The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1935, Page 8

STOCK PRICES MILLED ABOUT EASY SESSION Trading Is E;:lically Sus- pended During Reading of Veto Message NEW YORK, M New York Stock Exchange virtually sus- e pended proceedi today whil nt Roose read his veto of the Patman bonus bill hich milled listlessly along a n range. Today's ¢ fairly steady CLOSING PRIC TODAY NEW YORK, M 22.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 18, American Can 127, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 17%, Armour N 4% Bethlehem Steel 27 Calumet and Hecla 3%, Butte Copper and Zinc 2, General Motors 32, In 1ational Harvester Kennecot Unit- ed States Steel 34%, Pound 90 Bremner bid 64 asked 67, Nabesna bid 55, Black Piné Silver bid 31, asked 35, e LUMBER STRIKE IS BREAKING UP WAGE INCREASE Three Tho;s;;d Men Af- fected by One Agreement —Others in Making 22 PORTLAND, Oregon, May The Charles McCormick Lumber Company has entered into an agree- ment with the Ilumber workers granting a wage increase of five cents an hour to 3,000 employees union officials announced Some of the lumber mills are reopening and agreements are said to be in the making with the employees of other companies, e .- DR. CARLSON AT GASTI and saw- AU to suffer is unnecessary strain, headaches, dizziness and blurring. Dr. Rae L. Carlson, Op- tometrist, for eleven years in prac- tice in Southeastern Alaska, is now It eve- at the Gastineau Hotel, until Fri- day evening, May 24. Call at room 203 or Phone 10 for an appoint- |shall ment to have your eyes examined and fitted with correct glasses. iv n Alaska Juneau Makes Reply Late Today on Proposals of Miners Submmml Last Week TEMENT OF ALASKA JUNEAU (Continued trom Page Oze) No. 3 Tunnel, rail transportation is provided from the tipples and No. 3 Tunnel to the portal. During he time of this transportation the are not in the mine. We do e sufficient reason at this not time to make a change Bonus Issue With reference to Article 7, the method of letting develop- contracts, has out over a long period of It permits a bonus to be d over the base wage by every working on development, r contractor contractor” ment work worked or employee carn more on the average than any like group of men in the country. On the average, the earnings of the contractor are not excessive nor more above the pay of his men than they should be in view of his skill and ex- perience. We intend to continue the present method of contracting men or such variations thereof as we see fit “With reference to Article 8, every dollar collected for medical, urgical, and hospital treatment under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, is spent each month for the s for which it is col- purj Through an arrangement in both the hospital and doc- have been Vi generous in co-cperation, a reduced rate be had for lecled whict a hospitalization of depcndent ers of employees’ families; and the doctor's services may be had for all dependent members of employees' families, free of charge, at the office of the company physician during office hours. For dependent members of employees' familie: the doctor’s charge for calls at the home is one-half the regular rate The of this additional service matter was all covered by our October 13, 1933, and should be a matter of common knowledge to all employees. For the information of those who are not conversant with this bulletin, it reads as fol- ows “BULLETIN October 13, 1933 The laws of the Territory of “The employer for each in- re Alaska provide that: furn to and jured em e such necessary medical, surg hospital treatment, including neces- bulletin of | cents, been | The result is that these; sary transportation to and from hospitals, as may be required by reason of the injury, for a period not exceeding one year from and after the date of injury to any such employee; and the employer in order to create a fund out of which the expenses of such treat- ment may be paid, may charge against and deduct from the wages of each employee, as and when the same are paid, the sum of not to exceed two dollars and fifty ($2.50) per month. “The company will continue to deduct $2.00 per month as in the recent past and in addition to the medical and hospital care that is required by law, the doctor and hospital will furnish medical and hospital services to employees and their families under the following schedule: “1. Care for cases of ordinary (not chronic) sickness, (for in- stance, flu, indigestion, etc.) .ur a pericd of not to exceged 30 days. “2. Furnish medical and hospital care for employees having chronic ailments, and for not coming under compenszation; and not otherwise specilled, at! one-hall regular rates, provided prompt and satisfactory payment is made. “3. In all cases of seases, sickness due to alcoholic ex- cesses, injuries received while not on duty, and contagious diseases, the employee shall not be entitled to hospital care, but will be sub- ject to the same rates and rcgula tions as govern the cases of