The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” # — VOL. XLV., NO. 6773. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TIGERS PELT FIVE PITCHERS T0O WIN CASE AGAINST HAUPTMANN 1S ALREADY TO 60 Suspect and His Wile-To- gether for Short Time in Foley's Office NEW YORK, Oct. 6.— District Attorney Samuel J. Foley today de- clared that the case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann is complete, “with the exception of some slight details.” Foley said he is ready to go on with the trial and expressed the conviction Hauptmann would be convicted of extortion. Flanked by four deputies, Haupt- mann was taken to Foley's office this forenoon. Mrs. Hauptmann en- tered the office a short time earlier. The reason for the meeting was nof given. The two were together in Foley's office for 15 minutes. Mrs. Hauptmann later emerged and sat in the anteroom. HAUPTMANN SANE { NEW YORK, Oct. 3.— Bruno! Richard Hauptmann, suspect in/ the Lindbergh kidnaping case, has) been pronounced sane by Iour alien- ists. An announcement has been re-| ceived here from Flemington, New Jersey, that a grand jury will be called next Monday to consider in- dicting Hauptmann for kidnaping and murder in the Lindbergh case. SUIT BROUGHT TO TEST NRA IN'U. . COURT Resh‘aining?r_d er Asked Against Enforcing President’s Policy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—In a suit in which a concern assails the NRA as unconstitutional and is considered as likely to develop into a major test of the Blue Eagle agency, the W. Ames Company, & Jersey City steel concern, today filed an action for an injunction in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The petition asks that Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secre- tary of Agriculture H. A, Wallace and Thomas MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, be restrained from enforcing an execu- tive order which is alleged to have led to an illegal boycott. The order prohibits the use of federal funds to buy products from concerns which fail to comply with code requirements. The company did not sfgn the resident’s reemployment agree- ment nor any other code, and said it had lost several contracts through the order. ARREST JUDGE ‘ s \Permanent Enactments to Re-fashion the American Industrial Order Is Plan: By BYRON PRICE For one thing, Mr. Roosevelt feels (Chief of Bureau, The Associated that lessons have been learned Press, Washington) | which should be preserved. For an- Although it is impossible com- other thing, it is notoriously hard pletely to separate one from the|to cut off a government function other, the emphasis at Wnsmng~‘once it has been assumed, and ton today is more and more on re- even harder to legislate government | form, less and less on recovery |jobs out of existence once the in-| alone. cumbents have entrenched them- In other words, the Roosevelt ad- |selves. ministration is passing out of ns| By and large, the prospect is than‘ first phase of purely tempora.ryxCongress will be asked to write n\ emergency legislation, and is giving good many of the “new deal” ideas | increasing thought to permnnem.mm permanent law. enactments to re-fashion the Amer- | ican industrial order. ySWlNG TOWARD PERMANENCE | It is true that a limited number | Phie " President Himself has mal- of the laws passed since March 4, | b 1933, including such examples as O S mmDortant the banking legislation and the features of NRA will be welded stock market act, were intended into & new set-up when the act ex- pires next June. to have both a temporary and per- | manent application. But even in| Secretary Ickes, whose PWA ap- these cases, it was understood re-|Propriations also expire in June, visions would be made in the light | FCently suggested that a continu- of experience. |ing public works program would be | All of the really major policies desirable. - of the administration have been Secretary Wallace wants at least developed to deal with a tempor-lafl indefinite continuation of crop ary situation, and were designed control under AAA. He probably for perpetuation only after com- €ven will propose amendments to plete re-writing, if at all. That is Strengthen the agricultural act, true of NRA, AAA, PWA and