The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1935, Page 1

L3 THE DAIILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1935. VOL. XLVI., NO. 6983. DOUBLE WAR TH COUNCIL VOTES T0 HOLD MINE WORKERS POLL Election Is Set for Next Thursday from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. With but one dissenting vote the City Council last night voted to hold a mine workers election next Thursday to determine the number of the men who desire to return to work in the present Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company walkout. Councilman Henry Messerschmidt |cording to a statement made today | lby J. J. Connors. Chairman of the| voted against the Council acting in the matter on the grounds he did ‘ not think the city should interfere in the matter at this time. Mayor Isadore Goldstein set the election for next Thursday between the hours of 9 a. m. and 7 p. m,, and named a committee of James J. Connors, Collector of Customs, chairman; Allen Shattuck, real es- tate and insurance man, and John Jones of the Juneau Young Hard- ware to arrange and conduct the election which will be held by sec- ret ballot. Big Crowd A crowd made up of representa- tive Juneau citizens and business interests filled the Council Chamber | to overflowing for the meeting but there were no representatives from the Alaska Mine Workers Union on hand. There was no further discussion from the Tuesday ses- sion, only Mayor Goldstein making a brief statement before the action was - taken. The Mayor pointed out that 25 per cent of the city’s taxes were paid by men working in the mine and if the walkout continued 90 per cent of . them would be unable to pay their taxes thus causing a severe loss to the city in revenue. He explained the walkout was tying up street work because it was impos- sible to get rock from the mine. Mayor Explains Object ‘‘The city is not attempting to settle this strike,” he emphasized, “but we are interested in getting the men back to work. I see by tonight's paper that a Federal me- diator is said to be coming here. If he comes the first thing he will want to know is who is in the ma- Jority, how many want to go back to work and how many do not. That is what we want to find out and that is why I believe we should call this clection.” As the Mayor concluded, Coun- cilman Beistline mgved that the resolution providing for a mine workers' election be gdopted and the motion was seconded by Coun- cilman Reck. The roll call showed all in favor with the single excep- tion of Messerschmidt. GRASSROOTERS TOLD TO STOP PUSS YFOOTING Republican Convention in Illinois Given Sugges- tions by Chairman SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 8-+-De- mands that ‘the Republicans-quti “pussyfooting” in attacks on Pres- ident Roosevelt rang in the ears of the delegates to the “Grass Roots” convention. Chairman Harrison Spangler of Iowa said the summary of sugges- tions already submitted by the dele- gates showed “they can't quit pus- syfooting and they believe it is time to pin broken promises of the iast campaign on the President. When a man says he is going to balance the budget and doesn't do it and when a man says he is going to cut Government payrolls then hires 120- 000 additional employees they be- lieve it is time to fix responsibil- ity.” BELIEVE BOY IS ABDUCTED NEW YORK, June 8—The police sought 5-year-old John Paul, miss- ing from his Sutton Place home since Thursday night. It is now believed he has been kidnaped in- stead as drowning as first thought. ABSENTEE VOTE POSSIBLE IN WALKOUT POLL Ballot Ahead of Time Anyone employed at the Alaska Juneau at the time of the walkout | who wishes to vote on the cuestion of going back to work. but who will not be in town Thursday. June 13,| the voting day, may cast an absen-| tee vote previous to that time. ac- Citizens Committee appointed by Mayor I. Goldstein to handle the| election. Mr. Connors said that his office in the Collector of Customs office in the Federal Building would be open from 1 until 3 o'clock to- morrow (Sunday) and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9 a. m .until :304 p. m., for those who wish to deposit absentee votes be- | cause of absence from the city on| WORKERS' GROUP PLEASED WITH VOTE DECISION | | Effort to Be Made to Get Large Number Out on Walkout Ballot Pleased with the City Council's action last night in sponsoring a vote among employees of the Al- aska Juneau Gold Mining Com- dany relative to the workers' re- acticn to the walkout, many mine | {workers today are formulating plans for getting out a large represen- | tative vote. The vote was requested by a committee of citizens who are dis- satisfied with the action of the| Alaska Mine Workers' Union in calling the walkout, now in its| seventeenth day. “We are glad the Council decided | to hold the vote Thursday,” a com- mittee spokesman said today. “We