The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1934, Page 1

VOL. XLIV., NO. 6737. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW LEAGUE WOULD WRECK THE NEW DEAL Alleged Supporters Deny:! Any Affihation—Roose- velt’'s Move Awaited WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Every- one looked to the White House to| see how President Roosevelt will| t to the newly organized Am- rican Liberty League. Although new born, the League| seemed to some to be a forerunner of shattered party lines and a new | alignment of a “Right” camp| against the “Left” camp. Backing BDenied Five Democratic Senators re-| ported to have thrown their back- ing to the new League have made | a public declaration of loyalty to| the Roosevelt Administration. The | Senators are Glass and Byrd, both | of Virginia; Gore of Oklahoma.; Tydings of Maryland, and Bailey of North Carolina, They have de-| Silver Nationalization Tops‘ BREAKL[](]KEB — Money Control Program;Adds Another Page, Metal History o | | more FOR BETWEEN RUSSIA, JAPAN Foreign Representatives in| 1 Moscow Believe Crisis Is Approaching | MOSCOW, Aug. 24—Years of difference between Russia and Japan over the Chinese Eastern Railway, key to a great slice of {the Orient, is coming close 10| {showdown in the eyes of the Sovt | !iet Foreign Embasies here. I ‘The foreign representatives are | intently following the various in* | cidents especially the demand of the Sovlet, addressed to Tokyo, that arrested Russians along the Chinese Eastern Railway, be freed immediately and protesting to any| arrests ip “framed-up” charges. ! DR, P. S, SMITH SALMON STARTS IN THIS AREA Experiment Station Com- pleted for Work at Little Port Walter With Dr. Fred A. Davidson aboard from Little Port Walter, the Fish- eries flagship Brant, Capt. Olson, arrived in port at midnight yes- terday from Ketchikan. Dr. Da- vidson. will be here for a few days before proceeding to Seattle. The experiment’ station at Lit- tle Port Walter, whre important studies of the pink salmon will be conducted for the next few years, is completed and in operation, Dr. Davidson said. The work there will be in charge of one of his assistants, S. J. Hutchinson. The objective set by Dr. David- son, who is at the head of scien- tific 'stidies for the Bureau of Fisheries on the Pacific Coast, is tod discover some of the influences that are brought about by natural APPROVES NEW SILVER POLICY 'TRIGGER MAN IS KILLED IN STREET FIGHT Hksociate, of Rate Desper- | ado Runs Into Offic- ers’ Gunfire 'HOMER VANMETER """ DROPS DOWN, DEAD IPlrelty GiHl Under Arrest— | Relatives Believed to Have Given Tip-off | ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 124, —The police announce ‘lhcy shot and killed Homer VanMeter, gangster and as- | sociate of the notorious John :l)illinp,er, last night. | VanMeter was accosted on |the street near the State | Capital Building. He respond- nied any part in the League's| i ible formation of “bloc in Congress i elements and which are responrsl e sana{or'Elmer'Thomal,l Okllho’m7' democrat who long has ’bz:n 2 led with two pistol shots. composed of Republicans ond Dem- | for variations in the returns from| proponent for an increase in use of silver as money, was one of ose ccrats in opposition to the New Deal.” | he formation of the League was announced yesterday. The| founders include Alfred E. Smith,, John W. Davis, James W. Wads- | worth, Nathan L. Miller and I S It a!l belengs (o Uncle Sam, and from the far corners ¢f the coun’ry hclder: of cilver are starting to sell it tc the Gevernment at the fixed p.ice cf 50.01 ceats an cunce to help build up the constitutes 25 per cent of the enti natien’s silver rcserve until . FOR FEW DAYS (Chief A]askangceologist of | known spawning escapement. weir has been constructed at Lit-| A tle Port Walter by means of which an accurate check will be made on all the fish entering the stream. A careful study of returns will be made and conditions accompanying who hailed President Roosevelt’s order nationalizing silver. Senator Thomas is shown holding a large block representing the amount of silver in the nation, and a smaller block representing the amount of gold in the country. (Associated Press Photo) STOCK PRICES BUSINESS 1S Other police, concealed near- by, cpened up fire but were |forced to discontinue shoot- 3ing for a brief period as a woman got in the line of fire. ! P PRICE TEN CENTS Dupont. The League intenas to| TetMile stock of gcld and cilver. | Geological Survey Mak- |tne runs notea. oy —_ Falls Dead put the New Deal on the Spot,| 3 % | ing [nspeclion Tl‘ip Dr. Harrison spent sometime this | VanMeter ran across the if it can. , ! By FRANK I WELLER made lzilver certificates redeemable }iunslil:lneillfls.