The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1934, Page 1

! 1, | SMITH TRAILING BY ’ The Second Division vote, however, | i » 'V « v “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLIV., NO. 6752. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS ALASKA JOINS MAI E IN NEW DEAL 0 l( ' CORDOVAN TOPS ' LOGAL MAN FOR TREASURY POST Oscar G. O_l;; Seems to; Have Won Over Veteran Head of Treasury 133 VOTES TO DA’I‘E Democrat Wms Third and Is Holding Own in Other Divisions | Partial unofficial returns from all four Judicial Divisions received up to midafternoon today by The Em- pire gave Oscar G. Olson, Democrat of Cordova, a lead of 133 votes over Walstein G. Smith, Juneau, 21-year incumbent Treasurer, for thet office, and Dr. W. H. Chase, ordova, Republican candidate, was nitely eliminated from the race. r. Smith was leading in the L szt and Fourth Divisions and Mr. Olson in the Second and Third. did not include Nome City.,gnd was, therefore, inconclusive. Vete as Reported The vote reported to date was: Chase Olson Smith First Division 640 1,269 1352 Second Division ... 17 44 43 Fhird - Division .. 282y 606 - 346 Fourth Division 132 303 348 Totals . ..1,071 2,222 2,089 In the First Division Mr. Smith swept his home town by a good mar although the Democratic » candidate tied him in the second precinct. Mr. Olson carried Ket- | chikan and Petersburg and lost | Douglas, Wrangell and Skagway. | The Third Division returns in- | cinde Anchorage, Corcova and the towns along the Copper River and hwestern Railroad, and Sew-| a all of which went for Mr. Oisen. The latter carried his home | town, Cordova, and adjacent pre- f | cincts by heavy pluralities. He | scamed sure to increase his lead in that Division in later returns. Fairbanks for Smith The city of Fairbanks gave Mr. | Smith a fine plurality, but the| lead he attained there was cut materially by the votes from the nine outlying precincts reporting. | Mr. Olson was carrying almost all | of them. If this trend continues, as local Democratic leaders now believe, the Fourth Division also will go for | Olson. The final outcome in the First Division is not assured, either. Mr. Emith had a lead of 83 votes over Mr. Olson but the latter was carrying more of the outlying pre- cincts than the former. Result Not Certain The victory is not assured by any means. It will probably be several days before a sufficient number of the outlying and more remote precincts has reported to enable a definite conclusion to be drawn. It will probably be a close race. It make take the official count to determine the winner. 1 GRADE TEACHERS TO BE ENTER TAINED BY MEMBERS, C. OF C. — The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce will be hosts to members of the .grade school fagulty at their luncheon tomorrow noon. Guests of honor will be A. B. Phillips, Super- intendent of Juneau schools and Miss Marijette Shaw, principal of the Grade School. The committee in charge of ar- rangements for the entertainment of the naval visitors this summer will make a report on receipts and expenditures connected with the visits, also. - TO ATTEND SCHOOL AT ALASKA COLLEGE | eealtor on his ne Charities will*benefit by an estimated $30,000, £. W. “Daddy” Browning under a ¥ h:‘. hospital, whom he is L ywill collect than $10,000, show M 9 Tho rulg :x:;:e?i a paral; rowning with nd soon 'n”a ) mi'z‘,;nmed diding ad ,000 from the estate of | will made by the fnmouz New Yora Imt‘l the eélebl::rd 1::3:1"': from ' ower I &f sy har al uxc ‘sho;'ke in June. l;nd x mm facial apera GRAND OPENING ' OF ANNUAL FAIR THIS EV:ENING HEADQUARTERS Splendid Program and Fine, Harllee Branch Returns Displays Mark 1934 S. E. Alaska Exhibit It wac anncunced late this afternoon that Gov. John W. Troy will officially cpen the 1934 Fair with a short talk over the microphone at 9 o’clock this evening. To the invigorating strains of “The Stars and Stripes Forzver,” |played by the Juneau City Band, |the Southeast Alaska Fair of 193% will get underway at 8 o'clock this evening. Doors to the big building will be open at 7 o'clock so that people may glance at the exhibits and interesting booths prior to the beginning of the splendid eve- ning’s program. An exceptional program has been provided this year with more than the usual amount of talent avail- able and crowds at the Fair will| be royally entertained. Following the fine concert by the city band tonight which