The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL XLVI.. NO 6988. MORE THAN 500 CAST BALLOTS INMINERS' POLL Official Count Shows 461 Against Walkout, Three to Continue Shutdown | 49 VOTES THROWN OUT FOR IRRE'GULARITIES Reaction Finds Sentiment Divided—52 in Favor Too Late to Count Canvass of the votes casy i yes- terday’s special mine workers’ elec-; tion, revealed that the majority of | the men employed by the A. J. at] the time of the walkout 23 days ago, want to go back to work. The official count showed 461 votes for returning to work, three to continue the walkout and 49 ballots were cast out for irregulari- ties. Those thrown out were for failure of signature or proper sig- nature and a few instances of ap- parent duplication, it was reported by the election committee, of which James J. Connors is chairman. It was apparent some of the union block did not vote.. 52 Others In Favor Most of the miners took advan- tage of the privilege of voting by mail, but a small number casting their votes in person. Fifty-two bal- lots were received today which were in favor of returning o work, but these were not included in the of- ficial count. It revealed that 513 men want to return to their jobs. As various reactions were heard today relative to the vote, the ma- Jority being of the opinion it would be helpful in bringing about a set- tlement, Conciliator Dewey Knight continued his investigation of the dispute and reserved comment, ex- | plaining that he hoped to bring about a settlement of the difficulty | if possible. Some Have Left City ‘The general sentiment in various quarters appeared to be today that the special election had at least accomplished its purpose of en- deavoring to learn the true attitude' of the men themselves. It was| pointed out that though there weve some 900 men on the A. J. Pay| roll -at the time of the walkout | quite a few miners had left town for employment elsewhere. Some have gone to Kenhecott to work at the newly-opened copper mine there and others have gone prospecting for the summer. Officials were of the belief that not more than 800 men were actually available to vote, indicating that the majority in favor of returning to work was con- siderably larger than at first be- lieved. Interpretations Dif ferent interpretations were placed on the result of the vote by the opposing labor factions, the Al- aska Mine Workers' Union, and the Workers" " Benefit Committee, which had requested the city ad- ministration to sponsor the ballot. This morning, Al Nyrgen, presi- dent of the Union, signed the fol- lowing statement on behalf of the Union trustees: “The Union stands the same now as it did the first day of the strike.” “The city election decides noth- ing, inasmuch as the method of voting is not considered legal. The voting of large numbers of com- pany officials and clerical help makes any result ambiguous.” A spokesman of the Workers' Benefit Committee issued this statement: Says It's True Sentiment “Yesterday's voting showed very conclusively the true sentiment of the Alaska Juneau mine workers. “The Union attempted to pre- vent the expression of a majority opinion by making each member turn in the ballot he received through the mail. Additional ballot were made avallable to the men who were forced to turn in their ballots. “We have shown that the Union made a misstatement concerning the majority's desire. It is now up to the Union to eorrect its mistake. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU. ALASKA SCREEN PLAYER AT HAVANA RACES Elaine Barrie (right), consta screen actor, was with him again the races at Orienta! park. nt companion of John Barrymore, in Havana, Cuba, as they watched (Associated Press Photo) President Signs Bill Suspending Mine Assessment WASHINGT! June 14— Ala:sa Delegate Anthony J. Di- mend 2y~ he hes besn advised that Preoident Roocevelt has vigned the bill stispending for ancther year tlie annual as- secsment work on mining claims that are held by lecation, STOCK PRIGES TAKE ADVANGE TO NEW HIGHS : Investment Demand Re- dominates at Exchange Trading Today NEW YORK, June l4.—Invest- ment demand again was a domin- ant force in today's trading on the New York Steck Exchange and many issues pushed up to new highs for the year or longer with| gains of fractions to three points.