The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6676. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WED NESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PUBLIC MAY ASSUME NEW ROLE IN COAST STRIKE SOUTHERN STATE IS NEARING REVOLT PISTOLS, ROPE MAY BE USED IN LOUISIANA Lawmakets Are Given Di- rect Threat by Thou- sands of Residents PROTEST MEETING HELD, BATON ROUGE Senator Long’s Administra- tion Told Firmly to Practice Economy BATON ROUGE, La. June 13.— No more taxes or else: With full throated roars of ap- proval for the suggestion of “else” which might include pistols and the noose, a state-wide protest meeting held here hurled demands for economy reform at Senator Huey P. Long and the State Ad- ministration. Thousands adopted the resolu- tion telling Louisiana’s lawmakers what is expected of them. “If it is necessary to reach them at the end of a hempen rope, 1 for one am willing to swing the Tope,” asserted Mayor Hardy of Shreveport. “The next summons must and will be a call to arms unless the present protest is heeded,” Mayor Hardy said when those attending the meeting were asked by the Mayor to hold up their hands of “all those who will come back “here if the demands we voice are not heeded.” Every hand of those at the meet- ing was raised immediately and one man shouted: “We'll bring our pistols, too.” Missing Official Is Found Japanese Vice-Consul at Nanking Located Wan- dering in Cemetery SHANGHAI, June 13. — Eimel Kuramoto, missing Japanese Vice- Consul, has been found alive, wan- dering in an ancient cemetery on the, edge of Nanking. Chinese officials said Kuramoto showed signs of mental lapse and was in a state of exhaustion, pre- sumably after several days wander- ing. Kuramoto's disappearance was the cause for rushing Japanese warships to this port with demands from the Japanese that the Vice- Consul be found. It was believed Kuramoto may have been the victim of kidnapers and the Japanese were all “het up.” Kuramoto will probably be re- turned to Japan for observation | and treatment. Officlals said Kuramoto slipped| . away to the Ming Tombs to seek | death from starvation or by being! eaten by wolves because of an ad- vancement in his work. Kuramoto said the wolves came | but did not harm him. He grew} hungry and sought food from farmers and was found. The situation between Japanw' and China has cleared with lhe; inding of the Vice-Consul. | ., MRS. FRANK E. FEERO AND DAUGHTER PASS THROUGH HERE ON WAY TO SKAGWAY Mrs. Frank E. Feero and her| daughter, Miss G. Feero, were Skag- way bound passengers aboard the Princess Norah from their home in Pnncc Rupert, whére Mr. Feero | is U. 8. Customs officer. | Mrs. Feero was called to Skag- way by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Black, who| recently suffered a stroke of par- | alysis. Mr. and Mrs. Feero were | former residents of the Lynn Canal | city, where he was in the Customs | Service before being transferred to | Frince Rupert, Deputy U. S. Marshal W. E. Feero, brother of Frank Feero, met Mrs. Feero and her daughter when the Princess North ‘arrived in Ju- American Note Is Sent to Great Britain on War Debt|o] ey ARRESTED| PASSES AWAY WASHINGTON, June 13.—The United States yesterday sent a strongly worded note reminding Great Britain that its credit ctanding ic involved in its debt offcrs weuld be concidered for readjusting the debt or for pay- ment in geods and services. Referring to the English NO WAR DEBT PAYMENT TO BE MADE LONDON, June 13.—Great Brifain does not intend to make ary war debt payments “in Amc:ican note according to indications in authoritative circles. France received the suggest that it might solve the vexing question of war debs. %ven-lee Government CableIs A Bullet MAKE EFFORTS T0 AVERT BIG STEEL STRIKE Three Movements Under-| way—More Authority for President WASHINGTON, June 13. — The Government, industry and labor have launched individual move- ments aimed at averting a general strike of the nation’s 400,000 steel | workers next Saturday. The delegates to the workers' | convention converged here for a | strike vote. Administration advisors are| drafting a new labor resolution to | give the President “sweeping power | to deal with the threatened situa- | tion.” ——————— DILLINGER'S TRAIL AGAIN IN MINNESOTA Taxi Driver Declares Out- law Was in North- field Yesterday ST. PAUL, Minn,, June 13.