The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 19, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY A * VOL. XLVI, NO. 6992. JUNEAU, ALASKA, © ASKA E ‘ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® MPIRL WH)NES AY JUNE 19, 1935 MOVE MADE TO MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NITE A. J. LABOR CONVICT STRIKE ENDS AFTER 21 HOURS DURATION Three Hum;a and Forty- eight Prisoners, Hands Up, Surrender NO INJURIES TO MEN OR OFFICERS Smoke Usecio— Break Mut- iny in Inky Darkness of Coal Mine LANSING, Kansas, June 19.—A | scare of officers and guards, led by | ‘Warden Simpson, subdued 348 riot- | ing convicts in the inky darkness of | the prison coal mine and ended thc destructive 21-hour mutiny early to- | day. ! Only half a . dozen guards re- mained below to check the damage | wrought in the convict's rage of the day and night long mutiny. The end was accomplished with- out injury to either guards or con- victs. No Conaessions | Prison offictals ‘announced they havé made no .concessions to the three demands of the rioters. The convicts demanded better prepared food, discharge of the priséon doctor and immunity for their action. Use Smoke in Fight Guards and officers used smoke from ‘the fire started by the con- victs themselves as the chief weap- on' of attack. The fire was started in the mule barns and was fed by hay . and timbers, in an effort to dme the armed guards away from | the gun cage near the base of the airshaft, which would have given them control of the sub-surface. Officers reversed the ventilator fans and turned the smoke upon the, rioters and sent them into the | four miles of corridors, and they | gave up. ' Attackers Enter Mine | 'Protected by gasmasks and bear- ing flares and electric torches ened to their clothing, mmbers ot the attacking party descended mw the mine without incident. They found their path blocked by the heavy double doors which sep- arated the airshaft from the main! mine shaft. This delayed surrend- er and took a long time to get/ open. Hands In Air As the double doors Were battered ' down the oftfcers. saw a group of convicts walking toward them with their hands in the air. Others fol-| lowed and the mutiny was over. | The . convicts were thoroughly| subdued. | ‘Half a dozen mine guards who were held as hostages, are again in charge as evacuation began. Investigation The ringleaders will be investi- gated and punished, the authorities announced. All through the night, officers armed with rifles and machine guns formed a cordon about the tipple. ‘The weapons were trained on the| alrshaft to prevent any possible at- tack. JACOB COLE PASSES AWAY Formér Prospector, Also Banker at Nome, Dies in San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 19. —The funeral of Jacob Cole, Alas- kan banker and prospector, is being held here this afternoan. Cole, who was 84 years old, died last Monday. He went to Nome in the gold rush days and later be-| camo President of the Merchant's and Miners bank. He is survived by his widow and| son. | LEIF 11 VISITS JUNEAU HARBOR Arriving at 11:30 o'clock this, morning, the Leif I1, a tender from | the Carl Hansen Company, salmon packing establishment at Port Al-! exander, was berthed at Juneau Cold Storage Dock today, The ship, skipered by Capt. A, K. Anderson, was expected to leave port today on the return trip, Is flunte(—l as Kidnaper . G-men of the Department of Justice, with two of the Weyer- haeuser kidnap gang already captured, swung into action in Mon- (ara and Tdaho, in"an effort to apprehend William. Mahan, (above) paroled convict, wanted for two bank robberies and believed ‘to have been the third member of the mob which kidnaped George 9, of Tacoma, for a ransom of $200,000.” Mahan, reccgnized on the ctreets of Butte, Mont., had arrested him seven years ago for a bank robbery, abandoned his car and fled over fences and back alleys, leaving $15,000 of the Every highway out of the State was blockaded immediately in an effort to capture the desperado. Mahan parted from the Waleys in an Idaho retreat. Weyerhaeu:er, blocd money in his car. by a police officer who Qusted Assistant Secretary of Commerce Summon- ed to Senate Probe WASHINGTON, June 19.