The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6680. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | NO SETTLEMENT IN LONGSHORE STRIKE o NAZI REGIME . ATTACKED BY HIGH OFFICER Vice - Chancellor and Pre- mier of Prussia Talks Right Out HITLER’S RIGHT HAND MAN SPEAKS PLAINLY Not a German Newspaper Dares to Print Speech Made at University BERLIN, June 18—The boldest public criticism of the Nazi regime | from anyone in authority since Adolf Hitler's assumption to power has been made by Franz von Pap- | en, Vice-Chancellor and Premier of Prussia. | The sensational character of his | remarks, delivered at the Marburg | Univers is best illustrated by the fact no Berlin newspaper print- | ed even an excerpt. Nazi Challenged In guarded language, von Papen | pleaded for the reestablishment of a monarchy and challenged the! Nazi claims it must impose its| will in the realm of religion. He| also severely criticized the muz-| zling of the press. | Notice was served by the Gov-| ernment controlled News Bureau upon subscribers that the speech was not to he published in Ger-| many. { Von Papen, who is Hitler's right hand man, took issue with the nation wide campaign against Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Pro- paganda, against ‘“grousers and croaksers” and warned against the radical Socialist experiment. He asserted they are held as the pos- sible cause for a new class war. Van Papen also criticised the at- tempt to have only one political party in Germany. GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUND GUILTY Chief Executive with Five Others Convicted of | | Defrauding U. S. BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 18.—Gov. William A. Langer, and| four political associates, were con-} victed Sunday by a Federal jury of defrauding the TUnited States through solicitation from Federal employes for political contributions | New Class War ‘ : NRA Must Remain, Declare Nation’s Business Leaders; Administrator Given Praise HOT SPRINGS, Virginia, June 18.—Some thirty National business Icaders in high Government councils, broadly represen- tatives of all industry, decided Sunday that the fundamentals of NRA must be permanently preserved in the Government as an organizaticn keystone of American busines: The business leaders, comprising the Industrial Advisory Board, which adviscs Recevery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson cn the business viewpoint, alsc highly praised the General’s cfforts in a fcrmal resolution thus turning thumbs down on reports they planned to force his removal. The form of a permanent organization for definitely set up Sunday. The Board will contain 21 industrialists, five of whom will be pcrmanent to the extent they must reside in Washington, D. C., t¢ work for industry for at least one year. wins s152000 | WARRACK OFFER | ON APPROACHES | TO BRIDGE LOW Bids $46,410 for Con- structing Nine Concrete Spans to Big Bridge NRA was | Warrack Construction Company, with a tender of $46,410, was the low bidder of four for constructing the concrete approaches to the Douglas bridge, it was announced today by Hawley Sterling, Asst. Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission. The bids were opened in local headquarters of the Com- mission today. The project covers 429 feet of| concrete approach. There will bel nine concrete spans, each approx- imately 48 feet, six on the Doug- i las Island end and three on the | . mainland. Other bidders were: A. W. Quist, Seattle, $52,744; R. J. Sommers Construction Company, $53,410; and G. E. Krause, $85,267. Work { my be started at any time after the contract is signed, and must begin within 30 days of that time. ‘To date contracts totaling $214,- 000 have been awarded on the| bridge project. This includes the piers, now under construction, the' steel work and the concrete ap- | proaches. There is still to be| advertised for bids, the rock fills jon both ends. It is estimated that it will require about 35,000 eubic! | yards of material for these fills,’ | about half of the total to be used {on each end. Bids will be sought on these in a short time, Mr. Ster- | ling said. | Alma Mamay, former Ziegfeld | chorus girl, won $152,000 in the Irish Hospital sweepstakes, but she declined to talk about it! She held a ticket on Windsor Lad, winner of the famous Epsom derby. (Asso- siated Press Photo) TWO SOUTHERN STATES STRUCK BY HIGH WIND President’s MACHINE GUN NEW ORLEANS, June 18—Re- habilitation went forward today in | Daughter in {the hurricane devastated areas of | N d N “ and donations, obtained to support | Louisiana and Mississippi where! evaaa Ul(,‘ The Leader, a newspaper estab- lished a year ago to back the Lan- ger regime. Others convicted with the Gov- ernor were State Highway Commis- sioner Frank A. Vogel; R. A. Kin- zer, former Federal Relief Commit- tee Secretary; Oscar A. Chaput, Business Manager of The Leader, and Harold McDonald. The five will be sentenced some- | time today, it was announced yes- terday. All defendants served notice to apply for @ new trial and if denied will appeal to a higher court. The maximum sentence is