The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1934, Page 1

Y‘. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ' “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” N\ “VOL. XLIV., NO. 6694. JUNEAU, ALASKA, 'ITHURSDAY, JULY 5, 1934. ALASKA SHIPPING § MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SIXTEEN PAGES HEDULED T0 MOVE UNREST GROWING IN RURAL GERMANY REVOLT ACTION SUBSIDING BUT FEARS CONTINUE Important Held Between President and Chancellor VON HINDENBURG IS HOLDING WHIP HAND Hitler Exercises Caution— Conference I SALLANCHES, France, July 5.— Mme. Marie Curie, aged 66 years, co-discoverer of radium, died in a sanitarium early yesterday. She had been in the sanitarium for several weeks on account of her anemic condition. Mme. Marie Curie, co-discoverer Iwith her husband of radium, pre- served throughout her life the | best traditions of science. Fame came to her threshold, but she shut the door of her work- Fate of von Papen Is Still Mooted Question BERLIN, July 5.—Ominous reports on unrest in rural Germany drew attention to-| day, especially in Silesia and| other centers where it is re- ported the anti-Jewish cam- paign has stirred further ap-| prchension. Four are reported to have| been slain ni Silesia. Chancellor, Hitler js mak- ing no move but has caution- ed that his drastic steps to halt a revolt be relaxed slight- ly. It is believed he has fears President von Hinden- burg may take steps tol strip him of some of his power. Unrest continues to!grow. PRESIDENT IN CONTROL BERLIN, July 5.—Presidenit von Hindenburg, aged and infir old man to whom an army of millions of Germans are devoted, appeared to be Dictator of the future of the Third Reich. Chancellor Hitler ended a mo- mentous interview with the Presi- dent at Neubeck yesterday. None knew the result yesterday but it is expected to decide the course of the whole Nazi prugrnm‘l Hitler Goes Slow Chanceller Hitler dares not go over the head of the 86-year-old | Field Marshall who now has a dominate Reichsweher or sbandmg army at his beck of call. ‘Whether von Papen will continue in the Cabinet is a paramount | issue and this was discussed by Hitler and von Hindenburg, it is believed, but sweeping changes in the Cabinet, a regular shake-up is predicted. Ancther report is that von Papen ' will remain as Vice-Chancellor but may take a leave of dbsence for his health which has also been broken during the past few days. “GET AWAY, STUPID” BERLIN, July 5--With a crisp “Get away, you are too stupid to have done anything,” Minister of Propaganda Goering is reported to have absolved Prince August. Wil- helm, the fourth son of the former Kaiser, from complicity in the re- cent trouble. He was a close friend of Karl Ernst, Storm Troop leader, who died at the hands of a firing squad for his part in the attempted revolt against Nazi PRESIDENT IN MYSTERY LAND, HAWAII BOUND Roosevelt to Return White| House Visit of Presi- dent of Haiti ABOARD U. 8. 8. GILMER, July 5.—Haiti, the land of mystery and woe, welcomed President Roosevelt as he steamed through the waters of the new world’s cradle. Haiti is the last Central Am- erican nation in which American | Marines remain on duty and they will leave in October. The President caught two group- ers of 20 pounds each, ‘and one barracuda weighing 35 pounds. President Roosevelt will meet President Vincent of Haiti, re- turning the latter's visit to the White House, shop in its face; wealth was hers {for the asking, but she turned all | money prizes back into her chem- iAsu'y or gave them to hospitals for | cancer research; luxury might have been her lot without reproach, but |she spurned it and lived frugally E(rn her modest salary as a teacher in the University of Paris. g | Takes Only A Mite | ! She consented to take but a mite | ‘o! the huge debt owed by the world; for the Curie gift to mankind in) 11898 of a substance which enriched ‘many persons and brought relief | or cure to countless thousands of cancer sufferers. She never even owned a speck of radium of her own until 1921 when the women of America raised | $100,000, purchased a gram of the | precious salts and gave it to her for experimental work. Even this gift, however, was diverted for she rented it at $3,500 a year in order to obtain funds for the cancer hospital in Warsaw, Poland, in which she had a deep interest. Comes To U. S, repeated the gift. They brought the frail little old lady with the white, sparse hair to the United ! States. So in 1929 her American friends | Co-Discoverer of Radium, Mme. Marie Curie, Passes | Away, French Sanitarium | ' i | | | | MME. MARlE CURIE She was lionized and feted beyond her strength, the homage culminating at the White House