The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLWs;*NO. 6798. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CAMPAIGN 1S RUSHING TO BiG CLIMAX TW[] thATflRS | Australian Ace Makes Daring Ocean Fli £ROSS PACIFC INFAST TIME Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Capt. Taylor Land at Oakland, Cal. OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 5— Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Capt. P. G. Taylor landed here at 7:44 o'clock yesterday morning, Pacific Coast Standard time, completing the 2,408 mile hop from Honolulu in 14 hours and 59 minutes, two hours shorter than expected and the two fliers apologized for ar- riving so early. Smith took off later for Los An- geles on a business engagement. TO SELL PLANE LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 5— The airplane carrying Smith and Taylor is not considered airworthy in the Antipodes. This was revealed by Smith as he announced plans to find an American buyer for the Lady Southern Cross. “Australian air regulations have proven the ship is inairworthy and I therefore was unable to sell it in Australia,” Smith said. HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 5—The monoplane Lady Southern Cross rose buoyantly in the air at 2:15 o'clock last Saturday and made a Leeline for Oakland, bearing Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Capt. R. G. Taylor in the final dash of the trans-Pécific flight from Aus- tralia. Messages !;gm the later indicated” the - Weather was ideal. The plane carried two tons of gasoline and directed the course straight for Oakland instead of following the Great Circle Route. Smith carried a ukelele to keep things from becoming dull on the 2,408-mile hop. Food aboard consisted of beef tea, sandwiches and a bottle of pineapple juice. At 7:30 o'clock Saturday night a message was Dpicked up which said the sun was nearly down on the horizon ahd that the sky was clear ahead. -, LABOR BOARD WINS OUT IN BIG DISPUTE Settlement Is Reached Be- tween Union, Large Corporation WASHINGTON, Nov. 5— The Labor Relations Board announced the Great Atlantic-Pacific Tea Company and the unions concern- ed. in the labor pute in the Cleveland stores of the big cor- pération, have agreed to a settle- ment proposed by the Board and calling for reopening of the stores closed a week ago in protest against picketing. All employes will be taken back and future disputes will be sub- mitted to arbitration. Perjd'ry Charged; Indict3 Former Police Officials of Kansas City Now Facing Trials KANSAS CITY, .Nov. 5.—Eugene C. Reppert, Director of Police at the time of the Union Station slaying of four officers and their prisoner Frank Nash, was indict- ed last Saturday night, with two other police officials on a charge of perjury in connection with their testimony before the Federal Grand jury which investigated the kill- ings. In addition to Reppert, who has since resigned, were Thomas J. Higgins, Chief of Detectives, and George Rayen, head of the Police Motor Car Theft Bureau. Details of the alleged testimony were not disclosed last Saturday night. as he looked at starting. d Senatorial Candidate and|Hit [ |aBsEnTEES PROBABLY |DE Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, great distance flier of Australia, completed the air voyage from Brisbane, via Suva and Honolulu, to Oakland, California, on Sunday. He was mcompa!llcd by Capt. lwestern Washington. R. G. Taylor. Inset of Associated Press picture above, showing the route of the flight, is the -avinor EIGHT KILLED IN ACCIDENTS OVER WEEK-END for Deaths — Sheriff Blankenship, Victim SEATTLE, Nov. 5. — Eight are known dead as a result of traffic accidents over the State during the rainy week-end. Among the victims are Sheriff D. L. Blankenship, of Kitsap Coun- ty, who sought unsuccessfully to solve the sensational Flieder mur- der case of last winter. Blanken- ship was campaigning to retain his office at tomorrow’s election, in the face of being at odds with the State Liquor Control Board over enforcement of the Steele Act. He was in an auto with his brothers out and the car plowed off the highway into a tree. are: Kathleen Harris, of .Seattle, hit by a truck in Seattle. Frances Pick, of Rosedale, when car skidded over an embankment. Carl Schultz, of Seattle, killed by & ‘hit-runner. Frank Obert, of Seattle, fatally injured by a hit and run driver. Carl Kieper, of Colfax, hit by an auto driven by P. J. Blanchard, of