| Rails, ccmmunications and som2| specialties were leaders today. Today’s close was firm. Sales were 1,300,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 14—Closing quotaticn of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 138'%, American Power and Light 3, Anaconda 16, Bethlehem Steel 26%, General Motors 31%, Inter- national Harvester 44%, Kenne- cott 18%, United States Steel 33'%, Found $4.94'%, Bremner bid 64, ask- ed 70, Nakesna bid 53 asked 62, Black Pine Silver bid 33% asked 36. STATE POLICE AID OPERATORS, LUMBER STRIKE PORTLAND, Oregon, June 14— Gov. Charles H. Martin today threw the State’s police force behind the; lumber operators where men are wanted to work, while the strikers, backed by all organized labor of Portland, sought a court order to guarantee their alleged rights of scaceful picketing, FRANCE AGAIN DEFAULTS HER U. S. WAR DEBT ‘PARIS, June 14—France, in de- faulting the war debt to the United States for the sixth time, expressed! in the| hope that the “situation aear future will justily n for a settlement.” stiations ABBREVIATED NRA NOW UP | T0 PRESIDENT House Agrees to. Senate Amendments—Resolution Goes to White House | BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, June 14. — President Roosevelt late tcday signed the abbre- viated NRA lution. WASHING [01\ J.me 14. — The |HIouze has agreed to the Senate |amendments to the resolution ex- i(ndl)i’ the abbreviated NRA to |next April. The meeswe has re- cefved the proper signatures and sent to the White House for the signature of President Roosevelt. MORE DEMANDS ARE SUBMITTED CHINA NATION Japanese Replacement Troops Hurried Along to Chahar Province TIENTSIN, June 14.—Japanese troop replacements have taken up positions in North China as of- ficers have placed new demands upon the Chinese guthorities of the Province of Chahar. ! 1 CHINA PLANS MOVE | SHANGHAI, June l4—China is |reported planning to send a spec- ial emissary to the United States and England on a “difficult and delicate mission” for closer con- tact with those countries relative to Far East matters. This is de- scribed as the purpese of the visit. NOT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS | WASHINGTON, June 14—State Department officials denied reports that the United States might wiih- draw the United States infantry |stationed at Tfentsin because cf the situation developing in North China. BRITISH STAND PAT LONDON, June 14.—Authorita- tive sources said Great Briiain | weuld refuse to consider with- |draval of troops based in Tientsin {under the Boxer protocol, nc mat- |ter what measures Japan takes in North China. o Slayer of Young Bride Sentenced 8-16 Years NEW YORK, June 14.—Joseph [Lieb Steinmetz, 21- ~year-old bible | student, convicted of manslaughter in the slayinz of his young bride when he found her partially dress- ed in a hotel room with a priest, has been sentenced from eight to sixteen years. i Al EMPIRE FRIDI\\ JUNE 14, 1935, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS EGAL POINTS ' (NEW SENATORS | Neuw Chapu 1 ARE RAISED IN [OPEN FIRE ON | L% KIDNAP GASE| Woman n Abducllon May Escape from Very Se- vere Punishment BULLETIN — OLYMPIA, Wash., June 14.—George Weyer- haeuser visited the jail here and identified Mr. and Mrs. Harmen M. Waley as his kid- napers. After remaining in the jan for an hour, the youngster was whisked away by G-men. TACOMA, Wash,, June 14—The principle of the old English law that a wife is the mere chattel of her husband is cited by attor- neys as likely to save Mrs. Harmon {M.- Waley from a life sentence for the kidnaping of George Weyer- haeuser. The Waleys are still held in the Olympia jail waiting call~ ing of a Federal Grand Jury to ]indlct them Meanwhile William Mahan is be- mg sought. Mahan is believed now to have gone into the Yellowstone ;Paxk where there are no banks. Taccmans speculated on the out- come of the trial of the Waleys, citing a bit of the middle ages | jurisprudence which is an import- 'ant part of the modern Federal law that a wife has no will of her {own. It holds in-effect that when. {the wife takes part in a crime |with her husband she is assumet \!0 be acting under his dominance. Kidnap Case IL may be alleged that (Waley helped to secret George, (helped to take him into Idaho, helped pass part of the ransom under her husband's duress. Margaret Waley contends she knew nothing about the kidnap- ing until George was taken to the hideout in Spokane and then Ma- han {old her she was just as deep n the kidnap plot as Waley and Mzhan. Mrs. Change Pleas It is belicved that after the in- dictment, Waley will change < to guilly and Margaret to that ‘of conspiracy and get off with a comparatively short imprisonment and fine. Some believe Waley may choose to fight the kidnap charges because a wife’ cannot testify against her husband, or he may (plead guilty, getting a life sen- ‘tence in the hope of a parole. Whirlwind Buying Wave Hits Texas Wool Market| SAN ANGELO, Tex. June 14— More than 8,000,000 pounds of Tex-| as wool was sold in one week of whirlwind buying which also saw an estimated 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 pounds contracted for future deliv- ery. With the spring elip, the wool- market has been advancing, frac- tionally but steadily and Texas| sheep men are optimistic over the apparen’ interest of eastern buyers —————— Mastodon’s Tooth Found in Virginia, RICHMOND, Va., June 14— A mastodon’s tooth that measured 4’ | inches across the crown was found| in the Church Hill section of Rich- | mond by D. M. smn:h Gorky ls Phnnmg Bolshevik Eulogy MCECCW, June 14.