The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1934, Page 1

> ‘GOVERNMENT T0 A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6685. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY JUNE 23, 1934. HETTY GREEN'S ASHES LOCATED IN YAKIMA, WN. Eccentric Woman Capital- ist Said to Have Died in Montreal, July, 1932 YAKIMA, Wash., June 23—Mrs. Reese Brown, widow of the late Yakima capitalist, brought here a silver casket which she said con-| tained the ashes of Mrs. Sarah E. Smith Scollard, wealthy eccentric Seattle woman formerly known as Hetty Green ‘of LaSalle Street,; Chicago, who has been mysterious- | ly missing for several years. Mrs. Brown came from Browns- town, on the Yakima Indian re- servation, with papers stating that Mrs. Scollard died in Montreal, July 24, 1932, of pneumonia and that the casket was discovered in the Browns' apartment where the ashes have apparently been since her death, but Mrs. Brown said that she found them only yester- day. She “wanted to be square with the world” so she brought the ashes and papers to public atten- tion. In Private Apartment The ashes have been in Brown's private apartment in his palatial | 20,000 acre ranch home valued at| more than a million dollars. Mrs. Scollard was about 63 years | of age. As Hefty Green, she had a spectacular career trading in real estate in Chicago. S8he received fortunes from two husbands be- fore marrying the prosperous Scol- lard. She divorced him after charging that he appropriated some of her money. He denied the charges. ‘Tt 15~ estimated that her fortune amounted to $14,000,000. Hid In Montreal Mrs. Scollard hid in Montreal to avoid being traced by Federal Agents after indictment on a false income tax return. Brown was involved in her nu- merous financial transactions. Mrs. Scollard disappeared from Stattle in 1929, $500,000 on deposit in a Seattle bank being thhdrawn at the same time. Her attorneys recently contended in court that Brown was in pos- session of considerable quantities of her property. He had been her financial adviser. At that time| the attorneys contended that she was still alive. LEGAL ‘TANGLES YAKIMA, Wash,, June 23. — A maze of legal tangles will prob- ably follow the discovery of Mrs. Scollard’s death. One sister, Mrs. Katiierine Kirkpatrick, last heard from in Oakland, survives. At the court hearing, when the urn and ashes were produced, an attorney for the estate protested Mrs. Reese Brown as an unbonded executrix of the Brown estate, de- manding $500,000 in bonds, saying “I believe every cent of his estate belonged to Mrs. Scollard.” Delivers Package Mrs. Brown thrust a package into the hands of George Rum- mens, Seattle attorney, in the Yakima Hotel lobby. “You are looking for Mrs. Smith,” she said. “Here she is.” Dates Confirmed The package contained a scarlet bag, which in its turn contained a silver urn which bore the words “Sarah E. Smith, died Montreal, June 24, 1932 Montreal reports clmflrmed the dates. The urn is yet unopened, but there is little doubt that the ashes are inside. An official death cer- tificate, certificate of cremation and a signed statement from a morutary that the urn contained the ashes of Mrs. Smith, were with the urn. (On Divorce Platform Seeking the Democntic' mnomination for sheriff of Tulsa Gounty, Okla., i Mrs. Nevada Benson nails -n‘ unique plank into her platfom She promises that if elected she will | divorce her husband and devote all of her time to fl_:he duties of her| office. FIND EVIDENCE THAT WARRANTS MURDER CHARGE International Police Head| Makes Statement in N. Y. Disappearance VIENNA, June 23—Bruno Bar- | ber, international police head, de- | clared he has enough evidence “dis- covered to support the charge of murder against Capt. Ivan Poder- jay in the United States,” and because of this evidence predicts the Vienna authorities will offer the American police opportunity to come and get him. Capt. Poderjay is wanted in the disappearance of Miss Agnes Tuf- verson, New York City attorney, who disappeared soon after her marriage to him in the American metropolis. He denies any know- ledge of her whereabouts. Capt. Poderjay was found here in the apartment of another wife. —— e DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT 1S MOVING AGAIN Leaves Hle. Tahoo 1o Es- cape Publicity, to Ar- row Head Ranch SUTCLIFF, Nevada, June 23.— Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, daugh- ter of the President, with her two children, Sistie and Buzzie, are now domiciled at Arrow Head Ranch, with Mr. and Mrs. William Shepard Dana, prominent New York millionaire and socialites, forty miles from Reno. Mrs. Dall and her children moved from Lake Tahoe, where they went last Sunday, to avoid publicity. As newsmen approached the Ar- row Head ranch yesterday two large dogs were turned loose in the yard but* they were called Clam Season Ends at Cordova as Limit For Season Reached The razor clam season at Cordova ended yesterday au- tomatically. when the limit fixed for 1934 was reached, it was announced today by Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The limit fixed by the Bu- reau for the current season was 920,000 of razor clams, including shells. This it was estimated, is equiva- lent to 23000 cases of one- half pound cans. 0 0000041000 back when the strangers departed but after confirming the report that Mrs. Dall was there with her children. Mrs. Dall is in Nevada with the object of securing a di-{ vorce from her broker husband, it is said. THOUSANDS DIE, FIERCE BATTLE BUENOS AIRES, June 23. Thousands of Paraguayans are re- ported to have been trapped and PRICE FIXING QUESTION WILL BE FOUGHT OUT Code Authcrties to Make Test Case Using Code for Rubber Concerns WASHINGTON, June 23. A major engagement over the issue of price fixing will be fought out soon before the Federal Trade Commission. Ostensibly the dispute involves only the comparatively small inter- | ests of three rubber companies but developments seem likely to trans- form the issue into another cele- brated industrial case which would basically affect NRA's price control powers. To Hit Rubber Code Several code authorities are plan- ning to jump into the case, es- pecially in the rubber code. Three concerns are accused of violating the code by refusing to file a price list with the authorities. The three firms are Phillips- Baker Rubber Company of Provid- ence, Rhode Island; Lacrosse Rub- ber Mills of Wisconsin and Good- year Rubber Company of Middle- ton, Conn. 4 Object of Battle The object of the battle is to | determine the industry’s right to fix or refuse to fix prices. The complaint charges the three companies diverted trade to them- selves to the injury of their com- petitors, and the public on the basis they sold goods at less than the listed price. e —— CONFESSES T0 SLAYING MAN BY AUTOMOBILE Cripple Rur;—aer and Kill- ed in Order to Secure His Insurance ONEONTA, N. Y., June 23.—Mrs. Martha Clift is held as a material witness in connection with the in- vestigation of the auto slaying of Harry Wright, crippled handyman. Mrs. Clift told Distriet Attorney Donald Grant she was promised $200 for assistance in the slaying by Mrs. Eva Coo, roadhouse pro- prietress, who is a beneficiary under Wright's insurance policies. In a statement Mrs. Clift said she and not Mrs. Coo drove the auto over Wright on a lonely road, killing him. WHALE FIGHTS T0 SAVE LIFE Vessel Partmly Disabled Off. Queen Charlotte Islands VICTORIA, B. C., June 23.—A harpooned sperm whale partially disabled the steam whaler Brown by bending the tail shaft and rip- ping away two propellor blades, before it was killed. The chase and charge took place off the Queen Charlotte Islands. Cordova’s $50,000 Airport Formally Dedicated Thursday CORDOVA, Alaka June 23— The new $50,000 airport was for- mally dedicated Thursday in the presence of approximately one thousand persons. F. A. Hansen, President of the Cordova Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Will H. Chase were the speakers of the occasion. Congratulatory telegrams were received from Fairbanks, Anchor- age and Valdez on the achieve- ment in behalf of Alaska aviation. Big Onion Center LAREDO, Tex., June23.—The La- redo district, which a few years ago became the largest shipping center in Texas for Bermuda on- slaughtered by Bolivian artillery, climaxing a seven-day drive on the Gran Chaco on the Bolivian fort Boreal, ions, shipped more than half the 1934 Texas crop. Nearly 1,100 car- loads were shipped in the first four months of the year, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE ‘WASHINGTON, June 23. — Un- employment insurance is slated to have an important place in Presi- dent Roosevelt’s vast social pro- gram for 1935, the primary objec- [tive of which he designated as “the security of the men, women and children of the nation" in his message to Congress. ‘While the President did not in- dicate what particular form of un- emplyoment insurance he will ad- vocate when he presents his pro- gram to (Congress next winter, it is expected that proposed legisla- tion will be somewhat along the lines of the Wagner bill which was introduced at the session just ended. Tax On Payrolls That bill, designed to promote the enactment in every state of‘ adequate unemployment insurance laws, would impose a 5 per cent federal tax on payrolls of employ- ers of 10 or more persons. It pro- vides that any contribution which an employer had madc to an un- fVagner’s Jobless Insurance Bill Is Held Mg ved state law would be sub- ted from his federal tax. in order to be t roved, at least $7 weekly benefits for least 10 weeks during the year. vision is also made that no ker could be denied benefits ause he refused to accept a job re wages or working condi- s were clearly below those pre- ing generally in the locality, “The Competitive Influence” desirability of unemployment fupds but are held back “by the petitive influence of the few will not act.” 