non- | employees and may even be refused ities so desire. “4. In all cases of sickness and| cof injuries not received while on duty, transportation to and from the hospital will be for the ac- count of the employee and will not be paid either by the hospital or the company, “5. A reduced rate for hospital service for employees’ families may be had, provided either cash payments are made or definite arrangement for instalilment paying is made before the service is rendered. “6. Dependent members of em- ployees’ families may receive med- ical service free at the office of the company physician during of- fice hours. The charge to em- ployees for all other medical serv- ice to dependent members of their families will be one-half the regu- lar rate. “In all cases of injury where the services of a specialist are requir-| TONIGHT SPECIAL BILLY RAINEY and ADDED ATTRACTION! HOLLIS WALKER Violin and Guitar and Singing Artists De Luxe direct from Seattle! EDWARDS AND SMOKEY will also be heard making MUSICIANS AND SONGSTERS TO PLEASE YOU! CAPITAL Beer Parlors @ !'he best entertainment program value to be seen in Juneau! operative cases | venereal di-| imittance if the hospital author-’ dependent members of | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1935 ed, transportation, specialists’ fees, hospital fees, and all other ex- penses are paid by the company. This is in addition to the* money | deducted from the employees' pay junder the Territorial law. “If the amount paid to the hos- pital, under their contract, makes their gross receipts sufficient so that they could borrow the neces- | sary money and build an addition | to and modernize their hospital, Mls this certainly is to the advantage of every employee and of every| resident of Juneau and vicinity. “The - service rendered employees | is- not. only materially more than | required by law, but is all that the money . collected will pay for FIRST LADY OF LAND IS DOWN IN COAL MINE Rooseveh Spends| Nearly Two Hours Far Below Earth’s Surface BELLAIRE, Ohio, May 22.—Brav- ing the dangers of a two-mile jour- ney through subterranean passages, | and, therefore,” Wwe cannot ex-|yi. Franklin D. Roosevelt acquired | tend it. “With reference to Article No. 9, | tirst hand knowledge of coal m&n-z | {ing t.vtl);ic:mcle, \;vh:le it may at first With a miner's cap equipped with | g #bpeal to''some men Whol,, eleciric light atop her head, the are residents of . Alaska, is un- American and unfair. We do not‘F”\\L thdy o the Laod fakera nearly 60 other persons in an elec- know of. any case where such a i i tric train of mine cars down in the discrimination has been practiced i betws the workings of the Hanna Coal com- een e subdivisions of the ., o at by Neff: United States of America. B “In conclusion I wish to say Mh, Roowvel}t] lsfpent 1ofe; shad) that any attempt at collective bar- ¢ "% Ofe A hh"““ “"de"‘ gaining which ignores the majority E700% WALNNE the miners at| of the employees affected, is wrong, " - She e unjust, and un-American.” exclaiming it was very interesting | and instructing. | FIGHTER ASKS ANOTHER TRY; BUT GETS DRAW Wallulis, Ex-W. S. C. Grid-. der, Ties with Sailor in Re-Match SEATTLE, May 22—Scoring a knockdown in the seventh round,| Frank Wallulis, Roslyn heavyweizht nd former Washington State Col- lege football star, gained a draw with Ad (Pickles) Heintz, U. S. S. Texas fighter, here last night. The el ound battle was a re- turn ma asked by Wallulis after been knocked out by the| | Present wages at the mine, ac- cording to mine officials are labor- lers, both surface and underground, $4.85 per 8-hour day, sorters, $4.35 | per 8-hour day, miners, $5.85 to $6.85 per 8-hour day, mechanics, |56.85 per 8-hour day. ! With numerous intermediate |grades between these rates, the average over all pay for all men employed is approximately $6.00 per 8-hour day for a 48-hour week, according to the figures released. {PROPOSALS MADE BY MINE UNION (Contmued from Page One) all earnings of the confract above the amount of the base pay shall be divided equally among all those working on the contract. 8. The party of the first part ces to furnish to all emplo; !ees any necessary medical and su cal aid that any cmployee, or member of his family, shall need, i and the employee shall not have to ‘ | bay any hospital or doctor bills for 1Lh|~: service, and every employee i chall have a free choice of doctors, “ Employ Alaskans | 9. Party of the first part agrees H F R not to hire any person who has been a resident of the Territory of Alaska for less than one year as long as there are residents, ofithe Territory of one year's standing or more who are able to perform a laay's work and who have applied to party of tne first part for em- ployment. 