—The trail of Public Enemy No. 1, des- perado John Dillinger, turned back | to this section as Federal Agents checked the report that the out- law was seen alive by a taxicab driver. | The taxi man reported he had: seen Dillinger in Northfield, Minn., | 45 miles south of here, yesterday.| He said he knew Dillinger because “I have driven him dozens of times | | | lin my cab.” OSCAR BERGSETH IS HERE;LEAVES THIS | MORNING BY PLANE Oscar Bergseth, New England Fish Company representative, left this morning on the seaplane Chi- chagof for Ketchikan, after an in-| spection of company properties in this district. Mr. Bergseth came in yesterday | from Chatham Straits on the’ cannery tender Arnold. He ex- | pressed himself as satisfied with conditions at the various proper- ties. His headquarters are in Seattle. ————— MRS. WILLIAM GARRAT IS ON WAY TO ATLIN, FOR SUMMER Mrs. William -Garrat, whose husband is manager of the Atlin Inn, was a mnorthbound passenger: on the Princess Norah on her way to Atlin for the summer seasorf statement that they could not pay because cther countries failed to pay England, the American note replied that the British Government borrowed under its own name and on it own credit standing. | less GOVERNMENT 'slon of the relief program to in- to America and suggesting that he kind” as suggested in the ion, it is reported here, hopeful gain Cut by Arrests Poselble The expensive seven-mile cable or the Government, connecting the ‘mt\ radio office with the tuning | station, has again been pierced by |a bullet and put out of commis- Slon This is the third time in past few months, -careless shoo!.ers have ‘wrecked” the com- | ANGHORAGE P. 0. BY INSPECTORS Arthur Ma;; Flies to Se- attle Into Arms of Of- ficers—Theft Charge SEATTLE, June 13.—Federal Post Office Inspectors have ar- rested Arthur H. Marsh, clerk in the Anchorage, Alaska post office, and announced the recovery of $2500 worth of furs and other goods allegedly stolen from the mails. The Federal Inspectors have ac- cused Marsh of stealing goods val- ued at $3,500 in two years. Marsh flew here enroute to at- tend a convention of the Frater- nal Order of Inspectors. Marsh said he shipped his loot by steamer. Bail has been set at $3,000. IN JUNEAU FRIDAY Arthur Marsh was one of five passengers aboard the Star Air- ways Bellanaca seaplane that ar- rived in Juneau last Friday af- ternocn at one ‘o'clock from An- chorage and left one hour later for Seattle. The plane was pilot- munication line and Government |ed by 5"“'" Mills. | officials are getting right aroused.| ‘Opelalm-m -Charge Charles E. Smith has radioed Seattle asking for authority to offer a reward for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the latest damage. The cable contains 22 wires. Three pairs of wires were cut by |the bullet in the shooting, which |occurred sometime yesterday, and the entire cable laid open for short | circuiting in case of rain. The | present break was found near the | Danner barn, about one and one- | half miles out the highway from | the city limits. Smith and Deputy ‘U S. Marshal Nate Hardy made an |effort to run down the guilty ones | yesterday afternoon by inquiring at the various beach cabins and homes. The residents of that sec- tion are also aroused because care- shooters are constantly en- dangering their lives. Twice before the cable has been’ cut by bullets, shooters apparently | (testing their marksmanship, un-| | doubtedly not thinking of the ex- pensive damage they are doing. As the result of the “break” in | the cable, the radio operating staff | i was moved from the first floor of VESSEL BURNS AT SEA; PART OF CREW LOST Nitrate Laden Steamer De- stroyed—Captain and 16 Men Rescued NEW YORK, June 13.