The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY A ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6678. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FEN CENTS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BACK lN U S., MAX BAER WINS GERMANY WILL REPUDIATE ALL OF HER DEBTS Observers _Elieve Mora- torium Declared Will Be Far-Reaching VERSAILLES PACT IS ALSO INVOLVED! Debtor Nati-g Make Take Action — Swift Re- prisals Possible BERLIN, June 15. — Competent | observi professed to see in Ger- | 1 suspension of payments 21l of her foreign debts from July | 1 to December 31 as a significant move to end reparations and um» 1 y the Treaty of Versailles. Doubt is expressed that repara- tions payments will ever be re- sumed. Reliable sources point out that a complete abolition of reparations is an essential point in the Nazi/ PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 15— Cries of “strike now” were sound- ed as union representafives of the men who toil before the furnaces filed into a ce“vention to say | whether there-“.ill be a nationwide strike in tHe great steel industry. | The strike demand came insist- ently from a group of yout.h!ul delegates. FOR LABOR BOARD WASHINGTON, June 15—Con- presslonal leaders neared an under- | Steel Workers U rge Strike ‘ standing on the Labor Board meas- ure this afternoon. The appoint- ment of a Board of ‘Arbitration to handle all collective bargaining dis- putess.s planned. GREEN'S PROPOSAL PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 15— This afternoon, Wiliam Green, President of the American Feder- ation of Labor proposed the Presi- dent appoint a Board of Arbitra- tion in the steel industry proposed strike. PRISON BREAKER TURNS KIDNAPER SOUTHERN STATE on | Policeman, Baseball Man and Doctor Held Cap- : tives 18 Hours \ ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 15.—Held prisoners for 18 hours by an es- | caped convict, Elmer Schleuter, Da- WEALTHY MAN TORTURED 8Y KIDNAP GANG {Sobs Over Phone to Moth- er for Ransom Causes Action—Arrests CHICAGO, June 15.—Mrs. Rose Welch, of Toledo, alarmed by her son Harry’s sobs when he tele- GIANT ITALIAN | CARNERA GIVEH_ GREAT BEATI Ptimo Knocked® Dowii BH even Times—Fight Is | Stopped by Referee TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT DECISION IS GIVE Challenger “Forces pion to Cry * Qults" i Eleventh Round ever seen, Max Baer, Calif last night won Primo C heavyweight title as Chai the World by a technical out in the eleventh round bei a crowd of 50,000 fight fans, The bout ended in chaos Carnera had been floored el times and horribly beaten, X Carnera asked Referee Donovan to stop the fight. Baer's right hand smashes, fol- en ion ‘off / yvenport, Towa policeman, Al Schultz, | phoned a request for ransome, lowed by lefts to the body, reduced Here are three pictures of the bounding young California giant who mounted to fistic heights last night by getting a technical knockout decision cver the Italian man-meuntain, Primo Carnera |ARMED POLICE | GALLED OUT IN SEATTLE PORT Action of Ma—yor Smith Will Not Interfere with Boats Plying to Territory | LONGSHORE OFFICIALS KEEP TO AGREEMENT Pickets anTOflicers Are Lined Up This Afternoon at One Shipyard SEATTLE, June 15. — Mayor Charles L. Smith has proclaimed an emergency “involving the peace and safety of all citizens” exists and the police have been mobilized to await orders. Mayor Smith has assumed personal command and declared it is his purpose to open the Seattle port to commerce. | CLASH PROBABLE SEATTLE, June 15—Thirty po= lice and 100 striking seamen and engineers faced each other this mogrz;m e e s i | Secretary-Treasurer of the Daven- up?'::xb lf“‘?lrys“ v other Nations | nort Baseball Club, and Dr. W. H. | Fitch, Walcott, Iowa, -veterinarian, |were released here and 15 minutes |later, the abductor, identified by the police as Joe Palmer, aged 32, ‘wns captured, 3 venport at the point of a gun when ‘Schleumr approached Palmer. in rrom of a ball park to question him. Palmer then ordered Schultz to stop when he approached in his aum and made the policeman enter Palmer then got in and ordered Some Gams Are Cancelled Pazmer to drive on. Schultz com- plained of the condition of his car Slxghtly’ Late 1 n To- | near Walcott. Palmer then stopped day’s Session STUGK PRIGES | Fitch and commandered his coupe, i Jail Break Killer NEW YORK, June 15A—Stocks' It is believed the kidnaping was moved higher today but early gainsthe result of Palmer's aim to keep of one to around three points were from being recognized as the killer shaded late. The close was firm. |in a jail break. Graine were nervous and wheat| Arriving here, Palmer said he cancelled earlier losses and fin- Would let the three men go if they ished higher. | would immediately drive back to Bonds were irregular. Davenport. They then reported to Gainers of one to three points|the police and Palmer was caj'~ today included Dupont, United | tured. States Smelting, General Motors,| Palmer was taken by the officers United States Steel, BethlehemIWhO fodnd him hiking down a Steel, Standard Brands, America.n;fll‘eel toward the state highway. Telephone and Telegraph, Western| They covered him with guns and Union, Depasco, Howe Sound, Mag- na Copper, American Sugar and others, The German financial situation was still a matter of some concern but had little effect on equities. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June lb ~Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine; stock today is 20%, American Can , American Power and Light %, Anaconda 16, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 16%, Bethlehem Steel 35, Briggs Manufacturing 17%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrysler 27, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 14%, .General Motors 32%, Inter- national Harvester 327%, Kennecott 22%, Ulen Company 2%, United Aircraft 21, United States Steel 42%, Warner Pictures 6, Pound, $5.05, Southern Pacific 25%, Standard Oil of California 36%. TO UNVEIL PLAQUE ON FOURTH OF JULY Tentative plans for the annual Fourth of July celebration were discussed last night at a regular meeting of the Alford John Brad- ford Post of the American Legion in the Dugout. Definite plans could not be made because of the uncertainty of the amount of money available from the Chamber of Commerce for the event, according to Post Command- er Waino Hendrickson. Tom Petrich and G. H. Walms- ley were appointed as the Fourth of July Dance Committee. One of the features of the day will be the unveiling and dedica- tion of a plaque memorializing Al- askans who died in the World War. The plaque was procured by the Nabesna, bid 105 ask 1.08; | he gave up without a protest. Palmer talked freely of killing a ‘guard in the break from the Texas {prison farm from which Raymond | Hamilton, former partner of the late Clyde Barrow, now faces the :eath Ppenalty on conviction of mur- er. Palmer robbed his victims of ! about $500. .- BOY FALLS FROM CLIFF WHILE ON HIKING TRIP | | Mitchell Daniloff, son of M. Dan- |iloff, fell over a cliff Wednesday afternoon near Eagle River, while on a hiking trip with Eckley Guerin. The boys were taking a short cut along the beach instead of using the regular Scout Trail. Dr. and Mrs. R. Simpson, who were enroute for a visit to the Eagle River Camp in their motorboat, assisted in getting the injured hoy to the beach and then transported |him to the Dickenson home at |Eagle River, from where he was brought to town for medical atten- tion, e THREE CONTRACTORS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT ON YUKON Having completed their contracts at Gravina where they have been building the new schoolhouse, Henry Gorham, Oscar Jensen and Grant Baldwin, local contractors, will ar- rive here on the Yukon tonight. All three plan to leave soon for Anchorage Bay. to build the new Chignik school, for which they have the contracts. — ., — JOHN SPENCE, PROMINENT DAWSON MERCHANT, IS ON WAY SOUTH ON NORAH *Women's Clubs of Alaska and will | brought about the arrest of two men as his kidnapers. They tortured Young Welch with a hot hammer on the head, chest, feet and face. Mrs. Welch promised her son to send $2,000 to free him. Instead the Chi lice and notified them of the ad- dress the ramsom was to be left The police seized Harry Seigel and Harry Sway. Welch, wealthy head of a cloth- ing company, meanwhile escaped from the third member of the gang who took him to a restaurant while the other two waited for the ran- som delivery. Welch shouted to a passing policeman and his guard fled. - { Lily Pons Is to | Play in U. S. Films BUESOS AIRES, June 15.—Lily Pons, French star of the American opera, will enter motion pictures. | Arriving here for an engagement, | the singer said she had accepted | offers to appear in North American films after fulfilling contracts in Paris, London and New York. Hubert Work’s Son in Denver Divorce| DENVER, June 15.—Mrs. Irene Work, has been awarded a prelim- inary divorce decree in district court from Robert V. H. Work, son of Dr. Hubert Work, former sec- retary of the interior, on grounds of mental cruelty. She was given custody of their son, Hubert Work 1L They were married here in 1924. — PETER VICTORS LEAVES FOR SOUTH ABOARD THE PRINCESS NORAH TODAY Peter Viciors, member of the White Russian colony here, left on the Princess Norah for the south on his way to San Francisco where he has accepted a position as elec- trical engineer. Mr. Victors, who has lived in Juneau for the last two years, has been engaged in the U. S. Biological Survey office here. He went as interpreter to Fair- banks last winter with the Russian party which came north to rescue the men, women and children ma- rooned on the ice in Bering Strait. - —— BOBBY RAVEN LEFT TODAY FOR SOUTH ON NORTHLAND Bobby Raven, son or superin- tendent of Schools and Mrs. R. 8. Raven, left for te south today on the motorship Northland to spend the greater part of the