10. This agreement shall be in full force and effect on and after the first day of June, 1935, and shall continue in force indefinitely,| or until either party to the agree- ment serves written notice thirty Electro - Magnets Sweep Tagged Herring from Conveyor Belts ‘ SEATTLE, May 22. — Perfection of a device to detect herring mark- | ed with metal tags affixed by the Bureau of Fisheries for the study | of fish habits, was announced here | the University (30) days in advance of the time yesterday by of | when a change in the agreement is Washington. | A machine, designed for use es- | desired. | - s ‘pema.ny in Alaska fertilizer plants, | DUBLIN —7 —restrictions on eml—‘ls attached to conveyer belts. Elec- | gration increased the population in | tro- magnets sweep each tagged fish the Irish Free State by 21,000 in|off the belts and save it for re-| the first nine months of last year. search and study. | The census announces a total of| The Bureau of Fisheries chiefly | 3,013.000 of whom 1535000 are|is concerned at present with the males 4 !'m distance lhe rnsh travel. | Daily Cross-word Puzele | ACROSS Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 16. Orlental ship ! 1. Sheep captain | 4. Table-lands . Small berd used 9. Coarse and Al | broken part . Egg-shaped | ot DAt figures 12. Not strict Btrike aud re- | 14, American (n- an Donk 14, The Greek R ! Nei 3 15. Self-examina~ Ribbed clotn | tion Made of a cer- | :g, glowed tain wood | . Beverage T 20. Edible tubers iy 22, Swiss river Advertise- | 25, Sufficient: ments poetic Color | 28. Large covered Excruclating wagon distress 3. Fower . Rested 81, Go: Scotel . U 32. Decrees or ad- T8 vessal Judges: in a scaway arckaie . Hebrew letter 3. Wig 48. Anger 3. Forelgn 41. Apart 36. Laughing 49 Pronoun Satellite 44, Northwestern birds 50. Italian river English letter Indian 31. Canceled 52, Ascended uice of a 45. Render un- 38. Unctiously 54. Fought in a woody plant conscious self-satisfled combat for 7. Grow old 46. Naughty 39. Health resort two 8. Religlous de- 47. Historical 42. Cooking uten- 6. Rushed nomination period sils 67. Tolerate 9. Three-cornered 50. By 43. One that fol- 10 Bxclamation 81 Poem lowsapred- ll:mwu 1L Gained at 53, Exists ecessor ale games o 55" Symbol £ 4. Exist % Pale Chance utectum G “,\\ ki ER Ilfii Bols [ [T 1572 ol | N REL SPOTTING FISH | ried in Harrison, MINIMUM WAGE IS BOOSTED BY FORD MOTOR CO. Others to Recelve Advance —Over 100,000 Em- ployees Affected DETROIT, Mich., May 22.— The ' Ford Motor Company announces restoration of the $6'a day minimum %o all employees Which was the| 1929 minimum. | ~Employees engaged in rates above | the minimum have also been ad- vanced to higher levels, The increases affect 126,000 em- J ployees. | i | BIBLE READING (GAUSES TRAGEDY EVERETT, Wash., May 22.—After a quarrel over reading of the bible with his wife, George Bielieu, aged | 72, a farmer, died of a heart at-| tack after he attacked her with a| | hammer. She is in a hospital wnh‘ severe head bruises. D Lindy lees Away All His Trophies ST. LOUIS, May 22.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has renounced his claim to an almost priceless collec- | ticn of trophies, and deeded the| large celection of gifts from ad- mirers to the Missouri Historical So- siety. Mrs. Nettie Beauregard, curator of the socicty, today confirmed the report, but said announcement had seen withheld the request of | Col. Lindbergh. ——————— Lila Lee Is Reno Bound for Divorce HOLLYWOQD, <Cal, May 22— Lila Lee, motion picture actress, has gone to Reno to seek a divorce | from her wealthy husband, John R Peme at Herzen, sald: Mlss Lee will seek a divorce on grounds that she and her 1u~mx\1 are temperamentally un- suited to each other.” The actress and Peine were mar- N. Y, last De- cember and separated three months ago. It's worth more. Schilling Baking Powder ' costs more than most, Why not! It's worth'more! It's rmde with Credm Tflrm.j Schlllmg ‘D“‘ f T-.,, Baklng\ Powder [er, ‘Thomas F. Joyce, a contractor,y were convicted with Guthrie. The, former was given 18 months to five years and the latter a suspendei. \sen..ence of one to five years. COMMISSIONER AT TACOMA SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON wHarfley to Write i Story of His Llh« Clay Allen here to serve four to| 10 years in the state penitentiary; TACOMA, Wash, May 22—Ro | following his conviction on a charge land H. Hartley, eight years gaver1 of grand larceny growing out of a|nor of Washington, intends to wfltq deal for repairing a boiler at the|an autobiography, entitled, “Forty county sanitorium. Former under- \ Years in Public Life,” he told a Ta. sheriff Martin Joyce and his broth- | coma audience. i TACOMA, May 2..—Pierce Coun- ty Commissioner Cal Guthrie. has been sentenced by Superior Judge SEE OUR WINDOWS Fountain Pens in a number of attractive and serviceable styles. antee with each pen. A written guar- Priced from $1.50 up Butler - Maur: Drug Co. SUSHSVSSS VOSSN A VACATION TRIP OUTSIDE! After four years of strenuoys studying, grad- uating students have earned a rest, and the best place to get one is 4 round trip voyage on one of our ships Also, such a trip would round out the edu- cation already started. 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