Lewiston, Idaho. Yusuke Yakawa, ranch worker, who fell from an auto. Sarah Percival, of Tulalip, when her car skidded off the wet pave- ment and injuring seven others. Purchasing Power of Farm Families Is to Be Increased, Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. — Higher food prices with an improvement in the purchasing power of farm families is foreseen by the bureau of the Department of Agricuture making the annual report on the agricultural outlook, “Although some further rise in the level of food prices may be looked for durng the coming year, prices of other goods purchased for the farm family will probably con- tinue about the present levels,” the report will say. Shot Through Head for Alleged Making Remarks to Woman SEATTLE, Nov. 5—Police Chief P. J. Hogan, of Renton, said Otto Rainy Weather Responsible/ | Leyin, aged 54, Coalfield pouliry farmer, was shot through the head by a man who said he resented res To Explode 100 Tons of Dynamite In Single Blast ANYOX, B. C,, Nov. 5—Ex- perts are preparing to dis- charge 100 toms of dynamite in a single blast late this menth. The blast is intended - to clean up the old workings and prepare for alterations in the Hidden Creek mine. Inhabitants of the village, two miles away, will evacuate their homes for the blast, al- though engineers do not ex- pect much damage, if any, to residence structures. ———————— SPECIALTIES ADVANGE:;0LD LINERS ALSO Rush and Albert when a tire blew| o YORK, Nov. 5.—Specialties provided the principal attraction in stock trading today and a num- Other victims of auto accidents|y,.. ,¢ jscues of that group moved up substantially. Most of the ‘old line leaders followed specialties, but with only a fractional range. Today's close was fairly firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 5—Closing quotation today of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 18%, American Can 102%, American Power and Light, no sales; Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5%, Bethlehem Steel 26, Calum- et and Hecla 2%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, General Motors 30, Interna- tional Harvester 33, Kennecott 16% United States Steel 32%, Pound $4.99, Bremner Gold bid 46 ask 54, the same as last Saturday. — e RAY PETERMAN RETURNS AFTER COMPLETION OF TERRITORIAL SCHOOLS 5 Ray Peterman, Juneau contrac- tor, who has completed construc- tion of the mew Territorial school buildings, built with Territorial and PWA funds, at Portlock, Port Graham and Seldovia, returned here yesterday on the steamer Northwestern. Mr. Peterman also has the con- tract for construction of the school building at Crooked Creek and Mc- Grath. The former is to be com- pleted this year and the Ilatter next spring after the breakup of the Kuskokwim River permits the supplies to be taken in. — MRS. HELEN SMITH CASS IS ON SHORT VACATION Mrs. Helen Smith Cass, clerk in the Territorial Treasurer's office, is away from the office on two weeks' delayed vacation which_she will spend in Juneau. ——————— DELZELLE RETURNS marks made to his wife by Leyin| Ben C. Delzelle, merchandise in a lunchroom in Coalfield, where | broker, returned to his Juneau the woman works, Leyin is in a eritical condition.|a trip touchirig at Ketohikan,{ Glenn Carrington; part-owner of headquarters on the Norco after F. W. Edgerly, aged 62, unem- |'Wrangell ‘and Petersburg.- Accord- machinist of Coalfield, is conditions gen- MRS. RGOSEVELT 1S GIVEN HIGH HONORS, AWARD s Considered ‘‘Outstand- { ing Woman of Na- tion for 1934” { . | PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 5— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is an- nounced as. the Gimbel Awards’ selection for the “outstanding wom- en of the Nation for 1934.” The donors in making the an- nouncement said it was “not be- cause she is the President’s wife, but as an individual who has done and is doing such outstanding work for America.” The presentation of the award imedal and $1,000 will be made at a testimonial dinner in Philadel- phia on December 12. Mrs. Roosevelt, it is said, will turn over the money %o some child | sufferer of infantile paralysis for a six months’ treatment at the Warm Springs, Georgia, Foundation. THREE NAVAL | DELEGATIONS IN DEADLOCK American, British and Jap- anese Cannot Reach Agreement f { LONDON, Nov. 5— Completely deadlocked, the naval delegations last Saturday postponed to this | week further discussions despite the fact the Japanese continued to maintain the demand for equality in naval equipment. The British and American dele- Inflom are as strong in their de- mand for the existing relative strength as the Japanese are for ;qu;my. ‘The British and American dele- gations refuse to surrender any rights granted by the London and ‘Washington naval treaties. Advices received here a President. Roosevelt expres: belief a successful conclusion v.ol the present conversations is .