The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 9, 1934, Page 1

-STEAMERS ARENO @ "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6697, JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RIGHTHAND MAN OF CHANGELLOR GIVES WARNING Rudolph Hess Defies. Pos- sible Invaders of Germany in Speech Yesterday PLEADS WITH FRANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING Declares W:{X/ould Mean Unhappiness for Whole World—Wants Peace KOENIGSBURG, Germany, July 9. —Rudolph Hess, Cabinet Minister known as Chaniellor Adolf Hitler’s sccond self, in an address made Sunday pleaded for an understand- ing with France. Hess also sounded a warning against impending war, and defied any nation to invade Germany. The speech was broadcast over Germany and translations were put on the air for the entire world. Regarded As Amazing The speech is regarded as amaz- ing not only because of its appeal to France but also because of its implied warning that war threat- ens Europe, and because of Ger- many’s defiance of invaders. Switching suddenly from Ger- man to French, in describing the ies of war, Hess declared they ‘unhappiness for us, unhap- s for you, and unhappiness r all of the world.” The German minister warned that Germany would defend her- self to the last man against in- Appeal Fer Peace Shortly before closing the ad- dress, he paid tribute to the pact with Poland, and pleaded as fol- lows: May the governments of the other people along the other front- iers of the Reich also soon see that there is greater security through peaceful pacts of understanding, rather than in heaped up war materials. That’s our hope.” RATHER SKEPTICAL PARIS, July 9. — Cynicism ap- peared as the keynote of the French reaction to the olive branch waved by Germany. Official comment is lacking but political observers ascribed the gesture of friendship made by Ru- dolph Hess, Hitler aide, to two sources in an effort to wipe out the memory of the bloody purging during the second revolution and activities of the French Foreign Minister in London. Editorial comment of all news- papers reflected skepticism of the sincerity of the overtures. l BARTHOU N LONDON LONDON, July 9.—Louis Barth- ou, French Foreign Minister, has come here to ask assurance that Great Britain will once more team with French in event of war with Germany. PARTY LEAVES FOR WESTWARD BY SEAPLANE Mr. E. Erdofy, President of Bart- ley and Company, New York City, Lee Ramer, Sam Wilson, Payton Mremner and Earl Knight, Editor of the Alaska Weekly, left Juneau for the westward Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the Gorst flying boat, piloted by Murray Stuart in which they made the trip north ifrom Seattle. The party arrived in Juneau at 2 oclock Saturday afternoon and remained here over- night. They arrived in Cordova late yesterday. afternoon according to word received here by A. B, Hayes, manager of the Alaska Southern Airways. The party is to visit the Brem- ner Mines, 55 miles south of Mc- Carthy where it is Pro'posed to in- stall a mill. Mr.” Erdofy repre- sents eastern capital which is al- ready extensively interested in British Columbia mining property and contemplates extending its interests to, Alaska. ——eee———— CROPLEYS HAVE SON Mr. and Mrs. Jake Cropley are the parents of ‘a 9'-pound baby boy, born_at: 9 .gtlock Sunday morning in St. Ann’s Hospital. Roper Surprised At Advanced Alaska Aviation | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 9. — Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, inspected the airplane bases here and ex- pre:ced surprise at the ad- canved development of aviation in the Territory. Secretary Roper promised co- operaticn in efforts to co-or- dinate transpertation, commu- nications and aviation. FRENGH VETS MAY €0 INTO POLITICS NOW ment to Make Changes in Administration PARIS, July 9.—French war vet- erans have given Premier Dou- mergue a few months more to “clean house” before they decide whether to attempt to go over the top in polibics. Although a truce has been de- clared, the Cabinet won an im- portant political victory when no drastic steps were taken yesterday at the meeting of the Croix de Feu, a soldier organization. A warning has been given the Government to speed justice, puri- fy the Administration and main- tain order. While the former soldiers delib- erated, a huge demonstration was held .by the anti-Fascists, Com- munists and Socialists, showing unrest still prevails but the ex- pected bloody Sunday of clashes between the veterans and radicals failed to develop. PRISONER FROM ALASKA MAKES ESCAPE,CAUGHT tured After Breakaway from Missouri Prison SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 9.