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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6730. jU‘NEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ARMY PLANES E TE T0 JUNEAU 2 CLUES POLICE HAVE HUNCHES;ACT ON TWO TIPS One Theo;y_ls Wealthy John Labatt Held Near His Own Home SPECIAL OFFICERS SENT TO DETROIT Brother Is in Toronto with $150,000 Ransom— Arranging Rendezvous L ON DO N, Ontario, Can- ada, Aug. 16. — The police represented themselves today 2s believing that John S. La- tatt, wealthy Englishman, President of the Labatt Brew- ing Company, kidnaped three days ago, is being held near his home here. L.abatt’s bother, Hugh, in Toronto, is reported to have received messages from the kidnapers and it is believed he has arranged a%endezvous. He has the $150,000 ransom money demanded. In the meantime special po- lice officers went to Detroit on a clue received from there. The Mounted Police have been instructed to get their man and men, meaning the abducted victim and the kid- napers. - COMMODITY PRICE GAINS NOT UNUSUAL Recent Advance Follows Oldd-fashioned Demand and Supply Influence NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Despite all the recent furore about infla- tion, the speculative commodity markets advance, which carried several staples to the highest levels in three of four years, appears to have been based on the old-fash- ioned demand and supply. Tactors of artificial influences such as control measures, played their part but any general ad- vance, such as might be expected to arise from the distrust of the purchasing power of money have not been evident. In the past three months a largs part of the advance in the more sensitive commodity price indices may be attributed largely to the effects of the drought. Outstanding gains occurring in corn, wheat, hogs, and cotton were due to a combination of adverse weather and restricting erops. The silver rise is traced to the purchasing power. DRIVER DRUNK, 4 KIDDIES DIE YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 16.— Four children were killed when an auto, driven by Floyd Crossley, who the police said was intoxicated and who is being held on an open charge, ran into a group of five children as they walked along the left side of a highway. The dead are two pairs of sis-| ters, Nancy and Louise Lindsay, 3 and 8 years of age, and Bernice and Dolores Uber, 5 and 6 years of age. Lumkin Hall, built 92 years ago as the, home of Governor Wilson CONCERNII G KIDNA PED MAN 'EXPERTS TEST NATION'S LA This group of pi sminent fliers was aboard the 8-42, largest flying bo received its final tests at Biidgeport, Conn. The ship was built for Pa | ALASKAJUNEAU ' at in the United States, when It n American airways and Is bound for service on a South American trade route. Left to right: Edwin Musick, chief pilot of Pan-American airways; Capt. B. Sergievsk, test pilot; O. Wright; M. Pavikoff; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and George Paffe, radio operator. (Associated Press Photos) FISHERMEN ON |France S COLUMBIA 60 OUT ON STRIKE Not a Single Boat Is Oper- ating Today—Canneries Are Not Running STOCK PRICES | ~ MARKET DULL List Eases Off Late in Trad- ing But Good Gains Are Maintained i | NEW YORK, Aug. 16—Stocks | crept cautiously higher today. The ASTORIA, Ore.,. Aug. 16— Net a fishing boat is in opera- ticn in the Columbia River dis- trict theugh salmon arc running at rate that would make record catches common place. | The long pending strike of gillnetters and cannery workers went into effect last hight. Dcepite the last minute rum- ors that protests were made trengthens Navy to Match Italian Program and N (lZiS’ ‘P ocket’ Ships'mm mined. and milled to By M. K. WHITELEATHER PARIS, Aug. 16. — France is starting a ship-building program designed to put her in a strong bargaining position with Italy at [ cREEP UPWARD' {the 1935 naval conference and to. ’ three ‘“pocket offset Germany's battleships.” The “Strasbourg,” a 26,500-ton man-of-war, a destroyer and two submarines soon will be laid down as a part of a coordinated re-arm- aement program on land, in the air and on the sea. In addition, the entire fleet is being scrubbed and polished. State navy yards are so over-loaded with this task and with constructing Detention and Labor Camps For Alaska SAN FRANCISCO, Awg. 16. —Resolutions passed by the California American Legion convention included favoring rescinding recognition of Sov- iet Russia by the United States, and the establishment of detention and labor camps in the Terrifory of Alaska. NETS $185,500 IN PAST MONTH Average Per Ton for 355, 710 Tons' of Ore Tram- med Slightly Over $1.04 