The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6898. FISH TRAP TAX, WORK RELIEF MEASURE IS | TOUBH ISSUE, Administration Is Waiting for Some Signs of Concession SENATE OPPOSITION FAILS TO DECREASE Social Security Program Causes Worry to Administration WASHINGTON, March 2.—The struggle over the Work Relief bill continued today as the Adminis- tration waited for real concessions frcm the opposition. Opposition is forming in the Sen- ate for a brisk fight on the pro- posal for a $45,000,000 increase in the Army appropriations and ex-| pansion of the enlisted force to 165,000 men. Big Stick Regarding the Work Relief bill, the Washington Post says resent- ment over the alleged use of pub- lic works funds as a “big stick” to force votes into line in the big bill is being voiced on Capitol Hill. Ill-feeling, the Post says, is not| confined to Senators who voted against the McCarren prevailing wage amendment, but to others who contend pressure is being brought to bear to effect an Administration vietory. Another Tough One Another difficult arbitration job | for President Roosevelt appeared in the making, it has developed, out of the disagreement as to who shall administer the Social Secur- ity program. Secretary of Labor Perkins failed to sway the House Ways and Means Committee for insistence that the Labor Department should have control of the program. Some | favor a board not under the La-| bor Secretary and others a single| administrator. It is believed, how- | ever, that a majority of the Com- | mittee favor a board. ————— HOPKINS, FERA CHIEF, WARNS OF RELIEF BILL Chicago Business Men Told| to Aid Measure, or Pay More ' CHICAGO, March 2—Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Emergency Re- lief Administrator, warned busi- ness and industrial leaders here yesterday to support the Adminis- tration’s Relief Bill or to prepare to pay “twice $4,000,000,000 in the future.” In a speech before the members of the Executives Club, Hopkins said that relief recipients were “getting the habit.” However, he said that most unemployed want- ed work rather than relief. The doughty FERA boss then took a whack at the former Hoo- ver regime when he said that while there are now about 20,000,- 000 persons on relief, there were more than that in March, 1933. He said that “nobody knew it be- cause the Republicans kept i dark.” INTEREST KEEN IN MORGAN SALE OF ART OBJECTS LONDON, England, March 2.— There is much interest here today in the coming sales of the art| treasures of J. Pierpont Morgan, American financier. However, there is little specula- tion as to whether he will desert his huge business dealings in Wall Street for the life of an English country gentleman, as has been rumored he might. .- Ernest Blessing is the name of a Mrs. Frances Robinson and son Mrs. Frances Robinson, wife of the fugitive kidnaper, Thomas H.) Robinson, Jr., is shown at happy reunion with her five-year-old son at their Louisville, Ky., home after her release from a Louisville' Jail under $5,000 bond. She was held in connection with the kid-! naping of Mrs. Alice Stoll, society matron, last fall,! IN GREEK NAVY ' LEAP TODEATH USED BY REBELS Revolt Starts at Salamis— Pair Drink Champagne, Venizelos Is Implicated ATHENS, Greece, March 2.— Five vessels of the Greek Navy, captained by rebels who partici- pated in a short revolt .at the Salamis arsenal yesterday, are steaming toward Crete with loyal Releas;:d in Kidnaping Case | pagne before leaping from an a _FRANKIE SAYS SHE REALLY WAS “DONE WRONE® Portland NegTess Sues Mae West for $100,000 Damages, N. Y. NEW YORK, March 1.-—Miss Frankie Baker, who claims to be the original Frankie of the * kie and Johnny” duo, charged #o- day through an attorney that the motion picture “She Done Him Wrong” had done her wrong; $00. Miss Baker, a negress who lives in Portland, Ore., brought suit” for $100,000 in damages against Mae West and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for “public scandal, infamy, shame jand disgrace.” Is Respectable The complaint says that where- |as Miss Baker “was and still 15" | a respectable woman, she was al- legedly portrayed in the picture as a woman of easy virtue, 'a ¢on- ;surt of gamblers, and notorious | criminals and that she was a mur- | deress. In discussing the homicidal as- | pects of the case, the complaint said “that the plaintiff, in truth and in fact, was the fiancee of ‘Johnny, who was killed in 8t. Louis by the plaintiff in self-de- fense, but that Frankie Baker (who is the plaintiff) is made to kill a woman in the thinly dis- guised end of the motion pieture entitled “She Done Him Wrong.' " Paramount’s legal department | today called the action “ridiculous” declaring the story was based up- on fiction. | 45 g | FRANKIE, MOANS v | PORTLAND, Qre., —Miss Fran- kie Baker, a negfess, recal to- |day how the jury in St. Louis jn 1899 acquitted her of shooting Al- bert Britt in self-defense. | She complained that “all these writing fellows” made fortunes out }of the incident, while she didn't | get anything. All Charged to Johnny Albert Britt’s name was changed to Johnny by a song writer for the sake of euphony. “All these writing feliows and such have been writing about me * for years” Miss Baker said here today. “One man made $25,000 on a book about ‘Frankie and Johnny' and I never got a quarter FROMAIRPLANE then Suicide to Avoid ! Money Dishonor BERNE, Switze Two sweethearts, and, March ho drank ch, plane near here today, were joi in death because of a school teach- er's fear of dishonor nt { Artificial lake formed by Boulder Dam Here are unusual photos of two giant dams which are part of the federal public Nearly one-third complete, th near Knoxville, Tenn,, now rises feet above its solid rock base. Where only a short time ago the Colorado, river threaded its narrow Federal Dams course, its pent u world City, Nev, is backing up the works program. ris dam, top, more than 100 is already 10 mil B. C. DOESNT MIND HIGHWAY IFU.S. PAYS Premier Tells Provincialj Legislature No Money Available VICTORIA, B. C, March 2.— fcr his writing me up that way.|premier T. D. Patullo said British Advocates Marriaée, Even If Public Dole Extended BROMLEY-ON-BOW, Eng- land, March 2.—Marriage on dole is advocated by the Vicar of St. Michael's Church, the Rev. Kenneth Ashcroft. “It is no more shameful or unreasonable for a man to mar- ry on a public allowance than for the Duke of Kent,” the Vicar said. —— -, largest artificial lake, below, n On the right is p waters are now fast forming the r Boulder he Boulder dam which Colorado river waters at the rate of two feet every 24 hours to make a lake which es long. . HOUSE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO CLEAR BILLS Hope to Have All in Senate | by Monday, 50th Day— Pensions Discussed Working day and night in an 'SENATE VOTES 5TO3AGAINST FURTHER ACTION | Upper House Indefinilely; Postpones Hofman, | Walker Proposals CONTROVERSY WAGED AROUND MEASURES Plan to Continue Cut in Territorial Salaries Also Defeated Two of the most controversial measures before the Twelfth Terri- torial Legislature were killed this afternocn when the Senate by a vote of 5 to 3 decided to indefin- Ttely postpone the oHIman grad- uated fish trap tax bill and th | Walker memorial urging elimina- tion of herring reduction plants. Neither .can be brought up again at this sesslon. Brunelie, Walker £ad Roden vot- ed against killing the measures and Campbell, Devine, Frawley, Powers and Hess favored it. | Around thesz two measures have centered cne of the bitterest con- ! tests of the present session. Hear- |ing after hearing was held on the I measures, proponents and opponents \leaving no stone unturned in be- half of their contentions. Had Passed House | The Hofman bill, which would {have raised in large measure the | taxes of the canneries in the Ter- ritory which now pay the bulk of | the revenue, passed the House with +a substantial majority after it had |been amended in an effort to in- validate the proposed act. Senator Brunelle moyved to strike the amendment in the.Senate but when Senator Frawley moved for indef- inite postponement the members seemed agreed to go to a vote. The Walker memorial would have asked Congress to support the Di- mond plan for elimination of her- ring reduction plants over a period of five years. The Senate today aiso killed the Roden bill proposing continuation of the present cut of 10 per cent in salaries of Territorial officials. The vote was 6 to 2, Roden and Walker supporting the bill. Slash Fair Appropriaticn aircraft in hot pursuit. Two cruisers and three destroy- ers are in the group. One of the cruisers is badly damaged by a bomb from a government air- plane. It is believed that former Pre- mier Aleutherize Venizelos is in- volved; just how much is not known. There have been many arrests her: among cohorts of Venizelos. Mar.i4l law persists. Former General . Papoulas is allegedly implicated in the revolt. ‘He is reported to have vanished. Government officials said that few government casualties had been noted near the arsenal and that about ten revolutionists had been killed. Two former admirals are report- ed among the rebels commanding the five vessels now fleeting to- ward Crete. e FAMINE GROWS IN NEW AREA OF HANKOWHUPEH Refuges Pour Into Hankow —Many Die—Cof- fins Piled High Chi HANKCWHUPEH, China, March 2.