The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 26, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY A ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1934. VOL. XLIV., NO. 6687. COAST STRIKE MAY B MAKES APPEAL FOR NEW DEAL UNDERSTANDING Secretary of Commerce Roper Speaks to Seattle Chamber of Commerce CITES DANGER FROM INTERNAL ENEMIES Says Present Era Aims at Better Control Over Selfish Interests SEATTLE, June 26—Appealing for a sympathetic understanding by Americans for the New Deal, Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Com- merce in President Roosevelt's Cabinet, addressed the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and said it takes bad weather to destroy a crop but a cloudy forecast can produce a ghost to disturb the faint-hearted. ‘“We are pioneers in evolution and development of the new social order. Our dangers in the future do not lie in a foreign attack but rather from internal enemies,” said Secretary Roper. “Franklin D. Roosebelt has been able to con- vey an enthusing torch of hope and inspiration from his own heart and soul to every American citizen.” Reviewing the legislative accom- plishments of the recent Congress Secretary Roper said a mere re- cital of this list of legislative en- actments is sufficient to convince all that “we are in a new era which' is endeavoring to establish better control over selfish inter- ests which stresses the importance of the human element of Justice to all and preferential treatment to none.” ‘The Secretary is on his way to Alaska and left aboard the cutter Shoshone. CHICAGD MAN S KIDNAPED BY “POLICE” Gang of Five or Six Men Abduct Cafe Owner— Children Are Witnesses CHICAGO, 11, June 26.—A band of kidnappers is believed to be holding Andrew Sciacca for ran- som. The 50-year-old cafe owner was seized by five or six men while he was putting his automobile into the garage at his home last night. The men, who were armed, said they were police officers. Sciacca’s three children, Anna, Anthony and Carlo, were with their father at the time. One of the children ran into the house and summoned the police by telephone but the gang made their escape with Sciacca before they arrived. A short time after, a telephone call was received at the home saying: “Don’t worry about your father. Get in touch with your uncle.” Will of Eccentric Mrs. Scollard Filed by Seattle Attorney SEATTLE, June 26. — Reese Brown, deceased Yakima capitalist, is not mentioned in the will of Mrs. Sarah Smith Scollard, it was revealed when George Rummens, attornew, filed a petition regard- ing the will and protesting to Mrs. Brown as administrator. It is said that the will left one dollar to Mrs. Scollard'’s sister, one dollar to George Francis Scollard, her divorced husband, and the re- mainder of her fortune .to legal heirs who are not known. President to Go on Air Thursday Night HYDE PARK, N. Y., June 26.—President Rcosevelt had vetoed fourteen routine bills and then anncunced plans for a radio talk to the Nation next Thursday night at 9:30 | | | | | Subm ari_ne Flotilla to Sail for Alaska During Next Month |Doctors Watch Double Operation On Man’s Heart LANCASTER, Pa., June 26. — The medical profession is keenly interested in the case of Geerge Hampton, aged 41 years, who continues to im- prove after two operations. Hic heart was lifted from its place, stitched to close a stab wound and then replaced. Hampton was stabbed last Sunday night by his house- keeper, Mrs, Myrtle Dorwart, who is held in jail. B PLANES MAKING INTERIOR TRIP MAY COME HERE Army Air Corps Desires to Extend Flight Here If Field Available A squadron of United States Army airplanes, proposing to make a good will flight from Washing- ton, D. C. to Fairbanks sometime next month, probably will return to the States via Juneau, it was made known today by Governor John W. Troy. Army authorities, it was said, desire the planes to call here enroute South. If a temporary landing field can be located and made available for use by the squadron near this city, the flight will return by this route, Governor Troy said. He has asked the local Chamber of Commerce to assist in obtaining the necessary ground for a landing field. A radiogram received by the Gov- ernor from Delegate Dimond said the squadron would need a field at least 2000 feet long without obstruction at the ends, since upon leaving Juneau they probably will be loaded to capacity. It would be much better, the Delegate added if the field was at least 2500 feet long. Governor Troy was hopeful that a suitable location could be ob- tained somewhere along the beach in the vicinity of Mendenhall Val- ley. It probably will be necessary to do some minor improvement work on the