\]'ot::?orfo;o: l:cztg);} f(;x; MovE UPWARD! | IM P R le NG IN | street into an alley where he — e, - 1 in gold. : E | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Na- Prgmdem Cleveland forced repeal!, On @ trip of inspection to the the Southeast Alaska sockeye runs. | fullvdcmL K ANSAS sml tonalization of siiver marks ah| o o' lver purchase laws n 1999, 1CTTiory. Dr. Philip Sidney Smith ! entatively, he said, it has been F IR TR AD'NG UNITED ST ATES VanMeter ‘was one of \the e O et oo e | bringing on the McKinley-Bryan Tef AlbSkan Ceologlst of M decided to set up an investigation | occupants of an apar t ment 1S KNOCKING BRITISH OUT Sensational Predictions Has All England Doing Bally Loop NEW YORK, Aug. 24—Rosy- checked dimpled Gene Dennis, Kansas farmer’s daughter, is knock- ing the Britishers for a bally loop, dispatches from London state. The girl is known over England as the “girl psychic.” Her name is attributed to the sensational prediction that Windsor Law would win the English Derby, which he did. She also predicted that Len Harvey would lose the British heavyweight title to Jack Peterson, and forecast a 2 to l‘ victory of Manchester over Ports- mouth in the final football game. The big triumph came however, when the Brighton murders were disclozed. n the first body was found in a trunk, she wrote to a weekly newspaper column that “this is connected in some way with another murder.” But for this the second trunk murder might have never been discovered. Officers however, took the clue and three weeks later the second mystery was revealed. ey Reorganization, Under Board, Approved at Today’s Confab WASINGTON, Aug. 24.—Presi-| dent Roosevelt has arranged with Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson for a quick | reorganization of NRA under a| Board with the present Adminis- trator to remain in the new set- up. Plans for reorganization of NRA, during the next two weeks, were made at a lengthy conference at the White House today. Gen. Johnson said he did not | know whether he will be Chairman | of the proposed new board, but he | would be in on it. Beat Bride, then Tickled Her Feet To Make Her Laugh SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Aug. 24.—Leo Dwight Murphy, sen- tenced to death for slaying his wife, has been granted a re- prieve when the Governor was informed new evidence was available to' show Murphy was insane when he fatally beat hiz bride the former Nellie Battles, of Fresno, then tickled her feet to make her laugh. campaign in which free coinage of | silver was a ringing issue. Treasury Buys Silver In 1900 the gold stendard act of the McKinley administration de- monetized silver again. Subse- quent economic tides brought on a clash of public opinion over wheth- Juno. It was there the first coins were made which people could give m’ | exchange for the things they need- | led. Moneta was the surname of |the Roman goddess, and gradually |these pieces of metal came to be kn;lwn ay mm;ey Aok e er the value of gold was too high e { . modity price level and there arose etization,” which, strictly speakmg.\a militant cry to “Do Something lme;m lm ;:d:: L?fltdmzLEIIWILI_t for Silver.” The Thomas act of |0 et e e standard Of €X-| 1933 made silver certificates legal IIChange' | tender. | Monetization, Temonetization and: On June 12, 1934, President R00S- | demonetization of precious com- | 4 evelt signed the silver purchase acf modities have, in their turn, | G160 Aer, PURdItN: oot fluenced the political, economic N" | under which the Treasury began |and social foriunes of mankind :g;:fi gmb‘m‘;a]\m“‘a "l]'i“:" hz':e’ nev.ex since Lhe‘ first coin was silver reserve. Eventually about 1,- il L B 300,000,000 ounces of silver—until Bank Crisis Is Start Nationalization of monetary the silver reserve