The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIV., NO. 6729 a2 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KIDNAPED ENGLISHMAN * ADVOCATES []F It;tiy Auwaits Heir to Crown NEW DEAL ARE VOTE WINNERS, Results of Primaries Heldi Yesterday Indicate Policy Approval DONAHEY IS GIVEN OHIO NOMINATION| Burke Leading in Nebraska —Gov Futrell Also Renominated | ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. == The results of primary elections held yesterday, show the following re- sults according to reports recelved here: In Ohio, former Gov. A. V. Don-| ahey won the Democratic nomina- tion for United States Senator. This is conceded by Gov. George | White. United States Senator| Simeon D. Fess has also been re- neminated by the G. O. P. In Nebraska In Nebraska, Representative E. R. | Burke has apparently defeated Gov. Charles W. Bryan, brother of the deceased Commoner, in the| Scnatorial contest. * Burke is the| New Deal advocate. | ¢ In Arkansas Representative R. G. Simmons| appears to be the G. O. P. winner | in the Senatorial race in Arkansas.| Gov. J. Marion Futrell, Democrat, | has been jrenominated. over How-| ard Reed, former Controller Gen- | eral. In Idaho Prince; Cities o ( | Vie for Honor | of Being Birthplace of Child What Ifaly calls blessed event” is expected in Sept Princc Humbert and Princcss Marie Jose, house of Belgium. They were married in 1930. By ANDRUE BERDING ROME, Aug. 15.—The battle royal of American cities for the privilege og harboring the national political conventions is almost as nothing compared with the intense desire of several Italian cities to be the Gov. C. Ben Ross3, Democral, 1s leading in the Democratic guber- natorial race. Postmaster General James A. birthplace of the royal prince (or “il licto evento,” known in Amcrica as “y ember by this royal ceuple, Crown | daughter of the royal | . their favor. In Napl i been given to refurnish the apartments in the royal p At Racconigi Crown Prince bert has recently visited his palace twice and ordered two apartments| | done over. | The people of that neighborhood COUNTERFEIT | perhaps princess) who will be born|say that the apartments are des-| |to Crown Princess Marie Jose prob~‘ tined for the two gqueen-meothers| |ably in September. | (Helen of Italy and Elizabeth of Naples Lopes for the honor be-| Belgium) HIGHWAYS TO BE MADE SAFE; || CAMPAIGN ON Drunken Drivers,, Road Hogs, Speed: Maniacs # BeingHunted Down - _— NEW YORK, Aug. 15—The Na- tion, aroused by a 20 percent in- crease in deaths from traffic ac- cidents for the first six months of this year over the same period| last year, has determined that the drunken driver, road hog and speed maniac must go. In every section of the states, cities and villages, and even indi- viduals are waging a war to elimin- ate the hazards of the road. There is no planned campaign but the action is spontaneous, & re- action to the danger of sudden death on streets and highways-of « America. Tht Statistical Bureau of ~the National Safety Council of Am-=: erica estimated that traffic deaths n 193¢ will be more than 35,000 if drastic efforts are not made. $0 curb the rising toll. Ry The 1933 traffic toll was. 31,000. The first six months of this year there were 14,750 motor = vehicle deaths compared to 12,270 for & like period last year. MONEY GANG IS ARRESTED Youths Are Charged iy ““Hubbard celebrating mass In the Upper right: Father Hubbard A new crater, more than 30 mile Iin circumference, near the tip of the Alaska peninsula by Father Bernard Hubbard of Santa Clara, Cal., unlvonl({ n 'DISCOVERS NEW “ R companions In_an expedition sponsored by the Natlonal Geographic Society. H. ploring: the Aghilleen Pinnacles after working from Cape AM“: npsar Fal::g P ARG ATy Upper left: The age-old rites of the Catholic church are not forgo early mornifig befors starting M070N7 CRATER” o was discovered in hitherto unexplored territory and ox- S8. tten In the frozen north, Father a day's work. wears a regulation football headgear when climbing glaciers to pro- Farley has congratulated Donahey‘ « 7 and hailed him as the “‘ardent and |CAuse Crown Prince Humbert and| enthusiastic supporter” of the New Princess Marie Jose live there in| sent for the royal birth. Prince Humbert himself was born at Rac- who are expected to bc: Making Bogus Quarters and Nickels tect his head from falling rocks. Lower left: the majestic Aghilleen pinnacles, rearing sharp peaks Lower right: Father Hubbard leading a party who stormed the MACHINE GUNS UNDER BAN IN FRENCH NATION PARIS, Aug. 15.