— Two long term prisoners, James Clampitt and Samuel Edward Le- may, the latter of Wrangell, Alas- ka, who escaped from the Federal Medical Center by scaling the brick enclosure, are back again behind the walls after recapture near Mount Vernon. A filling station operator recog- nized the two convicts from pub- lished descriptions. Lemay is setving ten years for a postoffice robbery. MINING MEN HERE BY PLANE FROM INTERIOR SUNDAY ‘Barry Keown, well known min- ing authority and dredge expert, arrived here on the Pacific Alaska Airways plane from Fairbankseyes- terday morning with a party made up of A. G. Cassell, E. Hieneke and E. L. C. Delapole, all of San Francisco, who have been in the Interior for some time for the pur- pose of making an examination of mining property near Tanana. Due to the fact that there was too much water in the mine to make a satisfactory examination, the project was temporarily aban- doned, though the party may re- turn north later in the season. The capitalists and mining men now plan to take the first steamer southbound. Mr. Keown, formerly of Nome, and Chief Clerk in the HouSe of Representatives durinig the first and second Territorial Legislatures of Alaska, has made his headquar- ters in San Francisco for a num- ber of years and has been inter- ested in mining operations in many parts of this country as well as South America and Central Armieri- ca. He received his early mining experience in Nome and became an expert in dredgs and mining work of all kinds. —————— PETERSBURG MARRIAGE Shirk were recently married Trading Union stare, - PLANNED BY Warning Is Given Govern-| Two Long Termers Recap-| Petersburg. Mr. Shirk is employed | Ployed in the in the grocery department of the|store -there, and Mrs. Peterson last throughout the season,” VACATIONIS | GEN. JOHNSON — [ NRA Administrator to Re- linquish Some Duties to Group of Five ! WASHINGTON, July 9.—(Copy- right by the Associated Press, 1934) Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA Admin- Istrator, has decided to turn over a large part of running the Blue Fagle machine this summer to a| group of five of his principal sub-, ordinates. b The arrangement, thus far, is in-' formal, Gen. Johnson, himself, will step | in and make decisions, which legally must be made by him and to settle disputes, if any, among his | “Board of Directors.” * The plan is conceived for the purpose of allowing Gen. Johnson' tion during the summe: | PRESIDENT ON WAY TO VISIT| * COLOMBIA HEAD {Now Crossing Caribbean| | Sea on Houston—Studies | Conditions on Island | ABOARD U. 8. S. CRUISER HOUSTON, July 9. — President Roosevelt today steamed across' {bia where he will eall on President Enrique Olaya Herrera at Carta-| | gena. The President is receiving first | hand information on social condi-| tions in island possessions, enroute | to Hawaii. JUDGE CLEGG WILL RETURN T0 FAIRBANKS Is Ready to Be Relieved by Simon Hellenthal of Juneau ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 9.— Federal Judge Cecil H. Clegg, re- tiring as Judge of the Third Divi- sion, announced he will return to Fairbanks and resume the practice of law. Judge Clegg has been notified that his successor, Simon Hellen- thal, of Juneau, will leave Juneau| July 16 and take his oath of office at Valdez. FAULKNER 1S NAMED VICE CONSUL, NORWAY H. L. Faulkner, prominent local attorney, has been appointed Nor- wegian Vice Consul for Alaska by the Foreign Office of Norway, ac- cording to telegraphic information received recently by Mr. Faulkner through the Norweglan Legation at Washington, D. C. He will act under the Norwegian Consul Gen- eral at San Francisco and will take care of all official business for the Norwegian Government in the Territory. Mr. Faulkner has been unof- ficially handling all business ordi- narily taken care of by the Nor- wegian Vice-Consul for the last two years since the death of Will- iam E. Britt who held that office for many years. The position was offered Mr. Faulkner some time ago, but he only recently expressed his willingness to serve. e 400 WITNESS OPEN AIR BOXING CARD More than 400 fans witnessed the open-air boxing card held July 3 In Ketchikan. There were seven fights on the program, and it is said to have been one of the best ever staged in the First City, ———— KETCHIKAN WEDDING Miss Maxine Mellish and Harry taught school at Hope last year. the Caribbean Sea toward Dohm-l REPUBLICANS START FIGHT LITTLE LATE Find Democrats Already Waging Battle in Con- gressional Campaigns CHICAGO, IIl, July 9.