is built up to Wwhere it is one-third the size of metal in the United States has the gold resrve. been of recent origin but springs MFENE e from the age-old struggle to man- ipulate the functions of money. It began during the banking crisis in J A PA N PLAN March, 1933, when Congress passed Ja law providng that when the| Secretary of the Treasury deemed | | |1t necessary to protect the currency ! system of the nation he might re- quire the sale of gold coin, bullion | or gold certificates to the Treas-| urer of the United States. | In January, 1934, gold was na- tionalized by act of Congress and title to all gold was vested in the Federal Government which buys and sells the metal at stated prices. Government Gains Profit Nationalization of silver gives the Treasury control and vests in| the Federal GovernmefMt title to| the silver of the United States ex-|YSars ago at Hulutao Bay on s cept that which is fabricated. east shore of -Peichihli Gulf, about One aim of nationalization of a:200 miles north of Tientsin, nes, monetary metal is to gain for me:been decided upon by the Man- government any profit which might| choukuo railway authorities, Jap- be made by buying and selling it.|2Dese advices state. | Another purpose is to give the' When Marshal . metal a more stable value. “Liang was governor of Manchuria When the United States was on D€ Signed a contract with a Dutch a bi-metallic standard during the | eMBineering firm to construct a last century the fact that the modern port at Hulutao at an es- market price of silver differed from timated cost of #1.000,000: the mint price resulted in an up-| Ousting of OhANIZY the, Japsts satisfactory monetary system, | ese halted the work in 1931. Now Manchoukuo has decided to make Bi-metallism In 1792 the harbor navigable for small The battle between gold and sil-|steamers up to 2,000 tons. ver in this country is almost as| Hulutao thus would become an old as the country itself. The mint outlet for Jehol and Inner Mon- act written by Alexander Hamil-'golia, as well as a channel through ton in 1792 established bi-metallism which Japanese goods could be in- with silver at a ratio of 15 units troduced to those regions. to 1 of gold. Up to 1931 Japanese exports to By 1873 large domestic deposits’Jehol totalled less than $175,000. of silver opened up, and the cur-!When the province became part of rency act of the Grant Adminis-| Manchoukuo last year, however, tration terminated the use of the Japanese trade boomed and 1934 white metal as a major base for is expected to show about $2,- currency. Silver was officially de- 500,000. monetized, and gold became the single standard for American GORE TO money. ¢ The Biand-Allison act of 1878 remonetized silver over President | Complete Hulutao Proj- | ect Started by Chinese PEIPING, Aug. 24.—Completion of the harbor works started five Chang Hsueh- B PRACTICE LAW AT KETCHIKAN Judge Lester O. Gore recently HARBOR WORK ‘Manchukuo Railway Is to| United States Geological Survey,|in the South Arm of Pillar Bay. arrived here on the steamer Hal-| «Qur desire is to establish as {eakala yesterday from his_head-. nearly as possible setups which will quarters in Washington, D."C. give us laboratory conditions. Natur- Dr. Smith stopped in Ketchikan gajly we can't bring fish into a for several days on his way “onh:laborm,ory so we will as nearly as to look over the work that has been | can be done bring a laboratory to done in that vicinity by the survey|the fish,” Dr. Davidson said, 'READY TO HoP - T0 VA!GUUVER R. H. Sargent, topographic engin- eer for the U. S. Geological Sur- vey, who has had crews mapping Repairs Made to One Craft, Forced Down Enroute South from Sitka on Admiralty Island during the spring and summer months. He | will also look over the work which J. 1. Davidson has been doing for the department. | Goes to Interior | From Juneau Dr. Smith expeci to continue to the Interior, po sibly by plane, and will look over the mining developments in the| ‘Fairbanks district and railroad belt as extensively as time and trans- | portation will permit. He expects| lto remain in the Territory until), FToNCE RUPERT, B. O, Aug. 24.