when President Hoover handed her a check for $50,000 from the Am- erican women Society for the Con- trol of Cancer. She was requested to use this for purchase of a second gram of radium( short euts found by her and her colleagues having halved the price since 1921. Unceasing Work Mme. Curie returned to France | (Continued on Pagz Two) SHIPPING TIEUP SLOWS UP WORK (Cuts Emp]oyment Material- ly and Hampers Small Miners, Taylor Says ! Although favored by an unusual- ‘ly easy breakup and fine weather, | progress on road construction in the interior and north is not as | rapid as had been planned due to equipment shortage, declared Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, who re- turned home Tuesday from an in- spection trip that carried him to Seward Peninsula and covered in- tervening districts. The Commission had more than 50 trucks tied up by the shipping blockade and 25 of them are still held in Seattle. This kept the Commission from employing be- tween 80 and 100 men at the out- set, and it could use 50 or more men in addition now if it could get delivery in the machines, he said. Also Hurts Mining The tieup has also had a harm- ful effect on mining operations, particularly on smaller projects. Several new small projects were slatedk to get under way early this summer which have been unable to do anything due to the fact that machinery and equipment needed could ynot be delivered. One such located near Teller probably will thave to be postponed until 1935, he was informed. The larger com- | panies, are all operating. Water shortage in the interior has also curtailed placer operations in several regions, Mr. Taylor said. Hydraulic plants have not been able to operate. There has been very little rainfall. Intefior communities were out | of some ‘staple foodstuffs, including beef, before shipping was released early this month. Shortages are again'reported since the blockade was put en again. Bridge Is Damaged Breaking of a glacier lake on the Nizina River caused flood con- ditions mdre severe than was ever recorded there before, Mr. Taylor reported. | Eighteen hundred feet of the pile approach to the Nizina bridge was totally destroyed and (Continued on Page Eight) 8 SUBMARINES - GOMING NORTH OF COMMISSION. DURING MONTH Navy Department Makes Official Arnouncement Juneau in Itinerary WASHINGTON, July 5. — The Navy Department has officially an- nounced that eight submarines will visit Alaska this summer. The flotilla sails from San Fran- cisco and will ampive at Dutch Harbor, according %6 the proposed schedule, about August 11, via Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, Cordova, Seward and Kodiak. The submarines will leave Dutch Harbor about August 25 for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and return to San Diego on September 19. The undersea craft will be ac- companied by the tender Bushnell, flagship of Rear Admiral Cyrus Woole, Commander of the force. Twelve Navy planes will also make the tirp north to Dutch Harbor during Augusz CONGRESSMAN LEADING RAGE FOR GOVERNOR Marland Heads Flfteen Seeking Nomination in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA, CITY, Okla, July} 5.—Congressman E. W. Marland,| who pledged the “New Deal for Oklahoma,” has outstripped the field of fifteen seeking the Demo-| cratic nomination for Governor. Marland is leading his closest opponent, Tom Anglin, by 30 votes,| on the basis of the latest returns. Anglin was Gov. “Alfalfa Bill”| Murray’s choice for his successor. Marland and Anglin will meet again on July 24 in the run-off, .t Seen in a field near Nashville, Tenn.: A scarecrow made of old clothes with a bird’s nest in the coat’ pocket, | Twin Glacier Details of the occurrence could not |deceased and are: Bank Deposit Increase Is Indicated WASHINGTON, July 5—As bank statements began appear- ing in response to the Juhe $0 call of the Comptroller, Federal Reserve officials pre- dicted they will show an im- portant gain in deposits over the last tabulation. —_——————— MAN IS GORED BY YOUNG BULL AT TAKU CA iPeter Sherb'neau Meets Death Alone Early Yes- terday at Smith Ranch Peter Sherbineau, | woout . 67, well known around Jtneau for @ number of years, was gored to death by a bull at L. H. Smith’s Camp | yesterday. be obtained as Sherbineau was alone at the time with the ex< ception of one man who was asleep in another cabin. 