'Widespread compulsory insur- e by the action of the state algne is not to be expected,” he s. “The notion thas become deeply ingrained that the first stéte to pass unemployment in- surance laws would handicap its “(Continued on Page Seven) STOCK PRICES GIVEN BOOST, SHORT SESSION| Many Issues, Led by Met- als Rally from Fractions to Two or More Points NEW YORK, June 23.—Support arrived at the short session today for depressed stocks and many issues, led by metals, rallied frac- tionally to two or more points. The rally is attributed largely to technical influences. Today’s market close was firm. | Grains rallied briskly one to two cents a bushel. Forward Push Hopes were greatly expanded that the Government's buying of silver will help out and this gave mining and equities a forward| push. Some traders believe motors are oversold. Various rails were up on in- creased loading reports. Metals Up United States and American Smelting, Depasco, Howe Sound, Dome, Kennecott were up fraction- ally to more than two points. Sugars were strong. Other gainers up fractions to one point or more included Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph,| Western Union, General Motors, Chrysler, Hudson, Auburn, several rails, United States Steel, Allied Chemical, Case. The brokerage sentiment seemed improved. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 23.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 95'%, American Power and Light| 7%, Anaconda 15, Armour B 2%,| Bendix Aviation 13%, Bethlehem Steel 34, Briggs Manufacturing| 16%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrys- ler 39%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 31%, International Harvester 32%, Ken- necott 21%, Southern Pacific 237 Standard Oil of California 3 | Ulen Company, no sale; United Aircraft 18%, United States Steel| 40%, Warner Pictures 5%, Pound $5.03%. | KILLED MAT MATE ethal Gas . Takes Life of Slayer C ndemned Man Dies in 0 Seconds in Colorade’s - ‘New Death Chamber CANON CITY, Colorado, June 23~William Kelley, the first per- die in Colorado’s iew léthal gas chamber, was executed last night at 8 o'clock for the slaying of Russell Browning, a Delta hog raiser. Twelve poison pills were dropped automatically into a pail of water under a chair in which Kelley sat. Kelley died apparently within 30 seconds. The body will probably be buried in the prison cemetery as the rela- tives are without funds for burial and they were also unable to ap- peal to the State Supreme Court. Kelley is probably the first man to be executed in Colorado without a higher Court having reviewed his case. PROTEST MADE AGAINST RULE BARRING FORD Committee Investigating War Department Pur- chases to Study Matter WASHINGTON, June 23.—Rep. Paul J. Kvale, Farmer-Labor party, of Minnesota, said yesterday that it is planned to have the House | Military Affairs sub-committee in- vestigating War Department pur- chases ascertain “why Henry Ford can't get contracts.” Rep. Kvale, member of the Com- mittee said ' that he understood Ford is complying with the Motor Manufacturers’ Code, and that ap- parently the ruling which barred | his product from Government use is unjust, INQUIRY ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON, June 23. — The | House Investigating Committee, in- formed that prices quoted to the Government on autos jumped since Henry Ford was excluded from bidding beeause he has not signed the auto code; announces plans for an inquiry into the circumstances back of President Roosevelt’s Ex- ecutive Order preventing Ford from 1S CONVICTED selling to the Government until he certifies compliance with NRA. D “WHITE” RUSSIANS MAY BE NATURALIZED Recently enacted and awaiting the President’s approval is an act which will affect a considerable number of persons in Alaska. Its purpose is to permit those “white” Russians who entered this country Woman Is Found Guilty, Without Recommenda- tion, Shooting Husband DOB ANGELES, Cal, June 23— verdict of guilty, without re- commendntlon, which carries the death penalty, was returned by a Superior Court jury last night against Mrs. Nellie D. Madison, accused of murdering her husband. Eric D. Madison, film studio em- Pployee. prior to January, 1933, without rec- The woman was accused of ord of arrival to register and then shooting her husband to death on Proceed to become naturalized citi- March 24 in a Burbank apartment. 7¢S of the United States. MISSING RADIO ENTERTAINER IS FOUND IN TEXAS, from Home in San Jose —Drugged, Hair Dyed EL PASO, Tex., June 23.