The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 11, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIV., NO. 6674. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SHIPS ARE NOW NORTH BOUND; OTHERS BEING LOADED TWO THOUSAND STORM DEALS DESTRUCTION, SANSALVADOR Communications Lines Are Down, Airplanes Used to Report Death Scene SAN SALVADOR, June 11. — A tropical storm and hurricane of great intensity, carrying with it a geries of cloudbursts, apparently killed 2,000 here and 500 in Hon- | duras. he storm reached its height on Thursday smashing all communica- tions. | The Air Corps sent airplanes to make a survey of the country and the pilots reported death and de- fruction everywhere. The pilots dropped messages to dl cemmunities where life was ob- srved asking them to report to the Capital the extent of the casualties ahd loss in each village, One observer saw evidences of whole towns being destroyed by ladslides whicn were started down the voleano slopes as the result of repent rains. The President of the Republic hes issued a decree that prices of fosdstuffs must remain as before the disaster. B STEEL STRIKE IS T0 BE PUT UP T0 CONVENTION Finish Fight Seems Cer- tain Between Two * Branches, Workers PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 11.— Storm clouds gathered today over the special convention of the union steel men called for June 14 to determine the strike action. A finish fight is brewing be- tween the conservative branch of the Amalgamated Association of the Ton, Steel and Tin Workers headed by Michael Tigue, Presi- dent, and the militant rank and file insurgents, who waged a verbal warfare with Administrator Hugh Johnson last week demanding “pure collective bargaining.” — - PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES FOR ARMY PROBED Special House Committee Is Getting Some In- side Dope Now WASHINGTON, June 11. — The special House Committee investi- gating irregularities in the pur- chase of army supplies was told that officers bought Chevrolet pas- senger cars at 24 percent discount under the list. The jcars were attached to Camp Holabord, - Maryland, where all specifications of army trucks and other automobiles originate and where some machines are bought piece-meal and are assembled. The witness who gave the infor- matiok was Lieut. Walter T. Wil- sey. He finally conceded he was “through” and would buy no more Chevrolets at the dealer’s price and 24 percent under the list. He explained he had bought several under ‘the list price and added that a couple of other officers did likewise, He said he saw nothing wrong in the method at the time as the transactions had no con- nection 'with drafting specifications. In answer to a question, he said he imagined discounts could be ob- tained from other companies. Seward Dairyman Given Hundred Per Cent Rating SEWARD, Alaska, June 11.—Hen- ‘Human Bomb’ Under Arrest, New Charge OAKLAND, Cal, June 11— Frank Bennett, the “human bomb,” who threatened suicide by blowing himself up in his automobile, full of dynamite, has been found sane and re- leased. He was immediately arrested by the Alameda police whe said they would charge him with transporting dyna- mite. | | | —eto——— GABE PAUL DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF OVER YEAR Prominent Juneau Mer-| chant, Property Owner | Succumbs Sunday A.M. After an illness of over a year, Gabe Paul, prominent Juneau mer- chant and property owner, passed away at St. Ann’s Hospital yester- day morning at 7:30 o'clock from chronic nephritis with complica- tions of the heart at the age of 52 years. Though he was seriously ill earlier this year, Mr. Paul went south and spent two months at Richardson Springs, near Chico, California, and returned so much | improved that his many friends felt all danger was past. Many were surprised when he reentered St. Ann’s Hospital here a week ago today, and news of his death came as a distinct shock, to all but his physician and the few who knew how serious his condition was. A person of great vitality and high spirits Mr. Paul never had the at- titude or appearance of an in- valid. Survivers Mr. Paul is survived by his widow and four children, Raymond 10 years old, Ljubica 9 years, George 6 years and Mary one year, besides his brother