The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6664. JUNEAU, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STRIKERS VOTE T0 BLOCKADE ALASKA; WILL OPPOSE ANY FURTHER LOADINGS GUMPRMISE |N;nk<;r Harriman Goes on Trial COASTAL STRIFE § NOT AGREED TO Three Th ou—sand Long- shoremen Turn Progosal Down at San Francisco ALASKA SHIPPING ! AGAIN BROUGHT UP Govaidinent May Load Boxer at Seattle—Ryan | Gives Qut Statement ! SAN FRANC 0, Cal., May 30.—Expressions of dis- satisfaction are heard as. striking coastal longshoremen | voted cn the propesal of the s hipowners for cooperative operation of hiring halls. Union leaders in Portland have denounced the proposal as vague and a subterfuge. Three thousand longshore-' men in this city (San Iran-‘ cisco) have unanimously de- cided not to accept the offer of the shipowners, a com- promise plan for recognition of the International Long- shoremen’s Association, joint operation of hiring halls and 18 hours after strikers return to work to discuss hours and wages. Advices received here from Tacoma is that the 750 long- shoremen there will probably decide against the com- promise proposal. Vote by Monday | All longshoremen’s organizations will have completed secret voting on the compromise plan, acceptance or rejection, by next Monday. Spokesmen at Los Angeles pre- | dicted an early settlement of the strike. ) At Marshfield, Oregon, the strik-' ers voted to return to work as soon as permission was secured from the International Longshoremen’s As- sociation. | e | “SOUTH POLE OF GOLD” IN $0. AMERICA' WASHI'NGT()N, May 30— The( “south pole of cold” is not in the' Antarctic, but hundreds of miles! nearer the equator in the Andes mountains of South America. It is the second most frigid spot, on earth with temperatures often as low as 70 below zero, oompar-l able to the “north pole of cold” in northern Siberia, says Director Na- varrette of the Chilean weather, bureau in a report to the Monthly Weather Review of the U. S, weath- er bureau. This cold spot is a region about! 80 miles wide, in the Andes moun- tains of northern Patagonia, along the Chile‘an-Argenune frontier. It! is a place of deep valleys with hngh’ mountain walls, an ideal reposi- ‘ tory for the chilled air from the1 Antarctic that settles into it from higher levels. “Crazy Flying” Planned | George Leisure Joseph W. Harriman | More than a year after his Harriman National Bank and Trust Co. failed to reopen after the bank holiday Joseph W. Harriman, presid ent and founder, appeared for trial in the Federal Court, New York, charged with misappropriating $1,713,226 of the bank funds. here shown with his attorney, George Leisure, | accused banker is The entering court, Admzral Togo Hero Japancso Russia War, Passes Awa sGiven Honor by Emperor on Death B ml TOKYO, May 30.—Admiral Hei- hachiro Togo, aged 86 years, hero of the Russo-Japanese war, died here today. He had been seriously ill for several weeks and yesterday the Emperor sent him a dozen bot- tles of wine, the customary action when the death of a distinguished subject is expected, also elevating the Admiral from Count to a Marquis. Admiral Togo, last of the army and navy commanders who led Japan’s forces to victory in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5, was known as “the Nelson of Japan.” By outmaneuvering, surrounding and annihilating the Russian grand fleet on May 27, 1905, he virtually clinched the victory of his country 'over the Czar, swept imperial Rus- sia’s flag from the Pacific and definitely ended the Russian dream of dominating Manchuria and thus becoming & determining factor in the affairs of, the Orient. Togo's admirers claimed this as the most decisive naval engagement since Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. | They said it settled the fate of two empires whereas Jutland, in 'he world war, was indecisive. First Citizen It made the Japanese command- jer the first citizen of the empire with a place nearer his sovereign |than any except princes of royal bipyd. The 1 ighent; coocrmians thm[ Togo's last official service was a Japanese subject may .possess jwere conferred upon him, including the most lustrous of all, the Order of the Golden Kite, first class. In his old age he was his coun- try’s hero of heroes and his modest | one-story, Japanese -style residence in the heart of Tokyo, atop Togo, Hill, named in his honor, became ia veritable shrine for patriotic pil- | grimages. It is understood that he will be canonized under Shinto rites, that a shrine of the national religion will be erected to his memory and_ that his soul will be worshipped there by future generations. Togo was born to a samurai fam- !ily of the Satsuma clan near Kago- shima December 22, 1847. He was 3on1y 12 years old when he began | \to train for a caree as a fighting |man and four years later he went by B .I- h All' cmmdnw his country’s infant navy. At ~HEIHACHIRO TOGO in command of the fleet when the| war with Russia started ten years later. In 1911 he represented his sover- eign at the coronation of King George V in England, returning by | way of America. The United States Senate gave him an official recep- tion and he was banqueted by gov- ernors of states and mayors wher- ever he halted on his journey across ‘the country. 'as tutor to the then crown prince, the present Emperor Hirohito. He \instilled in the future ruler the code of the samurai, but saw to it also that there was plenty of education in mgdern science, still a hobby with Hirohito. ‘Togo married on his return from his studies in England. His wife also lived to a great age. She was a niece of Roenin of Mito, a patriot who became famous by assassinat- ing in 1860 Kamon no Kami, prime minister of the last of the shoguns. Their son, Takeshi Togo, is chief horticulturist of the department of | the lmpena.l household and a spe- “(Gontinued on Page 'l‘hme) S e — MIDDLE WEST | the age of 21 he was sent to Eng- LONDON, May 30.—The Brmsl_”land remaining there eight years! brand of “crazy flying” which Am-' erica has seen at her national air| races, is to be improved this year. Sir Alan Cobham’s air circus will introduce the aerial version of “pick of captain in command of the cruis-| up the handkerchief.” A pilot will' pick handkerchiefs from the ground and studying under experts of v,he British navy. Naval Encounter By 1894 he had risen to the rank er Naniwa. With this vessel, on IJuly 25, he sank a Chinese troop- - AGAIN HIT BY ~ 2HARD BLOWS CHICAGO, 11, May 30.—Further with tiny hooks fixed to the wing ship en route to Korea. The action drought and mounting tempera- tips of his plane. | precipitated the war which drove tures threaten to damage Middle Another stunt takes its idea from |Chinn out of Korea and eventuated West's late crops which escaped the trapeze specialties, An airplane is|later in annexation of the hermit | previous ravages. This is according to be looped through a large wood- en hoop fixed close to the ground. kingdom to Japan. He was a full fledged admiral i“’ reports received here up to noon today. of Hussar Yacht Party, Brought Here by Plane David McCulloch, noted sports= man with the E. F. Hutton pa: aboard the yacht Hussar, brought to Juneau on the seaplan Baranof at 10 o'clock last ) sufering with a severe wound in his right forearm received while hunting in the woods back of St. James Bay about 6 o'clock yester= day afternoon. He was rushed to St. Ann’s hos- pital in the ambulance and Dr. W. W. Council, who had flown out to the yacht to care for him, oper= ated at once. The radius of his arm was shattered and the flesh badly torn by the bullet from a 405 calibre rifle which was intend- ed for a wounded bear. Hal Roach, also a member of the party return- ed to Juneau on the Baranof at the hospital during the night. Though sufering from the wound and loss of blood, Mr. McCulloch is reported to be resting more eas~ ily this morning. ‘The Hussar proceeded to Juneau immediately after the departure of the plane and arrived in Gasti- neau Channel this morning as did ward, which has been accompany- ing the Hussar during its hunting cruise in Alaskan waters. Te Be Taken South Present plans are to take McCulloch aboard the Hussar morrow and leave at once for attle. Tt is expected that Council and two nurses will company the party south to care| for the wounded man. The accident occurred after Mr. McCulloch, who was hunting with Wesley Meyers, a guide, had wounded a bear. As the bear start- ed to make its getaway, Mr. Mc- Culloch called to the guide to shoot before the animal got away, and as the shot was fired, threw |his arm up, in the path of the| bullet. Mr, to- Se- Fast Connections It required about two and one- half hours for Mr. McCulloch and { the guide to make their way back to the Hussar and the plane and a physician were radioed for at| (Continuea on Page Eight) FISHERMEN G0 (BACK TO WORK; ACCEPT TERMS Wade Successhul i in Medla-‘ tion at Cordova After | All-Night Session ‘ CORDOVA, Alaska, May 30— Local fishermen, who rejected Mon- day the cannerymen’s compromise proposal of 27% cents for reds and 5 cents for pinks, through the mediation of Hugh J. Wade, NRA representative, fishing immediately on the can-| nerymen’s terms. Mr. Wade left for Juneau on the | steamer Cordova which was held | eight hours in port until the mat- ter was finally settled. The decision of the fishermen | will put five canneries in *the Cor- | dova district into immediate opera- tion. This averts a loss estimated to have involved at least $500,000 The settlement of the strike was announced today in a telegram to Gov. John W. Troy from the Cor- dova Chamber of Commerce which praised the work of Mr. Wade highly. It said: Mr. Wade, facing a most difficult condition, through tireless efforts and ' at the last minute when the situation semed hopeless, appeased the fishermen who have just voted almost unanimously .to fish immediately. The ecitizens of | | r | Cordova most grateful to yourself and Mr. Wade. David McCulloch, Member the Campbell Church yacht West- | Dr. | ac- | | intertwined the affairs of Cuba and | |Around Bedside after an all-night | ¢ session voted yesterday to start| g with Mr. McCulloch and remained | Q lnhmlllonfl fl]\utnhd News CUBAN TREATY IS SIGNED TO REPLACE OTHER |Rethins: Naval Rights for| U. S.—Gives Cuba More Freedom WASHINGTON, May 30.—A new treaty wiping out the old one which | the United States was signed yes- terday by Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull and Ambassador Stirling. The treaty, which is subject to Senate ratification, retains Ameri- can naval base rights, but gives Cuba addmonnl freedom. A U Gov. Rulph Dying; Family Groups SAN JOSE, Calif., May 30. —Gov. James Rolph, jr., 65- year-old Chief Executive of this state, was near death this morning at his home in this city. His family was with him and the end was expected at any time. His illness is of long dura- tion but it did not take a ® grave turn until recently. 00000000000 —— [Nobel Prizes Are . Shrinking Slightly STOCKHOLM, May 30. — The Nobel prizes for 1934 will amount BRAZIL. RECALLS Roosevelt A ppeals for National Consolidation in Memorial Day Speech GETTYSBURG, Pa., President Roosevelt, standing on the field that once ran red with | the blood of warring Americans, to- day consecrated anew the Nation to brotherhood in “A New Under- standing” sounding the “doom to sectionalism.” He attacked those who have come to be called chiselers; those who seek to “build animosity by a dis- tortion of the facts.” Mr. Roosevelt's Memorial Day ad- dress, delivered at the site of the greatest battle ever fought on Am- May 30.—|erican soil, the battle hailed by ‘historians as the turning point for the Union in the Civil War, cul- minated in a ringing plea for a “consolidated nation.” “Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson fought and worked for a consolidated Nation. You and I have it in our power to attain that lowing peacefully the methods pre- scribed under the broad, resilent provisions of the Constitution of the United States,” he declared ALBERT'S FEATS PETROPOLIS, Brazil, May 30.— A plaque in commemoration of the mountain climbing feats in Brazil of King Albert of the Belgians has been placed at the top of Mount Maria Comprida, 6500 feet high. The late King scaled several mountains in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro and in the Organ chain near this city. Noted Japanese Bridge Is Ruined MATSUE, Japan, May 30.—The O-ha-shi, or “long bridge” ing an arm of the sea here and immortalized by Lafcadio Hearn in ‘GOLDEN MILE ERA IS FOUND ISTANBUL, May 30.