The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 29, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6792. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | THREE NATIONS NEAR CRISIS, BATTLESHIP STRENGTH RUSSIA SHIPS ORE, BEARING 80LD, TO . §. Five Thousand Tons from| Soviet Union Reaches Tacoma Smelter PURCHASING POWER IS TO BE INCREASED Indications Are for Early, Settlement of Old Debt Question NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—The Sov- iet Union is sending large quanti- ties of gold bearing ore to Ameri- can smelting plants to increase its purchasing power in the Unized( States. Some 18,000 tons have already been consigned and many thou- | sands more tons under the present plans will be shipped i 1935. The gold will be turned over to| the United States mint and the dollars received will be deposited in New York banks. Ore at Tacoma The Norwegian freighter Leise| Maersk docked Saturday at Ta-| coma with 5000 tons for the smelter there. Ten thousand more ) ¥ J iirwlifily”%Walker— de:iy Latest photo of Jimmy Walker, New York’s erstwhile_dappgr, wise- cracking mayor, shows him in his exile in England, chatting with Mack GOVERNOR TROY " PREDICTS MAIL BY AIREH(]RTI.Y! Salmon Pack Greatest in History, Gold Produc- tion Increasing SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—Gov. John W. Troy has arrived here from Al- aska gnd said the Territory will have the greatest salmon pack in its history, worth about $40,000,000. The Governor said the gold ship- ments will be greater than last year by $11,000000 and they will be greater next year. The Governor forecast a regu- lar airmail service between Se- attle and Alaska by the first of ‘the year. S e GREAT PROJECT IS OPENED BY SECRETARY INT, Ickes Calls Hetch Hetchy Development Real about 7,300,000 cases gamn [ — N were tnrown higher than the two-story nouses along Beach Drive in the west section of HSeattle when a 70-mile-an-hour wind churned-up Puget Sound, Sunday, October 21. This graphic photo- graph shows the fury of the gale as it hurled the seas against the battered seawalls, tessing the waves The storm caused at least 17 deaths in Washington and Oregon and spray high above the houses. and blew down many buildings and wrecked large | “§t0rm Hurls S as A T and small beats all t Seattle Homes SRR SRR ike. (Associated Press photo) | | | among AGREEMENT ON NAVY LIMITS 1S FAR AWAY Japan, Great Britain and United States Not Even Near Any Accord PLEA CF JAPANESE FALLS ON DEAF EARS Chances of Constructive Work in 1935 Seem About Be Ruined LONDON, Oct. 20.—The end last | Saturday night of a fortnight of talk about ways to limit navies, has apparently left the agreement Japan, Great Britain and the United States as far away as ever. A spokesman of one of the dele- gations went so far as to assert | that the task of reconciling the widely divergent views of the na- tions involved, seemed hopeless. Japan's demands for equality of defense armaments ‘‘in principle” and for the reduction or abolition of capital ships, fell on deaf ears. In naval circles, the opinion is voiced that endless controversy and BTACOMANS | complete stalemate would be cer- B izes i oat Capsizes in Storm Sennett (left), movie producer, concerning picture in which Betty Comp- AN gl g r A ton Walker (center) will appear. tons will reach the Tacoma Smel- ter within the next two or three Conservation weeks, Some 3,000 tons were un-| loaded about ten days ago. | The Solviet Government received | about $1,700,000 for smelted gold Last year the Soviet Govern- | ment shipped about $13,000,000 | worth of such ore abroad, mostly! to Germany and England, to be‘ used in purchases in those cuun-‘ tries. H First Shipments to U. S. i This is the first time such ship- ments have been made fto this country and was allowed by an| order of Secretary of Treasuryi Morgenthau last January, lifting | restrictions on importing assayed Soviet gold. | The ore is nonferrous residue containing large quantities of gold,“ Although the Soviet Union is now | the second largest producer of gold, ! plants are not able to handle thi slag and it is piled up to the ex-/ tent of hundreds of thousands of tons in recent years. I While Soviet officials refrained | from discussing the gold ore ship- ments to the United States, it is| believed such increases in pur- chasing power is in anticipation of an early settlement of the Soviet- American debt question. REVOLUTION I PREDICTED IN | MEX, REPUBLIC Newspapers Claim Rebel- lion Is Coming in Political Circles MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26.