—Blasted into the open by the Republican { fighting talk at the Party’s Eight- ieth anniversary celebration in Michigan last week for control of the congressional delegations from the agricultural midwest, the Democrats revealed they started the fight earlier for retention of] all Democrats. The Republicans have started to prevent a recurrence of the Roose= velt landslide of several years ago. The campaigns are generally The Republicans intend headquarters in Chicago so as to | slated to open officially in August. to open to take rather a continuous vaca-{be near the Middle west bItfie'De grounds. Chairman Fletcher, of the Re- publican National Committee, ar- rived here today for a series of conferences. FIVE GIANT BOMBERS ON TEST FLIGHT Four Go to Texas from Ohio Sunday — One Lands, Oklahoma DAYTON, O., July 9.—Five giant United States Army bombers flew to Hensley Field, Texas, and return Sunday on a practice hop to de- termine the oil and gasoline con- | sumption in preparation for the| flight from Washington, D. C., to Fairbanks, Alaska. One of the bombers experienced difficulty in the oiling system and landed at Muskogee, Oklahoma. MAY COMPLETE ISLAND BRIDGE Finland Praised & For Paying War. Debts to U, S. WASHINGTON, July 9. — Finland, the only nation which has promptly paid her war debt installments to the United Statey has been praised by Secretary of State Cordell Hull “for keeping faith in its fin- ancial obligations and setting a timely and valuable example,” to the world. The note of appreciation has been sent to Sigurd von Num- ers, charge daffairs of the Finnish Legation, acknowledg- ing the June 15 payment. ————————— PRICE KITERS ARE BOING T0 BE PROSECUTED partment of Justice Plans Early Action, Senator Declares ‘WASHINGTON, July 9.—United States Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Chairman of the Democratic Sen- ate Campaign Committee, predict- ed the Department of Justice will act at once to punish business in- terests which he said conspired to “lift the price of everything.” Senator Lewis’ statement was in answer to the formal statement of Senator William E. Borah last week, that monopoly thrives under the New Deal. The Tllinois Senator further said: “This Administration has just been able to discover the 'responsible parties in this conspiracy. It has not had time to take steps to pun- ish them but will proceed at once to both punish and obstruct this further in justice.” REPUBLIC STEEL PLANS PURCHASE OF 2 COMPANIES If Deals Arta_C;nsummated $54,000,000 Will Be the Consideration FILL BY FRIDAY 140 Feet Remaining— Working on Pier 2—Ex- cavate for Approaches The rockfill on the Juneau end of the Douglas Island bridge should be completed by Friday at the rate work is now progressing, according to A. F. Ghiglione, Resi- dent Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, who is acting as in- spector on the bridge job. At the present time there re- mains about 140 feet to fill as compared with 640 feet already completed. At the end of the fill now, trucks are dumping rock over a 30-foot declivity, which height will grow greater as the work nears the end. J. B. Warrack and Company has a crew of men at work on excava- tion for the concrete bridge ap- proaches for which they were awarded the contract. Piling Wrong ‘With Piers 1 and 4 completed, Alfred Dishaw, contractor for the bridge piers, is getting down the sheet piling for Pler 2. Some de- lay was experienced in fmis work, due to the angle of bend on the corner sheets being wrong, neces- sitating cutting and welding in order to correet the error. Two sides "of the sheet piling have been put in place, however, and at the present time the work is said to be progressing satisfac- torily. —o—— KARL THEILE MAKES ROUND TRIP HERE BY PLANE OVER WEEKEND Karl Theile, President of the Dia- mond K Packing Company at Wrangell, arrived in Juneau Sat- urday and returned to his cannery on Sunday, making the round trip here on the seaplane Chichagof. “Everything is in readiness to Miss Shirsten Olsen and William | Peterson were recently married in{begin operatfons at the Diamond: in| Ketchikan. Mr. terson is em-|K on Thursday and there are ~Carrington | sufficient supplies on hand to Mr. ‘Theile said while in Juneau. 'CLEVELAND, O, July 9.—Re- ports that the Republic Steel Cor- poration, the third largest in the country, is planning to acquire, within a week, the Corrigan-Mec- Kinney Steel Company of Cleve- land, for a total consideration of approximately $33,000,000, emanat- ed from steel circles last Saturday. It is also reported the Republic Steel Corporation is also' planning the acquisition later of the Otis Stee Company of Cleveland at a cost of $21,000,000. The two deals, if consummated would make the Republic Steel Corporation one of the largest steel producers in the United Btates. HARRIMAN 1S OFF T0 CELL NEW YORK, July 9.