Alaska Juneau showed a net op- erating profit during the month of July of $165500, according to| !official figures made public here| today by L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent. Its operating costs| PHILIPPINE TARIFE BILL Greatest of Diplomacy Must Be Exercised by State Department FREE TRADE WITH ISLES 1S DESIRED Japanese a;osition Ex- pected but Filipinos Must Be Satisfied WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Philippines dropped into the lap of the State Department the tariff problem that may require all the ifine graces of diplemacy to solve. In a’nutshell, the leaders of the [ islands want the United States to | put the O. K. on higher for foreign goods entering islands. Curb Japan's Trade The idea is to save the American tariffs the { for the month averaged 57.63 cents | per ton for the 355710 tons of| jore mined and trammed to thel gmill. | The total average value of the Eore was 10416 cents per ton, of| { which 103.18 cents was in gold and |96 cents in lead and silver. | The monthly estimate of operat- ing results follows in full: { | 855,710 Cents Per Ton mill | Operating Revenue: | Gold at $35.00 per ounce $367,000 Lead and Silver, | less marketing cost 103.18 98| 3,500 | ‘Total $370,500 | Operating Expenditures: Mining and tram- ! ming .. $107,500 ,Milling .. . 64,500 Capital expendi- tures at Juneau, labor and sup- plies % All other Juneau operating costs...... 104.16 30.22 18.13 21,500 6.04 11,500 3.24 the “Dunkerque,” the model for the | Total 57.63 markets and curb Japanese trade |inroads. There is a long cable outlining | the proposed tariff bill. It arrived yesterday for United States ap- | proval that is desired before the bill is put through the island Legislature. Free Trade Wanted It is the beginning of the tempt to preserve free trade tween the United States and Philippines after the islands their independence. Secretary of State Hull must face the Japanese viewpoint that is bound to be critical if the bill goes through. If it fails, business interests eager for an increase in American sales to the Filjpinos, will be displeased. PACIFIC COAST BREAKS RECORD ZEI IS RECEIVED — The Back At Work With Stitched-Up Heart With two stitches in his heart, George Hampton, Lancaster, P. went back to work after eleased from a hospital where he had been taken to recover from a stab-wound. Hampton's son, Jack, is In the chair. (Associated Precs Photo) ALASKAEXHIBIT AT FAIR DRAWS MANY VISITORS Is Much Larger and More Representative, Snell Tells Chamber Here With an augmented exhibit that is more representative of the Ter- ritory than was last year's the Alaska cabin at the' World's Fair at Chicago s attracting many in- terested visitors, the Chamber of | take the air. BOMBERS TAKE ' OFF FOR TRIP - TOTHIS AREA |Scout Plane Left Fairbanks Early This Afternoon Followed by Others | BULLETIN—At 12:47 | 0’clock this afterncon, which is 1:47 c¢'clock Juneau time, | Capt. H. M. McCelland, Com- | munication Officer and Met- eorologist Officer of the Unit- ed States Army Air Corps fleet of Matin bombers, hop- 4 lped off from Fairbanks for [Juneau. in one of the large | planes. He was to keep in | direct communication with | the remainder of the squad- ron on his flight and if weath- |er cenditions were reported | good, the other planes would The visibility lifted in the interior, which was reported low this morn- ing, and ccnditions over other sections were reported better. PLANES IN AIR A radio from Fairbanks, received at the Juneau Radio Office at 2:10 o'clock an- nounced that all Army planes were in the air for Juneau. i\ The planes could arrive in Juneau three hours after tak- ing off from Fairbanks but I their course is not known and it may take longer for the flight, especially - if photo- {graphic work is to be done | enroute. Keep your eye on the sky and wateh for them. from seme cof the fishermen, the union voted to strike when the canncry price for salmon was reduced from six to four cents per pound. WRANGELL IS RATIONING OUT WATER SUPPLY Trucks Sup_p—l;—Aqua Pura for Household Needs— market was dull and the list eased “Strasbourg,” that the new build-! off from the best trading but net| ing plan has been allotted to pri-| !gains of one to three points were vate yards. i numerous. | Third Dreadnaught Planned | | . Today’s market close was chadyj The huge new capital ship will; The curb was up sharply and be constructed by the Penhoet . numerous bonds were higher. | Company at St. Nazaire, builde; ! Wheat lost all gains made. {of the giant trancatlantic liner! | “Normandie,” not yet completed. | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | When the “Strasbourg” takes to NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Closing the water in 1937, Prance will have quotation of Alaska Juneau mine|tWo crack modern fighting ships stock today is 20%, American Can Of Super-tonnage. Another of thel 97, American Power and Light 4%, same size probably will be asked| Anaconda 12%, Armour B 59, Ben- 0T next year. dix Aviation 12%, Bethlchem Steel; These new ships will Im_ng 27%, Calumet and Hecla 3%, Cur- French heavy craft up to the 175,- tiss-Wright 2%, General Motors 000-ton limit for capital ships al- 29%, International Harvester 26%,|lotted by the Washington treaty ‘Kenriecott 19%, United States Steel|©f 1921 to France and Italy. Rittenbacker, $205,000 MOUNTATREERS DIE FROM FALL Bodies of Conrad Ritten- | backer and Wife Found —Missing One Week NORTH FORK, Cal, Aug. 16.— The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad amateur mountain- eers, were found crushed below a glacier and scarred peak. Warner Pictures 4%, Pound] : s Cannenescot‘)ls‘ands $5.08%, Nabesna bid 92, ask 1.05. E.GRUENING WRANGELL, Alaska, Aug 16.— Water is being rationed out by the bucketfull as a combination of dry weather and requirements of seven seafood canneries reduced Neither of these countries signed the London treaty of 1930. But France, by scrapping the six capital ships now in service, all of which have served their 20 legal years, could add four other men-of-war to her equipment (making a total of six) and still be within the The woman's body was found on a ledge 600 feet below the peak on Mount Ritter from where she had apparently fallen. Rittenbacker’s body rolled 600 feet further down the glacier. The couple had been missing for one week. IN ENG, WORKS Contracts Let During July Totalled Forty-two Million Dollars SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 16. —The Far West is outdoing all records for the number and mag- nitude of engineering works, July being one of the biggest months for contract letting ever seen on the Pacific Coast. Virtually $42,- 000,000 worth of work was started compared to a fourth of that fig- ure for the same month last year. ALASKA FLIER'S GASE POSTPONED Frank Dorbandt Fails to Commerce was told today by Har- old W. Snell, tourist agent for the | Alaska Railroad whose headquar- ters are located in Chicago. He has been visiting here several days before proceeding to the interior on his annual visit. One of the new exhibits is the Alaska Flag and a poem on it by Mrs. Marie Drake of this city. The poem, Mr. Snell said, has drawn the attention of many of the vls-‘ itors and not a few of them have made copies of it to take away with them. Get Personal Contributions ‘The Alaska exhibit this year w&s augmented by personal contribu-| tions, loans from individuals, an| agricultural display and a showing | of home products as well as a more | HM.S. DANAE LEAVES THIS British Cruiser Terminates Five-Day Visit and De- parts for Prince Rupert Noiselessly weighing anchor, the British cruiser, H. M. S. Danae, in port since last Saturday after- noon, glided down Gastineau Chan- nel shortly after 8 o'clock thiz complete showing of minerals. The Alaska College furnished the farm products which amazed farmers from the midwest. The Alaska Railroad colledted the Rome prod- ucts, jellies, jams and garden prod- uce from the shelves of house- wives. morning, giving two farewell blasts from her siren as she rounded the rock dump. She is bound for Prince Rupert, B. €., to await the arrival there of the United States Naval Aircraft Squadrons from Westward Alaska, and visit for several days. the supply to the vanishing point. Rationing is to continue until rains replenish the city reservoir. Meanwhile trucks are hauling water for househbld purposes and canneries are bringing fresh water to their plants from adjacent isl- ands. DIRECTOR OF MINES NAMED ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has appointed John Wellington Finch, Idaho State Bureau of Mines Director and Dean of the TIdaho University School of Mines, as Director of the Bureau of Mines. —— CONRAD NAGEL DIVORCED JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 16. Mrs. Ruth Helms Nagel has se- cured a Mexican divorce from Con- Lumpkin of Georgia, still stands on the campus of the state university|ture star, on grounds of incom- Wil at Athens, rad Nagel, a former metion pic- patibility. | IN NEw JnB.Washingum limit. ; ‘This is the club the French hold | jover Italian and German ambitions w0 (to build bigger and better navies. WASINGTON, Aug. 16—Ernest The French claim that they are in Gruening, journalist and lecturer, @ position to match ship for ship has been a inted Director of the ~ TR e S sl newly creaecpg Division of Terri-| (Contibied 'on Page Seven! tories and Island Possessions. This ————— was announced today by Secretary Ickes of the Interior Department.