—A wire- less from the steamer Zanapa reported the rescue of the cap- tain and sixteen members of the crew of the Norwegian freighter Knute Hanson which burned and sank last Sunday night off the Honduras coast. Seventeen other members of the crew are still missing. The nitrate laden ship caught| fire and burned so quickly that |the operator only had time to send out a brief SOS which was e Territorial and Federal Build- mg today to the upper floor and | the tuning sfation was closed. Re- | pairs may be made to the cable | |today and normal operations will | jagain function but in the mean- | time Operator-in-Charge Smith| | hopes for approval of his request that a reward be offered for ap- prehension of reckless shooters. e MAY OPERATE IDLE PLANTS WASHINGTON, July 13.—Exten- | clude government operation of; two underwear factories at Boston| are being worked out with a pos-, sibility that other idle factories| may be utilized along similar lines. | This i§ according to Relief Admin- istrator Hopkins. - VICTORIA SAILS FOR NOME THIS AFTERNOON SEATTLE, June 13.—Steamer! Victoria is scheduled to sail at 3 o'clock this afternoon direct for ~Nome with 400 passengers aboard 'and a full cargo of freight. No intermediary stops will be made on the present voyage. Member of Darrow NRA Review Board Resigns | Charles Howenstein, 57, on chargea"rhe daughter was revived. WASHINGTON, June 13.—Saying neau last evening, | Williams, Mr. Garrat preceded her porth on that the development of NRA “day the last Canadian Pacific steamer. by day reveals more clearly a While she was in Juneau last/marked trend toward Fascism in evening, Mrs. Garrat was the guest the United States,” W. O. Thomp- of honor of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. son has resigned as a member of ‘me Darrow NRA Review Board, picked up in the Caribbean Sea 1300 miles north of Colon. —_———— {Engagement Ring iIs Returned iTo J. J. Astor NEW YORK, June 13—The engagement ring, a 32 - karat, $100,000 heirloom that young Jchn Jacob Astor gave Eileen Gillispie, society girl, has been returned to him. Aster wrote an apology for the “language to the girl and retracted threats concerning her family.” The engagement was broken sometime ago and she kept the ring until recently. B GE E {Man’s Death Holds Widow and Friend FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 13— {An investigation of the sudden !death March 23 of Urban Schmitt, 27 resulted in arrest of his widow {Mrs. Louise Schmitt, 24, and | of murder. Police said Mrs. Schmitt confe: ed she put poison in orange ju her husband drank. They believed she was infatuated with Howen- stein and murder, ——————— SEAPLANE IS HERE ON RETURN TO BASE FROM SEATTLE TRIP| The Star Axrways seaplane, pilot- ed by Steve Mills, which recently | passed through on the way to Se- | attle with a party of passengers from Anchorage, stopped here last night on the return trip. The plane left at 8 o'clock this morning, taking two passengers, A. F. Carpenter and Tony Lind- strom for Anchorage, the two plotted the | JUDGE LOMEN IN SOUTHLAND Venerable [—;i;eer of North and Former Judge Dies After 2 Weeks’ Illness SEATTLE, June 13—G. J. Lo- men, aged 80 years, venerable Al- aska pioneer and former Federal Judge of the Second Alaska Di- vision, with his headguarters at Nome, a colorful figure of the gold rush days, died yesterday at the home of his son, Ralph Lo- men, 1024 15th Avenue North, after two weeks' illness. Judge Lomen aend his sons gained renown for their work in commercializing reindeer. Wife at Bedside Mrs. Lomen, with whom he ob-|: served his Pifty-Sixth wedding anniversary on May 27, was at his bedside when he passed away. As a young attorney, Judge Lo-|: men went to Nomesin 1900 from|: St. Paul, Minnesota. He was a former Mayor of Nome. Honored by King Judge Lomen was born in Iowa and he was once a member of the House of Representatives in Min- nesota. The King of Norway conferred on him the Order of Stolaf for his services to Roald Amundsen during the Norge North Pole flight. His surviving sons are George and Ralph of Seattle, Carl of ‘Washington, Harry and Alfred of Nome, and a daughter, Mrs. Vlin- ton Ausun, of Benme SLAYER OF FIVE Ryan, seeks to ‘annul-his recent ma Wurmbrand-Stuppach of Austria on Press Photos) Clendinin J, Ryan, jr. (inset), grandson of the i to Thomas Fortune rriage to Countess Marie-Ann von the ground that she misrepresent. ed her wealth before they were married. Ryan is socially prominent in New York and one of Mayor F. H. LaGuardia’s secretaries. (Associated DOESN'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS {Californian m\ o Wiped Out One Family, Explains His Reasons for Deed SUSANVILLE, Tex., June 13.