The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1934, Page 1

‘JAPAN RESENTS D - X 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1934. MEMBER OF 'ASSOCIATED PRESS | PRICE TEN CENTS 5 REPUBLICANS T0 BE OPPOSED BY LABOR MEN American Federation Makes Direct Drive Against Reelections ‘DEFEAT OF ENEMIES’ NOW URGED IN PLEA Another Precedent Estab- lished in Organization’s Political Activity WASHINGTON, Oct. 18— The American Federation of Labor has opened a direct drive against the candidacies of five Republican stal- | warts seeking reelection to the United States Senate and establish- ing another precedent in its politi- | cal activity. The American Federation of La- bor has called upon organized La- bor to work for the defeat of the following Republicans: i Senator David A. Reed, of Penn- sylvania. Senator Frederic C. Walcott, of Connecticut. Senatoy Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio. Senator Henry D. Hatfield, of‘ ‘West Virginia. | Senatorial nominee Judge Bour- | quin of Montana. | The American Federation of La- | bor urged labor to support “our | friends and elect them and oppose | our enemies and defeat them.” ———,—— RUSSIANS OF | EARLY ALASKA ARE EULOGIZED Rev. Kashevaroff at C. of C. Luncheon—Alaskans Give Songs at Noon Prefacing his talk today at the‘ weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at Bailey's | Cafe, with the statement that he | was going to speak on a subject that “means much to me,” Rev.; A. P. Kashevaroff eulogized the courage and perseverance ‘of the early Russian explorers and pioneer | fur expeditions to Alaska. { “It is true that the American | pioneers in the gold rush perlod! endured many hardships in the | Alaska winters,” Rev. Kashevar- off said. “But the Russian pioneers required more courage to face the | hardships they did, with little or no equipment, ships made out of green wood hewn with axes and pegged together because of lack of iron.” i Speed Determination He explained that early Russian sailors believed that the speed of | their ships depended on the length of the rudders. The rudders on relatively small ships would fre- quently be ten feet long, and navi- gators would tell about how many times they would lengthen their | rudders to gain speed on a voyage. The speed in several recorded in- cidents, Father Kashevaroff said, was not more than three miles an hour. Numerous boats were of the Umiak type. Others were wooden with skins on the outside, he said. Oakum was not “available so rope was used for calking, and pitch | from trees in place of tar. Many of these crudely constructed boats opened up and sank with the first bad weather encountered. Of Fine Type “It is a mistake to call these early Russian explorers, renegades and convicts. The early expeditions were made by men of a fine type,” he said. “Later when Governors were ordered to dispatch expedi- tions they took all types of men available and naturally some were not of the best.” The gold taken out of Alaska has been incomparable with the wealth from the earlier fur expe- ditions, Rev. Kashevaroff said, and noted these statisties: Fur Expeditions “During a 58-year period, from 1745 to 1803, 82 vessels brought in 96,047 sea otters, 417,758 seals, 10,- 421 black fox, 15,147 cross fox, 14,- 961 red fox and 62,361 blue fox. “The Russian American Company from 1798 to 1823, during a pe- riod of 45 years, with 39 vessels (Continued on Page Two.) Wido zw_d Queen with Her Three Sons This the eldest of whom, Peter (left), King Alexander. Prince Andrew (Associated Press Photo) Ass: made this The youth, mobile in Marseille, King of Jugoslavia. Jugoslavia’s Schoo sin’s bullets which killed his father, King Alexander, and Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister, as they rede in an auto- s one of the few pictures of the widowed Queen Marie of Jugoslavia and her three sons, succeeds to the throne as a result of the assassination of his father, is sated on his mother's lap, and Prince Tonislau is at the right. lboy Iéulcr “HOUSING PLAN ~ PROPOSED NOW 'General Public Works Scheme to Go to Con- gress, President Says ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. — Ex- pansion of the slum clearance and | rural building activities are be- |ing figured on to carry out uie | Housing program, President Roose- velt has in mind, he told news- | men, and added that the Housing | plan is almost certain to be a part |of the general Public Works to be submitted to Congress. | The Housing operations consid- |ered are outside the scope of the | Federal Housing Act which aims to stimulate private building and repair work without direct Federal expenditures. | Officials said a considerable amount of direct Federal construc- tion is needed te round out the general Public Works program, now being drafted. The prime aim of 'this plan is to transfer persons from the relief rolls. 2 GHILDREN - ARE MISSING, 11-year-old boy, Peter, the new whe was named King under a re- Cogham, Surrey. (Asscciated Press geney a few hours afier his father’s death, has been attending an ; RES“LT RAIN exclusive English boys' schocl at phoio) MASTER MINDS ARE ARRESTED TURIN, Italy, Oct. 18.