re- Which is denominated a temporary lief. [law but can be terminated only by repeal or Presidential proclamation. “HOW FAR” IS QUESTION That heavy relief burdens must The broad question mow under continue to be borne by the Fed- debate between Mr. Roosevelt and €ral Government clearly is the view his advisers is how far the govern- of Relief Administrator Hopkins. | ment should go in keeping any of Officials of the CCC recently pro- these emergency agencies alive. posed making it a permanent part There is one school of thought in Of the government. The subsistence the administration which would homestead agency shows every de- like to see most of them abolished termination to go ahead despite its entirely. Its adherents argue that the federal government should dis-| band its large and expensive new agencies, withdrdw its multitude of new restrictions, curtail sharply its spending, and give business a different kind of opportunity to solve its own problems. The prospect appears slight that any such course will be followed. ;and writing in the word “permat troubles at Reedsville. Of course, a sudden change in the economic or political situation might greatly = affect Washington policy, but for the present the in- clination seems to be largely to- ward erasing the word ‘‘temporary” nent” in describing the policies. “new deal” DEMOCRATS TO GET TWO THIRDS MAJORITY, SEN. Prediction ?Made from Party Camp Against G.0.P. Assertions ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—The as- sertion of the Republicans that dis-; content is rising under the New Deal is followed by the prediction from the opposite camp that the Democrats will capture a two thirds majority in the Senate. Chairman Fletcher, publican National Committee, said he saw increasing dissatisfaction with the Administration policies. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, Chairman of the Demo- cratic Senatorial Campaign Com- mittee, said his party would in- crease the majority in the Senate ON CHARGE OF INTEMPERANGE Harry Sewell Taken ‘from Court Room to Physch- atic Ward LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 6.—Su- perior Judge Harry Sewell, who for weeks has been presiding over an cmpty courtroom, has been arrest- ed and take to a phychopathic ward. He is charged with intemper- ance. The warrant for his arrest called for an examination as to his mental condition. For weeks no cases have been as- signed to him but he continued to draw his salary and campaign for re-election. Judge Sewell would sit on his bench each day before an empty courtroom. - e TREASURER W. G. SMITH TO LEAVE SEATTLE ON ALASKA THIS EVENING Territorial Treasurer Walstein G. Smith, who recently underwent a major operation at the Virginia Ma- son Hospital in Seattle, made a splendid recovery and plans to leave to two thirds. VERNE GORST HERE ON WAY SOUTH FROM NGME LAST EVENING Completing a quick trip from Ju- neau to Nome, Verne Gorst, of the Gorst Airways, Seattle, arrived in Juneau from the Bering Sea com- munity last evening in his Boeing boat, which is one of the few ships |of this type to make the trip to; that city. Passengers with him were | M. Gertsen, of Regina, and Robert Davison, of Victoria, B. C. Mr. Gorst took off from Gasti- neau OChannel this morning with the same passengers, bound for Se- attle. He was through Juneau on the northbound trip just a week ago. ————— Fairbanks Man Taken Off Boat at Ketchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 6.— O. R. Moon, of Fairbanks, who was removed from a southbound steam- er recently in connection with a civil action in the interior city, is charged, in a telegraphic warrant | from Fairbanks, with alleged sell- ing of tickets in a fictitious lot- tery. He will be returned to '.he Seattle this evening on the steamer Alaska to return to Juneau. north leaving here on Mondays steamer, INFOR ATTACK of the Re- | Angeles, Army lieutenants on leave. SOMERSAULT OF PINGHOT COMES Farley Criticizes Pennsyi- vania Governor and Makes Prediction ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—A yawn- ing chasm has opened between Gov. Gifford Pinchot, of Pennsyl- 'vania, who has been called a Roose- velt Republican, and Postmaster General James A. Farley, who as- sailed Pinchot for coming out for re-election. Senator Reed, staunch Republican, defeated Pinchot in the primary. He is considered the spear head in the Republican attack on the present Administration. Observers noted that Farley's statement criticizing Pinchot for his political somersault, was issued after Farley had a talk with Pres- ident Roosevelt. Farley predicted that Reed would not be elected. Joseph Guffey, Democrat, oppos- es Reed in the November election. Plane to Fly Honolulu to Harbor Grace DENVER, Colo., Oct. 6.