The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLIV., NO. 6703. ALASKA EMPIRE ! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ‘THOUSANDS START ON GENERAL STRIKE * * * * * * » * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * » * SIX THOUSAND GUARDSMEN ON DUTY J. H. BROOKS, OF KLONDIKE RUSH, DIES SUDDENLY, Famous Packer on White Pass and Chilkoot Trails, '97-'98, Passes Away (Special to Empire) SKAGWAY, Alaska, July 16.— J. H. (Joe) Brooks, the famous '97-98 packer on the White Pass and Chilkoot trails, died in his sleep at the old White Pass City last Friday night. He was with a party and only left Skagway a couple of days previous to renew old scenes and get data for a book and scenario for a movie. His body was brought here Saturday evening. VISITED IN JUNEAU J. H. Brooks, “The Reliable Packer,” one of the most colorful figures of Skagway during the wild and woolly ways, arrived in Juneau on the night of June 28 from California, making his first visit to Alaska in almost 30 years. He was accompanied by C. L. Rob- erts, of Seattle, who was a cash boy in a San Francisco meat shop in which Brooks was a butcher, back in 1893, and a scenario writ- er from Hollywood. Brooks had made several com- fortable fortunes during his color- ful career. He came back to go over the old trail between Skag- way and Lake Bennett, old scenes and days long gone. Visits Gov. Troy The first of his oldtime friends he visited on arriving here was Gov. John W. Troy. The latter; was accountant for him in 1898 | and '99, when business was boom- ing and contracts for freighting ran high in the thousands of dol- lars. Brooks was the biggest of the (Continued on Page Three) POISON MUSSELS CAUSE DEATH OF VERNE NELSON Members of Fishing Party All Stricken After Eat- ing Broiled Mussels As the result of eating mussels from the beach near Hilda Creek, on Douglas Island, Verne Nelson died yesterday afternoon while be- ing brought to town on & gasboat, on which he and his wife, mother, Mrs. Gus Nelson and his brother Art, had gone fishing earlier in the day. Art is still il at St. Ann's Hospital and Mrs. Gus Nel- son and Mrs. Verne Nelson only left the hospital this morning, though not entirely recovered. The party had left Juneau early in the morning for Hilda Creek, on a fishing expedition, and after catching a good string of trout ate breakfast of ham, eggs and coffec prepared by their mother. After the breakfast, they broiled some mussels collected on the beach and a favorite dish of both Verne and Art. Both Verne and Art Nelson ate quantities of the mussels of which both had always ‘been fond but nei ther their mother nor Mrs. Vern Nelson ate more than three or four, according to the former. No immediate ill effects were felt, and as the tide had gone out, leaving the boat dry on the beach, all decided to nap for a little while before starting out for some strip fishing. Discover Numbness Mrs. Gus Nelson was the first to wake and noticed a numbness about her mouth and when Art woke a few moments later, he re- marked about the same thing and when he rose to his feet, could hardly stand and had little control over his limbs. Both then be- came alarmed and roused the others. Art and Verne were most seriously affected and could barely stagger to the boat, which was floating by this time. Art, however, recalling California National Guardsmen took over the !il‘k of maintainin isco’ / Ism g peace on San Francisco's e - dero after a'day of bloody rioting had resulted in two deaths and scores injured by bullets, q’::fl:‘:‘ld clubs. The pitched battles occurred between striking longshoremen and police. Some of the soldiers, with ' bayone}u affixed to rifles, are shown on duty. (Associated Press Photo) , ¢ MACHINE GUNNERS SET UP WATERFRONT DEFENSES. The 8an Francisco embarcadero bristled with machine, guns and bayoneted rifles as the California National Guard took control of the strike situation after cious rioting had resuited in two deaths and injuries to many. Nests, such as this one on King street near the waterfront, were set i squad comes from Gilro;'. (Associated Press Photo) ¥ PRI Thie FOUND SLAI Body of One Found Jam- med in Trunk with Head and Arms of Another BRIGHTON, England, July 16.