—Famine conditions, similar to thes now wrecking havoc among the populace of Anhwei Province, are reported developing in a wide area ncrth of here today. Because of the la: drought, crops are al ed and hundreds of rmers are pouring into Hankow seeking food and shelter. Unfortunates are camped on the outskirts of Chungking and many have died. A great pile of coffins clergyman living at Peters Landing, Tenn. at the edge of the encampment 2await more deaths, This story was constructed after Filot Ettinger returned to the Basel Airport here. He told of the fatal leap cf Charles Grieder, school eacher, and Mlle. Antoinette Joery. E ger said he was powerless to interfere and still control his air- plane. He saw them leap, the girl first. The They coffin. Polic able to produce been found. in a single have placed bodies will be said that Grieder was un- money which he collected for en athletic associa- tion of his school. He was sus- pended and told his sweetheart of his plight. c they drank champagne and then chartered the airplane for death. — e e——— Not even five cents. “Here I am, sick and almost broke, and they all are making money writing my life up. I'm sore. They've got to pay me from now on.” Frankie declared she makes her living by running a small shoe ghine stand. |ALBERT WILE TODAY RECEIVED COMMISSION ASLOCALPOSTMASTER Albert Wile today received his official commission as Postmaster ‘of Juneau, dated January 17, the day on which he was confirmed to the office. The commission, signed by Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt and Fostmaster James A. Farley ar- rived in the mail today and make his official title Postmaster rather than Acting Postmaster, as MISSIONARY IS REPORTED SLAIN, he has been signing documents since his appointment. e HELEN WILSON AND HARRY DICKERSON ARE MARRIED TODAY Helen T. Wilson became the bride of Harry G. Dickerson at a ceremony performed in the United States Commissioner's Court this morning by Judge J. F. Mullen. Witnesses to the wedding were Miss Phyllis Friend and Lawrence Kerr. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dicker- son are residents of Juneau and the former gave his occupation as mariner. .- OFFICIALS RETURN J. Newmarker and Capt. J Clark, connected with the steam- boat inspection service, and Job McCormick, Deputy United Stat Marshal, returned to the city { Ketchikan on the Northland McCormick accompanied a pr rs’ party bound for Seattl ar as Ketchikan recently. — oo — " JOHNSON FROM WRANGELL Chet Johnson, salesman for the National Grocery Company, was @ WIFE NOT FOUND SIAN, Shensi Province, China,| March 2—The slaying of the Rev.| S. C. Frenchan, missing mission worker, was reported by Chinese soldiers here today. Searchers have given up the hope of *finding Rev. Frenchan's wife. She was a former Londen girl who set out a week ago, afoot from Nanking. MILLIONS ON U, S, PAYROLLS WASHINGTON, March 2.—Al though the exact information is not available, estimates in Gov- ernment quarters indicated that persons on Federal payrolls last month, or who received payments by virtue of FERA, AAA and PWA laws, exceeded 17,600,000, . M Columbia is ready to facilitate the construction of the proposed Al- aska-British Columbia highway, but the Province cannot approp- riate any money for the road. The announcement was made by the Premier as the Legislature was preparing to debate on a res- olution to the effect if the high- way is bullt, the Alaska Panhandle should be given to Mritish @ol- umbia. While the Premier did not say o, his statement is taken to mean the British Columbia Government would have no objection if the United States built the highway through the Province at its own expense, LAST RITES FOR B. C. DELZELLE BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services for B. C. Del- zelle, who passed away suddenly trouble, are to be held at the Elks trouble, are t obe held at the Elks Hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'- clock with ritualistic services by the lodge officers. All members of B. P: O. Elks are requested to meet a tthe club at 1:30 o'clock. Pallbearers will be Charles Sa- bin, Fred Henning, George Kohl- hepp, Martin A. Lavenik, Joe Thibodeau and G. H. Walmsley. Interment will be in the Elks plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Arrange- ments are under the direction of the C. W. Carter Mortuary. HORAN FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED MONDAY The funeral of Phil Horan, vet- eran Alaskan and citizen of this city since 1900 who died recently, will be held from the Church of “|th eNativity at 9 o'clock Mnday morning. The ‘Juneau Igloo of the Pion- eers of Alaska will participate in the funeral, as Horan had been 2 member of that organization. The details are being arranged by the Juneau-Young Undertak- ing Parlors, STOCK PRICES KEEP GAINING, SHORT SESSION Metals Continue Advance Upward-—Many Other Issues Are Firm NEW YORK, March 2.