two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. SENTENCE DEFERRED BISMARCK, N, D, June 18. — Sentence of Gov. Langer and four codefendants was deferred today and arguments for a new trial will be heard June 29. Meanwhile, North Dakota has two Governors. Tieutenant Governor Ole Olson took the oath of office as Govern- or and plans are also made to in- stitute court action to oust Langer on the theory that conviction of a felony has made him ineligible to continue in office. Some Federal Officials Face Prison, Is Claim |seven persons are known to have | been killed, a score or more in-| ed and ty dai ti- | 5 magea in the ‘miions of donars| 1akes Up Legal Residence| was done late Saturday. for Six Weeks—Di- vorce Expected CONVICT DIES, | Roosevelt, as she began a six WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 18|| yeexs residence that is expected to | —Dan Orland, aged 36, is dead a5 eng jn 5 divbrce next month from the result of stab wounds which'curiis B, Dall prison officials said were Inmct-i She was accompanied here by at- ed by John Carpoff, fellow state orneys Samuel Platt and John 8. prison inmate last Friday. !Sinai, who will represent her, and Death resulted from peritonitis. {a detective. G Orland was convicted of first de-; Mrs, Dall refused to pose for a gree assault in Pacific County In pisture or talk to the newsmen. 1933 for shootig his estranged ~ The Dalls have been separated wife. for more than a year. Carpoff was sent up from Paci- fic County about the same time on a second degree assault convic- tion. ] 1 | CAL-NEV., Nevada, June 18—A I house of logs, overlooking Lake! | Tahoe, yesterday became the tem- porary home of Mrs. Anna Roose- in Ford l Plant Injures 13 Ronald C. . Wife | DETROIT, Mich, June 18— Seeks Divorce in London Tnhirteen men were infured, tive —_ | seriously, by an explosion this af- LONDON, June 18.—The London, ternoon in the foundry department Daily News says Ronald Colman's of the Ford Motor Company, An- English wife, from whom the well-|other man was killed when caught ‘Explosion S S — I FIRE GREETS ABG MARGHERS Parade of 50,000 Mem- bers of Political Party Stampeded in Havana E) ENEMY ATTACK IS COMPLETE SURPRISE Mes il Wkt e Drop, Dead or Wounded, in Bloody Engagement HAVANA, Cuba, June 18.—Retal- iation by infuriated members of the ABC Sociely is feared after Cuba’s bloody Sunday when twelve persons were killed and nearly six- ty wounded. Deep political significance is at= tached to the two days of rioting that left a total of 15 dead and culmthated yesterday in a parades that turned suddenly into a slaugh- ter when opposition to the ABC turned machine guns loose on the paraders. Guerilla warfare has been car- ried on for months and this reach- ed a climax when 50,000 members of the ABC, powerful political or- ganization, marched through the principal streets. Clatter of Bullets As the marchers reached Nep- tuno Street, the music from the bands was interrupted by the dead- ly clatter of machine guns. The enemy attack was a com- plete surprise. A shrill whistle sounded, then shots were heard. A number of the marchers, in- icluding several women feli, Kkilledde or perhaps fatally wounded Panic Ensues Thousands of watchers became panic stricken and trampled one another as they rushed to shelter. The ABC marchers, who were armed, dropped to their knees around their flag bearers and re- turned the fire. The machine gun fire came from behind stone pillars. After six or seven minutes the assailants fled, leaving at least twelve dead and scores injured. The line of march was reorgan- ized and the parade continued. GERMANY HAS FEARS OF NEW ALLIANGE NoW France and Russia Report- ed Getting Together— Officials Making Trips PARIS, June 18—Germany's fear of a FPranco-Russian alliance is credited in official circles for Chancellor Hitler's trip to Venice to meet Premier Mussolini of Italy and also for the secret visit here of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Special German Disarmament Commis- sioner. Reliable sources said von Rib- bentrop got little satisfaction from the conference here with Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister, who insisted that Germany “come back to Geneva' before there is any talk on any subject affecting the two countries. ———.—— A sheep owned by A. Laudermilk of Gooding, Idaho, has given birth to 27 lambs in nine years, includ- ing sets of quadruplets, triplets and twins. C(;NGRESSMEN STUDY ALLEGED NAZI PROPAGANDA Members of a special committee of the house of representatives are shown at the opening hearing of the group appointed to investi Representatives Weideman of M gate alleged nazi propaganda in the United States. Rep. Thomas W. Hardwick (right), former governor of Georgia, is shown as he questioned witnesses. Seated, left to right: ichigan and Kramer of California. (Associated Press Photo) Price Says G.0 Likely will be a warm summer for t dominant note. UNITED STATES TELLS GERMANY SHE IS IN BAD WASHNGTON, June 18. — The State Department has instructed Ambassador Dodds, in Berlin, to inform the German Government that the United States expresses strong