—Mrs, Sibyl Fidanque, aged 39, San Jose, California, radio entertainer, dazed has been found in a hotel Her son Jack is enroute here ence, here, fhe | to return her to her home. She last ! disappeared from San Jose Saturday night. Mrsr. Fidanque, exhausted from kidnapers administered to her, dis- (closed her identity to a hotel clerk. Scars on her abdomen and back definitely established her identity. Mrs. Fidanque said a young man and woman did the kidnaping from her home. dyed red by her kidnapers. She recalled little of the inter- vening time. Mrs. Fidanque said the kidnapers treated her kindly except when she threatened to scream for help when the auto stalled in a traffic jam. The woman kidnaper struck Mrs. Fidanque in the face and loosened four upper front teeth. e CHICHAGOF IS KEPT FLYING DURING TODAY Makes Teipe with N E £ Officials—Brings Gov. Troy from Todd The seaplane Chichagof, Bob Ellis, left Ketchikan early this morning for Noyes Island, spend- ing several hours there, proceeding to Chatham under charter to a party of New England Fish Com- pany officials, composed of A. L. Hager, Morton 1. Morton, Robert R. Payne and Oscar Bergseth. Dropping the group at Chatham, the Chichagof flew to Todd to bring in Gov. Troy and Nick Bez, picking up Anna Sinclair at Ten- akee, A trip to Chichagof and Sitka was scheduled for late this after- noon, and another trip to bring the New England Fish Company men from Chatham to Juneau. R DELEGATE MAY GETRIGHT T0 VOTE IN HOUSE Dimond Plans to Introduce Claims She Was Kidnaped| l from a harrowing kidnap experi- the shock and drugs she said the | Her black hair was| Pilot | membership of Union and was Secretary Hull Plans Tour to Latin-America WASHINGTON, June 23— Secretary of State Hull plans to visit every Latin-American Republic shortly to prove that the United States is a good neighbor. - OPERATORS ASK FOR HELP FROM THE PRESIDENT Alaska Companies Declare | Unions Break Contract ‘ Without Reason Seattle steamship companies op- erating vessels on Alaska routes yesterday appealed to President Roosevelt and other officials to intervene in the strike orders which have again tied up Terri- | torial shipping in violation of the agreement signed on June 8, which | released that shipping from the | general Pacific Coast strike In addition to the President, the operators wired Secretary Ickes, Secretary Perkins, Gov. Clarence {D. Martin, Willlam Green, Presi- | dent ‘of the American Federation of Labor, and Joseph Ryan, Presi- dent of the International Long- shoremen’s Association. | Text of Message The text of the message, iden- tical to all of them, is as follows: | “On June 8th all Alaska steam- ship operators, acting as a group, executed formal written contract with International Longshoremen’s Ryan, international president, and J. C. Bjorklund, district secretary, and witnessed by the Mayor of Seattle. The contract was execut- ed after several weeks negotiation and after submission to an ap- proval by entire Pacific Northwest ieffective from date until Septem- ber 30, neither party having any right of cancellation during such {period and arbitration clause being !included as basis of settlement of lany dispute. “Contract was limited to loading and discharging cargo of Alaska vessels and for purpose of reliev- ing critical emergency existing in Alaska, which is entirely depen- dent upon water transportation for food supplies, necessities of life and supplies to canning, fish- ing, mining and other essential industries of Territory. Recogniz- ing Alaska’s acute distress due to complete stoppage of commerce which had then existed for thirty days, Alaska operators conceded to substantially all International Longshoremen’s demands, recog-‘ nizing union and employing ex- clusively members thereof. General Strike Unaffected “Agreement in no way affected general coastwise longshoremen and maritime workers' strike, it being expressly provided that coastwise settlement terms would apply to and supercede above agreement and, further, that agree- Bill During Next Ses- sion of Congress WASHINGTON, June 23. — The possibility of the right to vote for the Alaskan and Hawaiian dele- gates on matters of importance to their Territories is foreseen by Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond, who plans to introduce a bill in the Seventy-fourth Congress with such provisions. Delegate Dimond said he had discussed the matter with several House leaders and he believes there will' be but - slight difficulty in getting the measure through so long as it limits voting participa- tion to purely Territorial matters. Under the present rough plans of the bill, the Alaska Delegate will be given the right to vote on all fishery, mining, highway and defense legislation for his Terri- tory as well as on all other matters dealing strictly with the Northland. Glacier Cuts Train . Service in Chile LOS ANGELES, Chile, June 23.