— The Blizarre trunk murders of two women drew the brains of Scot- land Yard to this coastal resort today with the discovery of a woman’s body jammed into a trunk along with the head and arms of another woman. The body of the woman is said to be that of Violette Kaye, aged 42 years, professional dancer who is supposed to be filling an engage- ment in Paris. . The head and arms in the trunk are believed to be those from the torso found in a trunk in the railway station here a month ago and all attempts to make identifi- cation having failed. ———o——— PRINCE GEORGE TAKES THREE PASSENGERS GUT The Canadian National steamer Prince George stopped in Juneau for an hour Saturday midnight, and took three passengers from nere, M. H. Gidel and John Doyle for Seattle, and G. Clemens for (Continued on Page Seven) Prince Rupert, !Germany Makes Reply to U. S. | Debt Note BERLIN, June 18.—Germany has not the slightest intention of discriminating against the United States in the matter of debt transfers in connection with the Dawes-Young plans, the Government has informed Ambassador Dodd, in reply to an American note of protest | of June 27, NEW YORK, June 16. The Germans have been warned by the J. P. Morgan Company that the “world will not understand nor soon for- get if Germany suspends pay- ments under the Dawes-Young plan on loan bonds held by American investors.” ., SAWMILL TO START OPERATIONS AT 8 0’CLOCK TUESDAY | Work will be resumed at the Ju- neau Lumber Company at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning when the regu- lar crew of approximately 70 will be on the job, it was announced |today. The motorship Driva ar- !rived from Wrangell Narrows with a raft of logs last evening and today is to leave to bring in an- other raft. Tt is expected to arrive lwim the second raft in four or five days. HONEYMOON T0 ALASKA 1S OFF Young Jacob Astor and His Bride Return Home to New York NEW YORK, July 16.—Young John Jacob Astor, III, and his LL-ride of two weeks, the former (Ellen Tuck French, are enroute iback to New York in a private {car which passed through Chicago late last Saturday afternoon with the blinds tightly drawn. The newlyweds had intended a trip to British Columbia and pos- sibly Alaska, It is believed the tip was abandoned because the jcouple was tired of being the center of all attractios NO TRACE oF MISSING BOY HARTSDALE, N. Y, July 16— Bobby Connor, 18-month-old son of Charles H. Connor, mortgage broker, who disappeared last Thu day, is still missing and there are seemingly no clues. LABOR DISPUTES STARTCONTLICTS VARIOUS REGIONS Negroes Kill—ed— in Trouble i Texas—Cotton In- dustry May Be Hit CHICAGO, Tll, July 16.—Various labor troubles, some projected, others settled, prevail in various parts of the nation as well as on the Pacific Coast. Three negroes were killed, three others wounded and one white man was shot at Houston, Texas, where longshoremen and employers are in trouble over wages and shorter hours. A general strike in the Alabama cotton industry is proposed by 42 locals. Truck drivers have set 5 o'clock this afternoon for a general walk- out over wages and hours. Five hat factories opened this morning in Danbury, Conn., with a strike settlement. Twelve hundred workers are de- manding the right of collective bargaining and a shorter week at Kohler, Wisconsin, called the model industrial village. JOHNSON MAKES EMPHATIC PLEA |FOR STRIKE END | Attributes Longshore Strike | to Lack of NRA Code— On Speaking Tour PORTLAND, July 16.—A serious and emphatic plea for the settle- ment of the Jongshoremen’s strike was made here Sunday by Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA Admin- istrator, in an address to the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's Convention. “Why this situation should last 24 hours longer is beyond my comprehension,” Johnson said, after declaring that the parties involved should sit down at a table and thresh things out. Necessary Evils Gen. Johnson said that strikes, like wars, were a necessary evil, “but like wars, never got anything for anybody unless it was blood- shed and black eyes.” He attributed the prolonged strike to the fact that the shipping in- dustry has no NRA code, adding, “Hence labor does not have the benefit of Section 7A.” This sec- tion guarantees the right of work- ing men to organize, and insures the right of collective bargaining. Gen. Johnson flew here from Salt Lake City, and intends to go to San Francisco next, but is un- decided on how soon. He is on a speaking tour of the West in the intersts of the NRA. DEPLORES TROOPS SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 16.