—Robert Sherman Ross of Beverly Hills, |Cal, will sponsor a flight from |Honolulu to Harbor Grace, New- foundland, in an attempt to set a new airplane distance record, he has revealed. The flight will be nonstop, non- fueling, point-to-point, he said. The present record is the one set by the {French aviators, Paul Codos and M. Rossi, who flew 5,657 miles from St. Johns, N. B, to Syria last year /in 56 hours and 20 minutes. The distance from Hnoolulu to Harbor Grace is 6,102 miles. Ross said the flight will be made by Murray B. Dilley, Jr., of Kansas City and Monty G. Mason, of Los —————— BRIDGE IS REPLACED Work has begun redriving the ,Conper River and Northwestern BRIDGE PLANS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL Several MaTt—e:s Some Up! for Discussion Be- fore Councilmen O. H. Stratton, consulting engi- neer for the bridge projects of the public city improvements under the PWA grant and loan to the city of Juneau, and city engineer M. A. Lagergren, presented the prelimi- nary plans for the Gold Creek bridge on Calhoun Road to the city council at the regular meeting last evening. In the plans it was estimated that a new bridge constructed the road, eliminating the prese! deep curve would cost mately $13,500 while one built on the site of the present bridge would require about $5,500. After some discussion, it was considered best to build the new bridge on the site of the present bridge, due to the smaller expense. It was also decided to open negotiations with property owners on Irwin Street erty near Twelfth Street so as to widen the curve into Twelfth, This bridge, as planned, is to have a 20-foot roadway and 5-foot sidewalk. Clubwomen Present Representatives of the Busi and Professional Women's Club and the Juneau Woman’s Club attended the meeting to present a petition requesting that a policewoman be appointed by the city to supervise' places of amusement where young people gather. Mrs. David Wag- goner presented the petition on be- half of the Woman’s Club and oth- ers who spoke in its f: Mrs. Hazel Ferguson, %“gm Burford and Mrs. R. R. Hermann, and the Rev. John A. Glasse, The petition was referred to the police committee of the city council. Mayor I. Goldstein declared that he believed a policewoman unnec- essary as police reports show that few complaints have been received about minors. Councilman George B. Rice was the only member of the council to express himself in favor of a policewoman on the city force. Radio Interference H. E. Regele, Radio Inspector, de- clared that he had encountered con- siderable difficulty in getting peo- ple to cooperate in removing in- terferences and recommended that a full time employee be added to the city force to handle the situa- tion, he also recommended that an inspector from the Federal Bu- reau of Communications be request- ed to come to Juneau to go into the major sources of trouble. “Library Report In the monthly report submitted by Miss Ann Coleman, City Librar- ian, it was disclosed that total cir- culation of books during the month of September totaled 2,483 valumes, 1630 of which were borrowed by adults and 853 by juveniles. C. V. Kay, of the Panhandle Air Transport Company requested per- mission to moor the hangar of the company at the lower city float during the winter months. This was refused due to the crowded condition of the float, but arrange- ments were made to have the hangar moored by the rock dump. —— Lumber Code Authority Retains Minimum Prices CHICAGO, Il Oct. 6. — The Lumber Code Authority, super- vising one of the largest indus- trial units of the nation, de- cided to retain the minimum price provisions of the indus- try’s code and see they are en- forced. A resolution to that effect was passed just before the close of the three-day meeting attend- ed by 500 lumbermen, repre- senting 45,000 units. appmxl-' to cut off a portion of the prop-) Shot Down On Street In Seattle Wealthy Prope perty, Owner‘ Admits Klllmg Doctor for | Mocklng, Pestering” SEATTLE, Oct. 6.