The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1934, Page 1

" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS L THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6666. JUNEAU, ALASKA, IDAY, JUNE 1, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ NEW PROPOSAL IN LONGSHORE STRIKE PRESIDENTT0 Man Who Planned Suicide TAKE ACTION, STEEL STRIKE Plans Are Revealed fo Pre- vent Tie-up in One of Country’s Industries WALKOUT IS NOW SET FOR JUNE 16, Government Also Moving to Settle Differences, Cotton Textiles WASHINGTON, June 1.—Presi- dent Roosevelt is reported planning | to move next week to avert a gen- eral strike in the steel industry which strike has been set for June 16. This plan developed as NRA| sought to prevent a tie-up in the cotton textile industry in which a general strike was called for next Monday with the prediction that| 300,000 will walk out if NRA's| curtailment of production of 25 percent is further demanded. —— - ALAMEDA, Cal, June 1.— Frank “I hope mnobody believes I am nutty. I am frantic, desperate, be- cause of my family starving. I am half crazy, maybe, but not insane,” said Bennett. On order of the District Attorney, by Exploding Auto Loaded With Dynamite, Not Crazy| ,from the case and Bennett has Bennett today denied he is insane.| peen promised a $2,000 annual posi- [ tion. Bennett planned suicide by set- ting off a dynamite laden auto in | which he sat for 24 hours contem- plating action while the police, at Bennett remains in the hospital | & distance, finally persuaded him under observation. The District At-|to abandon the attempt. torney said the man is suffering Bennett's wife and three chil- a mental condition which certainly | dren will be taken care of by the requires treatment for insanity and | police but he is out of the hands a complaint was issued accordingly. The police have been recalled GROUP SOLDBY LOCALOWNERS Property to Be Developed as Soon as Possible to Bring in Equipment Announcement was made today of HERBERT MINE | the sale of the Herbert Mining| STOCKS AGAIN ‘Gmup, gold quartz property, near Herbert Glacier, by the local stock- holders to Capt. John C. Holland, | of the police because of the Dis- | trict Attorney's action. GEN, JOHNSON HITS CRITIC., ' RECOVERY ACT | ‘Mouthpiece of Crew of Nation’s Wreckers' WASHINGTON, June 1.—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson last night told the country that “you couldn't take the code away from one of the cedified industries with a machine | 'Slaps Ogden L. Mills as' SILVER BILL PASSES HOUSE BIG MAJORITY White Metal Now Placed on 25 to 75 Per Cent Ratio with Gold WASHINGTON, June 1.— The Administration’s silver purchase bill, the first of such, measures since 1893, to have White "House approv- al, has passed the House of Repre- 'REPORT ON WAR DEBTS MADE T0 CONGRESS TODAY No Legislation Is Necessary or Advisable at Present Time WASHINGTON, June 1.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, in a report to Con- gress today on war debts, held out promise for discussions of revision with European debtor mations who sentatives by a vote of 263 to 71, and has been sent to the Senate sured. money base and it is estimated that ver., - CORDOVA FEELS STRIKE EFFECT, DECLARES WADE Restaurants Ration Butter its enactment will require the pur-|“special circumstances” chase of 1,300,000,000 ounces of sil-|considered by emphasizing that the HIT DECLINE; STEELS LEAD Downward Trend in Mar- ket Today with Losses of One to Three Points NEW YORK, June 1. — Stocksl displayed a downward trend to-| mining engineer of Denver, Colo- rado, who is representing a group of St. Louis and Denver princi- pals, in the deal. Papers have all been signed and though the amount involved in the deal was not made | public, it was said to be very sat- isfactory to all parties involved. Included in the sale is the re- tention of an interest in the pron- erty by all local stockholders. This property, said to be the finest look- ing mining proposition he has seen in years, by Capt. Holland, was lo- —Eggs and Other Staples Exhausted gun or crowbar.” | ‘This was his reply to a new at-| tack made by NRA's critics, notably Ogden L. Mills, whom he called | “mouthpi f f the | :‘:m',?:"wk;g:,fi;fl RipION of e Meals in Cordova, and presum- {ably in other towns in western and Ot Jehnmon:suade his addre:f | central Alaska, are simple and the at a meeting of the National Cath-| ‘olic Alumni Federation and it was 904 Of the plainest, according to | carried over the Columbia network. |Hugh A. Wade, Deputy NRA Ad- Gen. Johnson said the only ones complaining about the codes were “some employers who want fo take turned home yesterday after a suc- cessful mediation in the fisher- ministrator for, Alaska, Who iy day with net losses of one to three | g¢aq by C. L. Gelsinger and E. points. Steels again lead in the | o Kibbey, prospectors, about two decline, leaders of this group touch- | yeqrs ago, Other local stockhold- ing new lows