—Dr. Ante Pavelich and Egon Kvaternik, al- leged master minds behind the Marseille assassinations, have been arrested here. Both deny anv complicity. Nebraska Patch Yields Huge Tobacco Harvest GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 18. —The drought didn't prevent Charles Starr harvesting so much tobacco from a small patch here that he doesn’t know what to do with it all. Tobacco experts in Tennessee told him that the crop couldn't be rais- ed in Nebraska but his plants grew seven feet high and leaves meas- ured more than 20 inches in length. The patch was irrigated. He has leaves stored in his base- ment, in his garage and in an- other building on his property and still has some plants left from which to cut leaves. He can't find enough space in which to dry the leaves properly. Freak Weather Conditions Raises Havoc in Los Angeles | ASA KEYES S | ‘ | DEAD |N su T | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 18— Two children are missing, hun- | [ 'dreds of men and women are tem- porarily homeless, highways are BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Oct. 18, p155p0q by landslides and property —Asa Keyes, aged 57, former ace .., timated at least $100,000 | prosecutor and later District At- 1 g b aast ¢ torney, who was sent to prison for e A R e | 2 weath t] i vhich started | bribery in the Julian Petmleum'w;.h :rm‘?; g&:‘;e i ‘ | Corporation case, died today as the | ne freak weather included a |result of a paralytic stroke. | | mild tornado, thunder, lightrn b;;:ye.s served 19 months- on h‘s;han. snow, torrential rains and | bribery conviction. | waterspout. | G - | iOne Indian Boy Kills ; Ancther to Westward | Cordova, Alaska, Oct. 18.—Jos-| |eph F. Totemoff, aged 17 years,| |shot and killed Philip Toremoff, |aged 21, with a rifle shot at Ta- | titlek, Indian village near Ella- mar, according to advices received | here. No cause for the shooting is | given. | Brunette Gunwoman | | Taxis Give First Aid and Man in Holdup e | of Seattle Grocery STOCKHOLM—A taxi firm here S has provided all of its drivers with| SEATTLE, Oct. 18— A young first-aid equipment and instructed brunette gunwoman and a man them always to stop and render|companion, held up a grocery to- assistance immediately a street ac- day and escaped with $330. They cident occurs. | bound their vietims, SIX KNOWN DEAD LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18— SiX persons are dead and two children missing, all feared drowned, many are injured and hundreds have fled from their homes. This was revealed this afternoon as this vi- cinity took stock of the storm cre- ated by the wild display of the elements. BUNS ROAR, ONE MIGHTY DIRGE Body of Assassinated King Is Laid Away in Tomb in Native City TRUMPETERS SOUND THE FAREWELL TAPS Secret Service Agents Pro- tect Attending Mem- bers of Royalty BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Oct. 18. —The body of murdered King Alex- ander was placed near that of his lancestors in the Royal Memorial Chapel in his native city of Topolo as massed hundreds of thousands of mourners were held back by troops Spectators were not allowed to carry canes or umbrellas despite the rain. This was done as a pre- caution against any attempts that might be made on the lives of King Peter, King Carol and King Boris. Secret Service agents arrested many as they mingled among the crowd seeking firearms or bombs. Trumpeters sounded the farewell taps for the dead soldier-soveréign. Queen Marie took leave of her dead royal consort and the doors of the tomb were closed. Church bells throughout the country tolled as King Alexander was laid in the tomb which he recently completed. The bells mingled strangely with the heavy guns on land and sea hil#h voared out & mighty dirge. CONTACT WITH KIDNAPERS OF NEW YORK MAN Letter Received from Louis Esposito; Victim, by His Brother NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Contact has been established with the kid- napers of Louis Esposito, 23-year- old son of a wealthy junk dealer, according to report given out by a brother. The latter said only ac- cord as to the terms of the ran- som remains to assure release. ‘The contact was made in the form of a letter in Louis’s hand- writing assuring the youth’s well- being. Young Esposito was snatched in the Bronx last Monday evening and held for $20,000 ransom. — - DECLARES 0LD DAYS ARE HERE Anti-Saloon League Super- intendent Makes Report on His Observations WASHINGTON, Oct.18—F. Scott McBride, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, said that “everything that belonged to the old order of the saloon is coming back. I have not found a Gov- ernor in any of the 30 States I visited siuce the first of January, who openly defended the present liguor regime.” McBride declared that conditions are becoming such that one dis- tilery circularized ‘Brooklyn high school sorority girls “inviting them to a cocktail hour expiating on the delights of drink as the result of the growing interest in temperance work.” HAPP BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: Ralph Robertson 2 years naper’s Latest Vict Kentucky, oil man, who was kidnape noon of October 10 after being beaten over the head with an iron pipe, held for $50,000 ransom, and found by Depastment of Juslice Agents in Indiana last Tuesday afterncon and returned tc her home that evening. (International Hlustrated News phot. im { old, wife of a wealthy Louisviile, d from her home on the after- ONECLUEIN KIDNAP CASE IS REPORTED Auto of Thomas Robinson, Jr., Found—Grand Jury Called LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 18—A special grand jury to inquire into the kidnaping of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll has been ordered impaneled Saturday by Federal District Judge Charles Dawson. The order was is- sued on motion of District Attor- ney Thomas Sparks who announced he will demand the death penalty for Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., be- cause of injury to his vietim. Search for Kidnaper Meanwhile, in Springfield, Ohio, the police announced they found an auto in which Robinson fled from Indianapolis. He rented a room and paid for it a week in ad- vance with a $5 bill identified by the serial number as one of the ransom bills. Robinson slept in the room one night and said he was going downtown, but failed to re- turn, the landlady said. Woman Is Held Mrs. Robinson, who pleaded not guilty to the kidnaping conspiracy, is held under $50,000 bond. She demanded counsel services after a nervous night in which physicians were called to her cell twice. Mrs. Robinson smokes almost in- cessantly. Upon being jailed, officials re- vealed, she surrendered a paring knife when told she would be searched. Chicago police fear Robinson may fall a vietim of hoodlums becaust of the ransom money carried. It is said he would be a perfect vic- tim for hoodlums. e Woman Performer Is Killed in Sight of Audience ;Show Goes On NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Death rode on a tandem with Mary Lukin de Phil on a tight wire at the Roxy Theatre last night as her husband had just step- , ped forward on the stage to receive the plaudits of the audience for the double act. Mary rode a unicycle to the end of a wire to the platform and alighted. She missed her footing and fell with a thud to the stage floor and died as the result of a fractured skull. Six wemen in the audience fainted, men gasped and paled. Theodore ' Keaton Verne Solley Ingvald Sunderland . The curtain swung down and then up again a few minutes later and the show went on. Tells ‘of Autack by o ] | ito FENSE FOR ALASKA ADMIRAL SAYS ALEUTIANS ARE UNDER TREATY Area s Considered as “Re- stricted” — Statement Made by Yamamoto NAVAL LIMITATION PROPOSALS ARE UP Abolition of Present Ratio System Will Be Demand- ed at Conference LONDON, Oct. 18.—Admiral Iso- roku Yamamoto, Japanese delegate the Tri-Power Naval Conven- tion, said flatly today that Japan will demand abolition of the ratio system limiting naval armament and revealed that the Island Em- pire will seek -to ‘substitute a global tonnage basis. Proposal to Be Made The proposal will be made to representatives of the United States and Great Britain in the course of talks scheduled to start next week. The Americans, it has become known, suggest a substantial re- duction in the general naval arma- ment and renewal of treaties em- bodying the 3 ratios. British vs. Alaska | Admiral Yamamoto said Japan {is not alarmed at the strengthen- {ing of the British naval base at | Singapore as it feels Great Bri- itain’s action are entirely within their rights. The strengthening of the de- fenses on the Aleutians, Alaska, however, are not similarly re- garded. The Japanese Admiral indicated “this Aleutian area fis restricted area under an exist- ing treaty, so unless the treaty is revised or terminated, I do not believe the United States would undertake to fortify them.” U. S. LIMITATION PLAN LONDON, Oct. 18.—The belief is growing in American quarters here that Japan may acept the naval limitations plan, somewhat similar | | 1 i | | it i I R Mrs, Fowler Woolet, 24, maid in the Stoll home, telling a re- porter of the ruthless manner in which the kidnaper beat the victim, Mrs. Berry V. Stoll Mrs. Woolet, herself, was bound and gagged by the Kkidnapes. (International Illustrated News photo) STABILIZATION FUND AT WORK CREATMYSTERY to present ratios, if she gets two oncessions. These two concessions are tonnage quality in “princi| w and replacement of the term tio” by one less offensive indicating relative strength. ., Ta= to her, PRESIDENT AND BUSINESS ARE GETTING CLOSE New Signs Are Seen at White House — Harri- man Makes Address WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Efforts to bury the hatchet that gleamed in several exchanges between Presi- dent Roosevelt and some business leaders are becoming apparent witi new signs at the White House. Some spokesmen for business are |finding a more common ground in their approach on certain recovery problems. This was underscored when it became ci that the President's intentibns on rural housing bear marked resemblances to the views |of President Henry I. Harriman of |the United States Chamber of Com~ merce. Much Talk Centers Around Activities But Only Conjectures Result By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.— Those who watched foreign exchange quo- ons during the last few weeks one of the big mysteries of v deal” venturing cautious- to the open. It was the two billion dollar sta- | bilization fund set up when the | government revalued the gold dol- r early in January of this year. When this fund was created was one of the most talked For Weeks it was one of prineipal topies of discussion Newspapers devoted columns of speculation as to how it would be | used. Then suddenly it dropped com- aw the ly out it of ings. (Continued on P;ie Seven) Ideas Consolidated { President Roosevelt's plans for home building in rural communities |fits into President Harriman's ideas | for decentralization of industry de- |seribed as aimed to-get people off the relief rolls. | President Harriman, | i (uvonninued on Page Two) in an ad- POST, GROSSON GET BROWNIES, - HUNTING PARTY - 1 | “CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. 18— | Wiley Post, round the world avia- I tor, and Alaskan Pilot Joe Crosson, |of Fairbanks, have returned here from a bear hunt below Katalla, They brought two brownies with them as the result of the hunt.