—Cha.fles G. Duke, aged 61 years, wealthy prop- erty owner, told the police he Kkill- ed Dr. L. W. Squier because Squier had been ‘“mocking and pestering me.” Neighbors said the two have been in a feud over money matters, Duke obtaining a judgment for non- payment of rent. Duke said that Squier, quaintly dressed and accompanied by two companions, approached him, mocking Duke’s limp. ‘Duke shot the doctor through the ‘heart and Squier, wearing a silk, topper, flapping black overcoat and carrying a cane, toppled over with- out a word. COL. E. W. CLARK LEAVES FRIDAY BOUND FOR NOME PWA Official and Murray Hall Reach Whitehorse in Plane Last Evening ©Col. Elmer W, Clark Executive Assistant to the Deputy Adminis- trator of PWA, who was held in Juneau for several days this week by bad weather, left yesterday with Capt: Murray Hall, Aeronautics In- dovi Alaska for the U. 8. Department of Commerce, in the latter’s plane, bound for Nome. They left the land field here at 3:456 o'clock yesterday and spent last night at Whitehorse, Y. T., leaving the latter place for Fairbanks this morning at 9:55 o’clock. Col. Clark will make a survey of the situation in Nome with the view toward determining what as- sistance can legally be given the burned city through the Public ‘Works Administration. He expect- ed to meet with the Central Com- mittee of Nome citizens, appointed by Gov. Troy, and go thoroughly into the situation with them, im- mediately upon his arrival in the Bering Sea community. He will stop in Juneau on his way south to consult with Gov. Troy before returning to Washington, D. C, though he desires to reach the Na- tional Capitol as quickly as pos- sible to expedite action on the Nome relief measures. POLICE CHIEF UNDER ARREST: ‘COLON, Panama, Oct. 6.—A mob jof furious residents stormed the yhome of Chief of Police J. N, Del- |gado last night after Justo Jaen, a nineteen-year-old boy was slain while fleeing from the Chief. The Chief of Police fired twice in the air while chasing Jaen. The boy dropped on the jagged stones and died as the result of head injuries. A mob gathered outside the l‘Judges office threatening harm to |Chief Delgado unless he was ar- Irresbed | The judge ordered the Chief’s |arrest on manslaughter charges, — . | } WILL WINTER IN STATES | | Mrs. E. Coke Hill, wife of Judge |Hill of the Fourth Division, will spend the winter in the States. |She is making the trip outside from Fairbanks by way of the 1 Yukon River. Gold and Silver NEW YORK, Oct. 6.— The recovery of the first actual gold and silver taken from sea water is announced by Dr. Williard H. Dow of the Ethyl-Dow | Railroad bridge above Chitina, with Fred Eckhlom and his bridge crew land R. J. Storey, bridge engineer {nnd his helpers doing the work. Chemical Company. The first recovery tenth of a milligram. The nugget is half gold and is one- from Sea Water, First Time Recovered half silver and was taken from 10 tons of sea water running through a bromide plant in Wilmington, by means of treat- ment of colloidal sulphur which dissolved and when settled out iike sediment carried gold and IS THREATENED GREAT REVOLT IS NOW RAGING SPAN. REPUBLIC Effort Made to Overthrow Government—Planes Bomb Rebel Cities BULLETIN—Madrid, Oct. 6.— The death toll in Spain’s Ex- tremist rebellion mounted to 104 at noon today and hundreds wounded as guns obliterated the Government’s statement that tranquility was restored. Boys and girls are reported shot down accidentally in the cross fire between the oppos- ing forces. MADRID, Oct. 6.—A violent revo- lutionary effort to overthrow the Government seemed to be spread- ing last night. Eighty-five are known to be dead and 1,500 were nrrcsLed up to mid- night. Extremists are reported to have destroyed the railway line to Cor- bertoria to prevent troop mobiliza- tion. The convent at Bilboa, fomerly Jesuit property, now belonging to the Government, was raided by the police and 100 powerful bombs, scores of pistols and much ammu- nition was found. Planes roared over towns taken, by the rebels and bombs were drop- Radicals are reported to be as- sembling in the mountains near Asturias and gathering fighting equipment from caches. 