— Scarcity of passengers crossing the Andes since a melting glacier washed out part of the railroad, has caused the Chilean Trans- andine Company to suspend one of its two weekly combination trains and bus trips to Mendoza, Argentine, ments satisfactory to these Unions should be made with sailors, ma- rine cooks and stewards, marine firemen, oilers, water tenders, wipers' association, all of which are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Such agree- ments were negotiated and signed by highest local officials of these upions on June 8th and with mas- ters, mates and pilots, affiliated with American Federation, and marine engineers not so affiliated. “Since June 9th Alaska operators, langshoremen and ships off shore employees have been operating un- der these agreements without dis- putes until last night at which Association signed by Joseph: P.i.- |ports after one T IN COAST STRIKE FEDERAL ACTION IS PROMISED BY PRES. ROOSEVELT Appeals for Aid Will Be Placed Before Secretary of Labor Perkins NO ALASKA SHIPS ARE BEING LOADED Operators A—w;iting Word from Ryan to Order Men Back to Work Alaska shippers and oper- ators at Seattle are awaiting a reply from Joseph H. Ryan, President of the Internation- al Longshoremen’s Associa- tion, in regard to their pro- test of repudiation of the Alaska shipping agreement by the longshoremen accord- ing to late afternmoon Asso- ciated Press dispatches re- ceived by The Empire. Alaska shipping is still tied up. Civic leaders at Seattle said the union men had absolutely no excuse for breaking the writ- ten contract but the union men still claim they acted be- cause the police were sent to Pier 40 to protect non-union workers. APPEALS 'MADE ™ Assurance from President Roosevelt that appeals for Federal action in the long- shore strike will receive at- tention today brought new hope to the Pacific Coast ports according to Associated Press dispatches received by The Empire this morning. Heavy police details remainea along the waterfront in the various outbreak in San Pedro. Put Up to Perkins President " Roosevelt has notified Acting Governor Frank E. Mer- riam of California, according to the Associated Press dispatches, that his appeals for Federal action will be laid before Secretary of Labor Perkins during today. Four non-union strikers and four officers were injured in the San Pedro clash, where two strikers were killed in a previous riot, as a crowd of 300 men stormed a pier at which 65 workers were loading a freighter, demanding the marine unions live up to their contracts. Seattle Situation In Seattle, operators of four Al- aska steamship companies have wired Joseph H. Ryan, President of the International Longshore- men’s Association, now at San Francisco, asking him to order the strikers back to the Alaska ships. Other Appeals Made The steamship operators an- nounced other wires have been dis- patched to two Cabinet members, Secretary of Labor Perkins and Secretary of Interior Ickes, and others to Gov. Clarence D. Mar- tin, of Washington; Gov. John W. Troy, of Alaska, and William Green, President of the American Fed= eration of Labor, for intervention and settlement of the loading and unloading. Operations are proceeding peace= fully at Pier 40 in Seattle under time without notice to Alaska op- erators, without complaint or justi- fication of any kind, International Longshoremen withdrew and all off shore unlicensed employees be- longing to unions affiliated with American Federation were with- drawn from Alaska ships. Ma- rine engineers, however, not affi- liated agreed to stand by coptract. Longshoremen and other unions through press publicity stated in- tention repudiate agreement Alas- ka operators and again tie up Al- aska shipping. Urge Sanctity of Contract ‘‘Only reason given is that May- or furnished police protection to certain foreign and coastwise ves- sels discharging here. These ves- sels not in Alaska trade and not covered by any agreement. All ef- (Continued on Page Two) a heavy guard where foreign ships are being discharged and also loaded. GOV. MARTIN ACTS OLMPIA, Wash., June 23.—Treat- ment of the Alaska shipping as a separate problem and immediate personal intervention of President Roosevelt in the strike is urged by Gov. Clarence D. Martin in wires to the President, Secretary of Labor Perkins and President Green of the American Federation of Labor. Gov. Martin contended to Green that the Alaska situation should be considered a part of the Coast strike probe despite the break be- tween the employers and .long- shoremen over the agreement which permitted the movement of Alaska cargoes. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE (4)