will offi- cially open the four-day celebra- tion, Miss Grace Naghel will pre- sent several exotic dance special- ties. The first dance, “Alegrias de Postin,” is a. vivacious interpreta- tion of the famous Spanish Bull Fight, arranged by the world re- nowned Elisa Cansino, of Madrid. “Arragoriaise” from Carmen, a co- quettish version of “the popular “Arragonaise” from Bizet's opera, Carmen, conceived by the well known Mary Ann Wells, 6f Seattle, will be hér'Second danée while the third number is to be an Argen- tiné Tango, an original arrange- ment of the most subtle of South American dances as suggested by Albeniz's “Tango in D.” Miss Na- ghel will be accompanied at the piano by Miss Iris Gray. Musical Numbers Miss Mathilda Holst, whose lovely voice has delighted those privileged to hear her at previous appearances this summer, will sing several of her favorite songs, “Kusehani” “Ships That Pass ‘in the Night,” “My Lindy Lou” and “I Love Life,” while Miss Gray, in addition to her | Miss Susan McCartney, daughter of the Superintendent of the Rail- way Express Agency at St. Louis,| Mo., is bound for Fairbanks, 'hem she will mmllh:t,\u at Agricultural. College and of Mines. She is a passen- t.heYukm 2’ aer Year| gram which ldance by the Mandarin dance band, accompaniments will give several| piano solos. Children’s Dances Also on‘ the delightful hour'’s pro- precedes the. big free| P. 0. OFFICIAL ONWAY TO HI South After, Extensive Trip Through Alaska “Alaska is a great and impressive valuable to me in handling mail problems of the Territory,” de- Assistant to the Postmaster Gen- eral, and head of all transporta-, tion facilities of the postoffice de- partment, today. steamer Aleutian after making an by airplane and across the Bering left Juneau two weeks ago today. In regard io t{ransportation throughout Alaska Mr. Branch de- clared that it could be improved and that air transportation seemed |the logical mode for the future. “We do not move backwards,” he | said. ! Left By Plane ‘With Robert G. Thach, Vice Pres- ident of the Pan American Air- ways, Manager of the Pacific Alaska Air- ways, Anthony J. Dimond, Mr. Branch left in a PAA plane for the In- terior two weeks ago. They stayed over night in Carcross and contin- ued to Fairbanks the following day. and Delegate Dimond dedicated the new Federal building at that place and after a day in the city the party left for Nome with stops at Ruby and Nulato, At Nome Dele- gate Dimond left the party and the remainder took off for Siberia. They stopped at Teller both going | and coming. Twenty minutes after leaving Teller, the Fairchild plane, piloted by Joe Crosson, was passing the international boundary between the United States and U. 8. 8. R., and also crossed the international date line, so that though it was Sunday when they left Teller, it was Saturday when they arrived at Oelene, a small community on the coast, near East Cape. Received in Siberia ‘They were received by the Soviet representatives, and fortunately, the m',erpreber, who had come to meet the 'steamer a, was still in the town so that it was possible to K:ofilmunk:atf _with the regde_nis (Continued on Page Two) (Coftinved on Page Eight) country and I have gained a large | | fund of information that will be; In the contest for Congressman clared Harllee Branch, Executive Mr. Branch 1s southbound on the | extensive trip over the Territory | Straits to Oelene, Siberia, since he | Lyman 8. Peck, General| and Delegate to Congress| ‘While in Fairbanks Mr. Branch| SCHWELLENBACH WASH. ELECTION John C. (R-aE) Stevenson Second in Race for Dill's Seat DEMO CONGRESS INCUMBENTS WIN. Beals and Blake Are Re- nominated - to State Supreme Court SEATTLE, Scpt. i2—The State of Washington watched the .close bach and, John C. Stevenson, (Radio Stevensol) for the right to Tun for the seat in the United States Senate which will be vacated by Senator C. C. Dill at the end of His present term, after all the Democratic Congressmen had ap=- parently been renominated. Democratic chieftains are gleeful over the fact that for the first time in the twenty six years the | direct primary law has been in {operation their party has outstrip-| ped the Republicans in the number 01 ballots cast, returns showing that 60.percent of the ballots cast vesterday were Democratic. Demegrafie, In 192 | Washingion' went Democratic |tae last gemeral election, but in the | primary omly mustered