The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1935, Page 1

. - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVI,, NO. 6995. POLICE PROTECTION VOTED WORKERS FORMED NEW MINE WORKERS WALKOUT'S END NAMED PURPOSE AT MASS MEET Men Agree to Gather Mon- day, March to A.-]J. Em- ployment Office TO ASK IMMEDIATE RETURN TO WORK 9y ) «4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1935, PRICE TEN CENTS - G ROUP Waley Sent At Once to U. S. Prison Marshal Says He Will Be Eligible to Parole After 15 Years Good Behavior i | | | | [ , TACOMA, Wash., June Z‘.!.—Har-‘ mon M. Waley was sent to the | Federal Penitentiary on McNeil Isl- iand soon after he pleaded guilty | yesterday afternoon to kidnaping | COURT REFUSES |Fishermen, PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL GIVEN GREAT HIGHWAY Roosevelt Favors Construc- tion and Offers Sugges- tions, Improving Bill Packers to PLEA OF WOMAN| IN KIDNAP GASE Be Polled Trial for W;eping Mrs. | Waley Set for Next Mon- | day by Federal Judge | orvmpia, wasn, sune’ 22— OPEREE, | poll of the Puget Sound fishing in- GIRL BREAKS DOWN ‘dusu'y has been instituted by Gov. DURING PROCEEDING! cne attitude o Gov. Martin Takes Action in Conservation, Pro- pagation of Fish DIMOND PROMISED | Clarence D. Martin to determine | the packers and | fishermen generally toward a new Text of Police Protection Resolution Adopted Last Night by the City Council The following resolution, empowering the Mayor to appoint extra policemen to give protection if needed to those wishing to return to work at the Alaska Juneau mine, was unanimously adopted last night by the City Council: -- WHEREAS, the Alaska Juneau Mine furnishes the principal sou of income to all the workers, merchants, business men of every cl and all other inhabitants and residents of the City of Jureau, and it HELP IN SENATE|is the chief source of revenue of the city from which it derives its| taxes, mercantile licenses and other income, and without which income mosi t businesses in the City of Juneau would be bankrupt, and the city! EMPOWER MAYOR TO APPOINT UP T0 500 OFFIERS Assurance Given Mine Will Resume if Enough Men for One Shift Hired MORE THAN 300 SIGN JOB APPLICATIONS foe program designed to bring about final action pending the Interna- tional Salmon Treaty designed for |ccnservation and propagation of Money Migh_t_Be Obtained! . |itself would not have a fraction of the income necessary to support from PWA Funds with '|the schools ana maintatn the streets and sewers, or to pay the polics Passage This Session {Reaistration Expected to Start Monday—Coun- cil Vote Unanimous |and extortion in the sensational| Understanding that | Weyerhaeuser snatch case. | D | As announced yesterday Waleyl Dld NOt Have KnOWl?dge of Crime Cause Action Opposition fllleged Rad- lCal Trend mn Present | department, school teachers and other city employees, nor to prov del . . was sentenced on his plea of guilty = * Unlon VOlCed im forty-five years. He also received{ :f"’;}éur treaties have been proposed i I for the indigent and needy; and | i 4 {a two-year sentence on a con-| TACOMA, Wash, June 22—Des- 3 3 WASHINGTON, June 22.—Presi- i 2 | Action toward settlement of tI With its primary purpose -the cpiaey {:harge. but this was made pite Mrs. Harmon W. Waley's m-w‘f“d three of them have been ":::' dential approval of the proposed | ,, &?ERFAS‘ & ien. oo wlkout tock' place a%.the'mioe. an May E\Alukn Juneau gold mine walkout immediate end of the month-old| oncurrent with his forty-five year sistence she be permitted to plead fied by Canada bm, rejected by the International Highway was received | ->' , as a result of which all operations of the company have been | moved forward in definite shape walkout at the Alaska Juneau Gold |yidnaping and extortion sentence. guilty to the Lindergh law for Lh?fux_"Lpd Wigbes o0 arcgun!dofx :“:: by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond mycomplemly suspended since that date, but which walkout was brought jast night when the City Council Mining Company, formal organiza- | Eligible To Parole |kidnaping of nine-year-old Georgc:‘e‘“ made by Puget Sounx ishe! a letter in which President Roose- |®#Pout by a decided minority of the employees of the company as Wwas| adopted by unanimous vote a reso- tion of the Juneau Mine Workers’ Today U. S. Marshal