The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 19, 1934, Page 1

s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6784. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE Th\l CENTS THANE PROPERTY SOLD TODAY TO A.J. WAR VETERANS ARE GWEN WARNING PRESENT IS NOT TIME FOR CASH BONUS PAYMENT President Roosevelt Ex- plains Administration’s Views in Speech DISABLED, SICK TO GET BEST TREATMENT Under Privileged - *‘Forgot- ten” Mentioned—Pol- icy Is Made Clear ROANOKE, Virginia, Oct. 19.— ‘Without mentioning the bonus, President Roosevelt told the Na- tion’s War Veterans they are bet- ter off than any other great group of citizens and called to their at- tention the needs of the under privileged “forgotten” in every lo- cality. Dedicating the new Veterans’ Hospital here, President Roosevelt pledged anew the Administration’s policy that the “disabled and sick veterans should be accorded the best treatment which medical and surgical science can supply.” Plain Warning With the American Legion Na- tional Convention at Miami only a few days off, the President’s re- marks are plainly a warning the Government is in no position to pay a cash bonus at this time. “It must remain our constant objective to eliminate the causes of depression and drags on pros- perity and it will cost money to do it,” the President said. Assurance to Business At the same time, the President gave assurance to business and fi- nancial circles with the statement that “in the spending of this money we must have due regard for the good credit of the Gov- ernment of the United States. That means we cannot spend at once or in any even year all we could usefully spend.” Country Better Off The President said he agreed with those who feel the country ‘“‘distinctly better off from a material point of view than last year. There are other people who fail to think of things and forget one cause for depression, which we are beginning to leave behind, was the very existence of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who have been and will continue to be, a definite drag against the return of prosperity.” The Veterans' hospital, near here, comprises 16 buildings and is the latest of a series of neu- ropsychiaric institutions which the Veterans' Bureau has established since the World War. —_———— PRESIDENT T0 MAKE NATIONAL APPEAL MONDAY is Will Ask Help for Local|™* Organizations in Caring for Needy Ones WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—An ap- peal to the Nation to help local charitable organizations to care for the needy will be broadcast next Monday night by President Roose- velt who will participate in the program arranged by the commit- tee of 1934 in mobilization for human needs. The program will start at 10:30 o'clock Eastern Standard Time. The broadcasting company said the program will be carried to all avail- able stations of their network. The program will include a num- ber of other speakers and music will be given by the Chicago Sym- phony orchestra. —— .. FAIR NIMROD KILLS COYOTE Mrs. Michael Glynn, who lives near the schooner bend bridge in the Seward section is rated a dead rifle shot and ardent hunter. She recently surprised her husband by killing a coyote that had been giving trouble in the neighbor- hood in one clean shot at long range. e Public Works Funds Are Alloted for First Work at Nome WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — Public Works funds were al- loted yesterday for repair and recondition of public buildings damaged in the recent fire at Nome, Alaska. The allotments are $5,500 to reconstruct buildings housing the Federal Court, United States Marshal, and $1,500 for Indian Office building repairs and installation of a heating plant. ROOSEVELT IS MAKING TRIP INTO VIRGINIA Attends Dedication, then Receives College Honorary Degree—Then Home WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Dress- ed in a light blue suit, President Roosevelt left in a one-car special train today for Roanake, Virginia, to attend the dedication of the new Veterans’ Hospital, near there. He was accompanied by Postmaster General James A. Farley, Mrs. Farley, Emil Hurja, Executive Di- rector of the Democratic National Committee, Secretary Early and Admiral and Mrs. Grayson. From Roanoke he goes to Will- iamsburg tonight. There he and Gov. George C. Peery, of Virginia will receive honorary degrecs from William and Mary College tomor- TOoW. The President will make an ad- dress at the dedication, brief one at Williamsburg, then drive to Yorktown and board the yacht Sequoia for the trip back to Wash- ington. - e AGENTS OF U. S, ARMS CONCERNS ARE IN DANGER Some South American Countries Will Not Guar- antee Their Safety WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Warn- ing that American munitions sales- men risk death in scouting for business in some South American countries have reached the Senate Munitions investigating committee. Stephen Reushenbush, Chief in- vestigator for the committee, whose revelations have caused a stir in South America, warned of the tense situation in some of the countries. He said investigators had private reports that the “safe- ty of agents of American arms companies will not be protected in South America following the ex- pose of their way of doing busi- MORE RANSOM MONEY FOUND, KIDNAP CASE NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 19.