The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1934, Page 1

-~ THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” /1 (5 EMPIRE VOL. XLIV NO. 6691. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS (A SUPPLY BOATS " NATIONAL ARMY ORDERED READY FOR EMERGENCY Communications Cut Be- tween Paris and Berlin —Borders Are Closed HIGH . OFFICIALS UNDER ARREST Former Chancellor Killed| —Nazi Commander De- posed and Suicides BERLIN, J\lne 30.—(Copy- right by Associated Press, 1934)—Chancellor Adolf Hit-| ler rode roughshod cver his fees attempting to overthrow his regime. Former Chancellor Jury von Schielchler, and Mcnarchist, was killed by the pelice when he resisted arrest as a conspirator. Capt. Ernest Roehm, Na- tional Commander of the Na21 Storm Trcopers and a vury close friend of Hitler, one of the most advanced radicals, has been deposed from pow- er. He later committed suicide | while under arrest. Premtier Herrman Wilhelm Goer- | ing of Prussia announces he is| carrying out drastic police action | on Chancellor Hitler's personal | orders against Nazi Storm leaders | attempting to force a second Ger- man revolution. The Nazi spokesman announced an alleged plot between Roehm and | a “foreign power.” Army Ordered Ready The National German Army has been ordered to be ready for any emergency duty. Telephone communications tween Paris and Berlin are cut. The Austro-German border has been closed to all traffic. Vice-Chancellor von Papen, who recently criticised the Nazi regime, was released after being held in “protective custody” for a short time. be- ._J/,...._._ M RKETS OF NATION WILL BE REGULATED Government Legislation Takes Effect at Mid- night Tonight ‘WASHINGTON, June 30 — At midnight tonight the Government will lay @ hand of regulation on the Nation's stock markets. / Most of the new rules will not| operate legally until Septer a2 or later but officials expectdg effort will be much the same as though the regulations were in force, manipulation. The five-man Regulatory Com- mission had not been named by the President up to this morning. Off with the Old and On With the New NEWPORT, R. I June S0— John Jacob Aster INL. will be married at 4 o'clock this after- mnoon to Ellen Tuck French while Eileen Gillespie, who re- cently broke her engagement to the young millionaire, sails for South France an hour be- fore the ceremony. The bride-to-be was to have been the bridesmaid at the As- tor-Gillespie wedding. FINNISH DANCE The Finnish Educational Club will sponsor a dance in the A. B. Hall on the night of July 3 and good Scandinavian-American music will be featured, Reactionist | particularly those against| Fliers from U. S. Make Forced ‘\Landing, France PARIS, June 30.—The Adam- owicz brothers, Benjamin and Jozeph, who left Brooklyn on a flight across the Atlantic en- route to Warsaw, Poland, sur- prised the world today by land- ing safetly, southwest of Caen, France. It Was a forced land- ing because of a shortage of gasoline. STOCK MARKET CLOSES MONTH, DULL SESSION Trading Se;_S]owest Pace | for Ten Years— | Close Is Steady NEW YORK, June 30. — The Stock Market passed into Federal | Control today without any notice- ,able fanfare, prices holding fairly even throughout the brief session. The trading pace was the slow- |est for the past ten years and only 180,000 shares were sold. To- day's close was steady. Brokerage sentiment, while gloomy because of lack of busi- ness, is still fairly optimistic for a “long pull.” Grains were about even. Nash was up one point, Chrys- | ler, General Motors and Auburn ‘held small advances. Moderately higher were Ameri- New | can - Can, Bethlehem Steel, { York Central, Kennecott, Dupont, | United States Steel preferred. Up one point were Dome and | Santa Fe. | United States Smelting, Case and | American Tobacco were a little heavy. | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine i stock today is 21%, American Can 96%, American Power and Light 7, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 14%, Steel 33, Briggs Manufacturing 17, Calumet and Hecla, no sale; Chrysler 39%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, | General Motors 30%, International :Harvester 33, Kennecott 20%, Southern Pacific 24, Standard Cil of California 34%, Ulen Company, no sale; United Aircraft 18, Unit- ed States Steel 28%, Warner Pic- tures 5%, Pound $5.04%. ———.