0IL SCANDAL LOOMING IN LOS ANGELES Indictments_A:e Returned —One Court Official Is Involved LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 6.— With Associated Justice of the Appellate Court Gavin W. Craig and two other persons under in- dictment on ~harges of conspiracy to obstruct justice @nd conspiracy to commit bribery, United States Attorney P. M. Hall said the Fed- eral investigation into the Italo Petroleum Corporation alleging “fixing,” is; far from closed. The indictments contained sensa- tional allegations to the effect that attempts were made to fix former United States Attorney General Mitchell and Samuel W. McNabb former United States Attorney for $50,000 to free officials of the oil corporation of mail fraud charges. Others indicted were Mrs. Helen Werner, wife of a former city at- torney, and Joseph Weinblatt, oil ARG ROAD FROM FAIRBANKS TO LIVENGOOD OPEN PWA Prolect Will Permit Truck Hauling Into Dis- trict After Freezeup Sixty miles of new road and 23 miles rehabilitated, extending from Fairbanks to Livengood, constructed during the last summer by the Alaska Road Commission with PWA funds, have been opened up suffi- ciently to allow a truck to get through, according to word re- ceived today by Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer for the A. R. C. from Prank Nash, A. R. C. Engineer in the Fairbanks district. While this is a low standard road, it can be used for truck haul- ing from Fairbanks into Livengood after the {reezeup this fall, Mr. Taylor said. The portion of the road which was rehabilitated ex- tends from Fairbanks to Olnes and the new portion, on which suffi- clent grading was done to make it passable, is ffom Olnes to Liven- good. BALL FO; NOME FUND The Anchorage Elks held a bene- fit ball September 25 for the aid silver with it, gt lor the Nome relief fund, 5 BOX SCORE TIGERS ABRHPOAE White, cf. 421200 Cochrane, c. 421100 Gehringer, 2b. $ 3 Bl Wk Goslin, 1f. 320300 Rogell, ss. 512530 Greenberg, 1b. 51410 2 0 Owen, 3b. 802320 Fox, rf. 40120900 Auker, p 4 00020 Totals. 38 10 13 27 13 1 CARDINALS ABRHPOAE Martin, 3b. 401123 Rothrock, rf. 500300 Frisch, 2b. 310 SN 0 Medwick, 1f. 312000 Collins, 1b. . 4.0:%.8 10 Delancey, c. 7 S S el Orsatti, cf. 312300 Durocher, ss. [ i Sl § N O Carleton, p. 100000 *Vance, p. 000O0O0OO0 iDavis 101000 +J. Dean 0000O©O0OD $W. Walker, p. 100001 YHaines, p. 0000O0O0O0 /Crawford 100000 Mooney, p. 07D 0-1 -0 Totals 3¢ 4102710 5 *Replaced Carleton in third in- ining. iBatted for Vance in fourth in- ning. fRan for Davis, §Entered game in fifth inning. fReplaced Walker in first half eighth. Batted for Haines in last half eighth. °Entered game in ninth inning. SUMMARY: Two - base hits— Cochrane, Collins and Fox, 1 each, Greenberg, 2; sacrifice hits—Coch- rane, Gehringer, Goslin, Auker and Orsatti, 1 each; stolen bases — White, Greenberg and Owen, 1 each; Double plays—Auker to Ro- gell to Greenberg, Greenberg to Rogell, Rogell to Greenberg; bases on balls—off Auker 4, off Carleton 2, off Vance 1, off W. Walker 3; struck out<=by -Auker 1, Oarelton 2, Vance 3, 'W. 'Walker 2; left on bases—Tigers 12, Cards 8; losing pitcher—W. Walker. Umpires: Reardon, National, at the plate; Owens, American, at first; Klem, National, at second; Geisel, American, at third. PLAY BY PLAY First Inning TIGERS: White up—strike one, fanned; strike two, called; (umpire changes call on first pitch, make it ball one low) out, flied to center in short center. Cochrane up—strike one, called; ball one, inside; strike two, called; ball two, wide; ball three, inside; out, grounder, second to first. Gehringer up—strike one, called; long line foul to right, strike two; ball one, outside; singled to left :enter with a liner. Goslin up—pitcher tries for first; strike '|one, called; strike two, called; ball one, wide; side out, flied to right. One run, one hit, no errors, one left on base. CARDINALS: "Martin up — ball one, high and inside; ball two, high; strike one, called; ball three, low and inside; strike two, called; ball four, high; Martin walked and took first. Rothrock up—pitch- er throws to first; strike one, call- ed; two out—Rothrock hit to pitch- er, Martin forced at second, pitcher to short; Rothrock doubeld at first, short to first. Frisch up—side out, flied to left. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base. Second Inning TIGERS: Rogell up—ball one, low; strike one, called; ball two, outside; strike two, called; ball three, inside; out, strike three, call- ed. Greenberg up—strike one, call- ed; strike two, fanned; ball one, very wide; ball two, wide and high; ball three, outside; singled off short’s glove. Owen up—strike one, called; out, pop fly to second. Fox up — ball one, low and outside; strike one, called; side out, pop fly to short behind second. No runs, one hit ,no errors, one left on base. CARDINALS: Medwick up— grounder foul past first, strike one; singled to short center with a liner. Collins up—foul tip, strike one; doubled to the screen in right, Medwick on third. Delancey up— ball one, high and outside; ball two, wide; ball three, low and wide; ball four, high; walked—Delancey on first filling the bases. Orsatti up—strike one, called; out, flied to left, Medwick scoring after the catch. Durocher up—foul tip, strike one; out, flied' to right in short right. Carleton up—foul fly to left field stands, strike one; ball one, (Continued ou Paqe lng!m DETROIT TAKES 'TODAY'S GAME WITH SLUGGING Contest Won When Five Runs Are Chalked Up in Eighth Inning DIZZY DEAN KNOCKED OUT, PINCH RUNNING Ball Bounces Off Cards’ Pitcher’s Head and Goes Twenty Feet in Air SHORT SCORE Tigers ........... Cardinals COMPOSITE SCORE (Four Games) R H E Tigers i 00 17 36 58 Cardinals .18 39 11 SCORE BY INNINGS TIGERS Runs Hits Errors CARDINAL Runs Hits Errors FIFTH GAME The next game of the World Series will be played at St Louis tomorrow (Sunday). ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.—The De- troit Tigers pelted five St Louis Cardinal pitchers sav- agely to win the fourth game of the World Series this after-' noon behind Elden Auker’s pitching, evening! the series count with two games for each National and American league’s pennant winners. One of the highlights of the game was the fourth inning rally of the Cardinals during which Dizzy Dean, was a pinch runner for a pinch hitter, Vir- gil Davis. Hit on Head Dean was hit on the head by a thrown ball from Rogell and knock- ed out. He was carried from the field, not badly hurt and revived quickly in the dressing room and demanded: ‘“Did they get the guy at first?” Dean had been forced at second. Rogell was trying to throw to first for a double play and popped Dean on the head. The ball bounced 20 feet into the air. Detroit Rallies Detroit rallied, with a 5 to 4 lead at the end of the seventh, and went on another scoring rampage in the eighth to score five more runs and make complete the rout of the Cardinals. The Tigers got 13 hits and made one error. The Cardinals got 10 hits and made five errors, three by Martin. Carleton Started St. Louis started Carelton who was succeeded by Vance, W. Walk- er, Haines and Mooney in suec- cession. After scoring one run in the sec~ ond inning, Detroit scored three in the third. St. Louis made one more tally in the third and Detroit put over an- other in the fourth. The score by innings completes the story, in- cluding the five run frame for Detroit. Ideal Day On ideal day greeted the teams as they took the field this after- noon before a crowd of 41,000 fans. A stiff wind was sweeping the park blowing from the northwest to the southeast which was an advantage for left handed batters. Elden Auker, who pitched the en- tire game for Mickey Cochrane's Tigers, won 15 games against 7 de- feats during the regular season. Manager Cochrane also rearrang- ed his batting order, dropping Greenberg to sixth place. Goslin moved up to fourth and Rogell to fifth pouuau D WESTWARD PACKER PUTS UP GOOD SALT SALMON PACK Ed Meredith, salt salmon pack- er at Port Graham, it is reported in the Seward Gateway, will pack between 300 and 400 barrels of fish this season. His fish are gill-net :aught, providing work for a group of Portlock and Port Graham na- tive fishermen,