—american sub- machine guns have been ba\n'edI from France. Shortly. after the February riots; French gunsmiths in Paris, Mar- eeilles, Lyons, Bordeaux, and Lille were visited by salesmen carrying ;thc royal palace, and Humb_cn 15| conigi, September 15, 1904. ,commander of the Naples military | | zone. | Meantime all Ttaly, regardless of | Capri longs for it because the|geographical position, is eagerly| princess is passing these months awaiting what is called in this| |of expectation there, in the com-|Kingdom, “il lieto evento” (‘the |pany of Princess Mafalda, second|happy event”). Humbert and Marie daughter of King Victor Em- Jose, married more than four years | manuel. |ago, have not yet had a child. { Turin thinks it has a chance be-| The Naples municipality has tak- cause the prince and princess lived | €n unto itself the honor of provid- | | Fourteen-year-old Clinton Hayes is Alaska as they carve a path. (A 15— DANAE BAND TO PLAY CONCERT, MUSKOGEE, Okla., Aug. called by Federal Agents as “Am- . erica’s Youngest Counterfeiter. He and his youthful companions must answer to counterfeiting charges. Hayes is the alleged leader of the band, composed of high school boys which held secret meetings in the basement of a church. there when they were first mar-|ing the cradle for the baby who | ried. may one day be king of Italy Rome has a chance because the| (unless it's a princess). | King and Queen live here, and! The cradle will be made from the Marie has spent many momhsi'oflermgs of close to a million| here. | Neapolitans, each offering being Racconigi, near Turin, where meinmlv.ed to 20 centesimi (about two, prince owns a palace, is agog over | American cents). | Federal officials said the boys made crude quarters and nickels from babbit and pewter, using their knowledge gained in science Enjoyable Tea Held YCS-; classes and molds made in the i s et TR terday Afternoon—Craft Leaves n Mornlng iI’ardun for Ruth its own possibilities. Owing to the flood of gifts which San Rossore, near Pisa, believes | seemed about to descend on the ex- The ship's dance band of the H. M. 8. Danae, consisting of eight sociated Pr Photos) Judd Is Sought By Her Father PHOENIX, Ariz, Aug. 15— Seeking an outright pardon for his daughter, Winnie Ruth Judd, “tigress murderess,” Rev. H. J. McKinnell has filed an appeal with the state board of pardons and paroles. The plea was accompanied by a petition sent to the board more than a year ago by thirty | members of the Eleventh Leg- | islature, asking that clemency be granted the condemned to the skies. glacial and volcanic citadels of PETITIONS FOR | RECALL, MAYOR SMITH, FILED iTwenty-one Thousand Want Seattle Chief Ex- ecutive to Be Ousted SEATTLE, Aug. 15—Purporting very neat sample cases that con- tained American submachine guns|royal summer home is there, and| it 15 in the running because the | Pectant parents, orders Lave been, issued throughout the kingdom NO ENTHUSIAS pleces unde: the direction of| woman. A short time laier a guaranteed to shoot 300 bullets a minute without overheating. The bullets are rated at eleven milli- meters and advertised to carry 400 meters. The government took steps to bar the sale of these weapons when it was rumored that the ex- tremist groups were arming clan- destinely for civil war. U.S. FLAGIS HAULED DOWN OVER HATTIANS Last ‘of American Marines Are Leaving Re- public Today PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 15—The American flag was low- ered for the last time and the Haitian Flag raised in its place as United States Marines embarked today leaving Haiti to be protected by her own military forces. & —— Add to Drought’s Toll 15 Famished Pelicans MILLER, S. D., Aug. 15—When adding up the number of deaths due to the devastating heat that has bech sweeping the country, be sure to include 15 pelicans. Flying unsteadily low over the farm of A. P. Schaeffer near here, the birds flopped into a field and collapsed. . Schaeffer loaded them on his auto trailer and moved them fo a barn where he tried forced feeding and watering. Bupt all were dead the next morning. September is usually a hot month Naples Offers Cradle | Naples ' and Racconigi believe | they have definite evidence in| i |that those who are thinking of | in Italy. | presents are kindly requested to to the Infancy make a donation, instead, National Maternity and organization. DEAD HAND OF HINDENBURG IS . SEEN, POLITICS BERLIN, Aug. 15. — The dead | hand of former President andj| Field Marshal von Hindenburg has | been brought into Hitler's cam- | paign for a renewed expression of popular approval , through a de- claration giving unmistakable rec- ognition to the “decisive stride” led by ' the Chancellor in his upward struggle of the German people. “I thank Providence for per- mitting me to see in the evening of my life, the hour of recovery,” the aged Field