for the year. ers are Mrs. Frank Garnick, Dr. Today’s close was heavy. and Mrs. L. P. Dawes labor of other men for less than enough to provide them a living, and politicians so callous of human | rights, and for the sake of their own selfish advantage at the forth- coming elections, aré willing to de-| men’s strike at Cordova. The whole community was overjopyed at the strike settlement and looks forward to a fine season if the shipping situation is relieved, he said. An agreement between the strik- Trading was relatively dull. Capt. Holland is planning to leave ceive the public about the greatest | ¢ 80d packers was reached at the Grain Price Relapse on the Princess Norah for the Forecasts of showers in the gouin and'to return as soon as drought stricken districts brought possible with the necessary ma- profit taking causing a relapse in! chinery to begin development work grain prices, most of the cem"‘JM once. From all indications it endxpg one cent or more under”flu be one of the biggest mining previous quotations. propositions to be developed in this United States Steel preferred, yicinity in recent years, according Case, Sears-Roebuck, General Mot-|t, those interested. ors, Johns-Manville, Dupont, Union | Pacific were down about two or| three points. Several new lows for the year| - ‘were recorded. Today's Losers Losers of major fractions to one | point or more were United States Steel common, Bethlehem Steel, American Telephone and Telegraph, American Can, Montgomery-Ward, Chrysler, Corn Products, United States Smelting, Celanese, Ameri-| can Smelting. { Homestake was off ten points. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 1.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 921, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 13%, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 14%, Bethlehem Steel 30%, Briggs Manufacturing 16%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrysler 38%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 30, International’ Harvester 30%, Kennecott 18%, Standard Oil of California 32, Ulen Company no sale, United Aircraft 20%, Warner Pictures 5%. Pound $5.06%, Ne- besna bid 1.03, ask 1.10, United States Steel 38%. BANK ROBBED; VICTIMS ARE PUT IN VAULT Bandits Raid Institution at Carnation, Escape with $400 or $500 SEATTLE, June 1.—Locking the cashier, C. H. Yand, and a patron, E. J. Miller, in the vault, two rob- bers late yesterday afternoon held up the Snoqualmie Valley Bank at Carnation and escaped with be- tween $400 and $500. Yand released himself and Mil- OUTBREAKS ARE RAGING IN CUBA Army Held in Readiness to Quell Disturbances of Serious Nature HAVANA, Cuba, June 1.— The Cuban Government is holding the Army in readiness to combat fur- ther disorders as the series of anti- American outbreaks showed mo sign of abatement. Guards are still maintained around American Ambassador Caf- fery. CONGRESS MAY BE PROLONGED Two Measures Must Be Dropped if Session Is to Adjourn Early ‘WASHINGTON, June 1.—Unless President Roosevelt drops the Wag- ner Labor Bill and Housing Pro- gram, Congress must be prolonged two or three weeks. This was the assertion made here by leaders in Congress. Arbitration, Not Mediation, in Gran Chaco Dispute GENEVA, June 1.—The Coun- cil of the League® of Nations has decided to accept Bolivia’s ppeal for arbitration in the rand Chaco war instead of ap ler and then notified the Sheriff. ‘Two robbers were shot and kill- ed in an attempted hold-up of the bank in 1924. mediation. This action was after Paraguay announced nation had no objections this new procedure. tt! social advance of modern times.” 3 KIDNAPERS GONVICTED ON SECOND CHARGE Gettle Abductors Will Spend Remainder of Lives in Prison ° LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jure 1,—\] The three men who recently kid- naped William F. Gettle, have been convicted of using the mails to| send extortion notes and sentenced | to 37 years each. Sentencing of the two women, Loretta Woody and Mona Galli- ghen was deferred. The three men, James Kirk, Roy Williams and Loren Feltus, are al- ready serving life sentences for kid- naping Gettle, but the conviction on the mail charge prevents them from ever securing a pard(/m. Housing Facilities Lag for Workers in Boom NEWCASTLE, Ind., June 1—Hous- ing facilities here have failed to keep pace with the amount of work to be bad, with the result that some 1,200 workers must commute from other nearby cities and towns. Newcastle’s boom for most part is caused by the reopening. at full time of a branch of one of the country’s largest automobile manu- facturers. Similar conditions prevail in Con- nersville, Anderson and Hagers- town, other Indiana industrial cen- ters specializing in automobile manufacturing, making of auto- {motive parts and accessories, cabi- nets for domestic refrigerators and similar equipment. Large Grain Elevator | VANCOUVER, Wash, — A grain elevator 228 feet high, containing 54 storage bins, with a capacity