The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRKE “ALL THE NEW. VO : XLV. NO. 6945. SILVER PUSHED UP TONEW HIGH LEVE —— JUNEAU ALASKA S ALL THE TIME” 1935 THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935. " GERMANY UNDER HITLER SCORED BY MACDONALD Reich Charged by Premier| with ‘Besetting Road | to Peace with Terror” MUTUAL CONFIDENCE DESTROYED, HE SAYS Accuses Nazis in High| Authority with Doing Nothing Toward Stability LONDON, April 25. Premler | Ramsay MacDonald in one of the| strongest indictments of Hitlerite | Germany ever made by a member| of the British Government accused that nation of destroying Europecan, confidence in the outlook for con-| tinued peace in an article written| for the News Letter, national labor organ. He charged the Reich with “be-| setting the road to peace with terrer.” The article said there were Nazis| in high authority who are not e\m‘ giving lip service to the cause nfl European stability. | “Germany acted in such a way| a5 to destroy the feeling of mutual confidence in Europe,” he wrote. “It asks other nations to accept| the verbal pledge of its pacific! iptention which it itself would nct accept from its neighbors. Other nations cannmot be pacified by such assurance and can show ampAe| Justification for refusal. Germany has not won the honor nor sym- pathy which it sought.” . !’OWEBS GEP1rinG <. ZETHER | |PARIS, Apri I53.—General terms of the convention to preserve Aus- tria’s independence have been ac-| cepted by six of the nine inter- ested powers, it is learned here,| as France and TItaly prepared to issue invitations to the Daubian conference at Rome in June. COUNCIL OKEYS NORTHLAND'S MOVE 70 D0CK Five-Year Agreement Ap-| proved Last Night with Steamship Firm Workmen were busy today re- pairing the muncipally-owned City Dock following the final stamp of |* approval given by the City Council last night on & five-year berthing agreement with the Northland ‘Transportation Company. Meeting at the City Hall last night for the third time since Mon- day, the Council authorized Mayor Isadore Goldstein to sign the con- tract, agreed upon by the Council and Harold Knight, representative for the steamship company. 'The authorization means not only that the Northland Line will move its Juneau berthing place from the privately-owned Femmer's Dock to the city’s wharf, but that, for the| first time since last summer, the City Dock will he placed in active| service again. | Northland Coming The motorship Northland, due to- morrow from Seattle, will be the first of the company’s vessels to dock at the City Dock. Other Northland company boats which| wil use the wharf include the| Norco, the North Wind, and the| new express . steamer, the North Sea. s Ray H. Stevens was appointed today by Mayor Goldstein as the| City Dock wHarfinger. Wyatt King- man, former checker at the Pa- cific Coast Dock will be the assist- ant wharfinger. Representatives of both the city| and the steamship company ex-| pressed satisfaction today over the deal, discussion of which had pro- vided much waterfront speculation for many weeks. Knight Pleased “By moving to the City Dock, the Northland Transportation Com- pany is enlarging its terminal fa- cilities here.” Mr. Knight said. ‘‘Our improved transportation service, * (Continued on Page Two.) CARTER BLASS PUBLIC DONATES COIN TO GOVERNOR AL ASK AN |:|_|ER . | | i | The appeal of Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohlo for money to operate his office, after the senate refused his request for funds, had ltl e"ect. Contributions ranging from one cent to five dollars have bee: t to him. He 1s shown with his stenographer, Irene Irwin, with an armlul of gifts. (Associated Press Photo) TEXAS JUDGE President io Broadcast Sunday Night WASHINGTON, April 25— Precident Rocsevelt goes on the air next Sunday night in re- , sumpticn of 'his fireside radio | talks to diccuss the new work ~ YIS OWN SUN generally his stewardship of | Youth Confesses to Killing office. He will start to broad- I Father MOthCl’ Just cast at 10 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. “for Revenge" - e, AUSTIN, Texas, April 25.—Charg- Howard Pierson, aged 21 years, son of William Pierson, Associated Jus- tice of the Supreme Court, is re- ported to have confessed to the crime “for revenge.” Deputy Sheriff Sam Rcgers quot- ed the former University of Texas student as saying hc lured his par- lents to a lonely road and shot them Senator from Virginia Must but he rctx‘used to explain the re- . venge motive, Be Reckoned With First Story in All Issues The young man at first told a story his parents had been killed | by highwaymen when he and his father attempted to resist them The officers said however, they had a witness who knew of the plan to kill before the slayings occurred.; After young Pierson was formally charged with the murders, he ld (By HERBERT PLUMMER) WASHINGTON, April 25.