The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1934, Page 1

» (> THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6679. J UNE:.AU. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STRI ACGEPTED FOR PRESENT TIME Proposal Made by Amer- ican Federation of Labor Chief Carries PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 16— The convention of Steel Workers voted late last night to adjourn after accepting a peace pact pro- poced by Willlam Green, Presi- dent the American Federation workers adjourned without fixing any definite date for strike which was to have started this morning. > propesed strike in the great steel industry was one of the great- est w of the Government and the peace move was especially sought 'by the Roosevelt Adminis- a dent Green's proposal, pro- for three-man board, ap- peinted by President Roosevelt to settle disputes in the industry was adopted with an amendment that in the event President Roosevelt and the Iron and Steel Institute fziled to accept an agreement with the steel workers, union officers were delegated with the power to call a strike at a time which the officers will set. SENATE VOTES BIG SUM FOR PUBLIC WORKS Senator Dill Fails to Gel‘ Five Million for Inter- national Highway WASHINGTON, June 16.—Two and one quarter billion dollars were voted by the Senate last night for the Administration’s Pub- lic Work and relief programs. The Administration forces beat back the attempts to double and quadruple that sum. Senator C. C. Dill failed in his effort to have five million dollare| appropriated for the ‘Alaska high- way from the states through Brit- ish Columbia. HOUSE ACTION TODAY WASHINGTON, Jume 16. — The House has passed the Administra- tion’s bill to establish Mediation Boards to settle collective bargain- ing and strikes and sent it to the Senate. The House then rejected the Senate amendments to the two bil- lion dollar deficiency appropriation bill and the bill was sent to con- ference. FRANCE IS T0 DEFY GERMANY ON LOAN BONDS PARIS, June 16—France intends to collect her interest from Ger- many on the Dawes-Young loan bonds in some manner to protect her commercial interests. This is the decision announced by the French Cabinet which has not yet decided on the method to be dopted. Germany several days ago declared a moratorium from July 1 to December 31 on all loans. B s <0 SR WILL PRACTICE IN CORDOVA Dr. J .E. Young, M. D., is en- route for Cordova on the Yukon, where he will enter practice. ,—ee May Sea Lions Be Killed; It Is Legal WASHINGTON, June 16— Congress has passed and sent to the President the bill per- mitting the killing of sea lions in Alaskan waters on the greunds the animals are de- structive to the salmon. The cea lions have been protected for a number of years, KE IN STEEL INDUSTRY POLICE TAKE POSSESSION, SEATTLE WATERFRONT AVERTED Allen of Mattituck, L. I, who was ago, stood up and picked out Thomn berry Tom’ Jensen in Alask pect in the slayings of » w (Associated Press Photo) “THAT’S THE MAN," This picture was made in a New York homicide court as Frank Ely “There’s only one man here who raczmbles the man | knew as ‘Blue- SAYS"_SOU‘RDOUQH “Kid” Allen in the Yukon 20 years as P. Jensen (right) and declared: " t's the man.” The latter is a sus- vio nrospectors in Alaska in 1916, HIGH OFFICIALS OF FRANCE ARE BEING BUARDED Made by ‘Three Judges of Hell,” Terrorists PARIS, June 16.—Special precau- tions are being taken to guard the life of the President and Premier of France against bombs of terror- ists who call themselves the “Three Judges of Hell.” ported, making a total of ten in all during the past four days. Two of the bombs exploded injuring four persons. Lives of other high officials are threatened. —————— NUDE BODY IS SEEN IN AIR Blonde Dancer Either Falls or Is Thrown Out of Window LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 16— Lucille Young, attractive 28-year- old blonde dancer, either fell or was thrown to death from her fourth floor apartment. Several saw the nude body as it was hurled through the window, crashing to the pavement. —— MYSTERY IS CLEARED UP SHARON, Pa., June 16. — The partially burned body of four-year old Leah Billey has been found in a field after Homer Sander, aged her lying dead in a house he had fumigated. He took the body to the field and cremated it. The police went to question him on a neighbor’s complaint he had stolen a blanket. He collapsed and told his story concerning the little girl. * Sander is a former school teach- er. Lily Pons to Be Wed July 9, 1935 BUENOS AIRES, June 16.—Lily Pons, star of the New York Met- ropolitan Opera, today said she would be married July 9, 1935, to Dr, Fritz von der Becke, physi- cian on the lner Arcona, in cele- bration of the third anniversary of their meeting on that ship. | Threats with Bombs Are Five new bomb attempts are re- | 42, told the police he discovered| President . Of Cuba Is j Hurt, Bomb Infernal Instrument Is Con- tained in Camera Box —Others Injured HAVANA, Cuba, June 16.