are sure, when the votes are count- ed, that our stand will be sub- [ out a large number of employees.” “The City Council's action last night in calling the vote is a direct effort to break the walk- out. The Union will consider any man who votes Thursday as a scab.” This verbal statement was made jointly this afternoon by Al Nygren, President, and Neil Heard, Secretary of the Alaska Mine Work- ers’ Union. They reiterated their position stated earlier this week that they would deal only with a Federal mediator. One has been appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins and the mediator is expected to leave Seattle on Tuesday. His name is not known. — e, PREMIER LAVAL GRANTED POWER FRENCH CRISIS PARIS, June 8—Premier Pierre Laval won emergency financial pow~ ers in the Chamber of Deputies last | night to fight off the devaluation of the franc. The voie favoring the Premier was 326 to 161. ANOTHER APPROVAL PARIS, June 8.—The Senate ap- proved Premier Laval's decree of power to protect the franc over- whelmingly after action had been taken in the Chamber of Depu- ties. - R | A. B. HAYES LEAVES TODAY | FOR KETCHIKAN TO MEET SEATTLE C. OF C. PARTY A. B. Hayes, Traffic Representa- tive of PAA left by plane today for Ketchikan where he will meet the Seattle Chamber of Commerce party and return to Juneau with it aboard the steamer Aleutian. Miners Who Will Not Be in_f Town Thursday May Cast || | national stantiated. Our job, now, is to gett Mrs. Clara Grant Ray, wife of Charles Ray, famous actor of the silent film , was granted a di vorce In Los Ang The couplt had been married 20 years. (Asso ciated Press Photo) STATE POLICE ARE ON GUARD TIMBERSTRIKE Situation Aggravated by Internal Dissension in Union Circles SEATTLE, June 8—The State Police, in a prominent role, today paced the stage in the Northwest Lumber strike. Warring factions within the ranks of the strikers ‘arg” prepared for fresh assaults to gain control of ne- gotiations with the operators. Dis- sension has wrent the Sawmill and Timber Workers Union as one force | bitterly to remove A. M. Vice-President of the Inter- Carpenters n and spokesman for the union, fought Muir, Un {and he in turn doggedly countered | | with charges of Communism and| threatened to expal the local unions {swinzing away from the Northwest Council of the organization. Th> situation at Longview is charged with possible trouble when a squad from the State Patrol, act- ing under order of the Governor, ordered picketing to cease, also the blocking of motor and pedestrian traffic to and from the mills. Additional State Patrolmen are expected to augment the force which arrived with two patrol wa- gons. L s AVIATORS MAKE GOOD TROUT CATCH FRIDAY IN LAKE HASSELBORG Two proud fishermen in Juneau today are Verne Gorst, of the Gorst Air Transport Company and Fred Soberg, student aviator and well- known Juneauite. Part of their catch, made Thursday evening and yesterday at Hasselborg Lake, is on display today in the window of the Gastineau Cafe. Altogether the two anglers got a total of sixty-hine trout which in- clude the largest caught this season in Hasselborg. ures twenty-three inches, and a number of them put up a lively| fight, according to Mr. Gorst. Gorst and Soberg left Juneau on Thursday evening in the two-pas-| senger Skylark and stayed over- night in the PAA cabin on the !ake,’ returning here last evening. S eee U. 8. C. G. CUTTER AWAY ON WEEK'S CRUISE TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA PORTS The United States Coast Guard | cutter Tallapoosa, Lieutenant Mil Imlay in command, will be away from its Juneau base until the lat- ter part of next week on boardinz duty. The cruise will take the C. G. vessel to Yakutat, Sitka, Hoonah and many other southeast Alaska | ports. .- JAMES E. BOYLE, UNION OIL REPRESENTATIVE TAKES PLANE TO KETCHIKAN TODAaY James E. Boyle, Union Oil Com- pany representative, left by plane today for Ketchikan. He will meet the Seattle Chamber of Commerce party aboard the Aleutian and re- turn here on that steamer next Tuesday. Grantéd Divorce : (COMMANDER OF MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS T GROWS LOUDER { OFFICERS WAIT | 'OTH CORPS AREA | SINGLE MOVE BY | and Joiners| VISITS JUNEAU Major General Malone wit Party Spends Several * Hours in City, “A Wonderland, a land of en= chantment! See America first & make Alaska the first stop,” tersely and emphatically did General Paul B. Malone, Comman ing General of the 9th Corps reply to the stock reportorial ques: tion, “what do you think of Alas~ ka?” after he had returned from & trip to Mendenhall Glacier, the Pa= cific Alaska 'Airways port, and an inspection of the Signal Corps sta- tion on Glacier Highway. Local Greetings . { Promptly at 7 o'clock this merns ing when the Northwestern docked, Malone and his party, which in- |cluded Mrs. Malone, Major Benja- {min C. Lockwood, aide to the Gen- eral, and Mrs. Lockwood, walked down the gang plank and were met by Acting Governor E. W. Griffin, Harry Watson, secretary t0. the Governor, and Sgt. Charles E. Smith. 