Marshal wrote in his “political will” which was | signed May 11 and published today after Franz von Papen delivered it to Hitler. B B ST S LR W hats Smatter! No Kicks on Taxes? | The Board or Equalization | met in the City Council Cham- | bers last night for the first sezsion and according to Arthur W. Henning, City Clerk, a very unucual condition faced the ecsion as not a single com- plaint was registered. However, United States Takes Steps For Big Navy WASHINGTON, Aug. 15— The United States took a long stride forward today for a Navy second to none. Bids were opened for 24 warships. The building of 20 vessels, all submersives and destroyers, will set in moticn machinery of the Vinson-Trammel Act, to lift the navy tc full power per- mitted by International agree- ments. The other four, 10,000 ton cruisers were authorized in 1929. PREMIER HURT IN AUTO CLASH BERCHTES - BADEN, Germany, Aug. 15.—Hermann Wilhelm Goer- ing, Premier of Prussia, is recup- erating from contusions on the right side of the face and cuts suffered in an auto wreck. Railroad Pension Law Is to Start Operations WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Rail- roads have been denied a iem- porary order in the District of Columbia Court to restrain the Railroad Retirement Board from the sesficns have just started and others may not be so | serene. starting operation of the pension law passed at the last session of Congress. T Bandmaster Kenneth McLean, will give a concert this evening in the Mandarin Ballroom at 9:30 o'clock. Previous plans for an outdoor ¢on- cert were abandoned on account STOCK MARKET Bulls Switch, from Nonfer- rous Metals to Building Issues—No Results | | / NEW YORK, Aug. 15—A shift 1in bullish activity from inflation |shares, such as nonferrous meta to building and supply stocks, b cause of the home renovating cam- paign, failed to stir much en- thusiasm in the stock market to- day. Price trends were mixed at the close. The curb was irregular. Bonds showed a good tone. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 15. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can 96%, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 12%, Armour B 59, Bendix Aviation 127, Bethlehem Steel 26%, Calumet and Hecla 3%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, General Motors 29%, International Harvester 26 Kennecott 19%, United States Steel 33%,Warner Pictures 4'<, Pound $5.07%, Nabesna bid 92, ask 1.05. of the unsettled condition of the weather. ‘The program which is to last only a half hour, is to consist largely of British war-time airs, and the band, which is excellent, is expected to draw a large audi- ence of Juneau residents. Following the concert, there will be a free dance for both the en- listed men and residents of Gas- tineau Channel, through the court- esy of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, with music by the Danae’s dance band. | Capt. C. H. Knox - Little and other officers of H. M. S. Danae proved themselves perfect hosts at a reception held aboard ship yes- terday afterncon for a number of the Juneau people whom they had met. There was a large crowd and small boats from the Danae were busily occupied taking guests back and, forth between the hours oif 4:30 and 6:30 o'clock. Music for dancing was provided by the ex- cellent ship’s orchestra. The Danae leaves tomorrow fore- noon: for Prince Rupert. ——r———— i 'The city of Atlanta, Ga., at first was named Marthasville in honor of Martha Lumpkin, daughter of an early governor. SEATTLE, Aug. 15—Immediate construction of the Pacific High- way extension to Alaska was urged Build Alask(; ilighway N;)av, Is Urge of Delegate Dimond Post of the American Legion. | Delegate Dimond said the project is in no sense political or sectional. by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. He said it should be built for a Dimond at a dinner last night,| common ' purpose and a common given in his honor by the Alaska | good—so “what's the use o wait- Road Commission of the Universlty| ing?” b l Jjury saved her from the gal- lows and found her insane. Mrs. Judd was convicted of the deuble trunk murder of two women friends, both young women of Juneau, Alaska. JAPAN CLAIMS | FOREIGN TRADE | 1S INCREASING By GLENN BABB OSAWA, Japan, Aug. 15.