land before it can be utilized for landing An announcement made from Washington ldst week by the Army Air Corps said a squadron com- posed of ten Martin bombers would leave the National capital some- time in July and fly across Canada to Fairbanks. It was said that the flight had no special significance, and was merely a good will tour. Definite dates, it was added, would be announced within a few days, or as soon as details for the ex- pedition had been worked out. KIDNAP VICTIM IS THREATENED INLOS ANGELES William Gettle Receives Extortion Notes—Family, Home Under Guard LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 26— William F. Gettle, recent kidnap victim, has received extortion notes demanding $6,000 to “atone” for court testimony against two women in the case. The notes threatened that his home will be dynamited and his family injured seriously if he fails to comply with the demand. Gettle, under pclice eyes, car- ried out instructions to leave the money in a certain place but no one appeared to claim it. In the meantime Gettle has hir- ed additional guards at his home and for protection of the members of his family. Recent Visitor to Alaska Dies, Stroke TACOMA, June 26.—Following a recent trip to Alaska, Mrs. Emma Garretson Parker, aged 75 years, wife of former Justice of the State Supreme Court Emmet M. Parker, died today as the result of a stroke, SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 26— Six huge V-shape submarines and three - attending surface vessels leave here July 2 for a training trip that will carry them to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, then to Hawaii. The submarines Barracuda, Bass, Bonita, Dolphin, Narwal and Nau- tilus; tender Holland and salvage steamer Ortolan” leave Seattle July 19 for Ketchikan, arriving there only July 21 and leaving July 23 for Sitka, Juneau, Cordova, Seward, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor, reach- ing the latter port August 11 and remaining there until August 24. The Ketchikan visit will be eliminated for the Ortolan, Nauti- lus and Dolphin which will go to Wrangell instead. Approximately 120 officers 11,360 men will make up the per- sonnel. AERIAL RACE LIKELY | WASHINGTON, June 26. — The Army and Navy will engage in a friendly aerial race to Alaska this summer. Army bombing planes will make a flight early in July and twelve | Navy patrol planes are to fly to Dutch Harbor from San Diego, starting July 17. Officials said the twin flights will be a joint aerial maneuver !for theoretical defense of Alaska | from a foreign foe. Four aircraft tenders will be !sent along the route to serve as advance bases. | The Navy planes plan to stop |at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, and return by the way of Kodiak, | Sitka, Prince Rupert and Van- couver. RESOLUTION OF REGRET PASSED BY JUNEAU BAR Local Legal Organization Express Regret at Death of Judge Lomen Regret at the recent death of iJudge G. J. Lomen, pioneer jurist of Nome, and sympathy for his family were expressed by the Ju- neau Bar Association in resolutions Jjust drafted by a special committee of that organization composed of Grover C. Winn, J. A. Hellenthal and Judge James Wickersham. The resolutions were presented and adopted by the Association at its weekly meeting held last Sat- urday, and made public by the or- ganization today. The resolutions follows in full: “With the passing of Gudbrand J. Lomen, the Territory lost one of its most distinguished citizens; and the bar, one of its most il- lustrious members. was a man of character and abil- ity. He was an enterprrising citi- zen, an able lawyer, and a just Judge; and above all, he was human. During the time that he presided over the United States District Court at Juneau, he won the affection and esteem of all the members of the Juneau Bar; and they now join in extending their tenderest sympathy to his family and loved one.” Ii.ventor Patents Nonskid Bathtub SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.— Sixty ‘per cent of all accidents in homes occur in the bathtub—but not in Frank Cappucio’s bathtub. Frank’s bathtub is a non-skid bath- tub in which’ almost anybody can keep his feet if he doesn't lose his head. Frank, who fays he is an ama- teur inventor living in Oakland, invented the tub two years ago and had it patented, he revealed. He kept it secret until he read | that somebody ought to invent a | bathtub with good traction. Frank declared his tub has plen- |ty of traction. He says he takes |an ordinary bathtub and vulcan- izes an inch-thick sheet of rubber to the bottom, and corrugates the | rubber, and dares anybody to slip on it. '} | | Rooster’s Revenge MORTON, Tex~—L. W. Hodges had a “flat” about a mile down the road from the place where he !ran over a rooster. Ome of the rooster's spurs had pierced both jthe tire casing and inner tube, and; Seward, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor | Judge Lomen | 2 REPUBLICANS - CAUSING WORRY: FOR DEMOCRA Just What to Do Abéi § Senators LaFollette and Cutting Is Question: WASHINGTON, June 26.'