— Sheriff James Leavitt said Peter Alosi who confessed to the stab- bing of five persons to death, de- WASHINGTON, signed the Administration’s new nations. | | | | | nations to help revive Ameircan \Great Power Gwen Rooseveh for Reviving American Trade June 13.—President Roosevelt yesterday tariff bill, by which he assumed scle power to fix rates on all articles imported into the United States and to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other He has the power for three years to increase or decrease tariffs by 50 per cent and make new agreements with other trade. rclared he does not care what the authorities do to him as his home has been broken up. | Sheriff Leavitt said Alosi de- | clared he only intended to slay Joe | Fazio who was responsible for the | estrangement between Alosi and his | family. | Alosi said he stabbed Fazio, then Mrs, Fazio and Fazio's son John |entered the house and he had to| kil him too. Going away from | the Fazio home he met Sara Fazio a daughter of Fazio, with a neigh- {bor, Mrs. Lena Maistani. They| | questioned him and so he killed| | them, SUICIDE PACT, ~ HALF FAILURE HIGHLAND PARK, T1lI, June 13. | Prefering suicide together to the possibility that her daughter might |die in an operation for mastoid, | Mrs. Alice King Bott, aged 63 years |and her daughter Margaret tied | their bodies together and swam out ‘ml,o Lake Michigan. The bodies| | were found and brought ashore. BUILDING OF HOMES URGED High Cost of Construction ,to Be Cut — Follow President’s, Plan WASHINGTON, June- 13.—A plan is in the making to cut the h)vh‘ cost of home building in the na- tion. This drive will reduce the building price. The plan has two oh.i(‘cuv‘)s,! spurring the President’s housing | program, designed to increase build- ' ing of new homes and also to re-! pair old ones, thus stimulate the ! lagging construction industry and ' carry out NRA's avowed policy of keeping prices from mounting to excess. \Idaho Man Faces Trial for Murder BURLEY, Idmv. June 13.—Charg- |ed with the murder of Della St 22, E. E. “Blackie” Wilsbn, Amer: Jc:m Falls restaurant operator, | musl face trial at the next term {of the District Court here, it was decided at his preliminary hearing before Probate Judge Henry Tuck- WASHINGTON, June 13. —The [€T- ! Senate has passed the bill au-| The girl is alleged to have died thorizing the War Department to|from an overdose of morphine. Wil- make a preliminary examination 0N was with her in a hotel room ! |of the ship canal across Prince|at the time of her death. He |of Wales Island, in Southeast Al-|held without bond. aska, from the head of Hetta In-| ————— let to the head of Chomondeley . Sound, a distance of two miles, |1 VEEN-YEAR-OLD LN BOY GETS FIRST BEAR — - e JOHN BEUKERS ENTERS ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL FOR CARE ——eo Southeast Alaska May Soon Have Ship Canal, Examination Ordered| Dean Williams, 156 years of age. | Committeewoman, Public Debt Reaches New High Friday WASHINGTON, June 13— The gross public debt of the United States will reach an all- time high of about twenty- seven billion dollars next Fri- day. The wartime high was twenty-six and cne-half billion dollars. MRS. F. J. HUNT PASSES AWAY KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 13.