of '13200 bushels each is being con- | structed here to be completed in time to receive Jall wheat. —— | Eleven Kansas counties had no fatal automobile accidents during 1933, the State Board of Health re- ported. g | last minute last Tuesday while the | steamer Cordova was held in port {to await the outcome of re-opened 1 conferences following rejection Mon- day by the fishermen of the pack- ers' final offer. | ‘The settlement prevented a ser- (lous situation in Cordova and one that would have crippled all lines | of business and activity in the com- | munity, causing the loss of hun- ;dreds of thousands of dollars, Mr. | Wade gave much of the credit to the Cordova Chamber of Com- imerce, particularly James L. Galen and Capt. A. E. Lathrop, who worked incessantly for a compro- mise even after it seemed hope- less. People were so concerned over the fishermen’s strike they didn't have much time to worry about the transportation situation at the time. However, there is a distinct shortage of a number of food com- modities. Restaurants, Mr. Wade said, are |rationing out their limited supply |of butter. Eggs are off the mar- \ket. Fresh meat is difficult to ob- |tain. There are no green veget- | ables of any kind to be_had. Flour stocks are,being depleted, but the Red Cross there has a limited supply of that commodity that can be borrowed as a last re- sort. Passengers on the Cordova in- formed Mr. Wade that flour was practically exhausted in Anchorage. Shortages in other lines were re- ported there and elsewhere. There has been no vessel arriving in western ports from Seattle for two weeks and it will be the middle of next week before the North Wind can reach them. Great Flee Is Aachored, N. Y. Harbor Ninety-six Vessels Furnish Finest Spectacle Am- erican Naval History NEW YORK, June 1—After steaming into the harbor behind the flagship of its smiling Com- ask and present “special circum- stances relating to means and where passage is considered agf|methods of payment.” The President suggested no leg- ‘The bill places silver on a 25 to|islation at this session of Congress 75 per cent ratio with gold as the|is either necessary or advisable. The President indicated what would be factors would, be whether nations are utilizing their resources for “re- covery purposes, and can make a ‘reasonable payment on debts owed, or are spending for unproductive nationalistic purposes. The Amer- ican people are in a just position to ask that substantial sacrifices be made to meet these debts.” - eee COL. LINDBERGH GIVES OPINION ON AIR GORPS Views on Organization, Personnel and Equip- . ment Are Presented ‘WASHINGTON, June 1.— Col Charles A. Lindbergh has given the special committee surveying the Air Corps activities, his views on the organization, personnel and equipment of Army fliers. The special committee, headed by Newton D. Baker, said Col. Lind- bergh appeared before the . body but withheld information concern- ing his testimony, also refusing to name the day on which he ap- peared. NAVY PLANES COMING NORTH DURING JuLY Twelve Aircraft Hop from San Diego July 17 Bound for Juneau SAN DIEGO, Cal, June l— ‘Twelve Navy Patrol planes take off from here July 17 on an Alaskan flight to last seven weeks. ‘The planes will visit Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, Cordova, Seward, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor. The planes will be accompanied by the U. 8. S. Wright, Sandpiper, Swan and Avocet. GORST AIR LINES BOEING BOAT HERE WITH PASSENGERS Bringing passengers north from Seattle, Murray Stuart, pilot with the Gorst Air Lines, of Seattle, arrived here at 11 o'clock tis fore- noon in a Boeing flying boat. The ship left Seattle yesterday morning and remained all night in Ketchi- kan, continuing here this morning. The ship is a 5-place plane and is used for charter work out of Beattle and on the Gorst Air Ferry line to Bremerton. It is expected to leave here for Seattle tomorrow morning. Coming north on the Boeing boat were Sheldon Simmons, Tony Lind- strom, E. C. Hill and John Barrett. CURACAO BOUND FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA TOWNS AFTER CARGO The Alaska Steamship Company feeder ship Curacao, ordinarily opeating out of Cordova to Kodiak and Cook Inlet, left Cordova this SEATTLE, June 1.