\,uu‘ possible and word from Tokyo in- timated there is also hopes of some agreement. Eighteen Inches of Snow in Oregon Area that d the BEND, Oregon, Nov. 5—Eigh- teen inches of snow blanketed the McKenzie Divide last Saturday and heavy rains drenched many coast points. Hail fell in some sections. ————— CARRINGTON LEAVES CITY | the Juneau-Young Hardware Com- | OF WASHINGTON Six Congressmen Slated to Get Majority FIGURE EXTENSIVELY Republicm May Elect Some State, County Of- ' ficials, Observers Say | SEATTLE, Nov. 5—Marked by Minusually heavy absentee voting, "Washington's electorate, some 500,- voters collectively digested the paign issues today and pre- pared to break tomorrow the state’s long tradition of having both an East and West side Senator. Both Lewis Schwellenbach, Dem- ocratic candidate, and Reno Odlin, Republican candidate, are from ‘Western Washington. Senator Hom- er T. Bone is from Tacoma, in Many Offices To Be Filled Although the Senatorial contest marks the major ballot, six Con- gressional seats are to be filled, now held by Democrats. Three State Supreme Court positions are 'to be elected as well as the entire House of the State Legislature, half of the State Senate and numerous county- officers. From both Schwellenbach and Odlin camps came conflicting claims of late gains for their can- dates. Betting odds are favoring Schwellenbach, making him a 2 or 3 to 1 winner, Similar odds are given on the Democratic Con- gressmen to retain their seats. A possibility existed that Re- publican candidates may run more successfully in state and county races. Some observers pointed out that Republicans might make suf- ficient gains in the House to give them control. —— .- ALIEN CHINESE FOUND IN RAID Large Number of Smug- glers Located — Paid $1,000 for Entry KEANSBURG, N. J, Nov. 5— Seventeen alien Chinese are in the custody of immigration officials and 18 others of their countrymen are still sought by the police who believe they paid $1,000 each to smugglers to be landed in this country, The smugglers escaped before the raid on a deserted house where the Chinamen had been help captive. The Chinese were huddled in the darkness behind locked doors in a basement room. Those captured were weak and thin. They had been in the de- serted house for two weeks, and had been fed sparingly on rice, one of the Chinese said. —————— WORKERS GIVE NEW PROPOSALS, Employees to Cooperate with Manufacturers in Interest of Trade WASHINGTON, Nov. 5— Mill workers who six weeks ago 'were engaged in the nation’s greatest textile strike, put forward a pro- posal Sunday to cooperate with the ‘managements of the mills in ef- forts to develop new textile markets to benefit both employer and work- er. The proposal is addressed by Francis J. Gorman, who headed the September strike, to George A. Sloan, head of the Cotton Textile Institute. Gorman proposes work to for- ward development of the market thirds of the states, to do it, but pany left the city for Seattle; TEXTILE FIRMS, ght [DEMOCRATS TO UPTON SINCLAIR ZZ WIN IN STATE MAKING THREATS IN FINAL TALKS s Back at Those Making Attack on His EPIC Proposals PARDON T. MOONEY McAdoo Announces His .Stand—Dopesters Claim Gov. Merriam to Win SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 5. —The gubernatorial campaign pro- duced the final blasts today as Upton Sinclair struck back at his assailants on the EPIC plan and threatened to place a new occupant in Tom Mooney's prison, cell at San Quentin. At Ocean Park last night, Sin- clair said that if he is elected, he will send to prison, to take Mooney’s place, any employer using intimidation to control the votes of employees. His First Act Sinclair reiterated his promise that his first act as Governor will be to pardon Mooney serving a life sentence for participation in the Preparedness Parade in San Francisco in 1916. McAdoo Stands Pat United States Senator William Gibbs McAdoo has arrived in Los Angeles to vote tomorrow and de- clared he has