nlnety-eight | thousand, compared with the Re- pubhcnns three hundred and six- | ty-five thousand. | The Senate vote from seventeen | hundred and thirty-one precincts; out of twenty-eight hundred and fifty-two in the state gave Schwel-: lenbach forty-one thousand one’ hundred, Stevenson thirty-six thou- sand nine hundred, Charles Leavy twenty-nine thousand six hundred. In the Republican race for the Senatorial nomination, Reno Odlin, |led with twenty-one thousand fouri hundred; D. V. Morthland of Yaki-| ma, eighteen thousand nine hun- !dred, and Ralph Horr, seventeen thousand nine hundred. Zioncheck Renamed from the First District, Zioncheck, LEADS FIELD IN 1 { contest between Lewis Schwellen-| NATIONAL MEN f on Tuesday UNOFFICIAL RETURNQ — FIRST DIVISION Senator Representatives [ W o Wi Q) & = ] w 4 N <3 e g Rlomt &8 9 Elfg ® 8 B B 24 g 8 H8l.-P ] £ B & ] a s 2 s | | a | | 1 | | bt | | | | | I | i Juneau No. 1 243 320 251| 27| 260/ 275/ 164 56/ 94| 336 276 327 Juneau No. 2 .| 115/ 147) 28| 128| 187 106| 46/ 81| 165 171 163 Juneau No. 3 .| 164/ 31| 96| 8| 16/ 178 94/ 59| 32 58 115 97 113 Douglas | 114 24 50/ 56| 5/ 29| 80 54/ 12 22/ 64 73 69 Ketchikan No.1| 370/ 131 220 269) 70, 41 172 235 53] 45 102 222 322 Ketchikan No.2| 188 85| 124/ 161 50 25/ 125/ 104] 12/ 7] 63 121 177 Sheep Creek 15, 1 Rl T T ERERC | TR T R el AT s Salmon Creek .| 3§ 1 21)) 19| 8 .12 29 10/ 2 10, 23} 38 . 25 Jualpa il TR R R T R T B | L et R (R R Hyder .| 6 6 41)] 58] 4| 12/ 63| 15 4 4 14 37 45 Lynn Canal 38| 1 8 90 1] 17 95 & ihel 4 29 aaaS Mendenhall 8 2 il 1) 8 18 a8 elipl - 3| 18 asp 4 Sitka | 134)| 43 73| 7m3] 5| 34/ 76 55/ 83 58 70| 125 o1 Skagway | 124/ 33 85| 72( 12| B85 75| 60| 20 43 72| 68 60 Craig | 74| 2 40 34/ 20| 3] 39 48 18 17 7| 39 49 Klawock | 84 21 84)| 26] 17 14| 32| 53 .15 30 7 20 16 Wacker | 33 9 M98 b} 6 A8 Sivsl o8 (g3 18 Charcoal Point | 51|| 14 2 40 11 6 22 38 6 6 9 37 41 Saxman 53| 26| 20| 26] 20 4 24 47 12 36 8 33 33 Petersburg 102 35 65| 86 33 28 102| 84 35 55 42/ 127] 55 Scow Bay 20 4 G| 16 2 o 14/ 8+ 3 e 38 17 .16 Haines | 48] 14 34| 26 4 16 24| 19 3 23 25 27 Klukwan .......| 6| 17| S 4 o 8 5 3 0 4 8 4 Chilkat i 3| sl 1 iy SN 8 3 Wrangell 96|| 15| 64| 54 2| 34/ 46| 64 1 43 B Stikine . | 20)| 2 14 16| 20l 18 2] 8 18 15 1 18 2 Lawson Creek .| 4| 1] 3 2 Bl 3 ofiue 8 @@ 4 4 Penhocl Isle .| 8| 3| 4 '3 Ve e e RS | - beigs. Port Alexander| 116/ 8 68| 52 quf m| 1 18 89| 38 0 100 62 Jamestown Bay | 19| 1| 13| 5(| 6| 11 4| 0 16 2| 2| 17 9 | | - | —] | | | | | | Totals ........| 2787|| 640] 1269| 1352| 1670| wuq. 1693| 380 858) 1086| 1342 401/ 73| 1285| 1820 1054 RENOMINATED Few Shifts in Political Line- upsin Various States PR WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Some shifts in the present political lineup occurred in yesterday’s primaries in eight states, but generally the national figures were renominated by their respective parties. In Louisiana Senator Huey Long's candidates rode to victory. Sena- tor Austin, Republican, anti-New Dealer, was renominated. the incumbent, had twenty-four, thousand three hundred, and Ar {thur Morgenstern of Seattle, six thousand one hundred. In the Re-, ipublican contest Bert Ross leads with nine thousand three hundred, | and Hamilton Dodd, six thousand |three hundred. | In the Second District, in half jof the four hundred and eighty- four precincts, Wallgren, the in- cumbent, is in. the lead with nine thousand five hundred for the Democratic nomination. Rognan Jones was next with four thousand eight hundred, Payson Peterson, | Republican, had six thousand two | hundred for G. E. Van Horn. dred and sixty-eight precincts in the Third District counted, Mar- tin F. Smith, Democrat, was in the lead with six thousand seven hundred, while his opponent, Roundtree, has only one thousand. Russell E. Mack had three thou- isand to two thousand six hundred for Fred Norman, in the Republi- can Primary. Knute Hill Again Hill, Democratic incum- bent in ‘the Fourth District had ten thousand three hundred to James L. Mitehell’s two thousand five hundred, with three hundred of the four hundred and sixty-six| precincts counted. John W. Sum- mers, former Republican Congress- man from the Fourth District, is leading in his party’s primary with (Continued on Page Eight) Knute lott, who is to oppose Representa- New Hampshire Democrats ap- parently renominated Rep. Wil-I Hnm Rogers. John Sullivan, Demo- crat, and Stiles Bridges, Republi- (can, were