The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1934. S T0 OPEN PORT —i PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. XLIV., NO. 6682. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE ATTEMP RUNK IN R R. STATION TO WED DEBUTANTE | . D|SG[]VE—RY OF PLAN TO RAISE ?V_Vhere Army Will Seek Néw Stratosbhere Record N[]N -|]N|[]N MEN \ o > » 3 v BODY MAY BE MYSTERY CLUE New York Attorney, Re- cently Married, Has Strangely Disappeared VIENNA CAPTAIN BEING QUESTIONED Finding of Still Born Baby in Same Depot Adds to Puzzling Case BRIGHTON, England, June 20.— The police announced that the woman whose torso was found in a trunk in the railway station here would have become a mother in five months and “pregnancy un- doubtedly provided the motive for the crime.” | The body of a still born baby was also found in the same sta- tion. cither case has been solved aithough it is definitely established that the body of the woman is not thac of the New York attorney, Miss Agres Tufverson, who New York police are convinced was slain there after her marriage to Capt. Ivan Poderjay, now held for in- vestigation in Vienna. Legs of Torso Found Late today it was announced the legs of the torso were discovered in another part of the railway station. London authorities are not cer- tain whether the infant's death is coupled with that of the woman. Both torso and body of the baby were found within three days of each other in the same check- room The missing New York woman had a scar from an abdominal operation but the torso found here bears no marks. DARK STAINS ON TRUNK IN VIENNA ARE BEING STUDIED VIENNA, June 20.—Chemists are studying dark stains, resembling | human blood, on a trunk whicn may reveal the fate of the missing Agnes Tufverson., The trunk was found in the apartment of Capt. Poderjay. The Captain insists he had not seen the missing woman since shortly after they were married in New York. Another of Poderjay's wives, Susanna Ferrand, is living in the apartment with the captain. - e FORMER BANKER IS CONVICTED THREE COUNTS Joseph Wikisin Liable to 80 Years Imprison- ment, $80,000 Fine NEW YORK, June 20.—Joseph W. Harriman, 67, founder of the de- funct Harrimap National Bank and Trust Company, has been convicted in the Federal courts of the mis- application .of $1,713,000 of the bank's funds, lending $300,000 on improper security, and causing false ‘entries to be made in the accounts of 14 large depositors. The maximum sentence of 80 years can be imposed, plus the maximum fine of $80,000. The banker is to remain at lib- erty under $25,000 bond until June 27, when sentence will be imposed. STURDEVANT IS COMING NORTH SEATTLE, June %0.—L{ Col. C. L. Sturdevant, District Corps En- gineer, is enroute to Alaska for a month’s tour to various projects in- cluding the rock removal in Wran- gell Narrows. I John Jacob Astor I1) is going to marry a debutante who was to have been bridesmaid at his once-planned wedding to Eileen 8. 8. Gile e. She is Ellen Tuck French, shown above, a daughter of Mrs. Livingston French of New York and Newport. Astor, one of the na- tion’s weéalthiest youths, recently retlrned from a world trip taken to “forget” his broken romance with Miss Gillespie. (Associated Press Photo from David Berns) President Given Power to Take Steps to End Strikes WASHINGTON, June 20.—President Roosevelt has signed the Labor Disputes Bill. The measure gives the Chief Executive power to set up machinery tc deal autheritatively for settlement of industrial disputes. President Rcosevelt named Secretary of Labor Perkins to serve as mediator between the steel cmployers and employees in the impending steel industry strike. This is the first major preblem to come under the newly created Industrial Peace Body. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WASHINGTON, June 20—A new deadlock threatened in the steel industry dicpute appeared to be a possibility and the peace powers Congress granted President Roosevelt may have to be used. Secretary of Labor Perkins, mediator, said the conflict appeared to be centered on the vital peint of col- lective bargaining. FORD ASSERTS BETTER TIMES Tomorrow Is {Longest Day Of Year 1 Tomorrow is the longest day of the year and also the sum- mer solstice. The sun reaches its northernmost limit at 9:48 o'clock tomorrow evening East- ARE IN SIGHT Industrial Picture .Improv-l S (54 Ank will Crasmally be- ing—Poses for Picture, | #in to shorten. Stops Production ELLIOTT FREMMING DETROIT, Mich., June 20.