not swerved one iota from support of “all Demgeratic candidates in the whole. country.” Acting Governor Fpask. E. Mir- riam Republican candidate for Gaqvernor, is still slated to win by a big majority by the dopesters. CALIFORNIA INCIDENTS SAN FRANOISCO, Cal, Nov. 5. —Reports incident to trouble burst into the already interesting Califor- nia election campaign picture last Saturday night, when extra police were ordered to the Auditorium to guard Acting Governor Frank F. Merriam “against heckling or oth- er molestation,” during his cam- paign speech. H Complaints that a gang of ruf- fians hurled bricks through win- dows of an office where campaign- ers of Upton Sinclair, Democratic candidate for Governor, were work- ing, were made to the police, Hallowe’en Pranks Sinclairites also said gangs were cutting auto tires of campaign workers. One hundred CCC workers, most of them claiming to be los An- geles voters, complained -they were moved out of the southern me- tropolis in an attempt to prevent them from voting. & 3 Sinclair made four speeches in Los ‘Angeles last Saturday night in the feverish .closing. hours, of. the campaign as - did Raymond L. Haight, Progressive and Common- wealth candidate for Governor. Charges of stuffing ballot boxes and rumors of election disturbanc- es continued to be circulated as the state’s hottest political battle drew to 2 close. GALES BATTER PACIFIG N. . SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—Gales and heavy rain battered Western Wash- ington all night and continued to- day. There is fear of serfous flood conditions at several 'peints. The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour last'night. on the coast and 48 mile gusts prevailed in Seattle today. ¥ 2 Damage is reported to shipping from many sections. Highways have also been damaged. Unless cooler 'weather results, floods are expected to lowlands. Transients Flocking to Pacific Northwest; Relief Now Necessary OLYMPIA, Wash,, Nov. 5.—Relief officials have been forced to con- sider the plight of hundreds of transients migrating tq the North Pacific méstly from the drought A meeting of rellef officials has been called as Aapproximately 4,000 transients have trekked to Wash- ington state since August 1 with more arriving daily. What Is Doing In Election morrow WASHINGTON, Nov. Forty-seven States will tomor- row elect 432 House members. Thirty-four States will elect Senators te sit with 61 hold- cvers and Maine’s newly-elected Senator Hale. In addition, 274 important officchclders will be selected frem 750 candidates. — e, NORRIS WILL WATCH VOTE ON TUESDAY Senator’s Proposal for One- House Legislature Be- fore Nebraskans Bo— By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Nov. 5— That veteran of political campaigns— Senator Norris of Nebraska—will have a special interest in what happens tomorrow. “Old George," as he is affection= ately called on Capitol Hill, will be more interested on this general election day in an issue (his own, incidentally) than in candidates for office either in or out of Ne- braska. The voters of Nebraska will have the opportunity on November 6 of either accepting or rejecting a “‘Norrisism” more far-reaching than any he yet has proposed. Norris has induced the Nebras- ka electorate o« Fibpther it wants: to. retain 3ts "P 0wy Sita- meral system of government or make it unicameral. ONE-HOUSE LEGISLATURE Stated another way, Norris wants to establish in Nebraska a one- House Legislature. It's been a dream of his almost from the time he entered public life, ‘What Nebraska voters do on November 6 interests the nation because Norris has intimated that if his plan is adopted there he may ask Congress to reorganize its Senate and House into a single body. It would take a constitutional amendment, approved by two- thirds of the states, to do i, but “Old George” is accustomed to such procedure. His “lame duck” amendment to the constitution was side-tracked time and again, but finally adopt- ed. And his fight to abolish the electoral college has been endorsed by the White House. Given encouragement by Nebras- kans on the unicameral idea, Nor- ris promises the rest. A THIRD ‘HOUSE' Aside from the fact that it is his pet theory of government, Norris would extend the idea nationally because he is convinced, from years of experience in both the house and the Senate, that it is work- able, He, like many others on Capitol hill, is convinced that under the