—Charles J. ternational Highway Association of Washington, in behalf of more than 100 service and civic organi- zations of the state, in a message to Representative Wilburn Cart- wright, of Oklahoma, Chairman of the House Roads Committee at ‘Washington, D. C. to “report out the Dimond House bill appropriat- ating two million one hundred Fisk, Secretary of the Pacific-In-| Washington Organization Seeks A p propriation for Pacific - Inter., Highwa y thousand dollars for the Alaska sector of the Pacific-International Highway.” Another message has been sent to Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond, advising him of the action of the organization which was perfected here Tuesday night when the As- sociation was formed. Fisk, who is news editor of the ‘Alaska Weekly, was elected Secre- | tary of the organization. JUNEAUITES MAY HAVE GHANGE TO TRY FISH DIET Markets Nearly Cleaned Out of Fresh Meat—Ex- pect None on North Wind With the exception of the United Food Meat Market and the Sani- tary Meat Market, every shop in city expects to be completely out of fresh meat by this afternoon, and these small supplies are by no means completé. Not only is the meat practically gone, as far as can be determined, none is aboard the North Wind, recently released by the striking longshoremen to bring supplies north. The United Food Market is the only shop expecting a consignment of fresh meat, aboard the Prin- cess Norah from the south and also is the only shop with enough meat on hand to last until Mon-| day or Tuesday, if one confines oneself to beef or pork, as the chicken, lamb and mutton are gone. ‘When queried as to the situation, the replies from the various mar- kets were: Alaska Meat Company, “We have nothing but veal and pork and what little there is of that will be sold out by this afternoon. The worst of it is, that it looks us thought there is none aboard the North Wind.” Sanitary Meav Company: have a little of everything but pork and believe we will be able to sup- ply our customers with lamb, veal, beef or chicken until tomorrow ev- ening, but it won't hold out any longer than that. It is believed there is no fresh meat on the North Wind, but there will belanq urging the Government to| plenty of ham and bacon No Meat, None Coming APPEALS FLOOD GOVERNOR TROY, WHO WAITS WORD Ruin Facing Seward Pen- insula Says Wire—P.A.F. Seeking Ship Release While Gov. Troy today awaited word from Washington on his recommendation that the Govern- ment, if necessary, start commerce moving Alaska-ward, he was be- seiged with appeals from all sec- tions of the Territory. Grant Jack- son, President of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce and banker of Nome, wired from Seattle that facilities for 500 passengers immediately if Seward Peninsula is to be saved from utter ruin. The Pacific American Fisheries, wiring its supplies for Bristol Bay must its canneries were to be operated this season. And an urgent ap- peal was received from the inhabi- tants of the Kuskokwim River Valley. Jackson Sees No Hope said: “The longshoremen’s strike has now reached a deadlock. No hope for resumption of shipping for ex- jer.ded period which will result in complete ruin of Northwestern Al- aska mining season, requiring sub- “We|ctantial Government relief funds! next fall and winter. On May 24 as President of Northwestern Al- aska Chamber of Commerce, I tele- graphed the President, Secretary of Interior Ickes, Delegate Dimond and Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady stressing our predicament furnish boats and men to send all forms of supplies and mining ma- —_— i i TETE RYAN SUGGESTS _SETTLEMENT BY COMPANY UNITS “Our First Obligation Is to Alaska,” Declares Pres- ident of I. L. A. PROPOSES STRIKERS SIGN INDEPENDENTLY and 7,000 tons of cargo are needed | from Bellingham, declared | Mr. Jackson’s wire to Gov. Troy | | mediately.” | { !San Francisco Union Lead- ers Said Not to Be in Favor of Plan The first gleam of light in the Seattle-Alaska shipping tieup ap= peared today with a suggestion from J. H. Ryan, President of the In- ternational Longshoremen’s Union, that the unions negotiate with in- dividual operators and sign up with those willing to accept the strik- ers’ terms. This was revealed in an Associat- ed Press dispatch from Seattle to The Empire. Another Associated Press dispatch from San Francisco, however, said union spokesmen did not believe the plan would go through. Alaska Biggest Obligation Mr. Ryan returned to Seattle to- day from San Francisco and sug- gested the new plan which, it was sald may result in partial resump- tion of shipping out of Seattle and other ports. He recommended that the Strikers' Executive Board be given power to sign up independ- ently with operators who agree to recognize the longshomemens’ union and hire help from union halls. start moving by next Monday if | This was to have been considered today by the Seattle unions. Mr. Ryan said: “Our biggest | obligation is to the Alaska trade, I think there should be a separ- ate agreement between the Alaska operators and the men so that Al- aska shipping can be released im- Ketchikan is to get some relief from the Canadian Pacific. The liner Princess Adelaide sailed from Vancouver Wednesday for that port. Mediators Are Pessimistic With the strike deadlocked every- where, following the rejection of the eompromise offer of the opera=- tors, President’s Mediation Board turned toward San Prancisco to renew negotiations. They were ad= mittedly discouraged. One of the Board's members, who refused to allow his name to be used, was frankly skeptical of immediate settlement of the strike. |He declared “everyone