—Fraction- al gains predominated for stocks today at the short session Metals continued to push ahead along with a number of specialties. | Advances of around one point were reduced by United States attempt to get all fis bills into|, A Seh of $1500 Whe made by | the Senate by Monday, the 50th|y, yya¢ house appropriating $5,000 | day and the last day for consid- for the Territory to have an ex- eration by each house of its own|pi¢ ot the San Diego World's | measures, the House held a ses-|pai: The amount was cut to $3,- sion last night and met again atlog) the measure now going to the | 8 o'clock this morning, hopeful of | g15ce. | clearing the cluttered calendar. AD-| Three House measures were pass- | proval was given 24 measures yes-|.q by the Senators, the body ap- terday and they were sent on their|p oving the bill raising the bounty way to the Senate. More than 50/ o, wolves and coyotes from $15 to | bills still remain on the House|gs) the measure appropriating $3,- calendar for action before Monday|ggo to the Territorial Chamber of | night. Commerce and the memorial pro- | Pensions occupied much of the|testing against toll on the Richard- time of the lower house this morn-|son Highway or any other road in 1ing, the bill, providing for the|ajaska. | creation of a Public Welfare Com-| Pproposal to appropriate $10,000 to | mission to be made up of Ter- R ritorial officials and to have con- (Continued on Page Six.) |trol of the Pioneers' Home and other pensions, finally winning ap- proval of the House. Willilam N. Smelting and Case. Other firm issues were Westing- house, American Telephone and Telegraph, Bethlehem Steel, De-| | Growden, author of ‘a bill intro- duced early in the session fixing the pensions for men at $30 a month and wemen at $40, tried KETCHIKAN FISH CANNERY MAN pasco, Ward, United Aircraft and Chrysler. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 2.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juncau e |stock today is 18, American 1117%, American Power and Light 12%4, Anaconda 10':, Armour N 5 Bethlehem Steel 27!, Calumet and |Hecla 3, General Motors 29%, In- | ternational Harvester 39%. Kenne- lcott 16, United States Steel 32% Pound $4.77, Bremner 56 at 60. - FUNERAL SERVICES FOR J. F. STATTER TO BE HELD HERE | Funeral services for J. F. Stattc former Chief Deputy U. 8. Mar- al, who passed away yesterda morning at St. Ann’s Hospital, wili {be conducted in Juneau by th B. P. O. Elks, as the result of a radio received here from his broth- er, M. K. Statter, who resides with his mother in San Francisco | Final arrangements for the serv- ices have nok yet been comple by officers of the lodge to which Mr. Statter btlonged, valiantly to get favorable action on his proposal but it was finally agreed to set up the Commission and attempt to draft features of the Growden bill in to the Com- mission measure in the Senate or in conference committee later. Amend Labor Bill After a spirited discussion which involved politics, famous section TA of the NRA code relative to collective bargaining and labor gen- erally, the House last night passed the Walker bill which is aimed along the lines of section 7A but broader in scope. The vote was 11 to 5. Voting against the 'bill were Chamberlin, Martin, Nerland, Nordale and olt, although oth- ers voiced opposition until an amendment was adopted Which el- iminated that portion of the bill iR which would have denied an em- oall:-.rom - Rg. Francise ok, i o'clock yesterday afternoon, It yer right to interfere with em/ i emblage on his property. The bill|Dformed him that his wile was now reads that employes have the same rights in boarding houses! » or dormitories maintained by |larly scheduled airplane did nob company as they would have in leave Seattle until 9 o'clock last any hotel or inn, | pight. Therefore, he bought ten round Ak Referendum 1 The House also approved a me trip tickets in order to get immed- i ate acticn. The flight cost Schlo= 'than $79150, IN FAST FLIGHT Schlothan Il;:s Ten-Pas- senger Plane to Be with Sick Wife SEATTLE, March 2. — W. F. Schlothan, Ketchikan canneryman wintering here, chartered a ten- passenger United Airlines plane yesterday and rushed to San Fran- cisco bedside of his sick wife. The flight was made in four hours and 45 minutes—a near rec- ord. The airplane stopped but once, at Medford, Ore. Schlothan received a telephone | He learned that the next regu- ACO!l{Xl;llefl on Page Three) %