—Joseph Harriman, former President of the Harriman National Bank and Trust Company, of New York City, has been taken to the Federal Prison at Lewisburg, Pa., to start serving his four and one-half-year sen- tence following conviction of falsi- fying records and misapplying the funds of his bank, CONSPIRATORS UNDER ARREST HAVANA, July 9. — Raids for arms spread throughout Cuba un- der orders of Commander Batista who is convinced he has thwarted what would be a major revolution inspired by former army officers, some three score of whom are in Jail charged with conspiracy, .- — IN NOYES COTTAGE Mrs. Katherine Hooker- and her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Cashen, have taken up their residence in the Noyes cottage on Franklin Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets. TO FERA CHIEF, TOCOMENORTH Gov. Troy Announces Asst. FERA Administrator to Arrive Next Week At the request of Harry L. Hop- kins, National Administrator of Federal Emergency Relief, his as- sistant, Jacob Baker, will spend the last two weeks of the current month in Alaska, it was announced today by Gov. John W. Troy. Mr. Baker will arrive here on July 17 and will visit as many sections as is possible. An itinerary is beng worked out for him by the Governor. It is planned to use airplane transpor- tation for the entire journey with- in the Territory. To Study Conditions Mr. Baker plans to visit the min- ing and fishing and homesteading areas. He also wants to go to Nome and take a look at the rein- deer grgging regions. As his time is extremely limited he will not e able to pause more than briefly at any point, He is leaving the itinerary in the hands of Gov. Troy, but has informed the latter that he will have to leave here for the south on July 30. Administrator Hopkins informed the Governor he would like for Mr, Baker to discuss with him the problems of relief, industrial opportunities and homesteading possibilities, He desires to study relief needs of all sections and ob- tain as comprehensive a view of local conditions as the time limit will permit. Troy Welcomes Visitation ‘The Governor expressed himself as highly“gratified that Mr. Baker is making the visitation, and said his one regret is that his time will not be sufficient to visit all of the points in the Territory where Federal relief funds have been ex- pended and may be needed again during the coming winter. “It will facilitate us in handling relief problems to have the Assist- aent Administrator make a first hand study of conditions and dis- cuss with him the problems with which we are confronted,” Gov. Troy sald. A tentative itinerary is now be- ing worked out for submission to and approval by Mr., Baker. ————— — SAMUEL INSULL B0ES ON TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER Former Utilities Magnate Loses Last Fight to Stave Off Case CHICAGO, T, July 9.—The last technical obstacle in the way of the trial of Samuel nsull for fraudulent use of the mails was wiped away today when the Fed- eral Court order set the date of the trial as beginning September 18, The court refused the defense final preliminary motion requesting & bill of particulars of the charges. MOFFETT IS ON NEW J08 ‘WASINGTON, July 9. — James Moffett today took over the re- covery job of Housing Adminis- trator with the object of getting half a billion dollars into home renovation by fall and ultimately reemployment of half a million persons, FIRST MEETING BE HELD, LABOR TEMPLE The Painters Union, Local No. 1, meets tonight in the new Labor Temple in the Adsit Building on Second Street where the Pantorium Cleaners and Capital Laundry were formerly located. This is to be the first meeting held in the new temple, which was leased recently and has been in the course of remodelling for the past few days. The lease is held by the Alaska Laborers’ Associa- tion, and the room is open for the use of all the affiliated groups. J, BAKER, AIDE | Actress To Wed' i Claudia Morgan, actress daughter of Ralph Morgan, screen actor, will marry Robert Shippee, explorer and son of a New York broker, in Beverly Hills, Cal,, July 22. (Associated Press Photo) LAPSED JUALIN CLAIMS STAKED BY LOGAL MEN Faulkner Restakes 20 Claims at Berners Bay for Vanophem Interests What is believea to herald re- sumption of development activities at Berner’'s Bay in the not distant future was the staking recently of 20 lode claims in that district by H. L. Faulkner and Norman Ban- field for Samuel T. Shaw, Jr., who is connected wtih Jean Vanophem, Belgian capitalist, who has headed interests who have held the Jualin properties for several years. The claims, Mr, Faulkner said, are a portion of the Jualin group which had been allowed to lapse during the past few years. They were restaked for the purpose of consolidating the entire group. During their work on the claims, Mr. Faulkner and Mr. Banfield had a none too comfortable encounter with a big female brown bear. On that day they were packing quite a load up the hill and left their only rifle in camp. Their progress was halted abruptly by the brute, and nearby