A. J. Chitty | Weyerhaeuser, Federal Judge o By velt said he favered the construe- thOW‘n by a vote taken among the employees of the company under the)lution authorizing the Mayor to ap- Association was made ;L 1: r;‘lasswmd Waley would be eligible for'ward E. Cushman this forenoon | i tion of the Highway, and made sev-:fiusplces and protection of the City of Juneau on June 13, 1935; and point up to 500 extra policemen meeting at the Arctic Brotherhood| ' in fi once more refused to accept her eral suggestions: for changes in the | from among the residents and citi- e &g s SR ‘gz;lefh;n ;:;eelx]]m:'e;f cl::fi: f.:\)/g Dida aiitl ARk ALY OF & mm”l‘lDRAw PANEL IN bill authorizing such construction WHEREAS, those employees of the company who czused the walk-|zens of Juneau to protect those The new organization, founded|, " orienceq for life “not guilty” plea. | which is now in a House commit- OUt and who voted for it have united themselves together into 2|men who may desire to go back to + before 267 men who gathered in the “° . ° £ tee. {union ‘and have organized and are picketing the property of the com-|work at the mine. Judge Cushman cppointed John | F. Dore, former Mayor of Seattle, | as her trial attorney and set next| Monday as the trial date. The kidnaper was taken to Mc- Neil Island penitentiary' until the| Attorney General of the United| States decides in what prison he| hall, is opposed in principle to the leadership and present program of the Alaska Mine Workers' Union,| which called the walkout. A similar bill has passed the/Pany and the streets of Juneau and other places for the purpose of Senate. preventing a resumption of operations of the company, and they nave The Presidént suggested that the!¢nlisted the sympathy and assistance of a group of unemployed and Assured by L. H. Metzgar, Gen- eral Superintendent of the mine, that the company would find jobs employee group was to agree to a mass march to the Alaska Juneau miné employment office Monday morning for the purpose of reg- istering for' work. The company, in an avertisement in The Empire to- night, announced its inténtion of receiving job applications Monday. To Meet Monday For this purpose, the new Juneau Mine Workers' Association will meet at the Arctic Brotherhood Hall at 9:45 o'clock Monday morning. Both Juneau and Douglas men in the organization will meet at that time and, at 10 o'clock, they will pro- ceed to the employment office. The other important detail con- sidered at this morning’s session was the election of a 12-member by-laws and constitution commit- tee, which is scheduled to meet at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Heading this committee is James Lynam. Others are: Jesse Paine, Bob McPhee, Doug- las Mead, Curly Cameron, Albert Norman, Jack Finlay, Bert New- man, Lawrence Carlson, Henry Langfelt, George Hall and Ted Danielsen. Oppose Radicals From the sentiments voiced at the meeting, it is apparent that this committee will write a consti- tution which will take a definite stand against what they termed as “radicalism.” Temporary Chairman Ed Kir- schoffer, who has been a Juneau resident for more than 30 years and who is a veteran mining em- ployee, apparently expressed the thoughts of many of the men pres- ent this morning when he an- swered several representatives of the Alaska Mine Workers' Union who had argued against the forma- tion of a new organization. “You can’t get anywhere unless you treat other people as you would treat yourself,” Kirschoffer sald in charging the Union with a radical, defamatory attitude to- ward prominent business men and officials in Juneau. Kirschoffer re- peafed what others had said when he. slapped the Union newspaper for what he termed “too radical and derogatory stands on current issues.” Applause Interrupts Kirschoffer was interrupted at this point with applause. Soon after, he asked for a vote on the formal organization. Almost every hand in the room was raised argued against the measure, there several members of the Unicn had argued aginst the measure, there were no hands raised for “no.” The session started with Ted Danielsen giving a report of the group appointed by the Workers Benefit Committee to confer with L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- tendent of the mine. Danielsen traced the various conferences, and