will admit Frye-Bruhn Meat Market: “We|[chinery and equipment and pas- have no meat, absolutely none and|sengers for Seward Peninsula, for have none coming as far as we|which service shippers would pay knew. We got a wire from Seat-|regular tariff rates. tle this morning that the company| .Newspapers now state Govern- was unable to get any space aboard | men; proposes sending steamer Box- Yo /Noh. WhHAH er as relief ship. This wholly and Piggly Wiggly: “We are almost|yia1y jnadequate for our needs. completely out of fresh meat,(wo feel that the Government though ‘we possibly have enough|gnouid charter the Victoria and veal, chicken and beef to take care of our customers until tomorrow morning, it is pretty low. haven't any pork. As far as we know, there’s none on the way north.” United Food Has Plenty United Food Meat Market: “We have plenty of meat to last until Monday or Tuesday. Of course, the selection isn't complete, but we have a side of beef, and some pork. The chicken, lamb and mut- ton is all sold out, but we have plenty of every variety of fresh meat coming north on the Princess Norah, so there will be no need for people to do without for a while.” SITUATION AT ARMS SESSION VERY SERIOUS Conference Adjourns Late Today Until Next Tues- day, Announcement GENEVA, June 1.—Arthur Hen- derson, President of Disarmament additional freight steamers, and place whatever Government officers ©land men thereon needed and sup- ply Government men to load them allowing our people and supplies to jgo forward to commence our mining season. I hope you will urge such procedure be followed immediately. Facilities for five hundred passengers and seven thou- and tons of cargo are required to meet the situation.” Appeal to President The Pacific American Fisheries, which has offered to meet every union demand, advised Gov. Troy it had telegraphed Delegate Di- mond as follows: “We wish to acquaint you with the facts concerning this company in the present longshoremen’s strike and to urge you to assist us in every way. Following are the facts: ‘On the day this strike was called we went befpre the Executive Com- mittee of the longshoremen’s union and explained to them we were not a commercial company but were operating fishing vessels to carry our own men and cannery supplies to Alaska. We told them |we already had over 300 men in Alaska who would soon be short of food and that we had hired over 500 men to go north on the steamer North King and was then ready to load. We were accompanied be- fore the committee by represen- Conference, announced that owing |tatives of the sailors’ union, the to the gravity of the situation, the firemen’s union, the cooks' and mander-in-Chief, President Frank-|morning for Juneau and Ketchikan lin D. Roosevelt, the U. S. Battle[t0/ pick up lumber and supplies Fleet of 96 vessels anchored ia the [from Southeast Alaska cities. Ar- harbor for an 18 day stay after be- [Fival time has not yet been de- ing reviewed. It was one of the|términed as the routing of the greatest spectacles in American|SHID has not been definitely decided Naval history. * |upon. Conference will be adjourned this afternoon until next Tuesday. e GROTON, June 1. — President Roosevelt today attended the grad- uation of his youngest son, John, ltmm the Groton school. waiters’ union, the marine engin- | that sooner or later this strike will be settled. But it looks right now as if it will be settled by bullets, guns and gas.” Another member of the same { Board asked: “Why must we re= |sort to guerilla warfare? Forced |peace will not he lasting peaee | He placed the blame for the dead= lock on both sides. May Defeat Ryan Plan The newest plan of President |Ryan for individual settlement did not seem to meet with favor in San Franciseco union quarters. Dis= trict Coast headquarters there said [the Seati Yo s present this to Washington and | tle union revealed it had received offers from several ems ployers to negotiate separate set- tlements which they had referred to Coast district officials. Neither side would tell what com- panies have made the offers. Spakesmen for the strikers in San Francisco forecast that the plan ni:d not be approved by the o< rals, - e — TRADE TREND UPWARD;CASH 1S PLENTIFUL NEW YORK, June 1.—While the business trend continues upward & tension is spreading in the business world lately says the weekly re- view today issued by Dun-Brad- street, Inc. Uneasiness is attributed to the failure of distribution to hold around the high levels reached dur- ing the first quarter and less fa- vorable crop reports and prospects of labor trouble. eers’ union and the delegate of the| “To counterbalance these retard- Alaska Pishermen's Union, all of |ative influences there is plenty of whom stated to the committee that [money awaiting an opportunity for as far as their associations were |investment as soon as the period ' " |of obstructive legislation will have (Continued on Page Eight) ' ‘|spent its force,” the review says