4 Indications from various 'signs were that it occurred early in the day, probably o'clock. The remainder of thase living at the Camp went up the Taku River about 10 o'clock in the morning, ‘ returning in the -af noon about 5 o'clock to find Sherbi- neau sitting in a chair in one of the cabins dead. Badly Crushed He was badly crushed about the chest, and his clothing was almost torn off him. From the place where the goring evidently occur- red, he must have crawled about 50 or 60 feet to the house. The bull is a young -one which was brought up last summer from the States at the age of three or four months. ‘When the party returned from up the river, and found his body, Mr. Smith went to Annex Creek| in his river boat and telephoned from there for a plane. The Baranof was sent out and A. B. Hayes and John W. Jones went out with the plane. The body was brought back to the| Juneau-Young mortuary, FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CAPT. 0’CONNOR BE HELD TOMORROW | Funeral services for Capt. M. J. O’Connor, who died of heart fail- ure Saturday evening, will be held in the Elks Hall tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock, and interment |will be in the Elks plot in Ever- green Cemetery. The B. P. O. E. ritual service will be used, and solos will be sung by Monte Snow and Ellen Reep. Honorary pall bearers were named from close friends of the 8. Zynda, Hen- ry Meier, Guy McNaughton, H. G. | Watson, H. D, Stabler and John 'E. Pegues. The active pall bearers {are all from the Bureau of Fish- eries staff with the exception of| one, Malcolm Morrison, who was ‘formerly radio operator on the| | Brant. The others are: Capt. Roy L. Cole, N. O. Hardy, Don S. Haley, Ben Burford and Harry Decker, Governor Receives Notification + On "Alaska Shipping Official notification of the resumption of Alaska shipping out of Tacoma instead of Se- attle was received this after- noon by Gov. John W. Troy from Judge Charles A. Rey- nolds of the Seattle Regional He indicated, however, that there was no certainty about its permanence. Judge Reynold’s *telegram said: Suggest you advise Alaskans to place or- ders for supplies at once as settlement may be upset later.” shortly after 10 GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY, SIGN LOANAGREEMENT Trade War Between Two Nations Averted—Eng- lish to Get Interest ITED STATES IS TO MAKE DEMANDS American é—o;dholders - Holding Nearly One Bil- lion and Half in Notes JLONDON, July 5—Great Britain and Germany have avoided a trade war for at least six months by the signing of an agreement yesterday providing payment of interest on ‘the Dawes-Young loan bonds held by the British Government and subjects. The British Government intend- ed to impound trade balances if Germany insisted on carrying out her previously announced morator- ium on bond payments, U. S. MAKES DEMANDS ' WASHINGTON, July 5—~It 1is stated by authoritative sources that the United States will make de- mands that American bondholders of German bonds be given just as fayorable treatment as is accorded hoiders under thg¢ new ‘Mmcarmm agreement; GERMAN OBLIGATIONS WASHINGTON, July 5. « Ger- man obligations held in this coun- itry on the Dawes-Young loan |bonds in payment of debts " total |about one billion and & half dol- lars. FRANCE HOPEFUL ( PARIS, July 6—German pay- ments to the French bondholders of the Dawes-Young loan are ex- pected to be made similar to an |agreement accorded to the British, ‘ancordmg to hish French officials. STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE SHORT SESSION Leading Issues ues Made Galiis of Fractions to Ong or More Points NEW YORK, July 5—Notwith- standing the scarcity of especially | stimulating news, the stock senti- |ment showed considerable im- provement today after the holiday |and leading issues rallied by frac- | tions to two or more points. Trading was dull. Today's ¢lose | was firm, CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 5. « Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 21%, American Can 97, American Power and Light 7, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, Ben- dix Aviation 14%, Bethlehem Steel 34, Briggs Manufacturing 17%, Amos, of Amos ¢ ind Andy, with His Wife, Is Coming to Alaska NEW YORK, July 5—Amos and Andy are going to opposite sides of the world on their first vaca- tion in eight years. Amos, who is Freeman F. Goshen, with his wife, will leave for a two weeks' trip to Alaska. Andy, who is Charles J. Correll, and his wife, will sail for England on July 17 and spend two months abroad HELLENTHAL AND RAVEN HONORED TODAY BY C. 0. C, Capacity Crowd Attends . Farewell Luncheon Giv- en to Them Today ‘The good wishes of the Chamber of Commerce and predictions that both men will achieve the highest kind of success were voiced for that organization by R. E. Robert- son to S. Hellenthal and R. S. Raven who will leave here shortly to make their homes in other places. Mr., Hellenthal, recently appointed Federal Judge for the Third Division, will go to Valdez in about