— question of what President RO velt is to do about the candidal of such Republicans as Sendtor: LaFollette and Cutting is' ekpéct to be ironed out before ‘the ‘la |part of August. The problem is ~worrying Democrats here and also in |two men are seeking reelectis Both Senators advocated the ection of Roosevelt at the last 3 tional election. A An important conference of party leaders will be held to determine the attitude towards the two Sen- ators. Speaking Tour The President proposed a speak- ing tour through the west on his return from Hawaii late in the summer and it may have an im- | portant bearing on Congressiondal contests, some in the Rocky Mountain states. o In Wyoming the Republicans {plan a determined fight to gain Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney’s | seat. Republican Representative | Vincent Carter may be a candi- date for the Senate. He is Wyo- mings’s lone Representative. To Aid Wheeler President Roosevelt, according to present plans, is to appear in Wyo- ming and also in Montana where Senator Burton K. Wheeler is seeking reelection. Jud@e Bour- quin wants the Republican nomin- ation and will run against Wh.celj er. President Roosevelt is also to |spend a day in the Glacier Nation- |al Park and inspect the Fort Peck dam project. THREE SLAIN; SEVEN PLACED UNDER ARREST [Note Left by Victim Causes | Oklahoma Author- ities to Act MCcALESTER, Oklahoma, June 26. —Seven persons are held for in- vestigation into ithe mysterious slaying of three Oklahoma highway Iwnrkers whose bodies were found in the hill country two days after they disappeared from their homes here. The bodies are those of Homer |Gann and were found by officers when they discovered a note, which they theorized was written by Gann as he faced death. The note read: Jack Rackley, Bill Moore and George Baker kill Homer and Hobart and maybe me The three mem named were ar- rested along with the wives of Moore and Baker. All denied knowledge of the crime which the officers said may have been caused by a bootlegging war. Two others, whose names have been withheld were also arrested. Mother of President Sips Tea with King and Queen in Palace LONDON, June 28. — President Roosevelt's mother, Mrs. Delano sipped Queen private Palace. Sara tea with the King and today in their majesty's apartments in Buckifigham o ol i A G B Girls Are Now Huniing N.D. Gophers with Bows GRAND FORKS, N.D.June 26 Univeérsity of North Dakota co-eds|der the direction of Dr. Margaret|Corregldor Island; Fort Mc! *|Reid of the Towa State College are demonstrating the practical girl’s physical director, are u bows and blunt-tipped arrows rid the university camps of goph ers, B S — A survey shows Florida, Georgia Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Beasley, Hobart Watkins and Bill | Rooseveit, touring Europe, | | —He’ll Get Water Syltemy MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - ¥ MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS HOMESTEAD PROJECT Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, is shown at Reedsville, West Va. as she in- spected models of the ccitages built en the Government's subsistence homestead project. the homestezders’ cottages while on a 200-mile tour of the northern part of the State. and talked to the pecple at various peints. Left to right, around the table: Gov. H. G. Kump of West Virginia; iltp. Jennings Randclph of West Virginia; a woman reporter; Homer Morris, District Superintendent of the homestead project; Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs, Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary cf the In- ferior. (Associated Press Photo) She visited Seen as Def CALIFORNIAN ORDERED FROM FRENCH SOIL atrick C. Walberg Charg- ed with Working Against Govt. PARIS, June 26—Patrick Con- leave France for leading attacks on the Doumergue Government. The authorities charge Walberg, formerly of Santa Monica, Cali- fornia, with being the right hand man of Gaston Bergery, former Deputy, in organizing the Leftist on a common front to lead the (opposition to the Government. He is one of the editors of the “Com- |mont Front.” BOARD APPROVES NEW RE ;Empowcrs Federal and | Municipal Officers to Enforce Liquor Rules At a meeting of the Territorial Board of Liquor Control held to- daysin the office of the Governor a new regulation was