—Hen- ry Ford, in an interview there h":'t | AND F. A. METCALF ay, express he conviction t) e “indusra & CONDUCT SURVEYS the “industrial picture looks better | all the time and things are gettmg} better notwithstanding every one| Ejjott Fremming returned yester- is grabbing up all he can get” | day on the Virginia IV from Chi- Henry Ford is in his usual good | chagof where he has been super- health at 71. | vising getting mine timbers for the The auto manufacturer vaulted a |last two months. The timbers are four-foot rail to have his picture | to be delivered to the mine by the taken with the millionth of the | Virginia IV. newer model car. After his arrival here Mr. Frem- As he came from the assembly |'ming and F. A. Metcalf, made the line, the line stopped eleven mm-imund trip to the Islander salvage utes while pictures were snapped. | operations to survey the mean low “Well,” he observed, “we've held | water on five acres recently leased up production of 20 cars. by the salvage company, to determ- koo g om0 ocapamrmad ine the best place to beach the sl- No. 13 Dommates | ander when it is raised. Blast d R Tomorrow Mr. Metcalf, mining € mmceiand civil engineer and Mr. Frem- ming will leave on the motorship CHICAGO, ‘June 20.—The thir-|pycific for the Alaska Windham teenth always was an unlucky day Bay Gold Mining Company proper- for Mrs. Grace Mahon but that| didn’t prevent her from filing suit | for divorce on & recent Friday, the 13th against her husband Harold,| a policeman. She was married February 13, 1923, She left Mahon April 13, 1933. And her suit charged he| struck her thirteen times in one| argument. ty at Windham Bay to complete the mineral survey of 25 patented chaxms on Spruce Mountain, - e,e——— A . considerable decrease in the number of applications for seed loans is regarded as a sign of take New Scheme to: . Benefit All Mankind BECOMES MEMBER House Passed Resolutiq:fl on Adjournment Day to Further F.D.R.’s Move: WASHINGTON, June 20. — The United States is to throw all influ- ence behind the move to raise. thet world’c standard of living and thus: assist in the recovery drive here.. © A resolution was- sped throu;h; the House on adjournment day at the President’s desire and makes the United States a member of the International Labor organiza- tion at Geneva. President Roosevelt plans to use this membership in drafting a vast f)rogram for social improvement. He will submit the program to the next Congress. Aids Trade Policy Supporters of the resolution also say it is expected this program will assist the Administration in its reciprocai -trage policy by joiti- ing the organization. Leaders said the United States has acquired a mass of information on social problems gathered since before the World War and this will be used in formulating the President’s pro- gram designed to guarantee econ- omic security through unemploy- ment insurance, old age pensions and other means. For: 40-Hour Week Four delegates will be sent to Geneva to have all nations adopt a 40-hour week and eliminate child labor, prohibit forced labor, raise wages and improve working condi- tions. SRS ARTHUR RUST IS HOST TO FRIENDS ABOARD ELECTRA Arthur W. Rust was host to a number of Juneau friends aboard his yacht Electra yesterday after- noon. The party left Juneau at 2 o'clock and enjoyed a delightful cruise returning to Juneau shortly before 6 o'clock. During the after- noon a visft was paid to the Island- er salvage operations which was most interesting. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nichols, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rust aboard the Electra, as- sisted Mr. Rust in entertaining the | party. Tea was served on the re- turn up the channel and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar poured. Those who made the trip were. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar, Mrs. J. F. Mullen, Beatrice and Virginia Mullen, B. M. Behrends, Mr and Mrs. Walsteln G. Smith, Mrs. Smith Cass, H. L. Faulkner, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bender, Miss Vene- tia Pugh, Miss Anabel Simpson, Mrs. H. E. Morgan, Joan Morgan, James McNaughton, Harry I. Lu- cas and Norman Banfield.