told how Metzgar, had said that he would take employment regis- trations providing ‘men could reg- ister without molestation. Then Danielsen described last night's City Council session, at which time up to 500 deputy policemen were ¢a;mlnued on Page Two) is | The first official act of the new ™St serve his long term. | | Mrs. Waley was sent from Ta- {coma back to Olympia yesterday, |but appeared today before Federal | |Judge Edward E. Cushman to en- ter another plea. He admonished her to take the indictment to jail Iwith her and read it carefully. The government dismissed the indict-/ | ment charging her with mailing the) second ransom note and postponed until October the indictment charg- ing Waley and Mahan or Dainard { with mailing extortion letters. | Girl In Love The court took the stand on having her enter another plea when ‘Waley, and their attorney, Stephen J. O'Brien, said she knew nothing ‘xo{ kidnaping until after George had! been stolen. | Mrs. Edward J. O'Brien, desk dep- uty in charge of Mrs. Waley, said| the young woman was “head over | heels in love with Waley.” Sad Farewell Mrs. Waley wept when she bade her husband farewell in the Mar- chal’s office. When she returned to the Olympia jail she appeared de- jected and tearful, with head down- | cast. Uncertain of her own fate,| {she apparently cared little for the | future, ! Throngs in the corridors of the| {Federal building were courteously silent as the prisoners were remov- ed, while motion picture cameras ground rapidly recording the scene. Waley appeared satisfied with his | sentence when enroute to McNeil's Island. His guard remarked, ‘‘You| had a rabbit’s foot in your pocket, son.” Waley grinned and said. “I am satisfied. I didn't expect any less, and it wasn't so bad after all.” Officials pointed out that he had a good chance of remaining at Mc- | Neil's if he behaves, and Waley as- | sured them he intended to make| gvery effort to stay there and work for a parole in fifteen years. ———.—— FUNERAL FOR CHILDS SET The funeral service for William J. Childs, who was known and re- spected throughout Alaska since goldrush days, will be held in the| chapel at the C. W. Carter Mortu- ary on Monday, June 24, at 2:30 ‘p,m. The funeral oration will be preached by Capt. R. B. Lesher, and \ the pallbearers will be Olg'at Ander- son, Oscar Waterud, Samuel Guyot, Wm. T. Mahoney, James J. Con- nors, 8r., and Guy McNaughton. In- terment will be in the Pioneers’ plot at Evergreen Cemetery. Childs, who was head jailer at the Federal jail, died last Thursday as the result of a skull fracture re- ceived in an accident when he was| struck on the head by a small stick in the hands of F. W. Rich- ards who was being placed in a padded cell. Richards is being held at the ay as the txial date. - \Cyimina] Libel Trial Set for Mrs. Waley began crying under| Heal‘ing Monday Morn- the proceedings and whispered to| 2 y Assistant United States Attorney ing at 10 o'Clock The jury panel from which will Owen Hughes, who informed the be selected the jurors to hear the court the girl wished to make a criminal -libel action against Niel statement. ! Cushman 1d . oy e e SV | icard sot, fof 10" 'EI0CK“Monday rning in U. S .Commissioner J. speak only through Stephen J.‘i O'Brien, appointed to represent | Mo ; J Dore. | F. Mullen's court were drawn this O'Brien explained Mrs. Waley did morning. Heard, editor of the Labor not want to take the witness stand | Dispatch and Secretary of the Al- two million dollar' appropriation for |another group of men employed in other places, and have banded construction of the Alaska W“’"-{themselves together for the avowed purpose.of preventing any resump- lllr:f '}}(1; U:: :Lli‘:::::: Lx;)bu}fagixfg; tion of work or operations of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, s r«‘moved,g ¢ although the company has notified the Council that it is willing io A i resume Dperfl!.lons as soon as the men who desire to return to work Promised imay be permitted todo so without molestation or interference, and ’:’,“ o;‘&um‘flgme who desire to return to work have also notified the CGouncil that President’s request is interpreted to | » b pany has mean if the construction can be |€XPressed a willingness to fix a certain day for registration of men who started soon, the money might be desire to return