— Mrs. F. J. Hunt, aged 69 years, wife of the former Territorial Sen- jator and first Alaskan woman to be appointed Republican National is dead here as the result of a paralytic stroke. . Saturday Evening [Posts Come by Mail at Big Cost Knowing that Alaska was cut off by the Longshore strike, but that mail was being deliv- ered, the publishers of the Saturday Evening Post decided the patrons must be provided with their reading. Seven hundred copies were received here last night in the first # class mail aboard the Princess Norah by the Butler- Mauro Drug Co., and it cost $70 in stamps for the Juneau copies. The Posts are general- ly shipped by freight at about one-tenth of the mail eost. dohn Beukers, employee of the | Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- this morning, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P, Willilams, | got his first bear yesterday, when he shot a yearling black bear on pany, entered St. Ann's Hospital to Lemon Creek as the climax of a| receive treatment for a sore throat three-day camping trip with Leon- | filled with corn in Quincy, Mass. ard Lowell, The Posts will however, sell for the regular Juneau price, of 5 cents. - Children’s “bean bags” may be J playgrounds, because it’s cheaper. TiGE SERVED T0 BOTH SIDES T0 END STRIFE Governor oraregon An- nounces He Is Ready to Be Arbitrator MAYORS MAKE THEIR DEMANDS, SETTLEMENT Ryan Takes Plane to San Francisco to Appear at Conference SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, June 13. —The general public, through the officers of cities and States; has served notice on the employers and labor alike of its intention to assume a dominating role in the longshoremen’s strike unless a speedy settlement is forthcoming. Gov. Julius L. Meier, of Oregon, has nctified Joseph H. Ryan, Presi- dent of the International Long- shoremen’s Association, that he is ready to arbitrate the strike along undisclosed lines. Mayor Smith and Mayor Rossi of San Francisco have both demanded & settlement of the strike and call- ed for conferences. Ryan is aboard a plane bound to San Francisco to attend the Rossi conference. Mayor Smith is “standing by"” his notice to settle the strike by Thursday afternoon at 1 o'cloek or he will take definite action to open the Seattle harbor to commerce. i BOYLE REPORTS UNION FAVORED ALASKA TRADE | Auditor, Ra'ning from South, Tells of Final Strike Settlement Longshoremen strikers were rea- sonable in their position as re- gards Alaska shipping at all times, and once negotiations were started, it was not a difficult task to bring about a settlement exempting Al- aska shipping from the general Pacifis Coast tieup, according to Frank A. Boyle, Territorial Auditor, who returned home last night from a month's visit to the Northwest, It was the insistence of Log Angeles, San Francisco and Tacoma strikers on negotiating only on a coastwise basis, and on the de- termination of three of the larger operators out of California ports not to make any concessions te the unions that complicated the situation, he declared. Portland unions always stood fast for the release of the Alaska ves- sels and most of the Seattle strik- ers took the same attitude. Tacoma was solid against it as were the two California cities named. The big obstacle was in the matter of recognition of the closed shop which was strenuously opposed by some of the larger California op- erators. The break came when Mayor Charles L. Smith of Seattle, im- mediately after his induction in office arranged for a conference with both sides. This was attended by 70 delegates from the strikers and six representatives of the op- erators. Mr. Boyle attended by invitation. This launched the nego- tiations which resulted in freeing all Alaska shipping. Mr. Boyle was high in his praise of the general attitude of the | Seattle unions toward Alaska, of the work done by Gov. Clarence D, Martin, Mayor Smith, Judge Rey- nolds and other members of the Advisory Labor Board, acting as | mediators, Dewey Bennett, Secre- tary of the Seattle Longshoremen's Union and others who took an active part in the negotiations. During his absence, Mr. Boyle visited Vancouver, Seattle and Port- land. He was there but a short nme due to the strike situation, re- turning to Seattle to lend his as- |sistance toward breaking the tieup. Mrs. Boyle remained in Portland. She will visit a while longer in !the south before returning home,