nominated for Gover- nor. ‘The Connecticut Republican &on« vention renominated Senator Walk- tive Francis Maloney, Democrat. Arthur J. Lacy, attorney, is lead- ing the Michigan gubernatorial race over Governor Comstock. Frank Pfoard, Demoerat, will face Senator | Vanderberg in the general election. | Apparently all the Michigan Con- gressmen have been renominated. All four Democratic Representn-y |hundred to three thousand four tives in Colorado were renominated. hausted, was suffering from the |'Governor Johnson, after trailing|cold. Her feet were blistered. She With nearly half of the four hun- josephine Roche, in the Demo- 'had found a plece of canvas which cratic gubernatorial ‘contest, forged ahead. Senator Ashurst, veteran Arizona Democrat, is in a close race With Sidney Osborn for the Senatorial nomination. Isabella Greenway has been renominated for the House. Wilbur Adams was nominated by the Delaware Democratic conven- tion to oppose the Republican Sen- ator Townsend. IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBITA, South Carolina, Sept. 12~Olin D. Johnston, Spartunberg lawyer and World War veteran, has won a clear cut victory over Cole L. Blease, former Governor and United States Senator, in the run- off primary deciding the Guberna- torial nomination which is equival- ent to election. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 12. —Mrs. Andrew McDonald and her four children, William, aged 15, and Grace, aged ome year, were burned to death in their home at Ruby on ‘the Yukon River early [yuwr&y morning. Mr. McDonald had just -started Mother and Four Children Lose Lives in Alaska Fire Christine aged 14, David aged 12 |five lives. a fire to get bréakfast when a; gasoline ~ explosion occurred de-! stroying the family home and the He had stepped: outside of the house to get an armful of wood IN PRIMARIES, &% | received this foremoon by Al- MISSING GRL, IS LOCATED, WOODS Is Found by Member of IMiss Meggitt sitting on a log. She WILL BE BOUGHT' Every Democratic Candidate in . Third Winning' “Every Dunocr-uc candidate leading by & big. majority in is the radiogram bert White, Chairman of the Territorial Republican Commit- tee from Dr. W. H. Chase, can- didate for Territorial Treasurer on the Republican ticket. ————————— GRACE MEGGITT, Searching Party—Faints When She Is Rescued FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 12.— Miss Grace Meggiit, 21-year old Fairbanks girl, formerly of Juneau, was found yesterday in the woods, seven miles from the place from which she disappeared when hunt- ing with her mother last Sunday morning. Miss Meggitt was almost ex- she wrapped around her feet. A member of the searching party found Miss Meggitt. He shot at a grouse and heard a woman scream. | Going in the direction of where| the scream came from, he found tried twice to stand but fell in a faint. Three airplanes made a search without success. Miss Meggitt was brought town and is expected to recover. —_——————— ALASKA SALMON to TO HELP RELIEF SEATTLE, Sept. 15.—Govern- ment purchase of one million cases of salmon, chiefly from Alaska, is forecast in advices from Mordecai Ezekiel, Eco- when the gasoline exploded with great force enveloping the house| in flames. . ed by H. B, Friele, Chairman of the Canned Salmon Author- ity. AL WITH BALLOTS Democrats - Successful . Lo- cally and on Channel in Yesterday's Election Juneau yesteraay marehed to the polls and approved the New Deal when its voters gave majorities to three out of four Democratic can- didacies for the House of Repre- sentatives and a substantial vote for the same party's candidate for Treasurer. Senator Allen Shattuck lost the city by a margin of 32 votes to Henry Roden, Independent, in the Senatorial race. The high vote polled for Dele- gate A. J. Dimond, who was un- opposed, was a feature. The total vote of the city was 1,130 out of which Mr. Dimond got 910. Vote Is Light The vote was oné of the lightest cast in any general election in many years. This, sald leaders of both parties, was due to several causes, including the lack of a Republican candidate for Delegate, lessening interest in the campaign. the new election date, almost two months earlier than heretofore, and the failure of the Democratic can- didates to make an active cam- | paign. Not one of the four Democratic House candidates, all of whom re- side in the southern end of the Division, came here to canvass the situation and meet the voters. Not a single Democratic candidate ad- dressed a public meeting here or in the north 2nd of the Division. Despite that fact, only H. R. Shep- ard, pioneer local man and former Representative, of the five Repub- licans seeking office, polled a ma- jority of the votes cast here, and of the total on Gastineau Channel. Smith High Man Walstein G. Smith, veteran Treasurer, seeking re-election as an Independent, polled the high vote in the city aud on the Channel, except that cast for the Delegate. " (Continued on Puge Eight) ——————— 000 s 00000000 . STOCK QUOTATIONS . e ec 000000000 NEW YORK, <8ept. 12.