—If there ever had been any doubt in the minds of administration leaders (and there hasn't) that Carter Glass of Virginia must be reckoned with, it was removed during the final stages of the $4,880,000,000 work-relief bill pistol, his fathe in Congress. were found. The Virginian's insistence that one-third of the loans made under Parents Lured Away the bill go for labor gave “new deal- Flerson, a clsan cut, nandsome ers” some of the most anxious mo- youth, said later he killed his par- ments they have had in a long ents “for reascn.” He said he time. |lured them out on the road under In the end he had to compromise, | pretext of viewing a scenic drive. but it was a clear case of the ad-| 'Pierson said he shot his mother ministration yielding to his de- and then his father, then sent a mands. shot into the head of each to make He has prevented the purchase!sure they were dead. with government funds of operating | Shoots Himself private power and gas plants. He then shot himself in the left |arm, concealing the articles men= STUBBORN CONFERENCE | tioned above and returned with the It has been a long time since|<tory of robbers. He had only ar- capitol hill has seen such a stub- rived home yesterday forenoon from born and prolonged conference on a |2 vacation. piece .of legislation as that on the| Justice Pierson was a member of work-relief measure. the Texas House ol Representatives One of the most dramatic inci-|from 1901 to 1963. He was once dents of the whole thing came at!Judge of the Eighth Judicial Dis- the last and is an excellent illus-|trict and became State Associate tration of what Glass can do when | Justice in 1921. aroused. e - It was when Buchanan of Texas chairman of the Apprapfluuons\BEAR HUNTER COMING Committee of the House and one of the conferees, maneuvered the ON STEAMER SATURDAY Senate conferees into. a position where it appeared they were oppos- | ing action taken by the Senate. Glass became indignant. Another bear hunter, W. P. Lor- |enzen, js coming north on the | Northwestern, according to a wire to Frank Dufresne, Assistant Exe- | cutive Officer for the Alaska Game Commission, from Captain Vineent ot Chilkoot Barracks, who asked that arrangements be made so Mr. Lorenzen could get his license Sat- urday when the ship is scheduled to arrive. He will hunt in the vie- inity of Chilkoot. SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE He took into the conference room a copy of the bill as originally pass- ed by the Senate. This bill didn’t contain the controversial labor pro- vision, but some provisions which, when merely mentioned, makes the hair of administration leaders stand on end. The Thomas silver infla- ion section is typical. W. V. Tolen, of Haines, full blood- If the gentlemen of the House, €d Cherokee and reported to be an Glass said to the conferees in ef-|€Xpert in the woods, will guide the — ‘blg game hunter, his license today. (Continued on Pagc Two) | | the officers to the spot where a | Harvard University authorities an- watch and purse nounce further researches are to be| i \mendations that IS FINED §730 ON FUR CHARGE Frank DorE;il and Ly- man Destaffney Receive Sentences, Ketchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 26.— Frank Dorbandt, Alaskan aviator, and Lyman Destaffany, Seattle fur tr have been fined $750 ea in the District Court when th pleaded guilty through their attor- neys on a misdemeanor charge, pos- session and transportation of un- licensed furs. The Government did not pr the other charges of the mdlctm% when the men reversed their prey ious not guilty pleas. James A. Pierce also pleaded guil-} ty of a misdemeanor with the pair but his sentence has been deferred. Plerce is not in Portiand, Oregon, Sentence was George F. Alexander. = MAIL TRlll}i( - BANDITS GET OVER $72,000 THREE SNATCHED “FROM DEATH IN hio — Make Escape Leavmg No Clues WARREN, Ohlo, April 25— . chine gun robber, wearing - rimmed glasses, and two accomplices held up a mail truck last night and forced the driver to proceed to a| garage on the outskirts of the city. The trio escaped with four pouch- | es of mail, one containing over ed with the murder of his parents, g7 000 in currency. The driver was not hurt. There is no trace of the robbers.! ——————— | NEW INDIAN RACE ORIGIN : !on Lake Washington last night. IS REPORTED American @;len May Be Descendants from Na- tives of Tibet CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25.