—Pres- ident Mendieta was slightly | wounded, one Army officer was | killed and several other persons {injured by the explosion of a bomb at the naval base. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN HAVANA, June 16. — Terrorists who struck at the President’s life {at the naval base with a bomb in a camera box, stirred the Cabinet into a grim anti-terror campaign. Ten suspects have been arrested The outrage happened at an of- ficial luncheon across the bay. The Cazbinet made public a new ilaw forbidding civilians to carry jor possess firearms of any kind ex- cept by special license from the Government. FOAE N S A HUGH JOHNSON MAKES REPLY, REVIEW BOARD CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 16.| — N R A Administrator Hugh 8. Johnson assailed the Darrow Re- view Board as communistic in purpose, and assailed part of the press on charges of falsifying NRA news in a speech made here. ‘Gen. Johnson attacked “parti- san politicians” aligned against the recovery unit. His reply to critics featured the holiday celebration of the NRA's first birthday. He declared that “much of the press is in the hands of the poli- tical opposition which is anxious to regain office. To get a square deal from 'these papers for the NRA is impossible. “I know what is going on under the NRA. I know that it has raised employment 37 per cent and pay- rolls 72 percent,” he stated. DR, LEVINE IS ON WAY NORTH SEATTLE, June 16—Dr. Victor E. Levine, Professor of Biology and Chemistry of the Creighton Uni- versity School of Médicine, and a party have arrived here enroute to Holy Cross, Alaska, to study the Eskimo with hopes of linking the Eskimo and Asiatics, A. B, PHILLIPS WILL SUCCEED ROBT. S. RAVEN Former Mem_ber of Local High School Staff Re- turnsas Superintendent A. B. Phillips, head of the Man~ ual Training Department of the Juneau High School in 1920 and 1921, has tendent of the local City Schools by the School Board, it was an- nounced today by R. E. Robertson, President.. He will succeed Super- intendent R. S. Raven, resigned. Mr. Phillips, who is now con- nected with the School system, is leaving shortly for Chicago. He and Mrs. Phil- lips, who is a sister of Mrs. R. J. Sommers and a former member of the local teaching faculty, will ar- rive here about August 1. After leaving here, Mr. Phillips was for several years superintend- ent of the schools at Foster, Wash. and more recently has been on the staff of the Seattle city schools. He has done postgraduate work at the University of Washington and authorities of that institution highly recommend him for the lo- cal position. - YEAR- OLD BRL KILLED - BY TWO BOYS Tot Taken to River and Drowned — One Lad Confesses to Police CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 16— | Ten-year-old Floyd Ranker, Jr., to- day told the police he and his pal drowned Peggy Young, aged 3 years, in the river here. The body is now being sought. Young Ranker said he pushed the girl into the river when he found she could not swim. came up Kkicking and his pal hurled a brick at her which struck her in the stomach. - The tot went down and did not come up any more. A short time after Ranker told his story, his pal, accompanied by his parents, appeared at the police station and denied any knowledge of the girl's disappeaarnce. The girl's parents were not told immediately of the drowning story | but later Mrs. Nina Young, the mother, said Peggy and a neighbor child, Betty O'Brien, aged 5, start- ed to a store to buy some candy. | 3 didate who years had been seen leaving such Betty told the authorities they were | bassador Josephus Daniels as “Mex- | tionists’ substitute can i |accosted by two boys who wanted |ico's new deal and square deal”|Dad been carrying on a speaking places in an intoxicated condition. them to go to the river. Betty store. o BODY IS FOUND CLEVELAND, O., June 16, — The body of Peggy Young was found floating in the river this af- QUESTIONED IN HIT-RUN DEATH TACOMA, June 16.—Mrs. W. D. Stone and Gertrude Edwards, both of Seattle, were being questioned in connection with the death of Geoge Lacey, longshoreman, fatally injured when struck by a hit-and- run driver. been elected Superin- | Seattle Public, She | % t 1 1 { | { « clated Press Photo), ~ . PAIR SEEKS ADVENTURE SAILING B Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chappell getting their 20-foot auxiliary craft shipshape in Seattle preparatory to starting on a lone Journey to Alaska and return down the coast to California. The Berkeley, Cal., couple will dare sudden and risky storms on the trip. Neither of them, they say, have done much sailing. (Asso- Prohibition and ' On Personal Mexico’s By CLARK G. LEE MEXICO, D. F, June 16.