—The United States Navy sea- the latte; t - + | vember. T part of October or NO-piane of the two squadrons which | L b recently flew along the coast as | far westward as Seward, Alaska and which was forced down on the flight from Sitka to here on account of engine trouble, has been | repaired. The two squadrons, of N islx seaplanes each; are ready to take off tomorrow for Vancouver A enroute south to San Diego, the base. MRS. BOYNTON PASSES AWAY ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 24. —Mrs. Sarah BPoynton, aged 85 years, longtime redident of Seattle and pioneer of Anchorage and BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 24—Citizens last night slew an unidentified negro who attempted to attack three white girls at the point of a gun. A posse came upon | him as he was about to accomplish |his aim, trapped him in an alley {and shot him to death. | The girls were on their way to a church meeting when accosted.| | Grace Tabor and Lorena Tidwell were thrown to the ground in v.he| scuffle. Edith Tidwell ran to the church meeting for aid. A posse arrived at the scene as the negro |was getting ‘the upper hand over ——————— KETCHIKAN PEOPLE RETURN Mrs. R. E. Hardcastle and daugh- ter of Ketchikan returned to their home on the Prince George from a visit in Seattle. Mr. Hardcastle is an insurance man of the First City and is agent there for theé Canadian National ships FROM VISIT { Nome, died Thursday after a brief illnss. The funeral services will the two girls, fled and was later |probably be held Sunday. Her trapped in an alley and shot|daughter, Mrs. Frank Reed, Na- down. tional Republican Committeewom- an from Alaska for several years, |died in Seattle early in the sum- mer. » e PRS- | . MISS JENNE RETURNING Miss Corinne Jenne is a .pas- senger' on the Alaska for her home in Juneat after visiting in the Pacific Northwest for several - months, BELGRADE, Aug. 24—Roasted Farmer Roasted Alive >by Bandits Looking for Coin | The bandits strapped the aged Hayes’ veto, and the Treasury was instructed to buy at least $2,000,- 000 of silver a month and coin it. ‘The Sherman silver ‘purchase act of 1890 increased silver purchases returned to Ketchikan, where he will make his home and resume his practice of law. Until a short|the son was bayonetted by the bers roasted the farmer. alive by torture bandits, Dmitri Man to a long pole and turned him Radioyevich, a farmer, Is near |OVEF the fire as though barbecu- ¥ | ing a lamb. death, ‘ The bandits gave a neighbor $5 In an effort to save his father, for standing guard while the rob- The time ago, he was Judge of the|bandits and finally revealed the|neighbor disclosed to the bandits Federal District Court in the Sec-|secret hiding place of his father's|that Radioyevich had money hid- to 4,500,000 ounces a month and ond Division at Nome. money, the sum of $140. den. 1 Packing Issues and Spec-;Decided Turn for Better ialties Draw Following Indicated During Past —Steels Better Week, Says Review NEW YORK, Aug. 24 — After early hesitancy, stocks moved high- NEW YORK, Aug. 24—In many divisions of business, said the Dun- er in less active trading today | Bradstreet, Inc., weekly review, Packing issues and other special- there has been a decided turn for ties drew a following. the better this week Steels and utilities improved. | In addition, “there is a strong Today's close was firm. revival sentiment regarding a more Sales totalled 650,000 shares. ;vigurous expansion of fall business !than appeared to be in prospect a month ago “Farming districts are in a more cheerful mood as the outcome of harvesting, now in full swing, is running ahead of quotas set even in the drought stricken states. CLOSING PRICES TODAY { NEW YORK, Aug. 24—Closing! quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20, American Can 1007%, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 13}, Armour B 63%, Bendix Aviation 13%, Bethlehem| Retail Distributors Steel 31, Calumet and Hecla 3'%,| “Reports on retail distribution Curtiss-Wright 3, General Motors provided a basis for more encour- 31%, International Harvester 28%, agement than at any time since Kennecott 20%, United States Steel last April, as a rise above the ab- 36'%, Warner Pictures 4%, Pound normally expanded total of one $5.07%, Nabesna bid .90, ask 1.02. year ago and is placed conserva- — e — "Lively at 5 to 10 percent in nearly all industrial divisions. FIRE FIGHTERS | “There are unmistakable signs of sounder recovery than exper- ienced last fall, after the artificial BATTLE | outburst of activity during the ear- i1y summer months.” INTWO STATES WHEAT AC SPOKANE, Wash,, Aug. 24.