ten days, and Mr. Raven will leave for Marysville, Wash., to become Superintendent of Schools. A capacity attendance was pres- ent at the farewell luncheon given Calumet and Hecla, no sale; Chrys= jler 39%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox |Films 13, General Motors 31%, |International Harvester 32%, Ken- |necott 21%, Southern Pacific 24, |Standard Ofl of California 34%, Ulen Company, no sale; United Aircraft 17%, United States Steel 39%2, Warner, Pictures 5, Pound $5.05%, Nabesna bid 145, ask 1.55, Electric Auto Lite 21%, Silver Shipment Comes from Orient Ao VANCOUVER, B, C., July 5—A shipment of silver valued at $405,- 000 arrived here from the Orient on the Empress of Japan several days ago and was loaded on the freighter Pacific Shipper for for- warding to New York via the Pan- ama Canal, — A radish weighing nearly eight pounds was grown recently near Mount Dora, Fla, for them. Mr, Robertson com- plimented them on their achieve~ ments here and praised not only their professional activities but their civic work for the upbuilding of the community. Most Important Professions He declared he regarded the pro- fessions of teaching and law as the most important of all. Law, he asserted, is the bulwark of all our rights and its practitioners the defenders of those rights. Teach- ers, he added, are privileged to implant in the minds of the young- er generation a knowledge of these rights and privileges. Both men are fine, high class Americans, good citizens and good members of the Chamber of Com- merce. Mr, Raven, he declared, as principal of the high school did such excellent work that he was elected as Superintendent upon the resignation of W. K. Keller. Under him the local schools attained the highest standard in their history. His acquaintance with Mr. Hel- lenthal covers a period of 25 years. He has practiced opposite him in many cases and as a co-counsel in a few. “We all will miss him and his family. I know he will be an eminent success on the bench,” Mr. Robertson said. Express Their Regret Both Mr, Hellenthal and Mr. Raven voiced their regret at leav- ing and appreciation of the Cham- ber's good wishes. His stay here has been the longest in any one place since he began teaching, Mr. Raven said. He hesitated long be- fore accepting his new position and took it only because it represented a substantial advancement in his profession, He predicted that his successor, A, B. Phillips, will “make a fine record.” His work in the Wash~ ington State schools shows him to be well equipped for the work here. In no other community, added Mr. Raven, could there be more loyal support to the schools than there is here. Lived Here 25 Years Mr. Hellenthal sald he has made his home here for 25 years and his family has been raised here. He came here direct from law school to practice. Twenty-five years and four days after his grad- uation, President Roosevelt signed his commission as Federal Judge. He expressed deep regret at leaving the community and the many friends of a lifetime. “The Republicans of this Divi- sion are just as much pleased with your appointment as your Democratic friends are” declared H. R. Shepard, ‘a friend of Mr. Hellenthal for a quarter of a cen- tury and prominent Republican. Landing Field Located A tract suitable for an airplane landing field was located near Mile 8 on Glacier Highway by the Chamber’s special committee (Continued on Page Eight) A-) UPS WAGES 35 GENTS GOES ON 6-DAY WEEK Employees A—ccept New Proposal Which Brings Up Wages 85 Cents A daily increase of 35 cents for every employee and a six-day work week instead of the present seven 1days has been voluntarily estab- lished by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, it was announced today by L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent. The proposal was made to the employees, through the Miners' Union, which ballotted on it last Sunday. Mr. Metzgar said he was notified today that the vote was in favor of acceptance. The new rate of pay goes into effect as of July 1. Local Labor Sufficient He emphasized that the change in the work week, while furnish- {h‘ & considerable number of open= ings for new labor, did not war- rant any rush of unemployed to this city. The number of em- ployees, he said, will be increased gradually to prevent confusion and there is enough labor, probably, here to fill all needs. The increase of 35 cents, added to the 50-cent increase made June 1, makes the total wage boost 85 cents per day. Terms of Proposal The terms of the company's pro- posal, as made public by Mr. Metzgar, are as follows: “To conform to the policy of the Administration and more particu- larly with the spirit of the NRA pending