— With the finding near Wartburg, Tenn., of two $5 bills bearing the ransom money serial numbers, there is a possibility that Thomas H. Robinson Jr., kidnapped by Mrs. Harry V. Stoll, of Louisville, is heading for his home here. Robinson, Sr. has been released on a $25,000 bond, pending a hear- ing with his connection with the abduction, securing the ransom money and giving it to Mrs. Rob- inson, Jr. The latter is still in Jail. e ART SHONBECK BACK HOME After a short business and vaca- tion trip spent in Fairbanks, Art Shonbeck, prominent Anchorage business man and Matanuska farm- er, left for his home recently. STABILIZATION FUND IS NINETY PER CENT INTACT Money Is Not Spent for Purposes Other than it Was Intended WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(Copy- right by American Press, 1934). The Treasury’s two billion dollar stabilization fund is 9 percent in- tact. ‘That fact was learned yester- day, scotching frequent reports and rumors that the money is being used in dealings in Govern- ment bonds, silver and foreign ex- change on a scale much larger than now shown to have been{ possible. 1 The fund was created when 40/ percent devaluation of the dollar, | early this year, ‘profit” of about two billion eight hundred and twelve million dollars to the Government. Secretary of Treasury Morgen- thau has the power to use the fund in any necessary transaction necessary for stabilization of the dollar. No indication is shown that the purpose other than stabilizing ex- change. CONFIDENCE IN DOLLAR OF U. S, Avoidance ?Further In- flation Commented on by Wall Streeters NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Avoid- ance of serious inflation in the United States, say a number of Wall Street authorities, depends on the ability of business recov- ery to catch up with the Gov- ernment spending. In these quarters uneasiness over further devaluation of the dollar over silver or any new monetary experimentation is largely subsid- ing. Confidence in Dollar Wall Street authorities have confidence in the dollar for the near future, at least. In the long run, they say, continued large deficits that may have to be ex- pended, will have inflationary ef- fects as they had in various coun- tries in the past. Employment is Good Opinions differ as to how long these deficits may continue, but if economic history teaches anything, some economists point out, a day of reckoning must eventually come, therefore the crux of the problem of keeping the d8llar sound, according to this analysis, is restoring employment. STOCK MARKET TRADING DULL Few Issues_STxow Inclina- tion to Move—Metals Go Into Decline NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Extreme dullness ruled the stock market today and only a few issues ex- hibited any disposition to move very far in any direction. : Packing issues firmed moderate- ly. Metals went into a decline. The Exchange closed irregular. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock’ today is 18%, American Can 103, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 11, Armour com- mon 6%, Bethlehem Steel 28%, Calumet and Hecla 3%, Curtiss- Wright 2%, General Motors 29%, International Harvester 34%, Ken- brought about a | fund has been employed for any | INDIGATED NOW Juneau Woman Elected Officer, at Yakima, to Women’s Synodical Soc. YAKIMA, Wash,, Oct. 19.—Mrs. J. F. Farquar, of Spokane, has been elected President of the Women's Synodical Society at a meeting held here yesterday. Other offi- cers chosen included Mrs. David ‘Waggoner, of Juneau, Alaska. e RECENT ARRIVAL FOUND DEAD IN NINTH ST. CABIN ;o Haley?iscovered on Bedroom Floor by Tom McMullen, Landlord J. A. Haley, recent arrival in Juneau was found dead in a cabin on Ninth Street, about 5:30 o'clock | yesterday afternoon by Tom Me- Mullen, from whom he had rented the cabin. Mr. McMullen immed~ iately called Deputy U. S. Mar- shal Nate Hardy who with Chief |of Police C. J. Davis went to the scene. There was no indication of what might have caused the death of the man, said to be about 35 years of age. He was found lying on the bedroom floor, and gave the appearance of being peacefully asleep, the officers said. U. 8. Commissioner J. F, Mulich was Ccalled” by the officers and the remains were taken to the Juneau- Young Mortuary. From the condi- tion of the body, it is thought that he had been dead about two days. Haley is said to have been in Juneau at various times for some- time and to have arrived on his present stay about three months ago. His home is given at Port- age, Pennsylvania, Mr. McMullen said that as he had not seen the young man for a couple of days, he dropped by the cabin and knocked on the back |door. Receiving no response, he turned the knob and found the door unlocked. When he entered he saw the body lying on the bed- room floor and telephoned Deputy ’Marshal Hardy. — THOUSANDS ARE DEFENDANTS IN ALLEGED FRAUD First Suit FE to Prevent Alleged Illegal Vot- ing, California LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 19— A suit naming 24,136 defendants charged with registering to vote without legal right to do so, has been filed in the Superior Court by Deputy State Attorney General James S. Howie. It is the first suit to attempt to