatch to | The Empire late this afternoon. “I believe it means that every= thing is all right and the boys will load the ships and permit them to sail,” Benneit is quoted in the dispatch. The Tacoma conference, which has before it the proposal to reé= lease Alaska shipping, is still dead- Jocked according to Bennett's state= ment. Release Alaska Shipping Developments of the action of Loy iPrjsicent Ryvan. means . that order read: | parties to the, Medlation Co “The Federal Emergency Rellef ence in San Francisco are 100 per Administration is concerned with! cent behind the efforts to release administering relief to the needy| alaska shipping, said the Asso- unemployed and their families. Each. cjated Press dispatch. case applying for relief to the lo-| The Empire dispatch further says cal emergency relief agency should Bennett declared Ryan's request be treated on its merits as a relief | was mandatory and Bennett has case wholly apart from any con-telephoned Assistant Secretary of troversy in which the wage carner|ypabor McGrady at San Francisco, may be involved. who had given out the information Relief Authorized ‘LhLL Ryan had himself requested & “The Federal Emergency Relief boat to Cordova and other South= Administration will not attempt to!cast Alaska ports be released. judge the merits of labor disputes., Message from Ryan State and federal agencies exist as| Judge Charles A. Reynolds, well as courts which are duly Chairman of the Federal Labor qualified to act as arbiters and ad- | Board, now in Seattle, has received Jjusters in such disputes. Unless it be determined by the National La-| bor Board of the National Recovery Administration that the basis for n strike is unreasonable and unjusti-| fied, the FERA authorizes local re- lief agencies to furnish relief families of striking wage P'—\rnPrs after careful investigation has shown that their resources are not | sufficient to meet their emergency nee 4 AUTO RACERS AR KILLED Two Die in Practice Spin| on Speedway at i 'march” on Washington ‘ S S5+ s (Continued on Page Three) YUKUN SAILING PREDICTED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT (Wingard “Believes Early Settlement of Alaska Situation Probable Confidence that the steamer Yu= kon, of the Alaska Line, will sail from Seattle not later than Sat= urday night was expressed today 5 § by L. F. Wingard, Alaska Agent Indianapolis of the United States Bureau Of |Fisheries, who returned here last INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May|isht from a trip to Seaitle and Tacoma where he endeavored to aid in obtaining the release of Alaska shipping from the general Pacific Coast longshoremen’s strike. “I believe that the longshoremen will release Alaska shipping entirely within a few days, but, if they do not, it seems certain that the Government will do it for them,* |Mr. Wingard said. “The authorities, State and Federal, and the unions, [now have a true picture of the sit- uation as it is affecting the Ter= ritory, he added. Charged with Mr. Wingard left here last Sun= l\l”lllg Ifrnther .]duy_ morning by plane. He pro= and Bob Hahn, of Chico, riding mechanic, were killed in practicing for the big t Wednesday. Ar W out of control, ran| @ retaining wall and| many feet below. was cut in two by the The car - ceded directly to Olympia for a conference with Gov. Clarence D, Martin, and then returncd to Se= attle to confer with the union labor leaders. He was invited to address a meeting of the strikers, which he did. Some 500 heard him describe the disastrous results of the tieup, and his plea for reés sumption of shipping was listened to respectfuly. Many of the strik= ers, he said, are wholly in sym= GATE CITY, Virginia, May 25.~Clifford Davidsen, Chief of Police, is charged with killing his brother Cecil whom he sought to arrest for fighting with a negro. The shooting followed an ar- gument and the chief fired at his brether when he feared the latter had a gun and was ready % nat ik pathy with the Alaskan demand oA S AR that shipping here be permitted to operate on a normfl basis. He be< Different varieties of goldenrod |lieves an early settlement of the i contain from 0.5 to 6.34 per cent of 'Alaska end of the trouble is n rubber, sight. i 7 ey ]