a time when a code may be adopted for the gold mining industry, the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company voluntarily pro- poses to adopt a plan whereby all employees, with the exceptions hereafter noted, will work six days per week instead of seven. “Effective as of July 1, 1934, wages will be increased a further 35 cents per day, which, added to the increase of June 1, makes an increase of 85 cents per day. “This increase is in accordance with shorter work week and wage adjustments made elsewhere under code agreements. “In the event of a decrease in the price of gold below $27.00 per ounce, or a tax being placed on gold produced, the wages paid under this arrangement will be " |subject to revision. “As soon after July 1 as it can reasonably be done, the shifts will be arranged so each employee will work six days per week. “In this connection there will be the usual accepted and approved code exemption of power plant operators, hoistmen, bosses, cooks, walters, amalgamators, retreatment operators, watchmen, and any others where the operation must be continuous and it is not prac- tical to arrange for an alternative operator, “Since it is necessary to run the mill continuously, bulldozing, load- ing, and tramming will be carried on seven days per week, and ac- cordingly, arrangements will be made for certain groups of the foregoing men to lay off onme day of each week. “Where it is practicable, con- tract, construction and repair work will be carried on only six days per week.” B e e LEAVES HOSPITAL Hans Floe, Superiniendent of the P. E. Harris Cannery at Hawk Inlet was released from St. Ann's ‘Hosp:lal after receiving medical treatment since Tuesday evening. . Jim Morrison, miner at the Al- aska Juneau, entered St. Ann's iHospital this morning for medical ) care, STEAMERS ARE T0 SAIL NORTH FROM TACOMA Tentative Plans Allot Five Vessels for Resump- tion of Service CHARTER PLANS ARE BEING CONSIDERED Col. Ohlson Reaches Seat- tle by Airplane from An- chorage on Mission Alaska shipping is sched- uued”t6 move from Tacoma where five vessels will be loaded by union longshore- men. This is according to Asso- ciated Press dispatches re- ceived today by The Empire and also private advices re- ceived by R. J. McKanna, local agent of the Alaska Steamship Company. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, Gen- eral Manager of the Alaska Railroad, arrived in Seattle yesterday by plane from An- chorage and according to the Asociated Press dispatches he is to charter for the Gov- ernment all ships necessary to keep Alaska commerce moving. The Alaska ships at Tacoma will be prorated among the longshoremen. . An Associated Press dispatch late this afternoon said Col. Ohlson is opposed to the suggestions that the ships be loaded for Alaska at Tacoma as that is doing nothing toward settling the strike and the costs of transferring goods from Seattle to Tacoma would make the prices too high by the time the goods reach Alaska. He also said the Government's plans for chart- ering ships for Alaska are not completed. Shipping Saturday Agent McKanna’s advices are that assurances have been given by the labor leaders that service of the Alaska Steamship Company will be permitted to resume from Tacoma on Saturday. The company plans to sail the Haleakala north from Tacoma at noon Saturday and the Yukon from Tacoma Saturday eve- ning. “I am almost positive this program will be followed,” said in- structions to Agent McKanna from L. W. Baker, Traffic Manager of the Alaska Steamship Company. Ports of Call The Haleakala will make the advertised Southeast Alaska tourist trip calling at Ketchikan,” Wran- gell, Sitka and Skagway, then to Juneau southbound. The Yukon will make the regu- lar ports of call in Southeast and Southwest Alaska. Other vessels mentioned in the Associated Press dispatch are.not indicated. Evelyn Berg to Sail This afternoon, R. L. Bernard, agent of the Northwestern Steam- ship Company, received a radio- gram stating the longshoremen will permit the Evelyn Berg to sail from the Pacific Steamship wharf in Tacoma on July 6. The Evelyn Berg will call at.ports on the West Coast, Chatham Straits, Sitka and all regular ports of call in Southeast Alaska. LOAD AT TACOMA An Associated Press dispatch re- ceived by The Empire Tuesday night from Seattle said the pos- sibility loomed that Alaska ships may be loaded at Tacoma which is regarded as a “neutral” port, although involved in the coastwise strike. There have been no clash- es at Tacoma. The dispatch further said that ship operators and strikers have been in favor of the idea as it would avoid controversy over re- calling the guards from the Seattle (Coutinued- on Page TwQ)