—The use of troops in the strike at San Francisco was branded last Saturday afternoon by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Administrator, as poor policy. Gen. Johnson is on a speaking tour of the West by plane and stoppped here enroute from Cheyenne to Portland, Oregon. “When you get an amateur | soldier and put a gun in his hands, {he wonders what to do with it. Probably he shoots somebody. The strike situation in San Francisco once was that close to being set- tled,” Gen. Johnson said, as he held his thumb and forefinger a fraction of an inch apart. Advised of the strike develop- ments in San Francisco, Gen. Johnson said:' “NRA has nothing more to do with strikes, thank God.” Gen. Johnson expressed the con- viction that NRA or a modifica- tion of it will become a fixture in American industrial life. —— YUKON ON WAY Steamer Yukon sailpd from Cordova at 12:30 o'clock this morn- ing for Juneau and is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow forenoon sometime, Central Issues It in Pres SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 16. —The central issues in the present trouble involves the strike of the longshoremen and maritime unions. The longshoremen demand union recognition, control of hiring halls, better wages, better hours and working conditions. he maritime workers joined the strike largely as a sympathetic move but they also presented griev- ances. wolved The only other general strike in the history of American labor oc- curred in Seattle in 1919 which dwindled out in three or four days when the unions failed to follow the lead of the radicals. By coincidence, the general strike vote taken Saturday was on the memorable anniversary just 145 years after the first series of events which lead to the French revo- lution. ALASKA SHIPS NOT AFFECTED FRISCD STRIKE Three Steamers Are Known to Be Scheduled for Present Week SEATTLE, July 16—Labor lead- ers here reiterated that Seattle is not facing a general strike but two men were beaten in connec- tion with the local strike. So far the general strike at San Francisco will have no bear- ing on Alaska shipping and as far as can be learned now ships scheduled to leave Tacoma for Al- aska within the next few days include the Haleakalh at 9 o'clock tonight, Northwestern at 10 o'clock| tomorrow morning and Yukon at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. RADIO TO FEMMER D. B. Femmer received a radio this afternoon from the North- land Transportation Company at Seattle stating the Northland will sail from Tacoma Wednesday ev- ening end the North Wind Pri- day evening calling at all regular ports in Southeast Alaska. — e WARNING GIVEN OUT IN FRISCO BAN FRANCISCO, July 16— Husky men stopped lone pedes- trians early this morning and cau- tioned them that “if you are thinking of going to work, better not.” The police started shortly after midnight to keep loiterers on the move. —to———- UTILITIES T0 OPERAT WALKOUT TAKES ent ¢ General Strike PLACE TODAY IN ALL BAY CITIES Armed Foroes. e Being Rushed to All Strategic Centers of Area VIOLENCE REPORTED; STORES ARE RAIDED SAN FRANCISCO [owy 19 Retauanis v EATING HOUSES CLOSING DOORS Nothing to Cook SoRanges Go Cold—Stores Being Depleted of Stocks SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 16. —The food situation in the San Francisco area is today estimated as follows: There is little fresh meat and the supply is rapidly becoming ex- hausted. Hundreds of restaurants have al- ready closed and others will have to close. One relief station feeding hun- dreads daily, is down to beans. -Stocks -Depleted Most of the grocery stores are depleted of stocks. Milk and bread are expected to be delivered as usual but the stop- page of bakery deliveries is a pos- sibility. Butter, eggs and sugar are low and ar being limited by the stores that have a supply to cus- tomers. Eighteen restaurants have been designated by the stirkers to re- main open so the downtown dwell- ers need not starve. Profiteering Resented A mob stormed one grocery store where it was claimed pofiteering was reported. This lent strength to forebodings of tumult later and indicated that the citizens fear their families will go hungry. San Francisco Bay Cities are practically without gasdline except for doctors, police and firemen. . — PORTLAND MAY HAVE WALKOUT PORTLAND, Oregon, July 16.