———— LOCAL TROLLERS ARE SIGNING UP Al Weathe—rs_Leaves for Other Ports—Explains New Association Thirty-eight boat owners have signed up for the “Trollers’ Pro- | tective ‘Association,” according to Capt. Al Weathers. All of these are from Juneau and the area im- mediately adjacent. Capt. Weathers left today for a two weeks trip to various harbors | to explain the purpose of the asso- ciation and enlist new members. FILM ACTRESS IS NEAR DEATH SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June 30.—Marie Dressler, unconscious, still clung to life today by sheer strength of amazing vitality which has resisted the ravages of uremic poisoning. The 62-year-old actress may live a day or three days, the attending doctors sai;d DIES SUDDEN SUDDENLY LONDON, June 30.—The kln of Marlborough, aged 63 years, ninth holder of the Histotic title and former husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt, American heiress, died suddenly today at his residence Bethlehem | ORDINANCE FOR LIGUOR TRAFFIC UPINCOUNCIL Makes No Provisian for Closing Hours—First Reading Is Given Much of the predicted fireworks failed to materialize last evening at the City Council meeting called to act upon the proposed ordi- nance to govern the liquor traffic in Juneau, which passed its first reading, two more being required for enactment. All of the available chairs were filled, and several people were forced to stand at the rear of the Council Chamber, but the crowd was largely composed of beer and liquor dealers. A small group in- terested in more stringent control was present but had little to say upon the various provisions of the ordinance. Three Reasons From the point of view of the City Council, three things were de- sirable. One was that if the City police were to be used in enforc- ing the Territorial rules and regu- lations, the City should derive any funds resulting from fines levied upon such violators as ap- peared. plying of minors with intoxicat- ing beverages, or the giving of it to them in any gquantity should be | stopped. prevent, the sale of liquor to habit- ual drunkards or to persons not- iceably under the influence of al- | cohol. These points are embodied in the ordinance quite fully. Principal sections of the ordi- nance as approved follows, with the exception of sections merely reenacting provisions of the Ter- ritorial Liquor Board, definitions of terms, and provisions for pen- alties. Under Age Limitation Section 5. No licensee of any class shall sell, serve or furnish any beer, wine or hard and dis- tilled lquor to any person under the age of 21 years, and it shall be the duty of every licensee to ascertain the age of all persons be- fore selling, serving or furnishing them any such intoxicating li- quors; and any licensee who sells, serves or furnishes any such in- toxicating liquor to any person un- der 21 years of age shall be pre- sumed to have known that such person was under age. Attendance school within the Territory of Alaska shall be deemed prima facie evidence that such person is under the age of 21 years. Section 6. Tt snau be unlawful for any licensee to employ any person under 21 years of age to work in or about any beer parlor, or to sell or serve any beer therein, or to allow any female person to solicit business therein or to loiter in any such place except as an employee or bona fide customer thereof in good faith. Section 7. No person within the City of Juneau, whether a licensee or not, shall serve, give or furnish to any person under the age of 21 years any intoxicating liquor with- out the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor. Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to misrepresent his age or the age of any other per- son as regards provisions relating to minors contained in Sections five, seven and eight of this ordi- nance. Habitual Drunkards Section 9. No licensee or any other person shall sell, serve or furnish any intoxicating liquér to any habitual drunkard or to any person who is drunk or intoxicated at the time. Any person who is noticeably under the influence of intoxicating liquor in any degree shall be deemed drunk or intox- icated. Section 10. It shall be unlawful any other person or persons any for any person to give or to serve intoxicating liquor at any public place of entertainment, dance, or place of amusement whose prem- ises are not embraced by any kind of Territorial Ligquor License with- in the corporate limits of the City of Juneau. Section 11. No loud, lewd, vul- gar, obscene or profane language or noises shall be permitted there- " (Continued on Page Three) The second was that the| ‘The third part was to, of any