3 Inspect Signal Corps - A The party went directly -to the! Signal Corps offices where the Gen- eral made an inspection, then to the Signal Corps station near the Gold Creek bridge where another inspection was made, and then to Acting Governor Griffin's office for a short conference. | At 8:15 a. m,, Gen. and Mrs. Ma- |line, and Mrs. Lockwood were es- corted on an automobile tour to {the glacier, airport and Signal Corps station, by a Chamber of | Commerce committee headed by President R. E. Robertson, and in- cluding M. 8. Whittier, A. B. Hayes and Robert Bender. Visit Museum Returning to the Federal Build- ing the party visited the Territorial Museum until boat sailing time. | They were most enthusiastic about | the descriptions of various exhibits given by Curator Rev. A. P. Kashe- varoff. The General and Mrs. Malone will return south on the Northwestern {aru-r he has inspected Chilkoot | Barracks. Major Lockwood and Mrs. Lockwood will remain longer 1. Cailkoot, and will go to Sew- and Fairbanks on official bus- } ness before returning to the states. e - | |SEA SCGUT MEETING | TO BE HELD MONDAY | EVENING, CITY HALL | BOY KIDNAPERS Trail Centers in Salt Lake City Where Ransom Bills Found TACOMA, June 8. — Search for the kidnapers of George Weyerhacuser was still under way today with police “just waiting for one false move by the abductors” Pat Kelly, de- tained yesterday for question- ing, was released today. FIND BILLS IN DEPOSIT | SALT LAKE CITY, June 8—Fed- eral forces concentrated here in search for the Weyerhaeuser kid- napers were attracted by the cash- ing of twenty bills identified as part of the ransom bills. They were discovered when the stores banked the receipts yesterday. They were largely $10 denominations and were believed to have been passed by a woman. They were found in the deposit of a 10-cent store and were believed to have been given In payment for goods and small articles DISCLAIM KNOWLEDGE TACOMA, June 8. — Authorities disclaimed knowledge or denied re- ports that twenty of the ransom bills had been found at Salt Lake City and that E. J. Connelly in charge of the Department of Jus- tice contingent here had flown to Utah to investigate. They also de- nied all knowledge of a published report that the ransomed lad had been interviewed by Federal agents in a Seattle hotel last night. The family remained silent and meanwhile Agent Nathan said the case was “quieter than a church- yard.” Release Suspects Two persons were released at Grangeville, Idaho, when it ‘was found the currency they passed Wwas not ransom money as at first thought. An airplane search is being made for the kidnapers lair and Seattle |’ authorities are seeking a man and woman, nicknamed Percy and Min- nie, A light blanket similar to strips of blanket in which the kid- napers wrapped the victim was fouhd near Issaquah, It was believed the search would be concentrated from here much longer. SEEK EX-CONVICT SEATTLE, June 8—An ex-con- vict and former employee of the Weyerhaeuser interests Who was re- ported to have talked of kidnaping George Weyerhaeuser while in the Boys of fifteen years or over who Federal Prison at Leavenworth was are interested in reviving the Sea linked with the case today by a {Scout movement in Juneau are urg- hotograph of i | |ed to be on hand at the Juneau City lt)he m:rlssn ?ue b::‘ b:‘t?;e‘i’ledlslf;gx; The longest meas-| | Hall next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock when a meeting to organ- ize a Juneau Sea Scout Ship is to |be held, according to Robert Hall, | former Chicago Sea Scout leader, whno recently arrived here. At the Sea Scout Council lunch- eon held last Friday, those attend- ing decided to support the organiza- tion of Sea Scouting in Juneau and it is expected that there will be a large turnout Monday evening. The ‘mocung will be held upstairs in the | city Hall The Federal men borrowed make a copy. The man is reported to have been here and stayed in a busi- ness district hotel six weeks before the kidnaping and asked an acquaintance for a ‘“stake to pull a kidnaping job.” i AT WAKEFIELDS BUILD SALTERY The Wakefields are building a saltery at Port Wakefield, Raspber- ry Straits, Kodiak, having moved their plant from Iron Creek. it to Being ! WASHINGTON, June 8—Bound- !ing meat prices, it was dislosed |nere today, have started America eating more fish. Government fi-| |gures show that 22,000,000 more {pounds of fish have been handled | through New England ports alone |during the first three months of | this year when compared with the |same period in 1934. | During the same three months, {Americans ate 758,000,000 fewer pounds of beef, veal and pork than over the same period last