the two men heard the sound of two cubs, ‘They made all the noise they could and, after looking them over for a few minutes, the bear turned and slowly moved off into the brush. She took the same course that the men had to go, and dis- appeared from sight. As they stood and debated what to aqo, they heard a noise to one side and tuned to see the old bear peering at them through an opening a few yards away. She didn't look any too friendly to them, so with one accord they dropped their loads and each climb- ed the three nearest him. The bear looked them over delibérately for a time and then moved off into the woods again to réjoin her cubs. The men waited a little while and when she didn't reappear they proceeded on their way with lots of caution. The bear was not seen nor heard again. iy FLOY POPIA TO JOIN STAFF OR BEAUTY SHOP Mrs. Floy Popia, of Portland, Oregon, sister of Mrs. Allamae Scott, arrived on the Northwestern and will join the staff of beauti- cians of the Allamae Shop. Mrs. Popia is an experienced beauty operator, Al ooy H. L. REED LEAVES ON PLANE FOR FAIRBANKS pis 4 i H. L. Reed, President and Gen- eral Manager of Piggly Wiggly Arctic, left Juneau on the Pacific Alaska Airways plane, piloted by S. E. Robbins, Sunday afternoon for Fairbanks. He arrived here on the Northwestern aftern a month's business trip north. OTHER VESSELS BEING LOADED, LEAVING TODAY Three Docks Being Oper- ated to Full Capacity at Tacoma EFFORTS TO SETTLE STRIKE UNDERWAY General Walkout Rumors Continue but No Defin- ite Action Taken TACOMA, July 9.—Six Al- aska ships are being handled here today with cargoes for Alaska, the Depere, Lakina, Cordova, Victoria, Alaska and Norco. rive here tomorrow. The Norco and Depere are scheduled to sail during the day. Efforts are being made to get the Victoria away to- morrow for Nome. Three docks are operating to full capacity. NEW CHARGES MADE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 9.— The charge that shipowners are taking advantage of NRA in their dealings with the maritime workers is made by Paul Scharrenberg, rep- resenting the International Sea- men’s Union before the National Longshoremen’s Board which op- ened hearings here today in efforts to settle the strike and prevent a general walkout. Scharrenberg also charged the Harding Administration with re- sponsibility for dissension among waterfront workers and employers, claiming the Shipping Board of Harding’s Administration began to cut wages, eliminate overtime and establish longer working hours. SHIPS LOAD AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 9. — Four ships are being loaded here for foreign ports. Conservative leaders of the longshoremen met with waterfront employers to discuss possibility of an early strike settlement. Two ships sailed over a peaceful week- end. ALASKA STEAMERS SWAMPED Expressing the hope that mer- chants and consumers in Alaska would be tolerant with the in- conveniences, delay and uncertain- ties regarding the arrival of spe- cific orders on definite ships, at- tendant to the resumption of Alas- - ka shipping through the port of Tacoma, W. L. Baker, of the Alas- ka Steamship Company, endeav- ored to explain the terrible con- gestion of merchandise in Seattle awaiting shipment to the north, in a detailed radio message received this morning bygR. J. McKanna, Juneau agent for the company. “Advise all your merchants that Seattle shippers co-operated won- derfully with the Tacoma loading,” Mr. Baker's message said. ‘‘They sent their own trucks there when unions refused local boats permis- sion to handle the freight by wa- ter to Tacoma, No Criticism “Under no condition should ship- pers here be criticised for failure to get stuff on Yukon,” continues Mr. Baker. “Due to long accumu- lation of orders we were over- whelmingly swamped with freight. Yukon simply could not handle had her space been four times what it is. Please make every ef- fort to explain conditions and dif- ficulties. Practically all people on Pacific Coast and Alaska now affected by tieup. Our companies’ losses now in hundreds of thous- ands of dollars and we ask Alas- kans to be lenient. Expect all fu- ture sailings to be as per schedule. Denali scheduled sail Priday, July 13, with freight southeastern and southwestern Alaska.” All southeast freight which the Yukon left behind including cold storage cool room freight was be- ing loaded on the Alaska Sunday, and the Alaska should sail on schedule at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, tceording to Mr. Baker. The message further advised that the “Haleakala sailed from Tacoma at 4 pm. Saturday, Yukon at p.m. Sunday, both calling at Van~ couver, B. C, for fuel oil. The Haleakala carried about 500 tons TR s S — (Continued on Page Seven) The Aleitian will ar- - %