—Ewing C. Mitchell, ousted Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce, was called to the stand today in the Senate in- quiry into his charge of “graft” in th Department of Commerce and “Treasury plundering” in the ship subsidy system. To Press Probe Several Senators have made it plain they are ready if “substance” is found in Mitchell's charges to press for a broadened investigation which will call in such men as Vincent Astor and Kermit Roose- velt, friends of the President, nam- ed by Mitchell as among those standing to benefit by the trans- action of laying up the liner Levia- than. Roper to Attend Secretary of Commerce Roper said he will acept the committee’s invitation to attend the meeting and said he would answer any questions asked by the committee- men, Retirement of the Leviathan from service‘ without penalty, was pro-| |vided under the ship subsidy con-| tract held by the company. Mit- chell declared this meant waiver of 1$1,700,000 in payments due to the Government. MAY ABANDON 18 PROJECTS WASHINGTON, June 18. — The Government is thinking of aband- oning 18 subsistence homestead projects inherited by the Resettle- ment Administration at the death of the Homestead Corporation on June 16. There are 64 such projects, eigh- teen of which have not yet kteen functioning. | thousand striking British Columbia | Denali, GRAFT' CHARGE, RELIEF CAMP ‘PLUNDERING' TO WORKERS ARE BE INVESTIGATED STRIKING NOW Reach Regma, then Send| Delegation to Ottawa Government REGINA, Sask., Jun 19. — Two relief camp workers gathered last night to give a send-off'to a dele- gation of eight who left for Ottawa to present their grievances to the Dominion Government. The marchers halted here and were met by Dominion officials who agreed to consult with the dele- gates in Ottawa. Meanwhile the remainder of the strikers will be given sustenance and sleeping quarters here while awaiting the return of their dele- gation. CAPT. OBERT FAGES TRIAL, SHIP WRECK Pilot Aboard Denali Pleads| MATANUSKANS MAKE PROTEST Complaints on Prolect Senl to President, Gover- nor and Others i rick Hemmer and Mrs. I M. Sand= vik, colonists, who said they repres sent 40 others, have sent compiaints regarding the Matanuska project conditions to President Rooseyelt and Gov. John W. Troy and oM:w ers asking for an investigation. It is asserted the cabins are being built, wells are not b;ms dug and no preparations are way for a school. There is not ut!- ficient medical aid, it is asserted, and dvailable roads are not being built’ into the tracts as promised, and the prices at the commissary are higher than at the Palmer store. | ) OFFICIAL STATEMENT ’ “Neither the Governor of Alaska nor the ARRC have any authority in connection with the matters complained of by Matanuska colo-* nists,” sald a statement issued from the Governor’s office this afternoon. “The Matanuska project was turned over to the FERA by the President. Harry L. Hopkins, Ad- ministrator of FERA deslgnawd Lawrence Westbrook, Deputy ministrator of FERA, to hand.le the project who in turn placed Don Irwin in charge as General Agent for the controlling organization and '* Mr. Irwin is on the ground.” “Any appeals from any decision or lack of decision on the part of Mr. Irwin should properly be di- rected to Mr. Westbrook. The Gov- ernor and the ARRC have done minor things at the request of Mr. Westbrook and Mr. Irwin and we are very much interested in the success of the Matanuska project but nave no official interest or au- thority in the premhes " 3LEWIS BRANCH MAY TALK AT - CHAMBER MEET Water Company Head and Libby Executive Guests Tomorrow Noon R. F. Lewis, President of the Juneau Water Company, and Dave Branch, Manager of the Salmon Department of the Libby, McNeill and Libby Company, have . been invited to be guests of the Cham- ber of Commerce at its regular weekly luncheon meeting, scheduled for noon tomorrow at Bailey's Cafe. Lewis arrived here recently from the south on a regular inspection visit of his company. He may tell the Chamber some of the improve- ments and new projects planned. Branch came to Juneau earlier this week and is here for a few days before visiting company plants in the vicinity. President R. E. Robertson of the Chamber has ask- ed him to give his forecast on the salmon pack expected this year. There is no important business detail to be presented the Chamber tomorrow. LONGSHOREMAN INHERITS $35,000 Not Guilty to Negli- gence' Charge SEATTLE, June 19.—Capt. Peter A. Obert, pilot of the steamship which broke in two after grounding in British Columbia wat- e"s on May 19, pleaded not guil zv{ to charges of negligence before the Federal Steamboat dInspectors yes- terday. His trial has been set for| Friday morning at 10 o'clock The Board contends Capt. Obert did not use sufficient care to de- termine the ship’s position prior mi the crash. e MRS. GALLWAS RETURNING Mrs, F. A. J. Gallwas, of Doug- las, is a passenger aboard the| Northwestern returning to her home | in Douglas affer a trip to the States, ‘; SEWARD, Alaska, June 19.—Ole | Jchnson, longshoreman, announced he has received word that he has been left $35,000 by his mother who recently died in Sweden. He is leav- ing on the first steamer for the states enroute to Sweden. | e | MRS. MULVIHILL RETURNS h Mrs. V. W. Mulvihill, wife of the |lccal Canadian Pacific Agent, ac- | companied by her daughter Maxine arrived on the Princess Charlotte after an absence of several months {in the east. The Mulvihills have |taken a suite in the Assembly R ENTERS HOSPITAL W. E. Gerwels, of the Bureau of | Public ‘Works, was admitted to the hospital yesterday for medical treatment, ON CONDITIONS § 'WEYERHAEUSER 'KIDNAPERS/ WITH 'THEIR BEST MAN PALMER, Alaska, June 19.