Sam Paul and the lat- ter’'s family, all of whom live in Juneau and by two brothers and two sisters living with families in Europe. Born on March 15, 1882, in Hercegovina, now Jugoslavia, Mr. Paul came to the United States in the spring of 1905, coming directly to Alaska where he Ilocated in Treadwell. Associated with' his brother Sam in that place in the mercantile business, Mr. Paul was for eighteen years one of the out- standing citizens of Treadwell and since he moved to Juneau in 1923, has taken an active interest in politics and affairs of this city. He and his brother organized the Gas- tineau Gocery Store in 1927, and last year Gabe opened the Capitol Beer Parlor, in which he had the majority interest. Active in Anairs Always active, Mr. Paul had many interests and owned consid- erable property. He attracted many CONGRESS MAY NOT ADJOURN ON SATURDAY Uncertain Situation Arises| —Party Leaders Fear Longer Session WASHINGTON, June 11.—If the Congressional expectations of a quick adjournment could be reduc- ed to a fever chaft, the resulting line would have as many ups and downs as a roller coaster. Party leaders who spoke confi- dently Jast Friday of quitting with- in a week, found it necessary to revise their estimates Saturday night on the basis of the uncer- tain situation that existed. It ap- pears inevitable that the session will now run well beyond June 16. However, a few quick develop- ments like completion of Congres- sional action last Saturday on the bill to control the nation’s com- munication systems, and favorable labor decision on the proposed steel strike settlement plan, would completely reverse the circumstanc- es. A long debate is expected on the qualifications of Rexford G. Tug- well for the post of Undersecretary of Agriculture, which may delay adjournment. as well as the labor and silver purchase bills and other matters which have stirred up a controversy. Tugwell has been in- vited. by the Senate ‘Agricultur Committee to appear today for questioning into his fitness for pro- motion, MRS. SOUTHARD, POISON SLAYER, SEEKS PAROLE Notorious Feminine “Blue- beard’ Is Going to Seek Release TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 11.— Lyda Southard, Idaho's notorious “feminine bluebeard,” who is serv- ing ten years to life for the mur-| der of Ed Meyers, her hushand, in 1921, has published a notice that she will apply for pardon at the next meeting of the State Prison Board. The application will be her sec- ond this year. Three years ago Mrs. Southard escaped, scaling the walls of the women’s prison with a ladder of pipe and a rope fashioned of strips of blanket and a plece of garden‘ hose. Weds Sixth Husband She was recaptured more than a year later in Topeka, Kan. after having married her sixth husband, Harry Whitlock, of Denver. This marriage was annuled after she was returned to the Idaho peni- tentiary. friends with his vitality, pleasing personality and open handedness, whose hearts go out in sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr. Paul was a member of both the Loyal Order of Moose and the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, Funeral services will be held at the Russian Church at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon and further services will be held at the Odd Fellows’ Hall at 2 o'clock the same afternoon under the direction of the lodges to which Mr. Paul be- longed. Interment will be in the Serbian plot of Evergreen Ceme- tery. Arrangements are in charge of the C. W. Carter Mortuay. P ——r—— GERMAN SHIPPING LINE REPORTS LOSS BERLIN, June 11.—The North German Lloyd Shipping Line lost twenty-eight million marks in 1933, due to the decline of German ex- ports and the devaluation of the dollar, and will probably lose thir- ty million marks in 1334, Karl Lin- emann, director of the supervisory board, told a general meeting of stockholders at Bremen today. He added: “The chief reason for the ex- ry Leirer, Seward dairyman for the past ten years, has been given a 100 per centsrating on his herd of Jersey Guernsey cows by Terri- torial Veterinary Loftus. traordinary loss is the fact that the majority of receipts were based on depreciated currencies, which is true of only a small share of our obligations.” Whitlock married