— Anxiety gripped Portland today as the Strike Committee worked on plans for a mass walkout on Wednesday if the steamship com- panies refuse to come to some SAN FRANCISCO, July 16— |agreement. Telephone service, also eledjric power, light and gas are assured in the city according to official SENATOR COMING WEST PORTLAND, Ore, July 16. — statements made early this mOM- | yyieq- States Senator Wagner is ing, DEATH PENALT leaving New York City today for Portland to act as mediator in the strike area here at the request of the President’s new Lbaor Board. R I s M ETE D UUT SEVERAL LEAVE HOSPITAL T0 KIDNAPERS Two Young Men Must Die in Electric Chair— $1.80 Involved BONIFAY, Florida, July 16. — Millard Keith, aged 18, and Ber- nard Rutherford, aged 20, have| been convicted of the $1.80 kid- naping of 77-year-old Mrs. J. L. Phelps and have been sentenced to die in the electric chair. Dewey Keith, a brother of Mil- lard, was given a life sentence. ‘The death sentences are the first imposed under the new Flor- ida law providing the death pen- alty onr conviction without mercy of kidnaping where money is in- volved. . The jury recommended mercy in Dewey’'s case, . Patients who have been receiv- ing medical treatment at St. Ann's Hospital for several days that left the hospital yesterday were, Tom McMullen, Max Dorman and Pete Kozoff. Opened in San Francisco —Supplies Are Short SAN FR A N CISCO, Cal, July 16.—A general strike in sympathy with the long- shoremen started today, 8 o’clock this morning and ap- proximately 50,000 workers are out in this city. There is no transportation except by private automo- biles. Approximately 6,000 Na- tional Guardsmen are on duty. Crowds thronged the 19 res- taurants that the strikers have allowed to operate. Meanwhile the Labor De- partment has kept hands, off and the President continued his vacation in Southern wat- ers. Possibly Portland may vote on a general strike and there is a very bare possibility that it might spread to Seattle later. There has been occasional outbreaks of violence in San Francisco. Paralyzing Strike The paralyzing union labor strike went into effect here and in the East Bay cities, including Oakland, and National Guard troops, with tanks and machine guns con- verged quickly upon the stricken area. Regular Army troops are ready for call at the Presidio. Section Crippled The entire Bay district is crip- pled and virtually under maritime siege. Roving bands of strike pickets attempted a complete stoppage of food supplies to the 1,300,000 resi- dents, Inceasing outbreaks of violence are reported as thousands of work- ers were forced to walk to jobs as all street car service has been halt- ed by the strike. Tanks loaded on flat cars at Salinas sped on the way to vantage points of the strike area and to protect foodstuffs in warehouses. Menacing 57 milimeter guns have been dispatched to danger zones. Stores Raided Raids by mobs on grocery stores in the Bay Cities increased this afternoon. Raiders threatened pro- prietors, smashed windows and stripped places of food supplies. The number of unions striking is believed this afternoon to be more than 150 organizations with a membership of between 65,000 and 75,000. Mayor Rossi has appealed to Acting Governor Merriam for more National Guardsmen and compan- (Conunued on Page Two) Skdéway Couple Weds 7,000 Feet in Air as Motors of Plane Droons Out Music (Special to Empire) ‘The Rev. Warren Griffith ac- SKAGWAY, Alaska, July 16. — |companied the wedding party, con=- Harold E. Mulvihill, of Skagway,|sisting of Mayor W. J. Mulvihill and Gladys Krater, of Chehalis, |and his wife, parents of the groom, Washington, & former nurse here,|Leslie Powell, best man; Louise were married last night at 8 o'-|Livesley, a nurse, bridesmaid; ‘Wil- clock in a trimotor airplane, of liam Beitinger and wife, brother- the White Pass & Yukon Route,|in-law and sister. Bookwalter and Boyle, pilots, 7,- The trimotors droned out the 000 feet altitude between Mountlweddmc march and droned mer- Harding and Chilkoot Pass. rily through the ceremony. ’ Pt