year. There are no figures for thoso months available on the consump- tion of canned salmon and tuna and fresh shrimps and oysters. But during 1934, when meat prices were beginning to curve upward under combined drought conditions and the government’s reduction program, the country ate 20000000 more pounds of these products. Less Meat, But More Fish Eaten in Nation, Government Figures Show This was exclusive of the fresh fish consumed. Nevertheless, the Bureau of Fisheries reported the per capita consumption of fish for the United States was only 13.3! pounds each year, the highest previous av- erage being 55 pounds per capita. Japan, among the largest countries in the world, far exceeds the United States in fish consumption. Curiously enough, the figures showed that while the consumption of fish is rising during the last three months, the prices paid the fishefmen on the docks were fall- ing. In the first three months of 1934, fishermen sold approximately 64,- 000,000 pounds of fresh fish which amounts to $2,306,000. The same three months of this year, 85,700, 00 pounds were sold, but this larger 'mount only brought $2,224,000. i B Princess Divorced | Mrs. Lemma Smith, Turkish princess) and daughter of the late Turkish/ diplomat, Abed lzzet Pasha, /obtained a Reno, Nev., di. vorce from Carl Fleischmann Holmes and umed the use of her former mame, Lemma Smith, Holmes was her third husband. (Associated Press Photo) VOLNEY DAVIS GETS LIFE FOR “BREMER KIDNAP Arvested in Chicago Mon-| day, Gangster Receives Quick Sentence ST." PAUL Minn;, June 8.—Vol- ney Davis, who pleaded guilty Mon- day to conspiracy in the $200,000 ransom in the Edward G. Bremner kidnaping, after his capture in Chi- cago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Federal Court. Other conspirators in the same kidnaping included John J. (Boss) McLaughlin, five years; Harold Al- derton, owner of the Benseville, Il- linois, house in which Bremner was kept, 20 years; Bdwin Farmer, tav- ern keeper who negotiated securing of the ‘Alderton home, 20 years. Those previously sentenced to life imprisonment include Arthur |[Doc) Barker and Oliver Berg. All will serve 'their sentences in Leavenworth penitentiary. James J. Wilson, former North- western University medical student, was sentenced to five years in the reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio. - BACK FROM BEAVER TRIP Frank Dufresng, Assistant Execu- tive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission; Wellman Holbrook, Assistant | Regional Forester, and Game Warden Jewell returned to Juneau last night on the Grizzly Bear after a several days' trip up the Taku River to investigate beav- er conditions, They found the beav- er had erected dams causing the water to flood large areas in some places thus killing off the vegeta- tion and trees on which the ani- mals feed. ‘As a result the beaver migrate further up stream where they can get food. The abandoned dams will have to be blown up so the water can go back in ils proper channel, it was explained. ———— GORST PLANE MAKES CHARTER TRIP SUNDAY Tomorrow morning the Gorst Air Transport Boeing plane, pilot Frank Knight, flight mechanic Eric Schutte will leave Juneau on a charter trip for Craig. The time of the plane's return to its Juneau base is indef- inite. LAST STEEL TRANSPORTED The last steel to be taken from the Government Dock to the Douz- las Bridge, now nearing completion, | C was transported this morning by the motorship Wanderer. The Wan- derer, which has been engaged in this work for several weeks, skippered by Capt. Carl Larsson, and now is berthed at the Upper City Float. B ON HONEYMOON | — | On a honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs,| O. P. Young are round-trip pas-| sengers on the Northwestern from | Seattle. Young is ticket agent in San Francisco for the Pacific| Steamship Company is | + NEXT TUESDAY MUSSOLINI SAYS DEADLINE ON JAPAN'S NOTE War Machine in Manchu- kuo Prepared to Move Unless China Submits ARMY ORDERED TO BE | READY FOR ACTION, ITALY PREPARED T0 TAKE ACTION “We Have_()ld and New Account to Settle with Ethiopia’ FLAUNTS WARNING OF GREAT BRITAIN Japanese Insist on Remov- al of All Chinese Military | from Hopei Province TOKYO, June 8 -—Japan's war machine in Manchuokuo is report- 2d in press dispatches to have been srdered to prepare for invasion of Caina vnless the Chinese govern- ment submitted to Tokyo's ulti- matum by next Tuesday which is said to be recognition of Manchuo- kuo. A Rengzo dispatch from Hsinking, Manchuokuo, said orders to place the Japan War machine in Man- shuria in readiness to roll south-| ward acress the Great Wall if China fails to submit to the ulti- natum, has been issued from Gen- 'ral Headquarters. Insistant Note A dispatch from Peiping said the Japanese note insists on the remov- al of all Chinese military organi- ;ations from the Province of