The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLIV., NO. 6704, ‘MAKE MOVE TO END GENERAL STRIKE * * * * *» * * » * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * » * ) b 1054 ‘TROOPS, POLICE ARREST AGITATORS EMPHATIC “N0" " SENT GERMANY BY UNCLE SAM No Concessions of Any Kind to Be Made on Dawes-Young Bonds WASHINGTON, vuiy 17. — The Un States has refused to grant Germany any speclal agreements | involving trade concessions or clear-| ing homse arrangements in order to secure equal treatment with American holders of the Dawes-| Young bonds estimated at $600,000- Secretary of State Hull in a| bluntly worded note notified the! German Foreign Office in Berlin | that the United States rejected, overtures for any compromise mas by the German government and reiterated this government's lns\s-} tence that the Americans be giv-! en the same treatment in any fi-| nancial settlement as accorded Na- tionals of any other nation. STOCK PRICES | TAKING SLUMP LATE IN DAY Unsettled Condition Still| Important Factor in Market Tradings NEW YORK, Juiy 17.—Improve- | ment in the early hours of trading | today gave way to unsettled con-| ditions late | many shares pointed lower. labor upheaval in still a factor. Today's market close was irregu- lar. The | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 17.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock y is 21'%, American Can ' 99, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 14, Armouf B., no sale; Bendix Aviation 14%, Bethlehem Steel 32'4, Calumet ahd Hecla 4%, | Chrysler 39%, Curtiss-Wright 3, General Motors 30%, International Harvester 32%, Kennecott 21%,| Electric Auto Lite 21%, Ulen Com- pany, no sale; United States Steel 38':, Warner Pictures 4'2, Pound $5.04%, Nabesna bid 1.21, ask 1.35. UNION TRUCK DRIVERS OUT Minneapolis Motor Trans-! portation Threatened for Second Time MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 17. —A complete tie-up of motor | transportation threatened today when 7,000 union truck drivers struck for the second time this year for higher wages and better working hours. TROOPS CALLED OUT ST. PAUL, Minn,, July 17.—Gov. Floyd B. Olson has called out the National Guardsmen in connection with the strike of the Minneapolis truck drivers. No trouble had de- veloped up to noon today. JUNEAU REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The Juneau Republican Club will meet again tonight in the Council Chambers at City Hall, at 7:30 o'clock. All club members and all Republicans not members are in- vited to attend, it was announced. The main purpose of the meeting is to consider additional planks to the platform which was adopted at the club’s last regular meeting. Planks on liquor traffic control, the Territorial school system are included in those to be submitted this evening. ARMY PLANES The Lawrence Wycoff family f Cac City, | quadruplets, is shown in its first group picture. = T = IOWA’S QUADRUPLETS POSE FOR A FAMILY GROUP. reased to nine children by the arrival of the now-famo: ed by the babies, left to right, are the father; Lawrence, Jr., 7; Charles, 6; Bobbie, 4; Lois, 3; Norma, 18 months, and Mrs. Wycoff. (Associated Press Photo), LAND ON NEW FIELD HERE Officers Praise Emergency Martin Bombing Planes Start for Alaska Thursday Morning WASHINGTON, July 17. [ this afternoon that the Army's 10 o'clock” Thurcday -merning from here for Fairbanks. ! Martin bombers will compose the air flect. be at Minncapolis, Minnescta. The War Department announced flight to Alaska will start at Ten The first stop will Landing Field and Lack | Price Views Political Game —New Material, Old Tricks Obstructions, Approach Piloted by Capt. E. B. Bobak and Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, U. in the session and|Army, the two army observation planes in which the officers are making their advance flight over the Territory, landed on the new Juneau emergency landing field yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock 40 minutes after they took off from the Skagway field. Both made perfect landings and taxied into position near the inside border of the field, the first planes to make use of the fieid since work was begun on it last weeck. Fiela cxceilent Capt. Hoyt and Capt. Bobzien declared the field was excellent and said it is the first they have encountered that has neither trees nor high tension wires to mar the approach. “If we find landing fields as good as that of Junean every place we go, we will be per- fectly satisfied,” the officers de- clared. Come From Skagway Capt. Bobzien and Capt. Hoyt flew down from Skagway in the Alaska Southern Airways Fairchild plane to look the field over and finding it in good condition the former decided to return here. It was originally Capt. Hoyt's plan to proceed from Skagway to White- horse and continue to Fairbanks, but he decided to return here also. The two officers will remain here until after the arrival of the Aleu- tion on which they expect to meet advance officers of the flight of ten U. S. Army Martin Bombers who are coming north on the Steamer. They will probably leave here sometime tomorrow on their way to Fairbanks where a base for the main flight will be estab- lished. Trim Craft The observation planes, patnted | olive drab and orange, are trim looking ships and following the policy of the department are named after States. That flown by Capt. Hoyt is named Michigan, which | as a coincidence is his home state, while Capt. Bobzien’s plane is the Tennessee. W. B. Hoffman and D. Krause | are the mechanics accompanying the officers on their flight. — - ALBERT PETERSON IS FEATURED, BEER PARLOR It is Scandinavian-American night tonight at the Capitol Beer Parlors and Albert Peterson will be featured, the man with the piano accordion. Martin Antonson will also be there with his violin and Raleigh Merriam will tickle the ivories on the piano. There will be special dance numbers given. 