—Soviet writ- ers have been invited by Maxim Gorky to collaborate in writing book designed to show that s ist development has created a ne and happier type of Russian cit zen. The book will attempt to prove| that under the bolsheviks the aver- age man has achieved more pros perity and “dignity” than ever be- fore in Russian history. . MRS. AL LUNDSTROM AND SON LEAVE FOR HOME a Mrs. Al Lundstrom, Jr., infant son, Richard Lou, Ann's Hospital today for home. and her left St their LONG TACTICS Schwellenbach Declares Younger Members Tired of Huey's Filibustering WASHINGTON, June 14— The Sehate's “freshmen” served notice ay that they had cast off swad- ng clothes in the rough and tumble finish fight against the tac- ties of Senator Huey Long. Their spokesman, Senator Lewis B. Scehwellenbach, Washington state Democrat, announced, “We are not going to let him continue to use the Senate as a medium for making himself Fascist Dictator of Ameri- ‘Complaining Senate leaders have been “too polite” to effectively com- bat Long's filibusters and obstruc- tionism, the far westerner said the newcomers are going to be “just as rough as Huey. There will be no compromise. We've watched him ob- | struct for five and a half months, and we are tired of it.” Senator Schwellenbach emphasiz- eéd he was speaking not only for himself but for eight other first termers. Long's long filibuster against the NRA was the specific case which drew the newcomers’ ire. THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT S GETTING AID Convention Called to Meet: in Chicago During Next Month ST. PAUL, June la—Farmer La-' borites, Trade Unionists and So- cialist leaders have thrown their weight behind a Third Party move- ment in '36. Other insurgent groups, notably the Wisconsin LaFollette Progres- sives and the Nebraska Democratic faction headed by former Gov. Bry- an, brother of the Great Common- er, withheld comment for the pres- ent. Howard Y. Williams, National Organizer for the Farmer Labor Party has issued a call for a Third Party convention to meéet in Chi- cago on July 5 and July 6. Admitting however, tnere is a chism in the Third Party ranks | over the timeliness of the move- ment, Williams said there is suffi- cient interest to warrant -calling the meeting. - e FLAG DAY WILL BE OBSERVED THIS EVENING Patriotic Ritualistic Serv- ices at 8 o'Clock at Elks’ Hall Patriotic observance of Flag Day will begin at the Elks’ Hall at 8 |o'clock this evening when ritualistic services will be conducted by the |officers of the B. P. O. Elks with M. E. Monagle, Exalted Ruler, pre- iding. All lodges of Juneau will partici- pite in these patriotic services to which the public is invited. The program will be brief but impress- ive and members of the committee expressed the hope that there would oe a good turnout to attend it. Judge James Wickersham will !make the principal address of the will be several by the Juneau will also stage o'clock - in the evening and there patriotic selections City Band, which a parade at 7:30 downtown section. PRICE TbN CENTS MINE V@TE F AVORS RETURN TO WORK 2 H. ea rvcvoighi JERSEY SOCKER GETS DECISION IN 15 ROUNDER ‘Thirty Tho—t:;and Fans Cheer Unanimous Verdict of Referee, Two Judges BAER DETHRONED IN TITLE MATCH {Challenger Fought Beauti- fully, Pressed Fight— Old Champion Fouled MALISON SQUARE GARDEN ECWL, New York, June 14—Jimmy Braddock, a 10 to 1 long shot for (the first lime in the history of vyweight p: fights, last night dethroned Champion Max Baer, winning the fifteen-round decision before a crowd of 30,000 fight fams. There were nu knockdowns, The decision was unanimous, giv- . by Referee Johnny McAvoy and "(n |the two judges, George Kelley and NEW MIRACLE MAN OF RING Braddock S—a): He Knew in Third Round He Was Going to Win | fore leaving his dressing rcom last Inignt to take the world's heavy- | weight title back to his wife and three kids in Jersey, James J. (Longshot) Braddock, the new mir- acle man of the fistic division, told {how it happened. “L knew as early as the, third |round I was going to win. That was when Baer hit me on the chin with his Sunday punch and I took it. T was able even after that to turn faround and paste him one. I knew that it was Baer's best punch. It was the hardest he hit me all {night. It hurt—but I took it. “I am the happlest guy in the