—Bar- ring unpredictable developments, General Lazaro Cardenas, 40-year- old veteran of revolutionary cam-| palms, will be elected 45th Con- | 'stitutional President of tHe ‘Re- | public on July 1. Lack of any ef-| | fective opposition virtually reduces the voting to a formality. With the oppositition divided into | three disagreeing factions, and apparently discouraged from any forceful action by the threat of the powerful government party to “answer violence with violence,” the campaign has been lacking in general interest. Outstanding personalities and is- sues have likewise been absent., | Cardenas’ program, the 6-year plan of the national revolutionary par-‘ ty, or “P. N. R.,” was written long | before he was nominated last De- | cember, and much of it has al- ready been put into effect by | President Abelardo Rodriguez. i I l Advances Ideas Of Own Under this plan, Rodriguez has already established a semi-gov- ernment petroleum company, made plans for a semi-official electric| light <and power company, speeded up the agrarian program steps takenm by Rodriguez. The soldier-candidate has indi- jcated, however, that he will pos-| sibly go outside the 6-year-plan,| which has been described by Am- | Cardenas is reported to favor| | politics and government. ! Rumors of disagreements be- tween Cardenas and other leaders of the party, reportedly displeased with some of the candidate’s ideas | have been in circulagion for some |time but there have been no de- | velopments to confirm them. | _Opposition Field Shrinks In preparation for his 6-year term of the presidency, which he expects to assume December 1, Cardenas has served as Governor of the State of Michocan, Presi- dent of the P. N. R, and for a| short time as Secretary of War. Brief as this experience in public affairs has been, Cardenas would enter the Presidency with a thor- ough personal knowledge of the country. He has spent six months Seventy-third Congress May Adjourn by Tonight/ WASHINGTON, June 16. — Congress today drove wearily | toward the finish of the most astounding legislative job in America’s peace-time history. Only tne major tussle over a resolution designed to avert the strike epidemic remained be passes into history. Administration leaders hcped the final gavel will fall tonight. The present Congress has fore the Sevemty-third Congress appropriated vaster sums, given ] Program of Next President LAZARO_ CARDENAS in an intensive campaign tour. General Antonio L. Villarreal, has| ¢andidate of the Confederation of the measure, Revolutionary Independent pariies, p v .| Teceived unexpected support late was directed to notify liquor, beer, e ey ol e bariaigasi i w(thdramel, 1k Wik Halers that seling of |the most part a continuation 01;0! Gilberto Valenzuela, nominee liquor to minors would not be tol- of the anti-reelectionist group, who "was unwilling to abandon his ex- plaints have been made to the ile in El Paso, Tex. and risk fac- ing old charges of rebellion. Roman Badillo, the anti-reelec- campaign, also withdrew, and many | pa 4 i { la’s supporters said they |declined and went alone 4o the|passage of a national prohibition Of Valenzuel i » g ]luw and also legislauonpt,o enable | Would vote for Villearreal, since he draft offered to the Council for |women to take a greater part in TePresented virtually the same po- consideration by the Police Com- litical opinion as their candidate. Both of these opposition groups support the ideals of the revolu- tion but object to the methods jof the present government lead- in this ordinance: ers. Tejeda Plans “Other Means™ Colonel Adelberto Tejeda, for- mer Governor of Vera Cruz, has perhaps the strongest personal fol- lowing of the oppositionists, con- }slsnng chiefly of agrarians in his ises with me: !home state. But he has said he pensary |has no hope of winning the elec- pensary tion. Early in the campaign Tejeda and 'announced his intention of using uncapped bottles to be consumed \“other means” to put into effect by his socialistic program. The third opposition caididate, |Hernan La Borde, describes him- “Beer Parlor” means any room or |self as a communist and has the pla | backing of the peasants and work- by virtue of a Dispensary License of or for which a Dispensary License ers’ league, an organization undetermined strength. BIG FIREIN VICTORIA, B. . VICTORIA, B. C., June 16— —The Moore - Whittington Lum- jber plant, including the sawmill o566 shall and planing mill, besides a mil- lion feet of lumber were destroyed | by fire late yesterday afternoon. more power to an Executive and passed more experimental and J % 4 . mIIntary legislation than any other ?nee—tlu Congress, The loss is estimated by the com- pany officials at $150,000, OAT TO ALASKA' | - | \ORDINANCE IS INTRODUCED ON ' LIQUOR SALES |Aims at Selling to Minors, Drunkenness—Action f Is Postponed = Perhaps the most important sub- ject to become before the City Council at its meeting last night was the introduction of a tenta- tive draft