regret at the mew hardships brought upon American -creditors by the recent German moratorium on foreign debts. Assistant Attorney General of State of Waskington Dies | OLYMPIA, Wash, June 18. John Hanna, aged 58, Assistant. At- torney General and former Wen- atchee lawyer, died suddenly last Saturday as the result of a heart attack. - e Mooney Will Seek Pardon by Merriam SAN FRANCISCO, June 18. — Tom Mooney's hopes for exonera- tion of the San Francisco Prepar- edness Day bombing through a par- don today rest once more on an appeal to a California governor. The pardon petition, George Davis of Mooney defense counsel announced, will be placed before Acting Gov. Frank F. Merriam, successor to the late Gov. James Rolph, Jr. known screen star has been sep- in a conveyor belt. arated nine years, has brought suit! Recommend(Remaval of 7 Chief of Army Many Charges Made Public WABHING"I‘ON, June 18.—A unanimous and formal rec- Air Corps; ommendation for the immediate removal of Major General to Be Concentrated On Roosevelt “Brain Trust” By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) If the Republican National Committee has its way it | Like all similar platforms, the Committee’s declara- tion of principles is cast in elastic ]mlgua.ge; vet a second or third reading scarcely can fail to disclose CONGRESS MAY ADJOURN LATE THIS EVENING |Senate Accepts Revised Appropriation Bill to Finance Govt. . P. Barrage he Washington brain trust. a clearly- It is an outpouring of indigna- tion against the pro(essors—against} WASHINGTON, June 19. — Ad- hat “s roup vested with tem- journment of Congress by night ;o‘;:,—; maff.,fm,f = fall is more probable with the Sen- " i “ootel rate’'s acceptance of the revised bill g’m"‘ e s | appropriating two billion dollars plish un-Ameri-| jmore to finance the Government tan things. ‘for the next rlsc_nl year. Presidentlf @ | The Democratic lcad_ersh\p also Roosevelt is not| ‘pressed for similar action on the mentioned; thd housing measure. document can be i N { | {read as even in- LEGISLATIVE DEMANDS dicating a belief§ PRTVENTS ADJOURNMENT that the Presi- dent is the victim WASHINGTON, June 18, — Con- of this “covert’ 3 gress came squarely to the edge of braintrust schem- HENRY FLETCHER adjournment last Saturday night ing. NRA is not mentioned, nor‘but met such demands for enact- is AAA or any other official agency.' ment of so much additional legis- The “small group” of planners lation that a recess was taken un- stands out. There is where the til noon Monday. Committee seeks to turn on the hedt. ‘With all key pieces of legislation | the Administration had insisted Insofar as it can, the governing body of the party has marked out the coming congressional campaign. i No. 1 for, Wie braln; rus, &8, Sle: No | farm montgage moratorium bill and | Railroad labor legislation so hard upon out of the way, the Senators pressed demands for action on the | that Senator Joseph T. Robinson, thel of Arkansas, Democratic leader |gave up hope of finishing Saturday | night. INDICTED PROFESSORS Directly -or by implication, professors are indicted on several counts: 1. Radicalism, destructive of American institations. 2. Ignorance, leading to ex- periments which experience has shown worthless. 3. Extravagance, involving “reckless” spending of public funds. 4. Tyranny, directed at cur- tailment of individual liberty, Har Day’s Work Fourteen and one-half hours of work had been done by the Senate and thirteen and one-half hours done by the House when the bells clanged out the word of recess. During the work hours Saturday the Housing, Deficiency appropria- tions, labor arbitration and other major measures sought by Presi- dent Roosevelt had been all but private initiative, freedom ©of |gisposed of but a few remaining speech. | finishing touches remained. As the In spite of the dulcet phrases In gemands for the mortgage bill and which some of these accusalions|others grew, Senator Robinson are wrapped, they strike deeply at moved suddenly for a recess which what many believed, even before giopped the legislature mill and the committee met in Chicago, the House was obliged to follow would be certain to form the cen-| gyt tral theme of the campaign. Conceding his popularity, the Re- Lakor Measure publicans mostly are reluctant to, Congress, Saturday night, passed attack the President; but they are the Labor Dispute Measure giving not pulling their punches at his the President power to set up spe- professorial entourage. ! cial Boards to settle labor disputes ‘The Democrats will offer the vot- | and giving the Boards authority to ers Mr. Roosevelt. The Republicans hold secret elections and selection will counter by saying that how- of workers and representatives for jever right he may be, he is in bad ' collective bargaining. . company. That seems to be the| strategy. | Bills Sent to Roosevelt. el | Legislation sent to the White AN AMBASSADOR | House on Saturday included the The decision to put the Repub-, bill for pensions to rallway employ- lican official stamp of approval on ' €cs. a bill to give Indians a greater WASHINGTON, June 18. — After hearing the