person at any grade or high| SLASHES WRIS TODAY NOON SUICIDE EFFORT Frank Johnson, Salesman, Resists Doctors At- tempting Treatment Frank Johnson, traveling sales- man, recently returned from the Westward, allegedly attempted to commit suicide about 12 o'clock today noon, when he slashed his left wrist with a razor blade. Ac- cording to Tom Miitanen, with whom he had been residing, John- son was despondent about some- thing which was not disclosed. Miitanen called Dr. L. P. Dawes immediately upon discovering what had happened, but when the latter arrived, Johnson would not let him go near to treat him. The same occurred when Dr. H. C. DeVighne was called. Taken to Jail In desperation, Miittanen the United States Marshal's omoe. and two deputies were sent and Johnson was taken to the Federal Jail, where Dr. W. J. B. McAuliffe was waiting. Upon an examination, Dr. McAuliffe said that he could not treat him at the jail, and he (was taken to Dr. Council's office, where Dr. McAuliffe has his tem- porary quarters. Johnson was treated and return- ed to the Federal Jail, and ac- |cording to the latest reports is im no danger, although weak from loss of blood, UTILITY STRIKE IN MILWAUKEE Negotiated-_A_greemen t Meets Demands Made Before Walkout MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, June 30. —A four-day utility strike, in which two persons were killed, was settled last night. Thirteen men discharged for reportedly union activities, will be reinstated and wages and working conditions will be ne- pre-strike demands of the em- ployees. ‘IS INNOGENT, SAVES WOMAN FOR ONE DAY Statement of Convicted Murderer Prevents Electrocution OSSNING, N. Y, June 30.—A statement that “She is absolutely innocent” of the murder of her husband, made by Vincent Saetta, saved Anna Antonio and Saetta for a day from electrocution in the prison chair. The statement, made by the man also sentenced to die for the same murder, has been ordered investi- gated. REPRIEVE GRANTED NEW YORK, June 30—Gov. Herbert H. Lehman has reprieved until the week of July 9, Mrs. An- tonio and Saetta for action to be taken on the statement the woman is innocent. The stay of execution will allow the woman's counsel time to file a motion for a new trial. Government Is Winding Up Present Fiscal Year WASHINGTON, June 30.—The COMES TO END Seuurd Awarded $118,000 But Can’t Get It WASHINGTON, June 30. Seward, Alaska, is in the same position as the little boy with a piece of cake he couldn't eat. Friday a loan grant of $118,- 000 was allocated Seward for construction of a city power plant and light system. The recent session of Congress however refused to approve the bill which would have permit- ted the city to issue bonds to cover the loan. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said an investigation will be made to determine whether there is now some way by which Seward may take ad- “vantage of the allocation. 2 DESTROYERS, JAPANESE NAVY, .\CRASH AT SEA Thirteen Men Are Believed Missing — Aerial Dis- aster Also Feared TOKYO, June 30.—The Japanese Navy fears the loss of at least thirteen men in a crash of two new destroyers, the Miyuki and In- azuma which rammed each other during maneuvers. Founr are known to have heen killed, two are missing and four injured. Others are feared lost in three naval planes missing for more than 30 hours with crews of three men each. ALASKA COMES INTO JUNEAU THIS MORNING Steamer Has 250 Round- trip Passengers—26 for :rhis Port—No Freight With the strains of ‘“Here Comes the Show Boat” floating over the water and city from the broadcasting system of the ship, the steamer Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship Company, ar- rived in port at 8:30 o'clock this morning from Vancouver, via Southeast Alaska ports. [Passen- ger and tourists aboard the Al- aska were taken to Vancouver from Seattle, according to Capt. C. V. Westerlungl and Purser Dave Doran. Although the Alaska carried no freight, three days’ mail was brought from Seattle. 'There are 205, round trip tourists aboard, in- cludlng 41 who are to make the Yukon River cruise. Juneau ar- rivals numbered 26, with 18 from Seattle and eight from Southeast Alaska ports. Passengers for Juneau Passengers from Seattle are: John L. Ahlers, Gene Bremer, Lu- cius E. Burch Jr, Frank Booth, Bessie . Corkerton, S. Calvert, Miss Theodora Chandler, Mrs. T. E. Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Damron, Philip Damron, Marie Damron, Georgia E. Gallagher, Florence Markle, Ellen Reep, Helen Torkelsen and R. C. Wales. From Southeast Alaska are Mrs. C. V. Brown, H. L. Coleman, J. Truitt, Mrs. K. C. Talmadge, E. Preeburg, Mr and Mrs E. F Zuern and C. L. Sturdevant. Passengers who left Juneau when the Alaska sailed at 3 0'- clock this afternoon were: The Rev. Paul C. O'Connor, James, Truitt, C. L. Sturdevant, G. W. Gray, Patsy McAllister, Kathleen McAllister, C. L. Roberts, J. H. Brooks, Cecil E. Rhode and Clar- ence J. Rhode for Skagway; and Nellie Perrin and Harrlet Bar- gagar for Haines. — e MARRIED LAST NIGHT /Arthur W. Woods, Alaska Juneau United States Government, wind-|miner, and Mabel M. Nelson, were Ing up the fiscal year today, found | married last night by United States it has spent four billion dollars|Commissioner J. F. Mullen. The more than it collected, counting|witnesses were R. B. Russell and eergency expenses. Mrs. W. J. Jones. DESTROYERS IN THIS MORNING FOR THREE DAYS U.S. S. Buc_h;;an, Crown- inshield Arrive with Nearly 250 Aboard At 9:15 o'clock this morning the destroyers U. 8. S. Buchanan, com- manded by Lieutenant Command- er Theodore E. Chandler, and U. S. 8. Crowninshield, Commander Raymond Burhen, in command, arrived in Juneau and|. docked at the Government wharf for a timee day stay. They will probably leave here early Tuesday morning for Sitka. Reserves on Board Aboard the vessels are 91 mem- bers of the Naval Reserve Train- ing Corps from the Universities of Washington and California, all of whom take the naval training course in college for their full four years. The present cruise, which began June 23 and will end on July 12, is being made for the purpose of giving the students practical training. The vessels left Ketchikan yes- terday morning and anchored last evening at Taku Harbor, leaving there at 5:50 o'clock this morning for a trip into Taku Glacler. Studies During Cruise During the cruise north the students have had drills, instruc- tion and lectures in which the subjects are modeled after the curriculum at the Naval Academy though greatly abbreviated. Upon graduation from the training course the students are made En- signs in the Naval Reserve. Preparations are being made to shoot target practice which will be fired near Sitka during the stay of the vessels there. During the firing the students will be controlling the ships, firing and perform all of the duties ordinar- ily taken care of by the officers and men of the vessels. During the entire cruise the students stand supervised watches and also help the men in their duties such as cleaning ship. Practically all of the students aboard the Buchanan and Crown- inshield are members of the Jun- ior class at the two universities, though a few Seniors are also on board. Members of the Sopho- more class are making a cruise to the Hawallan Islands aboard the battleship U. 8. 8. Oklahoma. Lieut. N. B. Van Bergen is_of- ficer in charge of the R. O. T. C. from the University of California and those on the Crowninshield from the University of Washing- ton are under the charge of Lieut. B. J. Skahill. Entertainment Plans Officers and members of the Naval Reserve Training Corps are being entertained this afternoon from 3 o'clock'to 5 o'clock at tea at the Governor's House and this evening at 6:30 o'clock there will be a baseball game between pick- ed teams from the ships and the Juneau teams. This evening there will be a dance given at the Man- darin Ball Room through the courtesty of the Chamber of Com- merce to which all officers and men in uniform are invited with no admission charge, and tomor- row the Chamber of Commerce will provide cars for rides to Mendenhall GTlacter to all who wish to maké the $rip. Official courtesies were observed shortly after the arrival of the destroyers. At 10:30 a.m, Lt. Com. T. E. Chandler, commanding of- ficer of the Buchanan, and Lieut. || Commander R. Purhen, Command- ing Officer of the Crowninshield, called on Gov. John W. Troy at his office in the Capitol. Gov. Troy, accompanied by Lieut. H. E. Morgan, his aide for the day, returned the call at 11:15 a m. and was received with the customary courtesies. Aboard Buchanan The officers of the U. S. S. Buchanan are: Lieut. Ccmdr. T. E. Chandler, U. 8. N.,, Commanding. Lieutenant P. Taylor, U. 8. N., Executive Officer. Lieutenant N. B. Van Bergen, Lieutenant | | Cabinet Member Here Today \DANIEL C, ROFER Secretary of Commerce who will be in Juneau late this afternocn or evening aboard the cutter Shoshone. He is making an official visit to Al- aska and will go to the Pribilof