—Ruins of the “golden mile,” from which all the roads of the Byzantine empire were measured, are believed to have been laid bare by Turkish workmen, digging a modern sewer in Istanbul The ruins were at {irst believed to be part of the famous hippo- drome, though their location be- iween St. Sophia and the Blue Mosque would have revolutionized conception of the hip- position. Mamboury, French { the form podrom Prof. Erne cross- | the marble bl states positively that cks unbared cannot \be part of the hippodrome, as they | {lie too far beyond that great siruc- archeologist by great ideal. We can do this by fol-| to 162500 kroner each, or ap-!his lyrical essay on “The Chief City |ture’s known bounrlnngs. which he proximately $40,625 at par. This|of the Province of the Gods,” was |eays, were fixed by British experts | figure, slightly less than last year, |wrecked when the current swung in 1932 results from lowered returns on)|a heavy barge into one of its pu-rs.‘ DRSS 10 AT the funds of the Swedish Nobel | Six persons were drowned. Institute. Mexicans Study Japanese MEXICO, D. F.—In line with the policy of the Japanese foreign of- fice to encourage international friendship through understanding of Japanese culture, an academy for oriental studies has been organ- ized in the faculty of the University of Mexico. - (Arlists of Soviet Alumni of CCC i Are Being Schooled { | WASHINGTON, - —~“Happy Day a publication written by and dis- LENINGRAD, May 30.—A school tributed among members of the of painting and modeling for 106 Civilian Conservation Corps, has!children who won prizes at a re- announced the formation of a Con- cent competition for beginners has | servation Corps Reserve, meber- :beon opened here. Professors of the ship in which is limited to former Academy of Art are teaching the | members of the CCC who were“budding artists who range from 10 ) honorably discharged. {to 15 years of age. e STRIKERS VOTE NOT TO PERMIT MORE SAILINGS Will Complete Blockads Alaska from All Ameri- can Ports in South BOXER MAY BE SENT NORTH WITH CARGO Ryan Infor—ra S. E. Al- aska Ports Serviced by Two Canadian Lines All Alaska was today threatened with a complete suspension of all shipping, cemmercial and private, as the result of balloting yester- day in Puget Sound long- sheremen’s unions, according to Associated Press reports received teday by The Em- pire. The strikers are declared to have decided that no emer- gency exists here because two Canadian steamship lines are already serving Alaska. DELEGATES VOTE “NO” Officials of the longshore- men’s unions at Tacoma said the delegates to the special meeting held there yesterday relative to releasing more Al- aska shipping, voted against releasing any more cargoes from Seattle. It is said the delegates vot~ ed against making further exceptions in allowing load- ing of vessels carrying food to Alaska. Gov. Troy's appeal to the long- shoreman unions to release Alaska shipping has met with complete rejection, it was announced today the Governor. The longshore- men suggested he take up the mat- ter with the operators. “I have been doing this for two weeks and am so wiring the unions again today,” the Governor de- clared. “We are taking no sides |and seek to fix no responsibility on |anyone. | the ruination of Alaska, its indus- We only want to prevent tries and its institutions,” he de- clared. The unions’ wire to Gov. Troy, which was received this morning said: “We respectfully request that you refer. this telegram to the parties directly responsible for conditions embodied in your telegram, namely the Waterfront Employers of the Pacific Coast.” Government May Act Indications that the Government may take steps to protect Alaska was given when officials of the Department of Interior sent in- structions to Seattle to prepare the vesel Boxer, now in Lake Union at Seattle, to sail next Monday with a general cargo, but only if the strike is not settled by then and if the longshoremen still re- fuse to load vessels destined for the upper part of the Alaska ter- ritory. In Seattle, Joseph . Ryan, Presi- «,onunued on Page Eight) Ihnko Is Leading By Nose in Indianapolis Race INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30.—By a narrow margin of five seconds, Frank Brisko, Milwaukee, was leading in the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race here today at the end of the first 100 miles. Mauri Rose, Ohio, was second, Ralph Hepburn, Los Angeles, third. Nine contestants had been forced out because of car trouble and two were al- ready out because of acel- 00000 svccse