—May, the month in which Great Britain | imposed quota restrictions on Jap-| anese textile imports into the| United Kingdom and British col-! onies, saw Nippon’'s cotton goods! set a new high record. Statistics published by the Ja- pan Cotton Spinner’s Association| support. the: Japanese, contention | that they have wrested from Great | Britain her century-old Ieadershmi in cotton textiles exports, for gen- efations the first staple of world commetce: « Lk | Nippon Wins First Clash Thus the advantage in the first phase of the Anglo-Japanese trade war inaugurated by Walter Run- ciman’s quota announcements, Is claimed by Japan. In May the Japanese cotton in- dustry, exported 265,623,000 square yards valued at $14,550,000, passing the previous high mark of March, 1934, by, 42,000,000 square yards and $2,500,000, According to_the Ass figures British "exports for were 150,000,000 square yards lowest figure since August the month .in “which the tide of Japan's sales passed | clation’s May the 1933, rising the | falling British figures. For the whole of 1933 Japan's (Continued on, l;a_go Seveil) | to bear 21,000 signatures, petitions | for the recall of Mayor Charles L. Smith have been Comptroller's office. The charges are based on the| | Mayor’s policy in the waterfront | strike, reciting that officers were| off their regular beats for water- front duty leaving the rest of the city without adequate protection. Mayor Smith branded the recall filed in the petitions as the work of radical leaders. The Mayor has been in office only 72 days. Other recall petitions are to be filed within a few days, it is said, by Kenneth T. Caplinger, for the Seattle Law and Order League. Caplinger further stated his peti- tions will bring the total signatures to 45000. Only 27165 signatures are required to launch a recall election. TAKES PLUNGE 70 END LIFE SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—Despondent bed of ill-health, Miss Naomi Keis aged 24, university grad- uate, a brilliant concert pianist, climbed over the railing of the Aurora~ Street Bridge and plunged down 200 feet to her death in Lake Union. e use - First Defendant in Insull Collapse Is Set Free by Jury CHICAGO, II., Aug. 15— Mar- shall E. Sampsell, defendant ingn"le first of the criminal cases to come to trial as the resuli of the col- lapse of the Insull ULl been acquitted of charges. The jury deliberated five ( hours, STILL CAPTIVE WEALTHY MAN 'NOT RELEASED BY ABDUCTORS Ransom of $150,000 Re- ported Ready to Be Paid —Taken from Bank CANADIAN OFFICIALS WORKING ON CASE Mounties Ordered to Join Search for John La- batt and Criminals TORONTO, Aug. 15.—The Previncial Criminal Investi- gation Department has can- celled all holiday leaves and is mobilizing every available investigator to bring back | alive John S. Labatt, abduct- ed yesterday. His brother Hugh is in a hotel apparently prepared to pay the ransom | but surrounded by police and a curious crowd of stand-bys which has prevented him from making contact with the kidnapers. Hugh Labatt was named go-between in a note from the kidnapers it was an- nounced thig afternoon by the spokesman for the family shortly after the 24-hour limit expired in which the ikidnupers ordered the ran- some to be paid on pain of i death to the captive. | Uneasiness grows in the Labatt home as hours passed without any word from the vietim and inability to con- tact the kidnapers. | This afternoon the Mount- lies were ordered to join the ! search. RANSOM IS READY | LONDON, Ontario, Aug. 15— |One hundred and fifty thousand |dollars in cash have been with- drawn from a bank here, it is reliably reported, and is said to be (ready to be paid for the release |of Canada’s first snatch-racket vic- tim, John 8. Labatt, wealthy man. | The money was withdrawn by {Hugh Labatt, brother of the ab- |ducted man. John S. Labatt, aged 55 years, President of the Labatt Brewing Company, preminent Englishman and wellknown horseman, was ab- ducted while auto riding from |London to Sarnia. His abandoned auto was found in front of the St. Joseph’s Hos- pital and a note, left in it, threat- ened death to the kidnaped man if the police or public were notified of the abduction and the demand |for $150,000 ransom. -, CUT - THROAT COMPETITION T0 BE CURBED WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—What- ever NRA's future may be, there are indications that cut-throat price competition will be curbed al- though the future of price fixing is decidedly uncertain. Many observers feel that pro- visions should be made to preserve regulations against destructive |slashing in priges. “CHISELERS” WARNED ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—“Chis~ elers” seeking to profiteer in food prices as the result of the drought, will have to reckon with the United States Government. President Roosgvelt today gave notice that he did not believe there would be profiteering but made it plain that all such cases thereof will be met by grovernment action of the most drastic kind, Brigham Young university'’s Al- ine summer school classes each summer 6.800 feet on the siope of Mt. Timpanogos, Utah. conducts