adopted im- | posing upon both Federal and Muni- cipal peace officers the duty of en- |foreing all of the provisions of the :x~egulntloxus adopted by the Board | for control of liquor traffic in the | Territory. Heretofore, in some quarters, doubt has been expressed as to the power of municipal police departments to make arrests under the regulations. The new regulation, which is No. 14 provides: “It shall be the duty |of all Municipal Officers and Unit- led States Marshals and Deputy Marshals to enforce the provisions of these regulations.” It becomes | effective at once. | - Farmei r $500 |Cive Town |Give lowa AMES, Ia., June 26—Glve the |average Iowa farmer $500 and he would spend most of it on ways and means of eliminating his con- | stant trek for water. That is indicated by results of |a Pederal rural housing survey completed in 10 Iowa counties un- economics department, | The survey shows that in 77 per cent of the 28,789 homes in the 0| territory, the water supply is an| average distance of 94 feet away. |Most of the farmers indicated a | desire to instal systems that would eliminate having to carry it. Other expenditures of the imagi- Arfiy I;osts in Philippi;iés nolly Walberg has been ordered to | BULATION ense Nucleus “ for Independent Islands By E. E. BOMAR MANILA, P. I, June 26.—The United States will abandon about 700,000 acres in military posts when the Philippines become free about 1945, under the independ- ence act accepted by the legisla- ture on May 1. Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, com- mandant of the department of the Philippines, thinks the trans- fer ‘can be mede’ wivh “Httle dif- | ficulty. American forces now include labout 550 officers and 4,000 enlist- |ed men, plus 62 officers and 6,- 398 soldiers of the Philippine | Scouts native Filipinos whose ser- | vice is restricted to the islands. “We are not certain that we lonce,” he sald. “But we can do either with equal ease. Moboliza- tion is an essential attribute of a | good army.” Islands Might Buy Posts | @General Parker suggested that an independent Philippine govern- ment might wish to take over some or all of the American equipment, including the artillery on the isl- and of Corregidor, the one time “American Gibraltar” commanding the entrance to Manila Bay. The Washington arms treaty of 1922 forbade the further fortifica- tion of Corregidor but it still is rated as a formidable fortress. ! General Parker said disposition of the Philippine Scouts need not be difficult because “by 1944 prac- | tically all will have been retired jon federal pensions.” Starl of Philippine Army { _Others he said might be the nu- icleus for a Philippine army, if one !were decided. upon, or incorporated in the Philippine constabulary, a | military police force of about 6,000 | maintained by the insular govern- {ment to keep order in the far- ]l’lung archipelago. | Two score Scouts recently were retired with pensions upon a ruling jof the District of Columbia sup- \reme court in a test case, General Parker predicted that | more adequate internal policing| {Wwould be necessary with the Unit- ed States out of the picture. He | admitted the American army was not in a position to defend the islands from a major external foe, but pointed out ‘“‘the world knows there are millionis more where we |come from.” Soldiers’ Spending Missed He suggested that the soldiers’ pay that has been largely spent in the islands, amounting to about $5500000 a year, will be missed, though the war department has made many of its purchases of supplies outside the Philippines. | The 700,000 acres of land set aside for military purposes is con- |tained in eight posts, flying fields ,and such establishments, chief of | Which are Fort Santiago, the head- | quarters, at Manila; Fort Mills, on Kinley | near Manila, manned by 3100, and Fort Stotsenburg, a cavalry post {57 miles north of Manila, where 12,100 are located. ———————— Sues-Mule Collision KANSAS CITY.—A $25000 dam- age suit against the owner of a mule resulted from the collision of | | | | shall withdraw gradually or all at| ALLEGED ARSON RING ARRESTED /Gang Also Reported to | Have Engaged in Kid- naping and Extortion CHICAGO, Ill, June 26, — The | police are holding seventeen per- |sons, including & woman, and be- {feve they” have ancovereta miloa !dollar firebug ring that engaged in kidnaping and extortion as side- lines. Investigation of the recent at- tempt to extort $2,000 from Harry Welch, Toledo merchant, led to disclosures and activities of the m ring which also allegedly made a business of abducting and extorting money from its own cus- tomers after they collected fire in- surance. Welch was kidnaped eleven days ago. He said he was branded by hot irons and forced to call his mother by telephone for $2,000. In- stead of sending the money, Mrs. Welch telephone the police and ar- rests and disclosures resulted. BOLD RUSH IS ON AT CENTRAL OREGON RIVER | lion-Dollar Claim Re- ported Near Bend BEND, Oregon, June 26.