Mrs. Southard, whom he had employed as house- keeper, under her alias, Fern Zel- ler Rains. After her re-arrest she was questioned about the myster- ious death of Whitlock's mother, who died shortly after the “house- keeper” was discharged. Other Mysteries At Mrs. Southard’s murder trial for the death of her fourth hus- band, who died twenty-eight days after the wedding, a report was read into the records of poison found in the bodies of the preced- ing husbands, a brother-in-law and a three-year-old child by her first husband. . o P PR P e British War Vessel To Visit Juneau For Week in August Juneau will have a visit this summer from another British war vessel, accord- ing to word just received by James J. Connors, Collector of Customs from the Treas- ury Department. The Danae, he was in- formed, will arrive here on August 11 and remain until August 15. No other data was given.as to the size and type of vessel or if it would call at any other Alaska port. o v vooevenos ° . . . e . . . . . ° 3 . o ° 3 With the flagshi) Pennsylvania leading the majestic parade, the van- guard of the combined U. 8. Fleet thunders out a twenty-one gun salute | whi AsFleet Guns Thundered Salute to“The Chief” ‘ tnv Presi OULIA_BOARD SLAYER FACES 5 YEARS - LIF ST. JOHNS, Arizona, June 11. Convicted of “intent to murder” in the ouija board slaying of her hus- band, Dorothea Irene Turley today faced a penalty of five years to life. Her daughter Mattie, aged 15, shot her father, E. J. Turley, retired Navy gunner’s mate, she said, upon her mother’s ouija board decree 50 her mother could mairy a hand- some cowboy. The girl is now serving six years in an industria school for shooting her father. JUNEAU NURSES GO TO LOS ANGELES ON BOARD YACHT HUSSAR Mrs. W. R. Garster and Mrs. V W. Mulvihill, both of whom ac companied David McCulloch wounded while hunting bear near St. James Bear, south on the yacht Hussar, as special nurses, continued on to Los Angeles, aboard the craft with their patient, according to letters received yesterday, by their husbands, Mr. Garster and Mr. Mulvihill. The date of their return is no‘ received. S eee — Jupiter is greater in mass and planets. definite according to information As Commander-In-Chief the greatet concentration of naval strength ever seen in New York. phus Daniels, war-time Secretary of the Navy (second from right), and Admiral William Standley, Chief of Naval Operations. Washingt&n Republicans Have Hot Session; Hartley May Run for U. S. Senator YAKIMA, Wash, mune lL—Ral-l lying around the war cry of "A! Square Deal instead of a New Deal” the Republicans closed their state convention nere Saturday night with a whnoop, refusing to|and condemned most of the 8OV-(hoth Fre: hear more speeches and adopting a platform in jig time. The sweltering and coatless dele- gates, some delegates even shed- ding their shoes, endured an ora-| torical marathon for four hours,‘ but became so restless that key-| noter Mark M. Moulton, Kenne- wick attorney,echucked his manu- | 5. Indianapolis as President Roosevelt took the salute from the combined U. S. Fleet as it steamed past in With the President are Secretary of the Navy Swanson (left), Jose- script and finished extemporan-, eously, declaring: “It is too inferna! and to infernal hot to listen.” The platform reiterated the tra-| ditlonal tariff policy of the Party to talk | nat sob | ernment innovations of the Na-| tional Democratic Admlnistration.} Former Governor R. H. Hartley,) one of the speakers, concluded with) the Statement: “Any place you| can find to place me in, I will go.”| Although mnoncommittal himself,) friends have mentioned Hartley as Senatorial candidate next fall. | British Expedition | to Explore Antarcticj PORTSMOUTH, England, June 11.—A three-masted schooner with auxiliary engines and manned by navy volunteers is to be used by an Antarctic expedition being or-| ganized by the Royal Geographic Society. The party will assemble this summer and be absent until May, 1937. | [ — . PLAY TENNIS | The Mayo, Y. T,. Tennis Club re- educator, has received the honorary sand quarts of high grade milk were volume than all other known | cently began functioning on a new degree of Doetor of Laws rrum‘pu( on sale at 8 cents a quart, 5 cents under the regular price. board court. R ¥ ! Bombings Resorted to ! in Alabama Strike Area | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June| 11.