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American Can 96'4, American Pgwer and Light |4%, Anaconda 11}, Armour, com- {mon 6%, Bethlehem Steel 27%, Calumet and Hecla, no sale; Cur- tiss Wright 2%, General Motors 28%. International Harvester 25%, Kenngcott” 18%, United States Steel 32%, Pound $5.00%, cents. Bremner 47| DEMOGRATS WIN EVERYWHERE IN THE TERRITORY Party May Elect Every Legislator—New Deals Sweeps Territory PARTIAL RETURNS OF TUESDAY SHOW TREND Democratic Sentiment Ap- parentllg Strong in Ev- art of Alaska Alaska, which started Franklin D. Roosevelt off on his quest of the Presidency, yesterday joined the state of Main in giving an al- most blanket endorsement to the President and the New Deal. Alas- kan voters apparently have elected 14 Democratic members of the House of Representatives out of a total of 16 and three out of four Senatorial seats at stake seem cer- tain to be filled by Democrats. Delegate Dimond, who was un- opposed for re-election, was given one of the largest complimentary votes in the Territory’s history. The race between Oscar G. Olson, Democrat, and 'W. G. Smith, In- dependent, incumbent, for the Treasurership, was still in doubt. Trend Is Definite the v R o Territory, every larger community, except Nome, had been heard from, and enoygh of the smaller, outlying precincts to definitely indicate the trend. The Democratic sweep was pronounced. In the Pirst Division, 31 out of 53 precincts were reported this aft- ernoon. These returns put A. H. Ziegler, A. P. Walker, Joe Barono- vich and Joe Green, Democrats, well into the lead over the four Republican and two Independent candidates for the House, and their election seemed practically assured. H. G. McCain, Ketchikan Repub- lican, who is in fifth place, was 344 votes behind Green, the low man on the Democratic ticket, and was believed by local Republicans to be definitely out of the race. H. R. Shepard, sixth man, was 401 votes behind Green. The standing in the House race was: Ziegler, 1954, Walker, 1820, Baronovich 1,693, Green 1,686, Mc- Cain 1,342 and Shepard 1,285. This includes votes from all of ‘the larg- er centers and several Indian pre- cincts. .Roden Leads Shattuck Henry Roden, Independent, was leading Senator Allen Shattuck, Democrat, for the Senate by 56 votes. The outcome of this race was regarded as problematical and it may take the final, official count to determine the victor. In the Second Division, and re- ports from there are meager, lack- ing the Nome City returns, which constitute most of the votes there, J. F. Devine, Democrat, was leading Senator Alfred Lomen, Republican, for the Senate by 15 votes in re- ports from five outlying precincts. He had 65 and Lomen 50 votes. This is, of course, too small a proportion of the vote to indicate definitely the final result, but local Demograts believe it does show that the trend in the Second Di- vision is. just the same as in this section, Threé of the four Mug candi- dates for the House are Democrats —Arthur M. Chamberlin, W. Mar- tin, Howard Lyng—and J. C. Ken- nedy, Republican, is the fourth. Leroy Sullivan, former Juneau man, Republican, was fifth, A. G. Blake, Republican, sixth, Tolbert Scott, Democrat, seventh, and Nels Swan- berg, Republican, last. Powers Leads Hurley , John B. Powers, veteran Eagle Democrat, although beaten in Fair- banks, had overcome that disad- vantage in the outlying preeincts in the Fourth Division and was leading Julian Hurley, Republican and former United States Attorney there, by the marrow margin of eight votes. However, he was carry- ing all of the smaller precinets and it was believed his lead would con- tinue to grow on later Teports. Andrew Nerland, nunn of the Legislature from was the only Republleh candidate for ~iOiond & R T 5 i | | 1 et