of an ordinance giving the city magistrate jurisdiction over liquor law violations. Many points in the ordinance duplicate regulations already pro- vided by the Territorial Liquor Board, but the explanation was brought out at the meeting that under existing laws, the City has no direct jurisdiction over viola- tors at the present time, except as persons become disoraerly. Objections Made Several objections were made to various points in the proposed or- dinance, and it was decided that the matter should be laid on the table until the next meeting of the Council, which occurs July 6, to give time for individual study of In the meantime, the City Clerk erated, as a large number of com- Council on -that point. It was charged in the course of the meet- ing that girls as young as 15 Ordinance Is Offered Following is the preliminary mittee in cooperation with City Attorney H. L. Faulkner. Definitions Section 1. Definitions: As used “Resturant Li- cense” means a Territorial Beer and Wine License which gives the ,holder thereof the right to sell and serve beer in uncapped bottles in restaurants to customers in good faith to be consumed on the prem- the term “Dis- means a Territorial Dis- Licensé which gives the thereof the right to sell rve draft beer and beer in holder the customer while seated in the dispensary, without food or meals; as used in this ordinance which is operated under or is in force, regardless of what oth- er kinds or classes of licenses the owner thereof may possess or what other kinds of business may be conducted therein; as used in this ordinance, “Liquor Store” means any place where intoxicating li- quors of any kind are sold within the City, of Juneau, Alaska, Selling to Minors Section 2. No licensee of any sell, serve or furnish any beer, wine or hard liquor to any person under the age of twen- ty-one years, and it shall be the | (Continued on Page Seven) | SHIFS ARE T0 BE LOADED BY GUARDED MEN Mayor Smith Declares Port Will Be Opened, Pro- tection Furnished NON-UNION CREWS MAY MAN VESSELS Peace Talk Prevails in San Francisco—General Walkout Threat SEATTLE, June 16.—The police are today in complete charge of the Seattle waterfront and in un- disputed possession. Mayor Charles L. Smith is co- operating with the Mayors of Port- land, Tacoma, Bellingham and Hverett and planning a simultan- eous reopening of every port in the Pacific Northwest. Masters, mates and pilots have adopted a resolution agreeing not to unmoor, sail or move any vessel not manned by union men, nor loaded by strike breakers. The plan in Portland would grant recognition to the International Longshoremen’s Association but the employers would retain the open shop right of nondiscrimination be- tween unon and non-union work: ers. .. NEW,_CRISIS LOOMS SEATTLE, June 16 —Preparations are being made to load ships here under police protection which has been promised to the steamship companies affected by the long- shore strike. This promise has been made by Mayor Smith while the police removed the strikers' bar- ricades and seized hundreds of baseball bats they claimed were in possession of the pickets. Mayor Smith has appealed to the merchants not to sell bats or fire- arms during the emergency period. The authorities look forward with new confidence to the new crisis when steps are taken to put non-union crews on the Lucken- bach vessels. Non-union men are expected here at any hour and will be protected by the police. Lines of defense include the use of a new brand of tear gas. PEACE TALK PREVAILS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 16. —Peace talk prevails in the long- shore strike despite threats of a eneral labor walkout and prepara- tions to break the shipping block- ade in the Northwest. Mayor Rossi has been informed by representatives of both sides that “we are hopeful of a settle- ment.” AT TACOMA TACOMA, June 16.—The Long- shore Strike Committee declared here this morning that the “ship- owners cannot recruit enough men to break the strike.” e INSURANCE MEN GO T. B. Wolverton, and W. H. Richardson, of the Mutual Bene- fit & Insurance Company, left for Cordova and Valdez, respectively, on the Yukon. oo Daughter of President May Seek: Divorce RENO, Nev,, June 16.—Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall, President Roosevelt’s daughter, is enroute here to establish a residence, presumably diverce proceedings are in prospect. Mr. and Mrs. Dall separated more than a year ago. MAKES STATEMENT OMAHA, Neb, June 16.— (Copyright by Associated Press, 1934) —Mrs. Dall today sped to- ward Renc and a divorce. She confirmed reports that the pri- mary purpose of her journey was tc begin proceedings against her broker husband but said: “I cannot say positively I'm geing to get a divorce. Many things might arise. 1 do not believe any weman can say such a thing definitely.” Mrs. Dall is accompanied by Sistie and Buzzic and also a