—Open! predictions of a repetition of the Cristero rebellion of 1926 is ad- vanced with indications that the Catholic church as a political question is headed toward a crisis. | Newspapers said that there is no doubt the Catholics are now | preparing for just such a rebellion, and the warning given that “no one shoud be surprised if after each sacrifice, * revolution would pay a dearer price for victory. By this time the directors of the Mexican clergy should know that they are playing their last card and that the end of their adven- ture would result in a definite and firm revolutionary triumph.” LETTER INVESTIGATED MEXICO CITY, Oct. 29.— The Department of Interior has con- ducted an investigation into the authenticity of an alleged inter- cepted letter designed to prove the Catholics of this country. are at- tempting to draw President Reose- velt into the Mexican Church con- 'CACTUS JACK CARNER KEEPS HIS HANDS OFF Refuses Invitation to Visit Washington—New Deal Siluatiqn Is 0. K. By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHNGTON, Oct. [ litical “dog days” wc somewhat by word from i House that President Roosevelt had invited Jack Garner to quit his hunting and fishing in the Chaparral country of Texas and come to Washington for a confer- ence on the future of the Deal.” The time set for the meeting was the latter part of September. { The President was represented as being eager to take advantage oOf the Vice-President’s political judg- ment and experience in charting the Administration’s future poli- cies. September has come and gone and “Cactus Jack” is still taking it easy in his home in Uvalde. And therein lies a story. Garner personally cancelled his proposed trip to Washington. A few days prior to his scheduled meeting with Mr. wrote the President from Texas that the affairs of state were pro- gressing so satisfactorily under his direction that he saw no need for him coming to Washington. Mr. Roosevelt didn't in Garner will stay at home. AMONG FIRST TC LEAVE Garner always has had an aver- sion to Washington when Congress is not in session. In his more than 30 years experience around the Capital almost invariably he is among the first to get out of town when Congress adjourns and the last to return for a new session. He has been know to reach ‘Washington as the morning of the day he called the house to order as speaker at noon. Usually nothing short of a national emergency has been able to persuade him to leave his home in Texas and return to Washing- ton. Garner’s failure to keep his date with the President, however, does not mean in any sense, say those on the inside here, that his place in the esteem and affection of Mr. Roosevelt has lessened. He still oc- cupies a vital position in the “new deal.” HAD IMPORTANT ROLE His part in the future caurse of troversy. The letter 'has been printed in a newspaper. The newspaper said the letter was received by a person called “Sophie” in Washington, D. C. “Sophie,” says the newspaper, con- ferred with Catholic leaders in the United States and sought their support “to impress the President against the cause of the people of Mexico.” the Administration is expected to be just as conspicuous, if not more so, than it was in the last Congress. The po- “New | | Roosevelt he | late as 8 o'clock | Eskimo from Alaska Proves SEATTLE, Oct. 29.— Three weeks ago, John Dull, 17-year- old Eckimo, from Bethel, Alas- ka, had never talked Gver a | tclephone, seen a motion pic+ " ture or riddén ifi an elevator. Friday he made a solo flight in an airplane after only one heur and twenty-six minutes in air instruction. Inctructor Leonard Peterson said: “He iz a natural flier. T regard his record as remark- able.” ~* e .FIRE AT EMPIRE SUNDAY AFTERNOON | CAUSES DAMAGES i | A blaze originating in the fur- | nace room and reaching into the | girders and underpinnings of The Empire building gave the Juneau Fire Department a two-hour stub- 'born fight yesterday afternoon, wlstarung at about 2 o'elock. | An accurate estimate of the dam- age had not been completed at a {late hour this afternoon..In addi- |tion to the structural damage con- | eiderable equipment, linotype mat- | rices, magazines, composing room lequipment and paper stock were damaged. The main electrical wiring to the mechanical equipment was burned out. However while part of the Ju- neau Fire Department, which had | been called back a second time to {overcame smouldering girders well {under the building, workment from the Alaska Electric Light and pow- er company were arranging tem- porary electrical hook-ups that would permit the publishing of The Empire Monday. 