—| made in Southeast Tibet following the discovery by Gordon T. Bowles of the remnants of a race he be- lieves were progenitors of the Amer- ican Indian. Bowles, Harvard anthropoligist, said in his report, he found a re- markable resemblance between the characteristic profile of the Tibetian race and American Indian on the buffalo nickel. He believes part of this race spread northward then| eastward through Siberia thence across Bering Strait to the Amer- ican plains, Bowles further ‘believes this peo- ple originated in » mixture of white and mongolian blood, following in- vasion of Mongolia by the Europ- eans. e T. . BUGGE IS KILLED, CRASH SEATTLE, April 25—Thrond P. Bugge, North End community lead- er and real estate man, was killed, when his auto crashed into a safe- ty island as the car swerved to pass, a parked car. The driver seemed to lose control of his car. e - News to Be Given to Radio Stations NEW YORK, April 25.—Recom- the present ar- rangements for supplying radio sta- tions with news be ccntinued for another year were adopted with- Tolen was in for'ican Newspaper Publisk out opposition today by the Amer- ers Associa~ tien convention, passed by Judge; were taken into her gasboat. i | One of the wont.dust ahrms in its history shroud- ed the city of Wichita, Kns.. making it necessary for motorists and|office workers to turn on their MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS \ lights. SEATTLEWATERS, Mrs. John Stevenson Saves Youths Whose Canoe Overturns in Lake SEATTLE, April 25.—Mrs. John Stevenson, wife of the Chair- man of the Board of King County Commissioners, heard yells for help She climbed into her gasboat, calling for men to go along with her and sped to an overturned jcanoe and found three youths cling- ing to the craft. Just as she reach- | ¥ ed the spot, one of the youths let go and went down. Two others The third came up nearby, Mrs. Steven- | son swung her boat over to the boy, |selzed him and held his head above |water. The others finally got him aboard the gasboat. The boys were Dan Carrigan, aged 17, John Boers, aged 15 and Jose Mayorsky, aged 14 The tWwo men who helped Mrs. Stevenson were Monte Label and Doc Stewart. ——— { Alaskans Pay Gift Taxes to Int. Rev. Bureau SEATTLE, April 25.—The Bu- reau of Internal Revenue reports that Washington and Alaska residents last month paid $323- 233 in gift taxes. ——— State Boxers Are l’t’qud of Iron Jaws BATON ROGUE, La. April 25— Lo the “no-knockout” title In 39 fights last winter, not a single member of the L. 8. Ufs Southeastern Conference champion boxing team was knocked out. In dual meets none was floored, although two hit the canvas in the conference tournament e STANLEY ADAMS CHIEF OF KETCHIKAN FIREMEN Stanley Adams has been elected! chief of the Ketchikan Volunteer Fire Department and at the same time the retiring chief was given a rousing cheer. The election was held | in accordance with instructions of the city council which had re- turned names of those previously elected by the firemen Serious harges | AreMade Young Couples in Govem- ment Service, Leading Immoral Lives WASHINGTON, April 25.—Char- ges that young couples in the gov- ernment service are leading im- moral lives because they fear mar- chamber of Commerce who remained | |riage will imperil their jobs has [staroed a row in the heat of the.ey's Cafe because they controversy over the proposal to repeal the marital status of the present law. This law requires that where a husband and wife are em- ployed by Uncle Sam, one of them shall be dismissed when the forces are being cut. E. Claude Babcock, President of| the American Federal Labor Em-| ployes, told the House Civil Servlcel committeee, that he knew of nine couples living together outside the bonds of matrimony on account of the law. Babcock should be removed from | office for slandering women em-‘( ployed in the Federal. service, re-| torted Representative Cochrance of ) Missouri, backer of the marital regulations. “It is an insult to ev- ery single man m'd woman in the, Government. servme " Cochrane said. ' DROUGHT AREA | HAS MOISTURE Snow and Heavy Rain Helps Out in Rocky Mountains, Nebraska DENVER, Zoi, April 25.—Snow to replenish the metropolitan water- Mountain crops, also torrential rains in Nebraska, brought relief yester- day and today tp sections of the drought areas. e PAA LOCKHEE® ELECTRA REACHES FAIRBANKS FROM COAST EARLY WED DAY ! the With good weather prevailing be- tween Whitehorse and Fairbanks the PAA plane which left here Tuesday afternoon, took off for the Golden Heart city yesterday morn- ing and arrived early in the after- noon on its weekly trip to the Interior from here, according to advices received at the Pacific Al- aska Airways office here, The plane is scheduled to return here from Fairbanks Sunday after- noon. ' Dust Storm Shrbuds Western Clty in Heavy Pall METAL B[][]S!a Thick clouds of yellow dust obscured the sun and paralyzed traffic. Kansas and Texas were in the storm area. Colorado, Oklahoma, SURPRISE SONG FEST FEATURES GHAMBER LUNCH ngh School Glee Club | Chorus Offers Two