present situation there are three Houses of Congress. The third is the conference committee, which whips into final shape all im- portant legislation. The conference committee, als ways named by the political party in power at the time, meets be- hind closed doors. There its mem- bers compromise, delete, etc., with the result that frequently a piece of legislation returns to Congress bearing little resemblanice to that originally passed. = A reconciliation of ' differences between the two HouSes has in theory been effected and more of- ten than not the conféfence re- port is accepted. The unicameral system, Norris contends, would eliminate such procedure and in fact make the machinery of government more re- sponsible to popular will. RIVERS ARE STILL OPEN IN INTERIOR ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 5.— A mild autumn is prevailing in this section and pansies are still in bloom in local gardens. | Reports received here state the Yukon and Tanana rivers are still running wide open. . 1 t | { LAST MINUTE " PLEAS BEING " CIVEN VOTERS Thirty Million Am e ricans Expected to Cast Bal- lots Tomorrow DEMOCRATIC WIN GENERAL FORECAST Victory Predicted but How Emphatic Endorsement Will Be Unknown WASHINGTON, Nov. 5— “The most momentous off-year election” in 80 years rushed to a climax to- day with signs pointing to a large victory for the Democrats tomor- row as New Dealers, Antis and Middle Grounders composed their final pleas to thirty million per- sons expected to cast their bal- lots. Emphatic Endorsement The question in the minds of virtually all experts is not wheth- er the Democratic Party will emerge triumphant but how emi- phatic the endorsement will be. The experts see victories in in- dividual states for the Democrats although Republicans have the rosiest of hopes. It is predicted the Democrats will have a two- thirds sway when the gavel falls on January 3. . One Big Question One big question looms, will the Republicans get, enough foothold to make it a ght A 1936. ministrations of 33 states and the selection of members of 'the Sev- enty Fourth Congress, who will bé called upon to complete the Roose- velt Recovery program before Pres- idential elections. Radio Speeches As a final touch to the campaign, Chairmen Farley and Fletcher will make appeals to the voters tonight over the radio. The Republican headquarters concentrated fire today on Federal relief and expenditures charging the Administration with trying to influence voters. The Democratic leaders have re- plied that the starving and desti- tute must be fed and clothed re- gardless of political campaigns. BOTH PARTIES CONFIDENT ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—In semi- final clashes in he political cam- paign, both Republican and Demo- cratic National Chairmen last Sat- urday night avowed confidence in the outcome Tuesday. A subjtantial gain in the Senate is predicted by Democratic Na- tional Committee Chairman James A. Farley and a decisive vote en- dorsing the New Deal Henry P. Fletcher, Chairman of thé Republican National Commit- tee, said the, Republican strength in the Senate will be retained. Democratic Gains Farley said the Democrats will hold the present House member- ship of 309 and possibly make some gains. Fletcher predicted the Republi- can House megbership of 114 will be increased by 60 or 70 members at least. Fletcher predicted further the Republicans will win the state elections in all normally Repub- lican territory. Reports To Roosevelt Last minute reports made to President Roosevelt named Mary- land, West Virginia, Missouri, New {Jersey, Indiana and Ohio as the most likely to return Democrats to the Senate seats now held by Republicans. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Con- necticut and possibly Vermont are placed next in order. None of these claims are con- ceded by the Republicans. Just a Skirmish Chairman Fletcher said the Re- publicans regarded the election as a preliminary skirmish and said the Party fight against the Demo~ cratic program will go on. Chairman Farley said the ques- tion to be answered tomorrow was whether the country retained faith in President Roosevelt or wants to g0 back under the old order “un-, der which we were plunged to the greatest depths of economic de- pression in histo; KATZ IS VI Karl K. Katz, Tepresen- tative of the, Northern Rail- way, is a Juneau visitor today. He arrived here from the West as a passenger on the