| Gruening will take office imme-, diately. R. R PENSIONS T0 BE STARTED MT. GILEAD, Ohio, Aug. 16. —Thrcugh the dawn into the night, a man lies talking with- cut end. Donald Campbell, aged 32 years, a truck driver, is suffer- 3 i ing from a “talking sickness.” WASHINGTON, Au. 16. — The Railroad Retirement Board has ordered all Class One Railroads to immediately pay to the United States Treasurer one-tenth of one-| per cent of their payrools for July to start the fund for Railroad Pensions Law assessment. This amount to approximately, , $125,000, | Campbell is weakening under the nervous strain of fever now in its eleventh day. This fever causes him to shéut, mumble, laugh and sob. Campbell's wife is watching over him and- his small daugh- ter “wonders at the strange werds spoken. i tion law Man Suffers Ehcep Is Taking Himself to Death —— Members of the Texas Supreme Court habitually vacations until after the primary election because .questions of elec- invariably come up for determination at the last minute. halitis; Physicians diagnose the case as a form of encephalitis, an iliness akin to sleeping sick- ness but whose effect is the opposite. Campbell does not talk of his ailment. He recognizes his ac- quaintances. Although he has chown no signs of mental de- rangement, he talks incoherent- ly much of the time. Ice packs ceol his brain. Campbell's iliness is believed as the result of infection of the lower part of the brain and another theory is that he has worried over a job. postpone their Appear on Charges of Seattle Girl SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—Frank Dor- bandt, Alaska aviator, failed to appear in court yesterday to an- swer to a charge filed by Miss| Marjorie Seller, agetl 19, alleging| Dorbandt is the father of her 17- month-old child. The girl's counsel told the courl ‘he understood Dorbandt was want- ed on another charge in Alaska| and his bondsman had surrendered | him to that jurisdiction. The Court announced the case| would come up again on September | 12, stating that if the state was not ready then he would dismiss it. | pdl . . g | Truant Legislators : Are Fined in China| NANKING—The Nationalist Gov- | ernment of China hgs prescribed | fines for truant or tardy members The Alaska flag was taken from the office of Secretary Ickes to which it will be returned after the| Fair ends. With it is a short Round Of Parties ‘While the cruiser was in port there was a continual round of ¥ dances, public and private parties history of how it was designed by |ashore, with inspection of ship, Benny Benson and adopted by the | luncheons and teas aboard. Chan- Legislature. | nel residents showed their usual The Fair has been well attended hospitality and the British navay this year, the official figures being lmen proved perfeet hosts and but slightly .below those for last|equally delightful guests. year. The drop was accounted for| The visit reached a happy climax by a decline in the number of|last evening when ' the cruiser’s National conventions held th\?“a-piece jazz dance band gave a year. Bonds which financed the public concert at the Mandarin exposition have all been retired Ballroom, under the leadership of and the project is on a paying Bandmaster Kenneth McLean. The basis. The net profits wiil go to|program was largely made up of charitable and other institutions. |favorite British war-time airs. Sev- Likes Alaskan Spirit eral hundred people were present Mr. Snell likes the Alaskan spm:.[m hear the concert, most of whom he said: “You Alaskans have giv-|remained for the dance which fol- en me a little different slant on|lowed. By 11 o'clock the hall was life. Never before have I realized |crowded with dancing couples while what good fellowship and hospital- (others sat in groups looking om., & ity meant until I got into Alaska.”| The music played by the excellent’ He contrasted it with the spirlt|dance band was most enjoyable engendered by life in large cities|and the time and rhythm was per~ where one hardly knows his next| fect. During the dance, versatile E: of its Legislature. Being an hour late costs $25, two absences a| month $50, three absences $100 und} four $150. I door: neighbor and where suspicion|leader MeLean, who played the is rife. ; 2 piano, sang choruses of the popu- Mr. Snell's job is to collect and | lar numbers. Other pieces in the _——— - P e L (Continued on Page Two) (Conrinued on Page Two) MORNING ATS 4 fin 0% 3 4 3 4