prevent allegedly illegally regis- tered persons participating in the November elections. Howie sald others will be filed which will probably bring the list of defendants to 100,000. It is charged that those named defendants are persons falsely reg= istering to vote, either from vacant, lots, rooming houses or apartment stores. Some are charged w us- ing the names of even dead Dper- sons. No charges have been made sug- gesting any particular influence or group behind the wholesa trations, branded as frauduler The case is set for hearing October 24. EMPLOYMENT BETTER NOW—= A de- WABH]NO‘ION, Oct. 19 cline in employment du last month bringing it to tober, 1931, level is reported tos day by Secretary of Labor Perkins. necott 17%, United States Steel 33%, Pound, $495, Briggs Manu- facturing 17%. The report said had the textile strike not occured employment would have increased by 116,000. PROBATION FOR FOUR, CONVICTED ALASKA PEONAGE Sentences Have Been Re- duced in Case of Mayers and Young and Lopez SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 19. Upon recommendation of the State Labor Commissioner, four men convicted in connection with the so-called Alaska Fisheries peon- age cases have been given proba- tion and reduced sentences. Emil P. Mayer and Samuel Young, sentenced to two years at San Quentin for violating the la- bor laws, were given two “years probation and sentenced to six months in the county jail. Arthur Mayer, son of Emil May- er, was placed on two years pro- bation, given 30 days in the county jail. Arthur Johnson, representing the State Labor Commissioner, told the court the men had made restitu- tion in the amount of $19,000 and taken steps to improve working conditions in the Alaska Fisheries. The four men were convicted of charging men large sums through devices for securing jobs in Al- askan canneries, RICH ARE TOLD THEIR PROFITS)- MUST BE SHARED Warning Giv:x— by College Head—Goverment May May Act or Mobs Will WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — The Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, prom- inent Jesuit, and Vice-President of the Georgetown University, speak- ing to the Student Assembly at the American University, warned the rich to share their profits “more equitably” or their wealth will be seized. If they shirk to clear their social responsibility one of two things will happen, Dr. Walsh said, “either the Govern- ment will be obliged to conscript their wealth under a general wel- fare clause, or mobs will rudely confiscate it.” Continuing Dr. Walsh said: “The new conception of social justice is now maturing in the minds of men and this will increasingly de- mand a more equitable distribution of the fruits of industry’s net income, resulting, as it does, from joint action. This net income must be spread so as to promote the common good of society and not be selfishly monopolized by one of the partners e FORWARD STEP GENERAL TRADE NEW YORK Oct. 19.—The weekly review of Dun-Bradstreet, Inc. said today that the first vig- orous forward step of the fall season has been recorded this week in: general trade movements. — .. IS FOUND GUILTY ‘At the Ketchikan session of the District Court, Carl Johnson was found guilty on fourtteen counts of a statutory nature. The pass- 8- 1ing of sentence has been deferred for a later date. The case was On}heard behind closed doors owing to its. nature. HAPPY = BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their the | birthday anniversary, to the follow- Oc-|ing: OCTOBER 19. J. P. STATTER. ALBERT PETERSON. GEORGE A. BACON. while Innocencio Lopez was | Mrs. Marshall Field, wife of Chicago’s merchant prince, and Edward VII of England whose pi { a divorce from Field in Reno in unln WORK - RELIEF IS ANSWER T0 UNEMPLOYMENT FERA Officials Claim Sys- tem Maintains Better Morale than Doles WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Work- relief will likely be one Govern- ment answer to so-called perma- nent unemployment. This became clear when officials disclosed they were testing various methods of work-relief from one end of the country to another. A survey showed that one million and three quarter persons, most of them heads of families, are working for relief payments. Many experts gave a warning that the country must expect to have a large body of jobless people for years to come. They claim the dole is cheaper than work- relief but FERA officials say the practice of making jobs for un- employed maintains the morale better besides producing public improvements and goods. KIDNAPED MAN RETURNS HOME NEW YORK, Oct. 19. — Louis Esposito, 23 year qld son wealthy junk dealer, kidnaped last Monday night and for whom a ransom of $20,000 was demanded has returned home. He refused to see the police. His father said no ransom was paid. MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD SUNDAY Memorial services for the late King Alexander of Jugoslavia will| be held at the Serbian Church in Douglas on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, it was announced today by Charles Miller, President of the Serbian Church Society. The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff will deliver an address and all members of the church and others, who so desire, are urged to attend KLEM HOLDS RECORD NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Bill Klem, National league umpire, has served in 16 world series—nine other than any other active umpire. knowledged by her attorneys, is to cbtain a divorce. the widow of Dudley Coats, member of the great English spinning family, and a close friend of the Prince of Wales, and is the daugh- ter of Mrs. Willie James, once a brilliant figure in the court of King Edward. Field's first wife, Evelyn Marshall, of New York, won of 2l FOR KING ALEXANDER| eks DI vorce Marshall Field III, grandscn of a ged-daughter of the late King resence in Reno, Nev, it was ac- Mrs. Field is 1930. Two weeks later he married Their honeymoon was spent huntmg wild game in Africa. PETERSON MINE OVER ON LEASE Holland M;;in—g Company Makes Deal—Papers Signed by Holland Final papers were signed today whereby the Peterson mining prop- erty above Pearl Harbor, some 24 | miles north and west of Juneau, was Mining lease. Mrs. Marie W. Peterson, Mrs. Irma M. Olson and Charles Olson are the owners of this gold prop- | erty, which was operated success- fully for many years on a smali scale by the Peterson family. Capt. John C. Holland, local mining engineer, heads the Hol- land Mining Company and has some of his California friends as- sociated with him in this enter- prise. Work is expected to start on the Peterson property within the next ten days. Capt. Holland is president of the Holland-Alaska Gold Company, now operating the Holland-Alaska property at Her- bert Glacier, where a crew of men has been busily engaged in the preliminary work for the last two months, M. D. WILLIAMS BACK FROM INSPECTION | TRIP TO KETCHIKAN M. D. Williams, District En- gineer for the United "States Bu- reau of Public Roads.returned on the bureau boat Highway, Capt. | Nels Rogne,” from @a. two weeks' inspection trip to Ketchikan and Petersburg. In Ketchikan, Mr. Williams in- spected the season's contract work which was recently completed and looked over:some work being done |by the B. P. R. with day labor consisting of the widening of a short section of road at Ward's Cove. On the way north he spent a short time in Petersburg where a contract has been let for the grad- ing and surfacing of about three and one-half miles over a section on which clearing and grubbing was completed last summer by day labor forces of the bureau. About 35 men are new employed on this work which is weil underway, Mr. Williams said. Considerable heavy equipment, including a steam PROPERTY TAKEN turned over to the Holland | Company on a long-term | | | | property was STOCKHOLDERS OFAM. &P.CO, APPROVE SALE Special Meeting in New York Ratifies Action of Directors ANNOUNCEMENT OF PURCHASE 1S MADE Local Mining Company Se- cures Possession of All Gastineau Holdings NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (Special to The Empire) —The stockholders of the Alaska Mining and Power Company have approved of the sale of the Thane property to the Al- aska Juneau Comwany, it was learned here this afternoon. A special meeting of the stockholders was held in the offices of Hayden, Stone and Company, investment brokers, at 25 Broad Street. The meeting was called at 11 o’clock this forenoon and it is understood it Jasted one hour. Holders of 25563 shares of Alaska Mining and Power Com- pany stock were represented at the special meeting today, either personally or by proxy. No representatives of the Alaska Juneau Company were present. The directors of the Alaska Mining and Power Company immediately authorized the distributicn of 84,703 shares of the Alaska Juneau Company's stock, the purchase price, ac- cording to Raymond R. Hindle, head of the Corporation De- partment of Hayden, Stone and Company. APPROVAL OF DIRECTORS The directors of the Alaska Min- |ing and Power Company, at a re= cent meeting, approved of the of= fer of the Alaska Juneau Com= pany to the purchase of the Thane property formerly known as the Alaska Gastineau Gold Mining Company. This approval was sub= Jject to the stockholders and a spec- ial meeting was called for today. A previous offer of the Alaska Juneau Company to purchase the rejected several months ago. The sale approved today includes the Mining and Power Company’s physical properties in- cluding the power rights. Alaska Mining and Power Com- pany has been providing electrical power in Juneau since 1924. The company also owns a large body of low-grade ore contiguous to Al- aska Juneau property. BUSINESS MEN URGED TO BACK ADMINISTRATION Declares Nation’s Recovery Depends Upon Reac- tion of Industry CHICAGO, Ill., Oct. 19.—Arthur D. Whiteside, member of the New Industrial Recovery Board, and President of Dun-Bradstreet, Ine., asserted that much of the nation's recovery depended upon the reac- tion of industry during the next few months. Whiteside urged businessmen to get behind the Administration. The urge was made in an ad- dress before the annual meeting of the American Institution of Aec= countants. Whiteside reiterated belief that NRA would retain its dominate po- sition in the economic pattern” of the Nation. ., < ORE FROM MOOSE PASS Preparations are on the way for a shipment of a few tons of ore from the Slater lode claims on Frenchy Creek in the Moose Pass country, by Benson and Anderson shovel, is being used for this work.'who are working the claim there,