Num- bers to Please Group Those members of the Juneau away from today's luncheon at Bail- thought there “was nothing special on the program,” missed out on a musical curprise enjoyed by the 28 persons who did attend. Just when the {ew business mat- iters had been clraceda mfw mfwy Iters had been cleared away and when President R. E. Robertson was about to announce that there was no speaker of the day, in trouped a special chorus from the Juneau High School boys' and girls’ Glee Clubs. Directed by Miss Ruth Coffin, they sang first “Shortenin’ Bread" and then, after much applause, of- | fered “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Reminds ef Concert The singing, while a distinct sur- prise to the Commerce members, al- js0 served to remind them of the | 8pring Concert of the High School, {to be held in the Grade School Auditorium tomorrow night at 8 o'~ clock. The most important business de- til of the session was the announce- ment that Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond in Washington, D. C., ‘and the Junean Chamber, after several telegrams had been ex- changed during the week, now were in accord on their importation of la- borers to Alaska. Delegate Dimond sald to agree with the Cham- ber's stand against importation to justify larger relief funds for the Territory. Second, it was announced that the! Louisiina State. University claims|Sheds and moisture for the Rockg Chamber would petition C. D. La rence, superintendent of the Unit- ed States Railway mail service in| Seattle, for a more efficient mail; *tween the States and Ju-| The Chamber will urge that| neau the Northland Transportation Com- pany, it was said, be given a 12- month carrier contract, along with present carriers, the Alaska Steamship Company and Canadian Pacir. Penny Drive On Two announcements also attract- ed attention. President Robertson tpoke briefly on the current Penny drive of the Chiidren’s Orthopedic Hospital of Sea He said Mrs. J. F. Mullen was the Juneau chair- man of this drive and that “every business man in the city should do (Continued on Page Sevew) PRlCE TEN CENYS AGAIN TO 1757 CENTS AN uum:é New Price Efiecllve at Once Under Presidential, Proclamation RISE IN LINE WITH " WORLD QUOTATIONS |Increase Expected to Stim- ulate Production, Es- pecially in West 1 1 WASHINGTON, April 25.—Treas- ury prices of 77:57 cents an ounce for newly mined silver was estab- lished Wednesday night by Presi- dential proclamation. The new price | will be effective on all stlver-mined | on and after April 24, ‘ For the last fortnight the Treas- | has been paying 7111 cents the newly mined metal. For e than a year before the price > mints had been 6405 cents punce. e proclamation said the action was necessary “in the interest of the United States.” was to the recen pid rise of world silver prices which had lifted the quctation in London to 71.67 cents an ounce. {ury for SEE STILL HIGHER LEVELS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 25. ~—Increased production by the silver mines was predicted by many west- {erners as the result of the boost*in the Treasury price for newly. mined domestic ore but still higher prices were mentioned as necéssary to boom operations. Some Utah ‘min- ing circles considered the new-price of 7757 cents an ounce as furnish- ing additional proof of plans to carry out the provisions of the sil- ver purchase act which uitimately would bring the price to the stat- utory lzvel of u:m STOCK PRICES 60 UPWARD AS SILVER RISES Regular Boom Staged To- day—List as Whole Closes Strong NEW YORK, April 25—With the price of silver the highest in 15 years, stocks staged a boom today under the leadership of buuyam metals. While there were a (ew soft. spoLs and considerable profit taking, the list as & whole closed strong. Sales today totaled 1,650,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American. Can 123%, American Power and Lighi 3%, Anaconda 13%, Armour N 3%. Bethlehem Steel 27%, Calumet, and Hecla 3%, Ceneral Motors 31%, International Harvester 40, Kenne- cott 18, United States Steel 33%, Pound $4.83';, Bremner bid 60, asked 65; Nabesna bid 60, asked 75. BAR SILVER UP NEW YORK, April 25. The world price of bar silver was today the highest in 15 years, up 5% cents to 77 cents an ounce. - BONUS MEASURE GETS ADVANGED WASHINGTON, April 25. — The | Harrison bonus compromise. liber- |alized to provide cash instead of bonds, has been approved by the Senate Finance Committee. The Patman and Vinson bills were turned down. Amendments to re- fund interest on loans was de- sated. oo OLD TIMER Charles E. M. Cole, a long-time resident Mile- district, died in Fairbanks on April'4.° He came tJ Alaska 37 years ago, resided for a time at Skagway and since has lived at Jack Wade Creek, DIES 78 years old, of the Forty The reference |