1 All of the Empire staff were present shortly after the fire broke lout and as soon as it was under jcontrol went to work with other | extra helpers cleaning up the deb- lris. and drying off presses, machin- ery, casting metal, and generally getting things in temporary shape, so that publication could take | place today. K Heavy smoke poured through all parts of The Empire Building in- cluding the apartments, this heavy smoke making the work of the firemen difficult and necessitating the use of smoke-masks by all who attempted to get into the com- posing and stock rooms. In several places flames had broken through to the second floor of the building, and it is obviously certain that if it had not been for the quick work of the department the building would have ignited. Ray G. Day was in The Empire ,office when the fire started, and Art Bringdale was just coming into the shop when he noticed the |fire from the outside and turned ;m the alarm. e i s e It was apparent to everyone, long | before the last session came to close, that Garner as Vice-Presi- dent played a more vital role in the administration than had any " (Continued on Page Two) a | J. F. Statter, Chief Deputy U. S. | Marshal, returned on the North- |land from Ketchikan where he had | been for some time on work in con+ | nection with the recent term of |Court in that city. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.—This city’'s new one hundred million jollar Hetch Hetchy municipal wvater project was formally opened Sunday with Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, the principal speaker. The Secretary characterized the jevelopment as real conservation of aatural resources. The water comes from the surs plus -of ‘the Yosemite .National Park, 150 miles away. The project took 20 years build. RFC NOT TO LEND MONEY "FOR MINING Desires to Avoid Making Loans for Promotion or Prospecting to WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—The Re- construction Finance Corporation is not at present considering pro- posals to liberalize its requirements for mining loans. The RFC has ruled it will lend money only when it is proved that an undeveloped body of ore is of sufficient value so that it could be pledged as security. The RFC desires to avoid mak- ing loans which might be for mining promotion or prospecting. CAMPAIGN IN WASH. STATE IS STRENUOUS Wheeler M;fiid Schwel- lenbach—Borah May Help Odlin SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—Party lead- ers are prepared for a strenuous week of campaigning with election only a little over a week away. Democratic nominee Lewis - B. Schwellenbach, for United States Senator, has been encouraged by a telegram from James A. Farley, also by a promise from Senator Wheeler, of Montana, to speak in Spokane on the same platform with Schwellenbach. The Republicans hope Senator William E. Borah will make one or two addresses in the state In the interest of the election of nominee Reno Odlin, for United States Senator. - Lightning Strikes Twice WINCHESTER, Va. — Lightning | struck the home of Mrs. Tomas S. Crockett here and plunged the resi- dence into darkness, although no serious damage was done. About the same time a bolt struck on an- other farm she owned some distance away and killed two horses 1 The arrow marks the spot “where the S e gl e W e ! Illegal Transfer of Funds,!, | stern-wheeler Harvester, which plied between Seattle and Mount Vernon, was sunk in the terrific wind storm Sunday, October 21. The arrow points to the keel, partly submerged. The boat was turned over when #he Presi- dent Madison (right) tore loose from a dock and jammed the Har- vester. Her crew of 20 leaped to safety aboard nearby barges. The North Haven (left) and the tug Roosevelt also were damaged as they pounded against the side of the ship. (Associated Press photo) WILL RELEASE ROBINSON, SR., KIDNAP GHARGE . S. Commissioner Re- fuses to Permit Trans- | fer to Louisville | NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 29.—| LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 20— |out at Wednesday midnight in a| United States Commissioner Julian |UPton Sinclair made public Sun- Campbell has ruled that Thomas | day telegrams asking a Congress- stoll. nds there uaping of Mrs. Berry V. The Commissioner con! H. Robinson, Sr., may not be re-|ional investigation into what he moved to Louisville for trial on ¢harged was “false propaganda in charge linking him with the kid- motion pictures.” | The telegrams were addressed to United States Senator David CHARGES MADE BY SINGLAIR IN CAMPAIG Investigation 1s Demanded —Telegrams Sent to | Congressmen L) |tain to result in the conversations |among the three great powers, and | that unless Nippon modified - her GRAND JURORS Conspiracy to Defraud | Are Charges | TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 20.