Islands, returning to Juneau July 20 and remaining here for at least 24 hours according to present plans. ROTC CLUB AND CITY LEAGUERS TO PLAY TODAY Sailors with College Stars in Lineup to Give Locals Battle Two picked teams, one from the Naval vessels in port and the other from the City Baseball League, will furnish sport for the fans this evening. The game will start at the usual hour—6:30 p. m, Lieut, Garrell, who has charge of the ROTC athletics on the ex- pedition, said he would be able to put a strong combination in the field against the locals, He has several college stars on his lineup. ©C. A. Ellingen, League umpire and old-time baseball player and manager, will have charge of the locals. He will use practically two teams as a sort of a workout. An- drews and Snow will alternate at first base, Brskine and McAllister at second; Manning and Living- ston at third; Roller and Garn at short; and in the outfield, Jim Orme, Bill and Jack Schmitz, M. MacSpadden, and John Koshak. Big MacSpadden and Converse will be used on the mound and Ooughhn and Blake catchers, NEW DEAL COST CAMPAIGN CRY NOW OF G. 0. . Approprialig Chairman Says If Depression Whip- ped, Money Well Spent WASHINGTON, June 30.— The cost of the New Deal has become the Republican campaign cry, but President Roosevelt's spokesmen defend the appropriations of the Democratic Congress as necessary to beat the depression. Representative Chester C. Bol- ton, Republican of Ohio, said that the Seventy-Third Congress has obligated the Government to pay $27,000,000,000 since President Roosevelt entered the White House, and predicts national bankruptey. Chairman James P. Buchanan, Demograt of Texas, of the House Appropriations Committee said that if the cost of beating this depression should approximate one- fourth of the cost of the World War, it would be money well spent. - J. 8. Pomeroy, Vice-President of U. 8. N, Officer-in-Charge, RO.|ho pirst National Bank and Trust T.C.. University of California. Lieutenant H. E. Morgan, U. S. N., temporary duty. " (Continued on Page Six) Company of Minneapolis, Minn., is a passenger on the steamer Alaska. He will make the Yukon Circle Tour. NCW MOVE IS CONTEMPLATED T0 AID NORTH Shipping Blockade May Be Broken, Ickes Informs " Mayor C. L. Smith ALASKA LINERS MAY BE TAKEN OVER NOW Strikers A—gree to Load Boxer with Supplies for Indian Affairs G o v e rnment operation of vessels to supply Alaska be- came a new possibility today as President Roosevelt’s Lab- or Disputes Board continued peace efforts at San Fran- cisco in the coastal longshore strike according to Associat- ed Press dispatches received by The Empire. Chartering of ships by the Alaska Railroad is now being copsidered according to noti- fication received by Mayor Charles L. Smith, of Seattle, from Secretary of Interior Ickes. Charles A. Reynolds, of the Regional Labor Board, who is in Seattle negotiating for the lifting of the Alaska blockade on shipping, said he believed ships of the Alaska Steamship Company will ba used if the Government chart- ers ships. At Seattle, strikers have agreed to load the Boxer for Alaska for sailing next Tuesday evening for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Valdez and Séward with Government supplies for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. BLOW STRUCK AT TERRORISM IN CUBAN REP, Embargo Placed by Roose- velt on All Material from U. S. WASHINGTON, June 30.—The United States has struck at ter- rorism in Cuba by clamping an embargo on implements of war destined for there. ‘Thé proclamation prohlbltmc war material of any kind from being sold to Cuba was issued last night by President Roosevelt. The move is expected fo strengthen the hand of Cuban Pre~ sident Mendietta in restoring tran- quility to the Republic recently torn by violence. REAR ADMIRAL HAMLET T0 BE IN NORTH SOON Admiral H. G. Hamlet, Command- ant of the Coast Guard, will leave Seattle on July 4 on the cutter Chelan for an inspection. He will go as far north as Unalaska. S e Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Bureau of Fisheries, taken to St. Ann’s Hospital last Sunday suf- fering from a heart attack, left the hospital this morning, and resumed his duties today. - e — SEATTLE, June 30: — Arthur clerk, has confessed to charges of theft of parcel post mail furs andis held in jail here mm«;w 000 bond, for hearing bdm next Grand Jury, the ‘nhlch has not been deurn'mu. :f WASHINGTON, June 30.—Rear % of the Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska, postal