1} SAAC SOWERBY PASSES AWAY IN |Long Time Alaskan Resi- dent Dies Peacefully at Age of 70 Years Isaac Sowerby, for the last 20 years a resident of Juneau, passed away peacefully this morning at | Providence Hospital in Seattle, ac- leoding to word received here by | Earl Cleveland, close personal friend \of the family. Funers 5 will be held on Thursday afte noon at Mt. Pleasant Mortuary, Vancouver, B. C, (he message stated Mr. Sowerby had been in failing health for some time and a month ago went south with Mrs. Sowerby for the purposc of going through a clinic in the Northwest in an cffort to regain his health. | Besides Mrs. Sowerby, the well {known Alaskan is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth White, of Seattle, and Mrs. Sam Kelsey, of Smith River, Oregon, in his im- mediate family. He also has two bothers living in Vancouver, B. C,, | in California, J born in | Kent, New Brunswick, Canada, on June 15, 1864, came to Alaska dur- ing the Klondike rush and spent one winter in the interior, pros- pecting. He later kbecame con- nected with a lumber company at | Bennett and from there moved to Skagway where he was assistant to Elmer A. Friend, then agent for the Alaska Steamship Com- pany. When Haines became a thriving pert, Mr. Sowerby was made agent for the steamship {company there and remained in Haines untii he and his family moved to Juneau about 20 years ago. | | During his years of residence in |Juncau Mr. Sowerby represented the New York Life Insurance Com- pany here and remained active in' the insurance business until a few ! months before his death. Previous | to coming to Alaska, Mr. Sowerby | had covered much of the United (Continued on Page Eight) SEATTLE TODAY By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, the Associated Washington.) In spite of “new eras” ‘“new days” and “new deals” in politics, the the voter goes on forever. Once more “my fellow citizens” e being invited to step up and watch the little green peas, or take a hand of marked cards. Some of the equipment may be new, but the tricks are the same. To realize this it only is neces- sary to examine carefully the June outpouring of political statements which followed the adjournment of Congress. There were exceptions of cours but in the main these utterances followed the accepted forms of years gone by. THEY DON'T BELIEVE 1T Adjectives are speny ke water to inform the public that one par- ty is the heaven-chosen repository of all virtue, and that the other is dishonest, unpatriotic, ignorant, and thoroughly base and depraved. Of course the politicians do not really believe this at all. On the contrary they fraternize with one another privately, help each other here ‘and there, and sit down to- gether with no fear whatever that their watches will be stolen or their morals contaminated. Why do they go on thinking that anyone else believes it? A favorite old refrain heard to- day from both political camps goes like this: Everything the opposition does is done for purely selfish political reasons. Everything we do springs from a wholly charitable desirc to| serve our country.” The “ins” protest that when they make public speeches they are not talking politics. The “outs” reply they are talking nothing but politics, and vica versa. The transparency and futility of all this is plain. No one in his right mind thinks that sworn pub- lic officials or responsible citizens who criticise them are either so criminal, en masse, or to think only of themselves, or so perfect as to be wholly innocent of politi- cal reflections. WHY HIT POLITICS? ‘The unexplained mystery is why Politicians who have spent a life- time wooing public favor should tates during his service with the ‘go about deriding politics as though j (Continued on Page Seven) good old game of buncoing) Shell, Playfully Thrown, Kills 7, Injures 25 SAINT GERMAN EN LAYE, France, July 17.—An explosion of a forgotten trench shell, thrown playfully by a soldier at a group of comrades, killed seven and injured 25 on the artillery training ground here today. The motoried Sixth Cavalry Regiment was on the range when a soldier found the shell. He thought it was dead and de- cided to scare his comrades. He hurled the shell. There was a deafening roar and four sol- diers were killed outright. oth- crs dying later. Twelve sol- diers lost ‘arms or legs. Further deaths are feared. Among the victims was the ¢oldier who hurled the shell, BAKER HERE TO STUDY ALASKA’S RELIEF NEEDS Confers with Gov. Troy Today Preparatory to Leaving for Interior To spend two weeks studying | conditions in the Territory and | liscuss various relief and unem- ! ployment problems, to “consider in~ dustrigl opportunities and home- steading possibilities, Jacob Baker, Assistant Director of Federal Emer- gency Relief, arrived here today from Ketchikan by plane, accom- panied by Harry G. Watson, Sec- retary to Gov. Troy, who met him |'at Ketchikan on the arrival of the steamer Aleutian. 