—Gunfire and bombings, which | caused injury to one person and endangered many others, marked the weekend in the strike harassed Alabama coal mine fieids. Dr. Wirt Given Degree 11—Dr. Willlam A. Wirt, Indiana | DePauw University. it y steam past the U. S. S, Indianapolis, from h the Commander-in-Chief reviewed the mighty spectacle, Took Saiute from Fl(;et GERMANY MAY > | Declaring by Depauw University many of its people presents an |emergency and a menace to the GREENCASTLE, Indiana. June | public's health, the city today went DEFAULT NOW ON LOAN PLAN PARIS, June 11.—Reports that Germany may be on the verge of suspending payments on the Young- Dawes’ Plan loan bonds as well as commercial debts, today alarmed nch and British financial circles. ROBERT SMALL DIES SUDDENLY SEATTLE, June 11.—Robert E. Small, aged 65 years, well-known salmon broker, dropped dead on a golf course yesterday as the result of an attack of the heart. Two! daughters and two sons survive. S eee New York City Goes Into Milk Business; Menace Is Declared NEW YORK CITY, June 11.— that malnutrition of into the milk business. Ten thou- KILLED IN HURRICANE ALASKA CRAFT NOW MOVING FROM SEATTLE Northland and Zapora Sailed Sunday — Both Have Capacity Loads ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. BOATS LOADING Port to Port Settlements: Underway Along Coast —Drastic Move Possible With twh vessels already on their way from Seattle to Alaska ports, other steamers are being loaded as rapidly as possible and will sail on regular schedules. No further hitch is expected in the movement of Alaska ships and all details of agreements between companies and workers will be en- tirely straightened out within a few days. Gov. Troy Advised Gov. John W. Troy has received a radiogram from T. B. Wilson, Vice-President and General Man- ager of the Alaska Steamship Com-~ pany that ships are being loaded at the Seattle docks for Alaska as rapidly as humanly possible. The Alaska Steamship Company’s steam- ers, Mr. Wilson added, will be sent north as rapidly as they are load- ed and the company will resume its regular schedule as quickly as conditions permit. The Haleakala, under charter of the company has been diverted from San Francisco to Seattle since the settlement of the strike in Seattle. Mr. Wilson expressed the deepest appreciation to the Governor for the cooperation given him in the settlement. Two Sail en Sunday The motorship Northland sailed from Seattle yesterday afternoon and the Zapora sailed shortly after, both loaded to capacity with freight and passengers. The Northland goes only to Juneau this trip. The Norco is sailing tonight for Southeast Alaska ports but omit- ting Juneau but calling at Port Altherp and Sitka besides the usual | ports. Alaska 8. S. Schedules The Alaska and Yukon both sail tomorrow on their usual Alaska routes. The Victoria is scheduled to sail Wednesday at 10 am., for Ncme and Bering Sea. The Der- blay sails at 5 p.m. Wednesday for Bering Sea and Kotzebue Sound, the Lakina with freight at the same hour for Prince of Wales Island and Chaham Strait cannery ports; Oduna with freight at 5 p.m. Friday for Southeast and South- west Alaska and Aleutian next Saturday morning at 9 o'clock for Southeast and Southwest Alaska, on schedule. There is no way to estimate the amount of freight available for the steamers but all will be loaded to capacity. Several freight trains are in the yards ready to be shunted to the docks to unload as fast as available wharf space can be had. Drastic Action Rumored An undercurrent of rumors of plans for drastic action to break ° FRENCH TROOPS USED INRIOTS; HEADS CRACKED Government Issues Warn- ing that Violence Will Not Be Tolerated PARIS, June 11.—Violent out- bursts of anti - Gavernment and anti-Fascist disorders swept the provinces over the weekend. One hundred persons are known to have been injured. Cavalry troops, swinging carbine butts at Grenoble and Cambral, charged into manifestators* and produced scores of cracked heads among the Communists and Social- ists. g The Government used troops and gandarmes freely to restore quiet and issued a warning that violence will not be tolerated.