—The campfires of prospectors are blaz- ing on the banks of Central Ore- gon’s Lost River, whose waterless channel has been populated over- night by scores of gold-seekers lured by tales of a million-dollar claim which has been staked. The news was circulated that placer gold has been found in the bed of the ancient river which winds across the desert 50 miles from Bend. The rush to file claims followed. H. Riddell sunk a shaft and found gold in the bottom of the buried river bed. He believes that his 20-acre claim will yield more than one million dollars. Homesteaders and prospectors clashed at several points. KKK 1S AFTER " JACK JOHNSON i HACKENSACK, N. J, June 26.— Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion of the world, said he re- ceived a leiter signed KKK order- ing him to give up his rcad house and fight promotion activities. The letter said burning cross near the road house would give him a final warning. A cross was found' burn- ing near the place six weeks ago. e About 120,000,000 pounds of tung Texas have a total of 44,000 acres|nary 8500 ranged from desires to|a motorcyclist with the animal|oil was marketed in the United of tung groves from which valu-|instal bathroom equipment to min-| while it allegedly was “strolling|States last year at a total value of able oil is extracted, or repairs and alterations, la!ong the highway unattended.” $9,9000,000, Stampede Started by Mil-! PUT UP TO ROOSEVELT ASSISTANT SEC. OF LABOR GIVES OUTSTATEMENT. President Must Solve Sit- uation if Present Nego- tiations Fail M’GRADY ATTEMPTING NEW PEACE TERMS Disorders Are Reported on Waterfronts—Steam- ers Are Tied Up BULLETIN—SAN FRAN- CISCO, Cal., June 26. — As- sistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady announc- ed this afternoon that if the present negotiations in the Pacific Coast longshoremen’s strike are a failure, the strike will be placed directly in the | hands of President Roosevelt. MEDIATION EFFORTS CONTINUE; DISORDERS ARE FLARING IN CAL. | | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 26. | —Federal peace efforts were speed- |ed today while Portland reported fuel oil has been exhausted there. The California National Guard | officers have received orders to prepare for any emergency. { Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed- ward F. McGrady, who arrived here by airplane Sunday from Washington, D. C,, is bringing the employers and strikers’ represen= tatives together in a mediation at- tempt and explaining to them the provisions "of - the new- Labor Dis=" putes Law. Some circles claimed McGrady has explicit orders from Washing~ ton and intends to bring the strike to an end. | Violence In Oakland | Violence flared again on the | Oakland waterfront when 75 pol-- icemen drove back 200 strikers trying to storm a barrier near the | Parr Terminal. The police used | ear gas and their night sticks in | what is described as the worst bat- !tle witnessed on the Bay since the longshore strike began. Six as- | serted strikers were arrested. | TROUBLE AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, June 26—Five men were beaten, two seriously, and an- other was kidnaped as the storm center of the longshoremen’s strike here shifted to the financial dis- trict. Strike pickets gathered around the building where it was reported the employers had established a hiring hall. The strikers questioned all who left the building. The City Council repudiated Mayor Charles Ii Smith's policy of giving protection to the shippers by failing to confirm his appoint- ments as special policemen but the Mayor is empowered to appoint them anyway from week to week. TUNNEYS HAVE ANOTHER BABY NEW YORK, June 26. — Mrs. Gene Tunney, wife of the former heavyweight champion of the world, today gave birth to her second son. Mother and baby are doing well, the attending physician said. FILM ACTRESS. SERIOUSLY ILL SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June 26—Marie Dressler is isolated on her estate here to regain her health which has been impaired by complications which caused & setback in her condition a week ago after she apparently had made considerable progress toward re- covery. e Hire Hall for Trial CAMPBELL, Cal—A special hall had to be rented for a trial im the justice court here because the defendant demanded a jury. It was the first jury trial in the eight years John D. Blaine has served as justice of the peace,