to work and to fix a day for the resumption of opera- obtained from the Public Works Relief Funds. Delegate Dimond said a favorable report on the bill has already been prepared in the In- in a trial but felt it was his cuty|aska Mine \fVor%(ers Union, is charge to have her tried in her own ,n-|ed With libeling Mayor Isadf)re terest. He said he had !ouud«‘Goldstein in an editorial appearing nothing that could convict her as|in his paper. “she was completly dominated by <Senator Henry Roden is attor- lef’lor Department, land will be her husband and knew nothing of|{ney for the defendant with the presented to Congress whenever it the kidnaping until two days after | District Attorney’s office handling |13 requested. The Delegate . predicted he could’ obtain imediate approval of the bm’ in Committee and said he hadj | the prosecution, perhaps assisted by |H. L. Faulkner, City Attorney. the boy had been abducted when she heard him in a car.” Mrs. Waley came to the courc,| The venire drawn today follows: ¢ eves red and puffed from weep-| Mrs. Floyd G. Betts, Osmund Ol-|asked to bring it before the House ing. n, Willis E. Nowell, Mrs. Kather-|under a suspension of rules so as) to assure its passage this session. Follows Murray Visit The Presidential statement came close after a visit of George Mur-| ray, 8 member of the British Co- lumbia Legislative Assembly, who |ine Zynda, J. W. Adamson, Peter she insisted on pleading despite|L. Johnson, Mrs. Joe A. Kendler, relatives’ advice, she gripped the Geo. Collins, R. Sullivan, Fred| erms of her chair and burst imanam.son‘ B. L. Tripp, Chris. Rad- tears. She plainly showed she was|milovich, Helen Hunsbedt Foss, absolutely against the plan of lay-|Florence L. Flory. When O'Brien assured the cour i i C., con- r i | Chas. E. Herland, Mrs. J. C.[while in Washington, D. C, .lizfyher nE Ny v Bl'rnama.\ Mrs Frank Foster, Mrs.|erred with Dimond and other Gov- Denies Plea | Elizabeth Evans, Dorothy Irving,|ernment officials aoout the pos- sibility of an early start on the censtruction. Murray said that plans had been discussed for the Provincé of British Columbia to make land grants to companies toi construct the part of the road! through the Province, and indicated that plans were well advanced. | Jack Halber, Curtis Shattuck, Her- man Porter, Mrs. Mildred Miller, Agnes Patterson, O. M. Harry, Mrs. Ina H. Bepson, Mrs, Alice M. Smith, H. F. Jarley, Pete Masci, Chas. A. Woodward. J. V. Hickey, W. P. Johnson, Mrs. J. W. McKinley, Mrs. Tom Miettin- |en, Beatrice R. Parsons, Guy L. Smith, A. A. Garn, Mrs. Jack Hal- ‘bcr, Bertha McLaughlin, Ann Seav- lers, J. J. Connors, Jr., Kathryne Galen, Geo. Jorgenson, Sam Fel- don, Wilbur J. Burford, J. R. Lang- seth, B. M. Behrends, Elmer Reed, L. J. Jewitt, Mrs. H. R. Shepard. FORMEK JUNEAUITES WILL ARRIVE HERE FOR SUMMER VISIT Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Henderson with their two children are leaving Judge Cushman asked O'Brien if he was prepared to say the gxr!‘ assisted in transporting George in interstate commerce, a violation of the Lindbergh law. O'Brien said in his opinion she did not. Judge Cushman then concluded: “From the statements made by At- torney O'Brien and co - defendant Waley, with apparent approval of the defendant, the Court finds the defendant stands mute and directs entry of a plea of not guilty.” O'Brien then asked for Dore’s appointment and Judge Cushman assented. Mrs. Waley, sad with face un- touched by cosmetics and her hair needing a trim badly, stared at all in the courtroom. She looked out of the window, down at the floor | and then sharply glanced about| the room. NO LAND GRANT VICTORIA, B. C., June 22—Pre- mier T, D. Pattulo of British Columbia in commenting on Mur- ray’s statement declared that while | his Government approves the pro- posal to build an International Highway to Alaska, and would be glad to cooperate with the Dom- inion Government and the United States in construction, “so far as any land grant is concerned in respect to building through British Columbia, his Government would entertain nothing of the kind.” tions; and WHEREAS, any interference with men who desire peaceably to return to wopk will be a violation of law and of the ordinances of the City of Juneau; and WHEREAS, the Council has been given by Congress and