—Pat- § Harmon Waley (left), who with his /wife, Margal kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser, % in Tacoma, (right) who was be: ALake City. GRAND JURY IS IN SESSION ON ABDUCTION CASE Father of Kldnaped Boy Is Third Witness—Speedy Trial Is Predicted BULLETIN—Tacoma, June 19. ZThree open indictments be- licved to involve Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley and William Mahan, were returned late this afternoen by the Grand Jury. Arraignment is set for Thurs- day. TACOMA, Wash., June 19.—J. P! Weyerhaeuser, Jr., father of little George, headed by G-men and oth- | er witnesses, went before the Fed- ral Grand Jury as the Government rushed the prosecution of the kid-| nap case. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., witness to appear. E. J. Connelley, Department. of Justice man, preceded Weyerhaeus- er, Jr,, in the secret session, The father of the kidnaped boy emerged from the grand jury room with his face red and gpparently embarassed. Speedy indictments and convic- tions are expected if the suspects plead not guilty and quick sen- tences if they plead guilty. There are rumors that some of| the ransom money is not turning| up because certain acid is being| used to change their appearance and it takes some time for this to work. 600D WILLERS ARE TO REACH HERE, MORNING The Seattle Chamber of Com-| merce Good 'Will party will arrive in Juneau southbound at 7 o'clock| tomorrow morning and remain in port until 10:30 o'clock. There is no formal entertainment planned for the Good Willers but pleasure calls, and trips out the highway will take lace. MISS WHITTIER IS | BACK FROM SCHOOL Miss Mary Jean Whittier, with a| splendid record of good grades made, returned to Juneau yester- day from a term at Washington| State College at Pullman, Wash. Miss Whittier, the daughter of| Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Whittier of uum city, specialized in secretarial wurk‘ and musie training in her first year| at the Pullman school. She arrived from Vancouver, B. C., on the Prin-| cess Charlotte. | was the third | - FAIRBANKS PLANE DUE The PAA Lockheed Electra left Fairbanks for Juneau on the WAGNER LABOR Harr\ E. Pratt § Confirmed to Be § § Judge in /Huslm / WASHIN T() June 19— Harry E. ®ratt, attoraey of Fairbanks, has been coafirmed by the Senate to be /Federal Judge of the Fourth Division of Alaska, He succeeds E. Coke Hill, resigned. et — DISPUTES BILL | NEARSPASSAGE Coercion of , of Workers by Unions Brings Out Fight in Senate * | WASHINGTON, June 19.— The ‘Wagner Labor Disputes bill has | been placed before the House wlth‘ { leaders striving to pass it before nightfall. A fight developed this forenoon ' around the proposal to write into the bill the language declaring labor | unions shall not coerce workers Lm Jjoin unions or strike 1 'Chemicals That Make Real Man LONDON, June 19—~C. E. M | Joad, economist and scientist, and T. E. Lawson, eminent physi- have agreed that the pre- m.npuon for “one man” is: Enough water to fill a 10-gallon | barrel. Enough fat for seven bars s0ap. Carbon for 9,000 lead pencils. Phosphorous for 2200 match- heads. Iron for one medium-sized nail Lime enough to whitewash a l)x' of ! chicken coop. Small quantities of magnesium and sulphur, “‘Take these ingredients, combine them in the right proportions in g the right way and the result, ap- parently, is & man,” said Joad in a recent lecture at London university ———e— YOUTH NABBED ON EXTORTION VANCOUVER, June 19.—A Van- couver citizen, H. Ball, received a note, ordering him’to place $5000 in a certain place outside his fam- ily home, else himself and family would be shot. The note was handed to the po- !lice who secreted themselves in the garden. Mr, Ball placed a dummy package in the designated spot. The ‘| vote | gram, re:‘.x-. declared to have confessed participation in the elagu ol st h., with M_‘v:l. Waley and Richard Brockbank man rowi ng about two ars ago. he Waleys were arrested in Salt (A ociatud Press Phofio) * EXPECT SOCIAL SEGURITY BILL BE APPROVED |Senate Leaders Working to! Final Vote—Predic- tion Is: Made BULETIN—Washington, June 19.—~The Social Security Bill to protect people in old age when unemployed, pasced the Senate late this afternoon by a vote of 76 to 6. The bill now goes to conference for a compromise on amendments, WASHINGTON, June 19.—A c]osei on the Clark amendment to |exempt private pension plans from the Roosevelt Social Security pro- is predicted by Senate lead- ers as they pushed forward to a final vote on the bill Administration leaders are con- | fident the measure will be approved merwhelmlngly e eee STOCK MARKET | SPLITS TODAY; CLOSE HEAVY Contrasting Groups Range! Themselves with Sev- eral Up-shooting NEW YORK, June 19.