—~Eight | persons, including Auditor C. H. | Renschler, have been arrested on | indictments returned by the Coun- {ty Grand Jury and all were re- |leased on $1,000 bail on each count Renschler is charged with illegal | | transfer of funds. [ | County Commissioners R. Lester | Kelly and Cal Guthrie are charged | | with illegal transfer of funds and| conspiracy to defraud the county. | John Murphy is charged on two | counts - with conspiracy and il-| legal transfer of funds. ! ‘The counts grew out of a deal | | for the repairing of a boiler at | the County Sanitarium. ! Alfred Davis, President; Kenneth Burnham, Vice-President; Frank Bampton, Secretary of the Pacific| Fuel company that supplied the County Welfare Department with | . wood and John Horjes, of the Am- | , erican Steam Plumbing and Sup- ,ply Company, were indicted on| ! conspiracy charges. } B CHICAGO FAR IS T0 CLOSE - ON WEDNESDAY City-wide Demo nstration| Will Take Place—En- terprise Is Success CHICAGO, IIl, Oct. 29. The World’s Fair is nearing the close with success written all over the great enterprise. Belated vistiors pushed the at- tendance Saturday and Sunday to nearly half a million, a new week- | end record. | | With schools and city offices!| \closing at noon next Wednesday, the huge exposition promises to go| burst of glory. A city-wide demonstration is| prepared for the closing day. —— -, 'NEW DIESEL PLANT FOiI ' CORDOVA UTILITIES | position, a general disagreement among the three delegations would absolutely ruin the chances of any constructive work at the 1935 naval conference. A downfall of the entire princi- e of naval equality established by the Washington treaty is also WRITES FINIS T0 ALL TALK OF DISARMAMENT Mussolini Sets in Motion His Scheme for “Mili- tavistic Italy” ROME, Oct. 20.—The last echo of the disarmament talk died out when Premier Benito Mussolini, re- splendent in the uniform of the Fascist warrior, set in motion ma- chinery to make Italy a “mili- taristic” nation. Every male between eight years and 33 years will be trained as to the use of arms under the motto ' “Back to the Glory of the Caesers and Revival of Sparta.” —— . 1S FIGHTING STORM 1500 FEET IN AIR Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Off from Suva for Hono- lulu, to Oakland, Cal. BULLETIN — HONOLULU, Oct. 29.—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landed at the Army air- base here today after covering the jump from Suva in 25 hours and 5 minutes, after an all days and night flight cut- ting both equator and inter- national date lines. Witnesses hung leis about the neck of Smith and his navigator as they tumbled from the cock- pit, cramped and weary. Smith said he will probably take off for Los Angeles tomorrow. He had gascline left for two and one-half hours more flying. even suspicion of his guilt. said he would let the be discharged. believe He defendant is no fact to reasonably The Justice Department is to ap- peal from the Commissioner’s rul- ing. TRIAL POSTPONED | LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 29.—The | trial of Mrs. Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., has been continued until De- cember 3 to permit further ef- forts to bring Robinson, Sr., here for trial with her. Walsh, of Massachusetts; Congress- | man Wright Patman, of Texas, and | Will Hays, head of the Moticy Picture Producers and Distributors. Sinclair charges popaganda is being used against him but point- ed out that it might be used against anyone. -ee NEGRESS DEMENTED U. 8. Commisgioner George W Albrecht of Fairbanks committed Mrs. Cecil Baldwin, a negress, who has been adjudged insane to the asylum at Morningside, Ore. With a forty by forty-five foot extension to the Alaska Public Utilities power house at Cordova, preparations are now in progress for the installation of a new Nor- berg direct engine of now in come company use. connected full Diesel 200 hp. which will be substituted for one of the engines This will give the plant ample power for all present and future needs for some time to| The machine shop of the is also being and added to and the installation improved HONOLULU, Oct. 29.—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is reported sue- cessfully battling through a storm which has failed to clear at 15,000 |feet and sped here from Suva, Piji |Islands, enroute to Oakland, from Australia. He is accompanied by Capt. P. G. Taylor. — ., HOMEWARD BOUND Having finished work for the season at the Mchawk Mine, John W. McGinn, a son of John L. Me-~ Ginn, prominent lawyer, has left of new and additional equipment|Fairbanks for his home in San is contemp! lated. Mateo, Cal.