prediction that a further delay will prob- ably send scme Federal offi- cials to priscon, the House last Saturday afternoon voted $20,- 000 more fore the Military Committee’s investigation of War Department purchases 1926, since for divorce. He will not defend himself in the case, the News says. e SEATTLE RETAIL MERCHANT ARRIVES HERE ON BUSINESS John A. Tesack, of the firm of Tesack and Benson, retail grocers, | of Seattle, arrived on the Yukon and will spend a few days here on business. {Duke of Wellington | Dies on Anniversary BASINSTOKE, June 18. — The Duke of Wellington, aged 85 years, grandson of the famous Iron Duke, winner of Waterloo, died on the 119th anniversary of that battle, of pneumonia. Benjamin D. Foulois, as Chicf of the Army Air Corps, was made Sunday to Secretary of War Dern by the House Inves- tigating Committee of eight members. The repoert also asked that the recommendation be presented to the President. The committee accuses Fculois of “dishonesty, gross miscon- duct, inefficiency, unreliability, incompetency anod mismanage- ment.” The report praises the “young men who fly arrfiy planes under Foulois’s direction.” : the brain-trust attack was by far | the most interesting development at Chicago. No similar declaration !had ever been made by a national committee, | Compared to this, election of a new national chairman was largely ‘Toutine. The expected happened.| | There was a false note.about the, | surprise expressed by influential| J (Continued on Page Two) 1 degree of government, Taylor Graz- ing bill to give the Interior Depart- ment control over the Public Do- main. The Senate also voted to drop all Turther inquiry into the peti- tions for the ouster of Senators Long and Overton of Louisiana saying the investigation failed to PEACE PROPOSAL jEING REJECTED, COAST WORKERS Agreement Drawn Up Last Saturday at San Fran- cisco Turned Down VARIOUS UNIONS TO SEEK ALL DEMANDS Seamen Join with Others in Asking More Requests from Employers SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 18. ° —With the latest peace proposal voted down by the longshoremen, the workers presented what the leaders termed a united front for a settlement of the demands of all maritime unions. Saturday’s peace proposals were rejected by the longshoremen of San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and San Diego. Seattle longshoremen's associa- tion votes today. San Pedro voted for the peace proposal. BMITH'S VIEWPOINT SEATTLE, June 18. Mayor Charles L. Smith said charters of coast groups of the International Longshoremen's Association may be revoked so Communists and agita- tors will be <xcluded when new charters are issued. He said Presi- dent Joseph H. Ryan has the right to revoke charters. Meanwhile a new settlement plan has been instituted by the I. L. A, of Portland to be submitted to the employers by the unions. AGREEMENT DRAWN UP Last Saturday an Associated Press dispatch said the formula for a settlement of the long turbulent strike of the Pacific Coast long- shoremen was. signed at San Fran- cisco late last Saturday afternoon by the employers, union represen~ tatives and commercial organiza- tions. Ratification of the agreement by a two-thirds vote of the union membership involved was made necessary by the pact but labor leaders immediately predicted the workers would approve it quickly and end the walkout that virtuaily paralyzed the set of commerce since May 9. Points of Settlement The chief points of the settle~ ment were as folloys: Employers’ recognition of the union agreement on the clause for cooperative operation of the dis- puted hiring halls. Neutral attitude toward union and nonunion men. Mayor Angelo Rossi announced the settlement. Joseph P. Ryan, President of the International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation and William J. Lewis, Dis- trict President, submitted the pro- posal to the membership along the coast yesterday. : The agreement was signed by the Waterfront Employers and un- lons of San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles; Inter- national Longshoremen's Associa- tion; Teamsters Unions of San Francisco and Seattle, and indus- trial association of San Francisco and Mayor Rossi. The agreement provided for rec- ognition of the International Long- shoremen’s Association, for collective bargaining and equal control of hiring halls; all men regularly em- ployed prior to December 31, 1933, as determined by the employers' payrolls to be registered and ad- ditional men to be registered only as needs of a port requires. Labor relations were to be settled by a committee of three employers and three workers in each port and if unable to agree on any point, & disinterested chairman was to be named whose vote decides the is- sue. Employers and unions are to " (Continued on Page Five) Did You Feel A Shake? One Has Occurred Accerding to Associated Press dispatches there has been an earthquake somewhere in Al- aska. The seismograph at Ford- ham Univesity in New York City recorded the quake be- disclose substantial- reasons for continuing the inquiry. licved to have been in the Northland.