\ All expressed deep regret that Mrs. Rust, who is recuperating from an appendix operation, was unable to be present, otherwise the afternoon was most enjoyable, in spite of inclement weather. ——————— Dolomitic limestone has come in- to favor as filler material in the ;nanu(acture of agricultural fertil- zer, WORLD LIVING: STANDARDS NOW. United States Will Under-|" SILVER BUYING OF INTER. LABOR| Spot near Rapid City, S. D., within sight of new Mount Rushmore Memorial, where history of U. S. is being carved into rock, is site chosen for start of forthcomin ' into stratosphere. Capt. A. W, Stevens and Maj. William E. Kepner will seek to mount from here to high- " - est elevation ever attained by man. U. S. Army-National Geographic Society expedition MEASURE GETS ITS SIGNATURE Treasury Department to Issue Silver Certificates Equal to Purchases WASHINGTON, June 20.—Presi- dent Roosevelt Tuesday night sign- ed the bill directing the government to purchase silver, until it compris- es 25 percent of the national metal- lic stock backing currency. Experts estimate that it will re- quire the purchase of 1,300,000,000 ounces of the metal, as silver stocks are now only about 12 percent as great as the gold holdings. The Treasury Department is di- rected to issue silver certificates equal to the amount of money spent in the purchasing program. Time Discretionar, The time for the sflver Sm'chasPs is left to the discretion of the Pres- ident. Domestic silver is to be purchased at a price not to exceed 50 cents per ounce. A 50 percent profits tax on all transfers of silver after May 15 is provided for in the bill. If the price of silver goes over $1.29 cents per ounce before the amount necessary for the 25 per cent resedve is acquired, the Treas- ury may stop buying, and may even sell until the price goes below $1.29, | ——————— Coast Fisher Hooks Salmon In Couples TACOMA, June 20. — Charles Robbecke, 16, usually brings back a g0od catch when he goes salmon fishing, but he got one of his big thrills when he landed two salmon on the same line at the same time. A four pounder took one of the! hooks and a five pounder took the sccond hook in one of his gills. Charles landed them both. toAll A ppéar( inces Born Deadl pound baby daughter of Mrs. Es- ther Rauch was born with the um- bilical cord tightly twisted around her neck, and to all appearances was dead. Into the baby’s thigh, Dr. Bern- ard Zaglin injected alpha loblin to promote respiration, and into her marked economic improvement in the extensive farm belt of Eastern North Carolina, b et o heart pressed a needle carrying adrenalin chloride, potent primer of the human engine, Déctor Brings Lit;'e Into Baby NEW YORK, June 20.—The six- | Her eyelids stirred and her heart beat feebly. H | The doctor pressed his lips over' the baby’s mouth and breathed into' the little girl's lungs, forcing thel tiny. chest to expand and contract.| When he was exhausted a nurse took his place, continuing for two. hours, Delegate Dimond To Visit Alaska During Summer WASHINGTON, June 20.— Alaska Delegate A. J. Di- mond plans to leave the Cap- ital late in July for a trip to the Territory. The trip will be the first the Delegate has made since taking his oath of office. He is not going to campaign for Delegate at the September election as he has no oppo- sition, the Democrats re- nominating him and the Re- publicans have no opposing candidate. . e 0000000000 ————— F.D.R GIVEN HIGH AWARD, COMPLIMENTS NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 20.— President Roosevelt was hailed as the “Man of Today” by Prof. Will- iam Lyon Phelps, and a “Brave Leader” by President James Angell, in receiving the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale, the institution’s highest award. President Roosevelt told the Yale | Alumni, when he was conferred with the honorary degree, that the “brain trust” in the Government is to stay. . “Ability, rather than politics, en- ters into most choices made in Washington,” said the President. “There has been a certain amount of laughter about the use of brains by the Government. It seems to me to be a good practice and will be continued. We are going to call on trained people.” Chicago’s Problem Child Convicted, Kidnaping Charge CHICAGO, I, June 20. — - Fourteen-year-old George Reg- alski, Chicago’s preblem child who enticed Dorett Zietlow, 30- months old, into an abandoned ice house and deserted her to dic from exposure, has been convicted of kidnaping and sen- tenced to ten years’ imprison- ment in the State Penitentiary. The court has mot decided what special provisions will be made for his imprisonment. The little girl was not at- tacked by Rogalski. ———e— Sixty-seven varieties of azaleas grow in a public park known as ALASKA_ JUNEAU OFFER