Hopel. | The military organizations are the | only method of retaining peace and' order on the frontiers of China,| Manchuokuo and Japan. READY TO ENTER COMBAT ; PEIPING, June 8—(Copyright by the Associated Press, 1935) - The! Thirty-Second Army, consigered| among China’s best troops begm‘ moving toward Tientsin today where the relations with Japan are ap-| parently approaching some sort of a crisis, The Thirty-Third Army, headed | by General Shang Chen, will re-| place the Fifty-First Army of Gen- eral Yu Hsueh Chung which evac-| uated Tientsin and has moved to Faotingu, the new seat of the gov- arnment for the Province of Hopei, 9 miles south of Peiping. US. FISH BUREAU EXECUTIVE IS ON INSPECTION TRIP Soldier Movement, Attitude of Duce Strong Evidence of Inevitable Conflict CAGLIARI, Sardina, June 8.—Ttal- ian Premier Benito Mussolini told the Itallan soldiers departing, for Africa that ‘“we have an old and a new account to settle” with Ethopia, and “we will settle them." The Italian Premier apparently was referring to Great Britain's op- (enly expressed opposition to Italy's policy in Africa. 'ne Duce further- said the ac- ounts will be settled without taking “any account of what is said be- yond the frontier.” Seen Inevitable Newspapers are almost wholly oc- cupied with the conflict which Is regarded as virtually inevitable and they state that “today’s demonstra- tion will show Italy is united and will march with obedience and dis- cipline to accomplish those ends which her King and her Duce will announce.” The Duce flew to this gaily dec- ocrated city to review the division of soldlers prior to the departure for Africa. Jab At England The Duce spoke to the soldiers of the Sabauda Division and a huge crowd of blackshirts. The Duce made a sharp pointed refer- ence to England when he said: “We will imitate to the letter those who try to teach us a lesson. They demonstrated that when they were creating an Empire by defending it. ‘They never took into consideration the world opinion.” There is also much space devoted on the first pages of the newspa- pers to the speech of Laborite Cle- mente R. Attlee, who told the House of Commons in London the Suez chould be closed to Italians in the event Italy planned to use force in East Africa. R A S SENATE CRITICS OF MIDGET NRA Charles E. Jackson, Assist- ant Commissioner, Ar- STUDYING PLAN | Islands, rives Here on Brant Charles E. Jackson, Assistant Commissioner, United States Bu- reau of Fisheries, arrived in Ju- neau this afternoon aboard the Brant. Although long identified with the bureau, Mr. Jackson's ac- tivities have been directed to work along the Eastern coasts, north and outh, the Great Lakes and at the bureau’s Washington, D. C., head- guarters, this is his first trip to Alaska. In a brief interview today, be- tween enthusiastic comments rela- ive to his experiences in Alaska thus far, the Assistant Commis- ioner explained that he was mak- ng an inspection of the bureau’s work in Alaska, and also visiting and inspecting shrimp and crab packing plants, salmon canneries, and would make an inspection of he bureau’s plant on the Pribilof where for the first time 1 by-product plant for oil and meal will be operated this year. Mr. Jackson said the plant is a 1t et of Commerce Daniel| per's visit to Alaska last year. T ling on the Brant with the Assistant Commissioner are Mrs. Jackson, their young son Charles, Jr. Vietor Bell, son of Commis- sioner Frank Bell, and Hildre Ol- son, daughter of Capt. W. M. Ol- son, of the Brant, Ralph Baker, of the bureau staff, was passenger from Seattle to Ju Se a eau mmissioner Bell will be in Al- iska next month, Mr. Jackson said today According to present plans the Brant will sail for the Westward ometime LOmMOrTow. Upper House of Congress Reported Split Re-- - garding Functions WASHINGTON, June 8. — The Senatorial critics of NRA today be- gan a minute study of the stopgap plan, or skeletonized NRA, passed by the House yesterday,.some fear= ing the extension of the midget NRA agency for nine and one half months entalled more authority to relax the anti-trust laws than was understood at first to be contem- plated. There are other Senators who are comewhat softened in opposition to the Recovery Administration with the resignation of Donald R. Rich~ berg, NRA chief. y - - PATROL CAR COMES FOR JUNEAU POLICE Juneau has a “Black Marie!” The shiny, black automobile, pur- hase of whjch was approved at a recent City Council meeting, af- rived this morning from Seattle. It was purchased through the Ju- neau Motors Company and is a Ford panel-model. Police officials believe the patrol car will enable them to give better protection to \ larger area. R RETURNS FROM VACATION Mrs. Agnes Adsit of the Terri- orial Auditor’s office returned to Juneau last night on the North- and after a month's vacation In he States, much of which was pent in Portland.