the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska express power to prohibit dis- orderly conduct or conduct endangering the public peace, public health or public safety, and it has been given the further power to take such action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise as may be necessary to protect and preserve the lives, the health, the safety and the well ibeing of the people of the city; and WHEREAS, it now seems necessary for the city to take such action and to provide all necessary means for preserving the public peace and public safety and protecting the lives, safety and well being of the people of the city; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Juneau that five hundred extra city policemen, or as many as may be necessary, be appointed by the Mayor from among the citizens and residents of the City of Juneau for the purpose of offering protection to all employees of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company who desire to return to work; that such extra policemen be and they are hereby granted all the powers of the regular police of the City of Juneau; that they be appointed to act under the direc- tion of the Chief of Police and in cooperation with all other peace officers of the City of Juneau and of the United States, and par- ticularly in cooperation with the United States Marshal and his Depu- ties; and that they be appointed at such time as may be designated by the Mayor and the Chief of Police, and may be continued in office until otherwise ordered by the Council; and that they have all power to perform all the duties of the regular police of the City of Juneau; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Mayor and the Chief of Police be and they are hereby authorized, directed and empowered to appoint such persons as they deem necessary, or whose services may be required, from among the citizens and residents of the City of Juneau, and that they close any and all business houses, offices and other places in the city, if necessary, for the purpose of appointing and constituting the persons in such places as city police officers; and that the Mayor and Chief of Police be, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to take all such other steps in JUDGE, FORMER ALASKAN TACOMA, Wash., June 22 —Judge Cushman is & former Alaskan, hav- | ing been United States Judge in| the Teiritory in 1909, He has been | Seattle today for Juneau to spend a month here. They plan to take an apartment and spend a part of the ummer visiting their many friends. | Dr. Henderson, who was superin- tendent of schools in Juneau twenty caonnection with the appointment of said special police and in connec- tion with the present emergency which exists to protect the lives, safety, property, health and well being of the city and of its inhabi- tants; and to that end it is hereby made the duty of all citizens, 77 PAS SENGERS polite force when called upon to do so; and residents and inhabitants of the City of Juneau to serve upen such|” District Judge here for the past 20 years. Known as a strict Judge. among friends, but regarded by here in 1929 and has since been| attorneys as always willing to 89| superintendent of schools in Burl-i cut and see justice as he -mmn‘en{‘wamg Cal it, he has often taken great pains| i ‘ to see women prisoners have a chance to be fully heard in his court. ABOARD ALASKA = FOR THIS OPRT Miss Malstrom, a student at the| SEATTLE, June 22—The Alaska | University of Washingten, is travelvi ailed this morning, carrying 231 | g to visit her uncle, Harold Mal- |{irst class passengers and 109 steer- | sears ago, and later Territorial Commissioner of Education, left it trom. He is the publisher of the|age. NOTED SEATTLEITE Dawson News in Dawson, Y. T. | TWenty-seven for Juneau: June She will spend the summer in the|and Dorothy Langseth, Elsie Mc- HEARD IN SONGS OVER KINY TODAY‘ Listencrs to Juneau's radio sta- m, KINY, this noon heard the pleasant voice of Miss Harriet Mal- trom in a guest recital. Miss Mal- strem, who has sung over several large Seattle stations, was a Ju- Canadian eity, and will return to| Cormack, E. J. Eaton and wife, D, the States in September. At that|A. McDougall, J. G. Barnwell, J. B. ime she said she hoped to give a|Stam, 8. B. Tatom, Mrs. E. Paul- ecizal here, | son, J. T. Curtis, Lilian Alexander, e |A. E. Goetz, K .G. Woodford, E. W. Christian Bechtler of Ruth:[urd-"dene. E. J. Carr, Miss Laddie ton, N. C, the only private cnm-n‘Kyle, Mrs. L. Patterson, C. D. ‘he United States Government ever | ITaylor and son, Thomas R. Ru- icensed to coin money, turned out|dolph and wife, A. H. Walthers, L. $2,241,84050 in gold Letween 1831|H. Johnson, Martin Sorte Edward BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That upon the day or days fixed for the registration of employees of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company who desire to return to work, and upon the day or days when work is resumed, it shall be unlawful for any person within ihe corporate limits of the City of Juneau to interfere with any other person desiring to register for employment or desiring to return .c work, in any manyer, either by physical interference, threats, intimida- tion, shouting, jeering, insulting or in any other manner whatsoever, creating any noise or disturbance or interference with any of such men, or with any citizen or resident of the City of Juneau, or with any of said police, and it is hereby declared to be unlawful for five or more men to assemble at any one place upon the streets, alleys or public places of the City of Juneau upon such days. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Resolution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars or imprisoned in the City Jail for a period of ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the City Magistrate. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Mayor and the Chief of Police be, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and dirzcted i« for those men who may desire to return to work if they can go with- cut molestation, and given a report by Ted Danielson, one of the lead- ers of the group desiring to gain' employment, that some 300 men had already signed up as willing to return, the GCouncll -decided. was its duty to furnish protection if needed and adopted the resolu- tion with virtually no discussion by the council members. Registration Monday Questioned by Mayor Isadore Goldstein as to when operations ‘might be expected to start, Super- intendent Metzgar said immediately and it was understood registration of men desiring jobs at the mine would begin Monday. The mine, it was explained, would be operated at first if sufficient men for one shift were available, the operations gradually being built up from that point to the three-shift basis in ef- fect when the walkout was called a month ago. % Based on Laws bt The resolution drawn by City Attorney H. L. Faulkner, is based on Chapter 219 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, Sections 5865 to and including Section 5870, which provides for the suppression of riots and is backed by paragraphs 11 and 17 of Section 2383 which de- fines the powers of the City Coun= cil. Paragraph 11 gives the Council, among other powers, the authority to prohibit disorderly conduct or conduct endangering the public peace, public health and public safety.” Paragraph 17 of the same sec- tion authorizes the Council “to take such other action by ordi- nance, resolution or otherwise as may be necessary to protect and preserve the lives, the health, the safety and the well being of the people of the city.” Validity Upheld Validity of a resolution action, it was pointed out, is further determ- ined in Section 2391 which states that “the Council may exercise its powers by ordinance or resolution.” Before passage of the resolution, Mayor Goldstein told the Council that he had been in conference with the United States Marshal Secretary of Union Makes Statement When contacted today by an Empire reporter, Niel Heard, Secretary oi the Alaska Mine Workers Union, said: “The next few days should prove interest- ing.” “While I cannot speak for the Trustees, I can say that the Union has not quit. Our posi- tion is the same as it was the firct day of the walkout.” - Other than that the secretary vaid he had no further state- ment to make until the Board of Trusteec of the Union met, which weuld be at the regular evening mreeting tenight in the Wt Toderal jail under observation for neau visitor while the Northwest- 'cm was in port for a few hours insanity, and 1840, Murphy and M. Horr, (Continued on Page Five) Union Hall, at § o'clock,