REFUSED BY A.M. &P.CO. Million Dollar Offer for Perseverance and Thane Holdings Rejected | | | | | | The Alaska-Juneau's million-dol- lar offer for the Thane-Persever- ance properties of the Alaska Min- ing and & Power Company was turned down by the stockholders of the latter corporation at a meeting held in New York City last week, it was revealed here today by L. of the Alaska Juneau. to local interests who are familiar with the situation and had expect- | ed the tender to be accepted. Whether the offer was regarded as too low, or if the present owners| of the old Alaska Gastineau hold-| ings have other plans in mind was’| not known here. The Alaska Juneau offered to exchange its own stock, at the rate of two shares for one of the Alaska | Mining & Power Company for its | properties at Thane, Perseverance, power plants and developed sites, | transmission lines and other build- | ings. Had the deal gone through, | it would have taken 53802 shares of Alaska Juneau to pay for the properties. At current market quo- tations this would have been in ex- cess of $1,000,000. Mr. Metzgar, in disclosing that the proposal had been turned down, said he was uninformed as to the| icause. No further negotiations, it is understood, are likely to be start- ed at this time -, {Rich Women Gone, ‘ Gigolo Ends Life CANNES, French Riviera, June 20.—Louis Don,one of the most fa- {mous gigolos on the Riviera, com- mitted suicide recently. Don, who | was known as “Handsome Louie,” |shot himself with a pistol after telling friends he had not danced in weeks. He blamed the depres- sion and absence of American and | British tourists, whom he former- |1y charged $32.50 a dance. - >oo [ Editor Runs for Mayor; It’s “Extra HUNTNGTON, Md., June 20— C. W. H. Bangs, editor af the Huntington News, issued an extra edition of his paper to announce i H. Metzgar, General Superintendent ! The rejection came as a surprise | i ARE TO UNLOAD MANY STEAMERS Steam [s Gottan Up to Furnish Power to Winches —LOperators Are Hopeful ARMED POLICE RUSHED SMITH COVE TERMINALS ’Portland Also Attempts to Break Strike—Police Given Final Word SEATTLE, June 20. — Unloading cargo from the ships in the Seattle harbor was delayed this morning while steam was gotten up on the vessels so the winches could be used. Operators believed unloading, us- ing non-union workers, will start late today. A caravan of taxicabs, trucks and busses carried 400 armed police and deputies to Smith Cove Term- inals to guard non-union workers as Seattle began an attempt to open the port to commerce. A launch, carrying strikers, cruis- {ed about the docks but no clash | resulted. |men that “we are not looking for {trouble but be prepared for it.” GUARDS OUT AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oregon, June 20.— !One hundred and fifty uniformed Portland police armed with shot- guns and other weapons have been |dispatched to the Oil Company | Terminals on the waterfront here and ordered to fight to the last man, if necessary, as the city ad- ministration prepared to open the port. Several hundred down-river strik- ers are gathering on the water- \front presumably in support of union adherents here. LIBERALS TAKE 65 OF 30 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT Canadian Le:ndslide Re- sembles Last National Election in U. S. TORONTO, June 20.—A landslide victory for Canada’s Liberal party | corresponding roughly to the Dem« ocratic leadership in the United States was clinched last night in the Ontario and Saskatchewan pro- vincial elections. The Liberals beat the Conservas tives, in power for a quarter of & | century by winning 66 of 90 seats in Parliament. The victory assures that Mitchell F. Hepburn, Liberal leader, will be Premier, succeeding George S. Hen- ry, Conservative. INTERIOR MAN SHOT DEAD BY BEAR CUN TRAP FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 20.— A. B. Boatman, aged 65, resident of Nenana, was killed by a gun trap set for bears. The accident occurred on the shore of the Nenana river 18 miles below Nenana. Boatman went to the trap ae- companied by his son. The elder man thought the trap had been sprung without hitting the bear. While investigating, Boatman tripped and the gun killed him. Boatman had lived in Nenana for Then came the familiar cry. The Azalea Ravine gardens at Palakta, his candidacy for the Republican | 12 years and worked as a river trap- | baby lyes, Florida, ) nomination for Mayor, ’ per. | ““Chief of Police Howard told his™ =" .