summer at the Y. M. C. A. camp on Lake Washington. He will be met by his aunt in Seattle and taken right out to the camp. Mr. and Mrs. Raven expect to leave sometime during the early the giant to a state of complebe helplessness and put the champion- | "7 ship title back into the good old U. 8. A. The receipts were estimated at $350,000. Carnera. weighed 263 pounds and * Baer- weighed 210~ pountis. Was Great Scene i Baer's conquest of Carnera cre- ated a scene comparable only to| the conquest of Jack Dempsey of| Louis Angel Firpo, as the battered Carnera stood dazed and turned toward Referee Donovan and vmu pered: “Fini, finl. I am finished.” Donovan wrestled in between lhi‘ fighters and stayed Baer's finish-| ing hand and gave the signal which | proclaimed him champion of the world. Carnera Led Away Carnera started to protest but | nis seconds tore wildly about the zgeq 32, prisoner from Portland, | quently singled out for attack by ring, threw a robe about his bat- tered and bleeding head and led | him to his dressing room. Carnera declared afterwards that| he hadn't said he had had enough| and that Donovan should not have stopped the bout but spoke from his heart rather than from his senses. Carnera was one of the most terribly beaten champions of all heavyweight history, crushed al- most as badly as Jess Willard was by Jack Dempsey at Toledo in 1919. The following is thc fight by rounds: Round One Baer slouched lazily from his corner as the gigantic Carnera| boxed toward him, left carefully extended. They fell into a quick clinch without striking a blow Baer missed a left to the head) shortly after the breakaway and Baer’s face was contorted fiercely| as Carnera pumped three lefts (m the mouth. The challenger ripped Carnera furiously and banked his| left and right into the champion’s side but Carnera, stepping about lightly, fended off. A left and| right smash knocked Carnera down but he was up without a count.| Baer chased him from one side of the ring to the other. Carnera went down three times under the frightful pounding of Baer's fists ‘The champion reeled from rope to rope. There was no count either; of the three times he hit the floor Baer was trying to measure him at the bell. It was Baer's round Round Two Baer came out viclously for a ki!! and nailed Carnera with a right to the head. Both tumbled to the floor. They crashed down again as Baer landed another right to the head. When they fell the second time Baer was on top as he drove the champion dewn. 1ne, and Carnera began o Cogged 11 holding the challenger it bay ** his left and then stuck out his right high as Baer stalked abou! him. But for a moment Bacr seemed to have punched himse |tiary, two convicts, W. L. Fitz- by a vote of 53 to 24. : ‘n:auricc, aged 34, sent up from‘ Regarded as the “No. 1 Brain San Francisco, and T. F. Audette, Truster,” Tugwell has been fre-| and former world clumpion. TWO CONVICTS MAKE ESCAPE Tugwell Is Given Okeh By Senators |Confirmed l—fie Undersec- FROM M'NEIL retary of Agriculture 'Pull Off Sensational Rush,' Afoer Hot Debat Capture Prison Boat, | ter Flot Debate Make for Mainland WASHINGTON, June 15.—A¢ the! _ |end of a day of tense and acri- TACOMA, Wash., June 15—Safe | monious debate, the Senate last| on the mainland after a sensational | night confirmed Rexford Tugwell break from McNeil Island ch\!kn-{as Under-Secretary of Agriculture follewing convictions for counter-, | Administration opponents. feiting and violation of the Dyer‘ Six Democrats voted against him, | Act respectively, are sought on the Most of the Republican independ- | Fort Lewis reservation today. ents were for him. The two convicts escaped at the I i R time guards were changing. They | broke through a barred door of ' the cell block into the tunnel lead- | the auditorium, {NETIS §153,000 INPAST MONTH ALASKA JUNEAU Local Company Recovers; $357,000 During May | on 367,870 Tons Ore | pickets afternoon at the Todd Drydocks where pickets ordered non-union men aboard three Luckenbach ships to leave their posts. Armed with clubs the union men stood across the street from the entrance of the dock facing police- men armed . with riot- sticks. and | shotguns. The officers are ready to clea: the picket line away should any. try to enter the doek. Mayor Charles L. Smith of Se- attle and Mayor George A. Smit- |ley of Tacoma have enlisted the aid of every port city to open all ports (simultaneously under police protec- tion. Mayor Carson, of Portland, For the moath of May, ne Alas-| ka Juneau ghowed a net profit of| $155,500 on its Juneau operations,| according to a statement issued to- | day by L. H. Metzgar, General Su-| perintendent. Its gross recovery fnr1 the month on 367,870 tons of ore was $357,500. | The per fon average value of the ore was 97.18 cents. Operating costs averaged 54.91 per ton. The monthly statement is as fol- | { lows: Tons mined and trammed |is also in the agreement. After a conference with Smitley, Smith said every port will be op= ened at once. Despite Mayor Smith's action in calling out an armed force, long- shore officials said the agreement to release all Alaska shipping will be kept. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, June 15. —Peace negotiations in the long- shore strike are reported progress- ing. Mayor Rossi, as mediator, has ing to prison’s made their way through the main|} prison yard, cut all wires, then rushed to the prison’s dock, cap- tured the prison boat and made for the mainland. e — WASHINGTON U ONE FAVORITE IN BOAT RAGE Annual Regatla Takes Place on Poughkeepsie Tomorrow Afternoon POUGHKEEPSIE, June 15, — A wide open tussle for the murvael varsity championship loomed as séven contenders eased off train- ing and prepared for tomorrow’s regatta. ‘Washington and still rated the favorites. and Pennsylvania, especially the latter, are figured as the main Fastern hopes, with the Navy and serusylvania conceded outside of California are Cornell Lae chance of capturing the main | prize, Cornell is a favorite for the three-mile junior vars and co- favorite with Washington for th two-mile Freshman struggle. e time of the races tomorrow ws: 1:45, 2:45 and 3:45 o'clock, e " raeitic time. Sub Can Fight Plane WILL BE MADE, WAR SHIPMENT To Determine 1f Bolivia Supplies Purchased After Munitions Ban ‘WASHINGTON, June 15—(Copy- right by Associated Press, 1934) — An investigation has been ordered} by the Department of Justice to| | determine whether $600,000 worth | to mill 367,870 been in conference with represen- Op:rnung Revenue: {tatives of strikers and employers Cents |and is hopeful of successful re- Per Ton |sults. | Reports here say Mayor Smith 96.09 (of Seattle has declared an “emer- Gold at $35.00 0z, per | $353, .)00 of war munitions on the docks m| New York and Norfolk, awaiting: shipment to Bolivia, was sold in violation of the Presidential ban| on the Gran Chaco war supplies.! The sellers must show whether the sales were completed prior to May 28 when the ban became ef- | fective. THREE MEN DIE | INHOTEL FIRE AT FAIRBANKS | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 15.— {Ed McIlvery, aged 75, Ruby mining man; Steven Luke and Hanson jDavid, Indians, were burned to |death in a fire which destroyed {the new California Hotel. The fire is believed to have started in one | of the Indian’s rooms whose char- {red remains were found upright |in a chair. ) Lead and silver less |gency” exists and promises to use marketing costs 4,000 .09 larmed forces to open that port ——|for commerce. Total 9718 e | Operating Expenditures: Mining and tram- PwA PL NN'N ming 98,500 26.77 Milling 63,500 17.26 Capital expendi- tures at Juneau, | labor and supplies 28,500 17.75 All other Juneau operating costs. 11500 313 FflR 2Nn YE R pew 3202000 %49 Pyublic Works System to Operaunrv profit $155500 4227 Be Speeded Is Aim of R - Secretary Ickes WASHINGTON, June 15. — The Public Works Administration, which announces it put two million men to work in the first year of its stence, swings into the second CHINA BANDITS KILL AMERIGAN === - . PEIPING, China, June 15—The lsneed on the present program for United States Legation today a permanent public works system. quick representations to the Cl This is the high spot of Secretary nese authorities for the slaying of |5¢ 1nterior Ickes's program on the Dr. J. H. Ingram, aged 75, AmeI-|pwa anniversary eve. ican missionary, as he attempted — H to shield his wife and grand-| .. : children from bandits. He was|Finland Only shot to death in his summer|Nation to bungalow on the outskirts of the eity. Pay War Debt AR (00 g e WASHINGTON, June 15— Giant Camelia Plant SAN FRANCISCO, Cal One hundred and sixty-six theusand, five hundred dollars from Finland was the only hard cash the United States A be placed on the Federal Building, under the auspices of the Juneau Women's Club, according to Mr. Hendrickson, John Spence, prominent merch-!part of July on their way to Marys- ant of Dawson, Y. T, is a m',h.{vme, ‘Wash., where Mr. Raven has bound passenger on the Princess!accepted a position as Superintend- lNarah on his annual buying trip. |ent of Schools for next year, out. Carnerae quickly recovered.| CHERBOURG, France—A spe- - Camellia “tree” planted in 1873 now i Another long overhand right smash- | ¢ial anti-aircraft gun is mounted on| Agricultural experts figure that bears between 5000 and 6,000 received today on war debts.! ed Carnera’s temple but again hv the new French 2,000-ton 'sub-|$36000,000 worth of farm products blooms yearly. The trunk of the| Almost half a billion dollars recovered quickly driving Baer to| Marine Agosta. The craft, which which Georgia could grow are be-|plant, ordinarily seen potted in| Wwere due today from thirteen the ropes and then clubbed h m|Can stay at sea a month, is being|ing imported by that State an- greenhouses, has attained ,ameter of 14 inches, (Continued on Page Two) |Cubfitted here, s nually. . a di- Eurcpean nations including Great Britain and France, y