—De- BUT "] PER GENT spite the fact they lost 900 mnes; of fire lines in Idaho and Mon- tana forests, foresters looked hope-! b i i £ fully at cloudy skies and humidity| |935 Quota to Be ngher records as the flames added two ) thousand acres to the Avery sector | than I ()34- _IS Farm Ad- tire zone. b ministration Plan ‘The Selway forest fire area has il grown from 45,000 to 60,000 acres. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. — The Fires in other sections are also purm Administration last evening gaining. FIRE DESTROYS PLANE, HANGAR ANCHORAGE, Aug. 24. — Flames from a blow torch are blamed for a fire yesterday whieh destroyed a five-passenger plane owned. by the Bristol Bay Airways, as well as the hangar and tools. 'announced at curtailment of 10 | per cent in basic wheat acreage in 11935 for farmers co-operating with production control plans instead of the 15 per cent required this year. DR. CHASE TO COME | HERE FOR FEW DAYS Dr. W. M. Chase, veteran Mayor of Cordova, former President of the Alaska Game Commission, and Republican candidate for Territorial Loss is estimated as at least Treasurer, will arrive here on the $12,000. steamer Alaska tomorrow, it was — e A |learned here today. He will be here MINING ENGINEERS ARE and in this vicinity for several VISITORS FOR FEW DAYS days in the interests of his can- G. A. Dirom and H. Gibbs, min- |didacy. ing engineers, the former with the| Dr. Chase spent the past week Premier Gold Mining Company at ai Ketchi but was unable to Premier, B. C., and the latter with | make stops at Petersburg and the Federal Mining and Smelting Wrangell He may revisit them Company at Wallace, Idaho, are!later registered at the Gastineau Hotel. AT e o Fp A The two engineers are on a | ° DR, STEWART ON TRIP pleasure trip, they say, and are| Dr. A, W. Stewart is a passenger on the Haleakala to join Stewart, visiting in Tennes- They will motor to the coast. stopping in Juneau for only a few south days, after which they intend to Mrs, go farther North. here last- March when Dil- linger and Evelyn Frechette shot their way to freedom with a machine gun. Van- Meter escaped through a recar building after engaging a Federal ‘officer in a duel. He vas not seen by officers since then until last night’s fatal encounter. Fifth to Die VanMeter's death marked the death of the fifth member of the Dillinger gang in recent months. VanMeter was Dillinger's body guard and known as an expert trigger man. WOMAN’S TIP ST. PAUL, Aug. 24—Dislike of relatives for an unidentified woman and her new companion, caused Homer VanMeter to be put on the spot, the police divulged today. The relatives became suspicious of the woman’s boy friend and re- ported him to the police about two weeks ago. An investigation dis- closed the gunman's identity which led to his death last night. GIRL IS BEING HELD ST. PAUL, Aug. 24.—A pretty St. Paul girl, name withheld, seen with VanMeter several times, is under arrest. She lives a few blocks from where he was shot and he may have been on the way to her home when he was killed. “BOLOGNA” That's What Mussolini Calls War Talk Floating in European Air ROME, Aug. 24—"Bologna” is the way Premier Mussolini charac- terized the war rumors now float- ing in the air over Europe. Notwithstanding his characteri- zation, the Premier told 5,000 of- ficers that it behooves Italy to become “militaristic,even a warlike Nation. No one in Europe wishes war, but be prepared just the same.” The Premier made his address at the close of the Italian army maneuvers and closed with the statement that it is not only neces- sary to be ready for “war tomorrow but for war today.” Funeral Services for Will A. Steel Held in Seattle This Afternoon SEATTLE, Aug. 24. — Funeral services for Will A. Steel, former newspaper man and at one time a member of the Alaska Legislature, were held at 2 o'clock this after- noon, the Rev. W. A. Major, old friend of the deceased, officiating. Cremation followed. Steel died Monday as the result of pneu- monia.