5 Mr. Baker spent several hours relief organization setup and meth- ods of procedure in the Territory, and arranged an itinerary that |will take him over most of the Territory. Need of Local Study “During the past year Federal relief funds, including CWA, FERA |and others in excess of $400,000 have been expended in Alaska and | further expenditures probably will {be mnecessary during the coming winter. As none of us in Wash- ington headquarters of the Relief Administration have any personal knowledge of the field and condi- tions obtaining here, naturally we felt it was advisable that a study be made so we would be in better | | { '| position to aid Gov. Troy and his assistants in meeting and over- coming the problems they en- counter,” Mr. Baker said. Many suggestions as to financing prospecting, large-scale colonization and other projects have been made to the Relief Administration. His mission includes an investigation of the practicability and feasibility of these ideas. For that reason he plans to visit as many sections as time will permit. He will go into fishing, mining and agricultural districts, and probably will visit one or two reindeer grazing areas. Leaves Tomorrow Morning Plans approved by him today call for his departure from here tomorrow morping by plane for Fairbanks. He will be accompan- led by either Ike P. Tayldr, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Com- mission, or Mr. Watson. Gov. Troy had planned to make the trip but he is just recuperating from a se- vere cold and on his physician’s advice abandoned the idea. From here Mr. Baker will go to Skagway and Haines for a brief survey in each community. He will (Continued on Page Eight) Alaska’s Rainbow Girls’. Delegate Is One of Prettiest TACOMA, Wash., July 17.— The Tacoma Morning Ledger caries a front page three-col- umn layout with a cutline, “Mayor George A. Smitley, who formally welcomed the Inter- national Convention of the Su- preme Assembly of the Order of Rainbow Girls, with one of the prettiest delegates, Alas- ka's special delegate, Miss Hel- | discussing various phases of the | California State Militia Swings Into Action, Frisco The waterfrent of San Francisco took on the outward appear- ance of wartime activity as Naticnal Guardsmen took charge. Col. Wayne Allen of the Oakland contingent is shewn giving erders to troeps under his command, liné up in a piershed for their first night of keeping peacq torn embarcadero, /A victunt of the rloting is placed in an ambulance to overcrowded hospitals. (Associated P Photos) . - - be whisked to Adolph Paryzek, pumper for an| Irish Free State emigration is oil well company in the La Mesa, more than counterbalanced by the Cal,, field, walks 22 miles daily as|inflow of persons of Irish national- part of the job on three wells. He ity, the balance during 1931-33 en Edith Barton, of Ketchi- kan" has to walk from well to well all showing a population increase of day. persons. fl | small DISPUTES BOARD MAKE PROPOSAL OF ARBITRATION Entire Present Controversy Asked to Be Submitted Immediately LABOR COMMITTEE WILL PROPOSE VOTE Agitators B—ei:g Rounded Up by National Guard and Police Force SAN F R A N CISCO, Cal, July 17.—A member of Presi- dent Roosevelt’s Labor Dis- putes Board revealed this afterncon that a definite pro- posal is under way to end the general strike by submitting the entire controversy to arbi- tration with the immediate return to work of all men involved. Meanwhile plans are drawn to move the troops into “tac- tical control” of points of ad- vantage in the East Bay | cities. The arbitration resolution will be discussed and voted |upon by the Strike Commit- tee representing all unions with members now on the walkout. “If we can get labor to pass the resolution, we can settle the strike,” a Board member declared and added that he is positive the em- ployers will agree to arbitra- tion of the entire controversy if the labor leaders will do | likewise. Rumors are heard at the Labor Temple that the General Strike | Committee will go into an all-night session on the resolution to submit all differences to arbitration. This rumor was, however, unconfirmed One labor leader said that adop- tion of such a resolution would point to an immediate peaceful settlement of the general strike {now estimated to involve 100,000 workers, Agitators Being Arrested Meanwhile a well planned drive against known agitators has been launched by troops and the police. Waterfront headquarters are being raided and alleged Communists, ahead of night sticks, are being driven to the streets. Two hun- dred have already been placed in custody. Literature has been seized in the round-up which has been launched along the entire water- front. The police have names of 2,000 known radicals. The police have | visited the breadlines and picked out their prisoners also and other gatherings have been ap- | proached and radicals arrested. | CITY STIRS FEEBLY SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 17. ; —Staggered by the first convulsive blow of the general strike, this city stirred feebly today while arm- ed forces of State and city stood | Union labor shifted the siege [lmes though the grip of a mass | walkout relaxed slightly here in Ithe interests of life and health but fell for the first time with |full power on the east bay cities, | Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. | Street car service has been par- itially restored here but is par- lalyzed in the east bay sections where 500,000 make their homes. Ferries Stop | Ferry boats came under the strike extension. Thousands of commut- ers found means of transportation’ crippled. Only the Southern Pa- |cific ferryboats remained in service across the bay. Two units of the National Guard from the waterfront, with tanks (Continved on Page Seven)