—The stock market divided itself into contrast- ing groups today with utilities and a4 few miscellaneous shares pointing upward. Metals and sugars were on the offside. Standard industrials and rails held to the middle of a road course until they yielded to nressure. Today's close was heavy. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 19.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16'2, American Can 138%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 14%, Bethlehem el 26, General Motors 31%, In- ational Harvester 4. Kenne- tt 17%, United States Steel 32%, Pound $4.937%, Bremner bid 64| asked 7, Nabesna bid 55, Black Pine | silver bid 30. | -ee Home Now Club CAN’ I‘ERBURY -~ Broome Park,‘ country home of Lord Kitchener, England's ill-fated wartime military leader, has been acquired for use as country club for members of banks and insurance companies, » -> { | a HALEY IN AND OUT Donald S. Haley, Bureau of Fish- eries Warden, returned yesterday on the Scoter from a trip to Stephens cheduled flight this morning with police finally saw a young man| | Passage where he was putting up two passengers+Al. Shyman and C.|approach the p]ace and pick up the m.rkors White. The Electra is expected to arrive at a late hour this after-! ‘tarmer in Claybourn, package. He was arrested. He is| 20 years old, son of a well-known Ithe o | and was getting away this afternoon for Icy Straits for MASS MEETING NAMES GROUP T0 SEE UNION Workers' B:r;fi( Coinnte tee Session Called This Morning MORE THAN 250 MEN ARE IN ATTENDANCE |Special Body to Confer with Trustees in After- noon Confab | | ‘ 5 The first move to unite the two opposing labor factions in the walk- cut of employees of the Alaska |Juneau Gold Mining Company, in ffort to get back to work, was at a mass meeting held in Arctic Brotherhood Hall this orning and called by the Work- ors’ Benefit Committee. After a two-hour session, during | which many speeches and sugges~ {tiens w made, a committee of 12 men appointed to confer {with . the Trustees of the Alaska {Mine Workers' Union at 3 o'clock |this afternoon An clitempt will be made at this meeting to unite the employees on one platform. As things now stand, the Union, which called the walk- out 28 days ago, is opposed to the | Workers' Benefit Committee, which {tavors an immediate return to work. The committee-called meeting as- {sembled at 10 o'clock this morning. The first order of business was the selection of Ed Kirchoffer as chair~ man ‘and James Briggs as secre- tary. Discuss Plans Then several speeches were heard involving a discussion of what ac- tion could be taken by those desir- cus of returning to work. It was suggested that a committee call upen L. H. Metzgar, Superintendent of the mine, and inquire when reg- istration for employees would be taken again, It also was suggested that a separate union could be formed, this new union to have affillation with the American Fed- eration of Labor. However, it was a short speech by Secretary Briggs that crystalized the action in naming the commit- tee to confer first with the Union Trustees this afternoon. “We don't want to stand divided |on this thing,” Briggs said. “Lets give the Union, which started the walkout, one more chance to end it. Let's form a committee to rep- resent us and talk with the Union, asking it again to do something definite toward ending the strike.” Applause Heard Applause met the corclusion of his talk and, in a few moments, the following committee was nominated and elected from the floor: Albert Norman, Hollis Jones, James Barry, Fred Orme, Dave Mallum, George Discombe, Alex Kiloh, Alex Sturrock, Sr, Ray Rich- ardson, Scotty Nielson, Frank Hen- derson, Grant Logan. Just before this committee was selected, City Attorney H. L. Faulk- ner, who had been a spectator m the back of the Hall, was called upon to make a talk. Speaking only as a taxpayer and as a disinterested party, Faulkner said, in part: Faulkner Speaks “It is common knowledge that the walkout vote was taken irregularly and by a minority of the Alaska Juneau workers. The city-sponsored vote showed that the majority QX men want to return to work. How- ever, there is one thing that hasm’t been settled. That is, what does the rank and file of the Union think about the walkout? The Union, al- though requested to do so, has not beld a rank and file vote since the ' walkout was called. Perhaps by this | | conference this afternoon, you men Conunued on Page Two) P Sl G Miss Hanson | Remembers Her Friends Here Miss Dalma Hanson, Juneau Grade School instructor, re- members her friends. Teday was Miss Hanson's birthdey, and, althcugh she is now enjcying a vacation in the States, several of her more in- timate friend: are tasting a birthday cake here, prepared by opening of the fishing season there fomorrow the Juneau Coffee Shoppe at Mis. Hancolt's vequest,