world. Nobody knew what that fight meant to me-—money, security and the education for my children fi- nanced and also aid for my par- {ents. “If ever a guy went into the ring {with something to fight for, I was that guy.” NO CONTRACTS ARE LINED UP FOR BRADDOCK Champion Not Bothered Previous to Fight— Stick to Garden NEW YORK, June 14 Jimmy Braddock is suffering from a bad- ly bruised rib on the left sid his nose is swollen and his left ear is plastered as the result of winning the championship but he grinned about it all. Mrs. Braddock promi him away somewhere for a rest Joe Gould, Braddock's manager sald: “Madison Squaye Garden gavc us our chance and ‘we are stick- ing to the Garden. We have contract to defend the title the Garden in '36, not until then and that is what we are ng to do. In the meantime we are going out to grab all the sheke loose for little Joei and Jmun. lwnunueu on .‘ge Two) o take IS HAPPY ONE | NEW YORK, June 14.—Just be- IBr(uldo('k’.s' Fight |Plans Announced By Garden Head | NEW YORK, June 14— Champion Braddock has agreed to defend the title for the Madiscn Square Garden dur- ing the summer of 1936 against Max Schmeling, thus eliminat- ing any chance ¢f a champion- ship fight in September, said James Johnson, head of boxing at the Garden. Max Baer will be offered a bout with Schmeling in Septem- ber and if victorious, Baer will be cubstituted for Schmeling in the return bout with Brad- dock. e HAIPREPSRELL 5 FIGHT BY ROUNDS Round One Baer, instead of rushing, backed carefully away. Braddock hammer- ed two rights to the side and the champion gneered. Braddock, press- ing sturdily forward, whipped a left hook to the head but missed a short right. Braddock took a short right uppercut to the chin but smashed a hard right to the chin. Max missed a left hook to the head and took two left hooks to the chin as the crowd cheered the challenger's amazingly fine physical state. Twice Braddock jabbed Baer's head with lefts before digging in a hard right Baer's head. Braddock . kept pearing the champ’s head with lefts and pounded the body" with rights as the champion waited for an opening. It was Braddock’s round by a wide margin, Round Two Very casual about it all. Baer danced out of his corner, and Brad- dock popped him twice with lefts to | the head. Baer, a much bigger man, | laughed and posed as Braddock | shot three lefts to the head and a right to the body. Braddock out- jabbed Baer with half a dozen lefts and knocked the champion's head back with a right uppercut. Baer cut loose for the first time with a| two-fisted barrage to the body, but| Braddo ged back. A half doz- n times challenger stabbed Baer's hmd with lefts and then crossed three full rights to the chin. Max clowned and danced as he mizsed a long right to the head. The champion made a gesture as though he were holding back a right cdpable of letting go for a kill at any time. He slapped Brad- dock in friendly fashion on the at the bell. Braddock’s | than momentarily, | Charley Lynch, all voting for Brad- dock Crowd Frantic The big crowd began frantically |rooting for the challenger early in !the bout as they sensed the crown- |ing of a new King in the fight ring. | As early as the tenth round it was | certain Braddock was the pew | ¢hamplon; | Baer could never shake off, more the charges of the stolid Irish longshoreman. Presses Fight Braddock fought beautifully and pre\ d “the fight, stabbing the (Conunimd on Page Flve) NEW CHAMPION ISHANDLED IN ROUGH MANNER Wild Scen;s—_of Hysteria, Excitement in Braddock’s Dressing Room NEW YORK, June 14—Not since prize fighting became legal in New York have scenes of such wild hys- teria and excitement been enacted in a dressing room. The Jersey socker was given a great greeting by his admirérs. They laughed, cried, and pounded him, and he, the happy Irishman, was handled much rougher than he was treated during the fifteen rounds by Baer, Little Joe Gould, Braddock's man- ager, demanded of everybody: “Isn’t he the gamest so-and-sa you ever saw"' BAR PRAISES. VICTOR IN GO LAST EVENING Says: He - Has No- Alibi~e: Going Back to Raise Cattle in California NEW YORK, June 14—A de~ cted group of supporters sat in he dressing room of Max Baer last night, busy consoling the dethroned ampion, but Baer himself joined in praise for Braddock. “If I had to lose I'm glad Jimmy won and I told him so at the start of the final round. I like him; he's a grand fellow and deserves the reak the title will give him. He will et a chance to make some money to educate his kids. ‘As far as for myself, I have no ilibi; Braddock won a cleancut de- Round Three Braddock marched out, chin tuck- ou Page Two) ¢ defoated champion however nowed a swollen right hdnd which! (Continued on Page Five)