The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA «ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLVI., NO 6997 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JU NE 25, 1935. e — MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RE-OPENING OF A. J. MINE IS DELAYED ADMITS WRITING DHSPUTED ARTICLE 'LABOR LEADER SAYS THOUGHT IT WAS TRUTH Several Witnesses Testify Hearing Rumors but Mat- ter Ordered Stricken L] ADMISSIBILITY OF TESTIMONY ARGUED One Witness Brought from Jail, Another Under Charge of Rioting At 4 oclock this afternoonm, the case virtually was com- pleted, and was expected to go to the jury in a short time. The afternoon was given over to addresses by Defense Counsel Senator Henry Roden and Pro- secution attorneys, George Fol- ta and H. L. Faulkner. Admission by Niel Heard, editor of the Labor Dlspacch and Secre- tary of the Alaska ne Workers’ Union, that he wrote the editorial in that paper appearing under date of June 11 which Mayor Isadore Goldstein charges libeled him was; the highlight of the criminal libel trial of Heard this morning before Commissioner J. F, Mullen. *The labor leader sald he wrote the article after hearing it from several sources and immediately this line of questioning brought a/ ~ clash between Prosecutor George W. Folta and Senator Henry Roden | over the admissibility of testimony based on rumor and gossip. The prosecution held it was not ad- missible and finally won his point but only after Heard had been allowed to testify that he got the information as rumor and several other defense witnesses had been called to testify that they heard the same thing on the street. Com- missioner Mullen ruled after var-| jous witnesses had appeared that all their testimony be stricken and| the jury disregard it. Evans First Witness The situation left the case at noon when court recessed until 2‘ c'elock with virtually nothing ad-| mitted but the testimony of Heard| that he wrote the article, Mayor Goldstein's testimony that he had received a copy of the paper and brought the action on grounds that it defamed his character and the testimony of E. S. Evans, Manager of the Alaska Press, that the Labor Dispatch was printed in his shop and that he had distributed the paper from his place of business to a list furnished him. Evans was the first witness call- ed by the defense and when asked by Senator Roden where the items printed in the Dispatch came from he said “from Heard.” “Who did the editorial from?” Roden asked. “From Heard,” Evans replied. Suggested Deleticn Asked if there had been any con- versation between himself and Heard relative to the article Evans sald he suggested that parts of it be deleted but he could not say if | they had been. He said he did not see the revised copy of the editorial. Asked if he had insisted on parts of the editorial being deleted, Evans said he had not but that he| suggested it. Under cross examination Evans identified the paper and in reply! to a question from Prosecutor Fol- ta on how many subscribers there were, he said the mailing list car- ried approximately 1,000 names. Thought Gossip True Heard followed Evans on the stand and after admitting he wrote the article in question, he was| asked: by Roden “on what grounds did you base this statement?” re- ferring to the passage in the edi- torial which recited a rumor that| the Mayor was to get $25 for each vote delivered at the special elec- tion up to 300 and $50 a vote for any number over that. come i present a report to the Senate this' ALEUTIAN IS YOUNG DEMOCRATS IN SESSION Officers of the Young Democratic Clubs of America met in Chicago | In the first of a series of regional national convention. Seated, left meetings and discussed plans for a to right: Mrs. Thom: McAllister, Ohio committeewoman; James Roosevelt, son of the President and principal speaker, and Homer Byrd, lllinois presid Baxter, Ohio committeeman, and mittee member. t. Standing: Ray Eleanor G. Russler, lllinois come (Associated Press Fhoto) SEES DISASTER FOR COLONISTS IN MATANUSKA Michigan Senator De- nounces Whole Settler Program as Unsound WASHINGTON, June A yarning that “if something is not dene” to restore Alaska farm Col-| onists “to civilization there will be major disaster and major calamity’ was given the Senat2 ye ay b Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Michigan. Readinz further reports workers returned from Ala ka, Scn- | ator Vandenberg assailed the pro-| gtamt and denounced it as an un- sound attempt to provide the Col nists with t: capital but leaving | them no m: 25— from WESTBROOK TO REPORT WASHINGTON, June 25.— Col.| Lawrence Westbrook, Director of | Rural Rehabilitation of the Emer- gency Relief Administration, sald‘ this forenoon he would personally | afternoon answering allegations of | mismanagement charged in the| Matanuska Valley colonization ex-| periment. Col. Westbrook's report will be based on a telegram from Don Irwin, Secretary of the Maaanuska Valley Association, which denies serious illness in the capm, says that adequate medical supplies are available at Anchorage, and that work is being started on the cream- ery, cannery, warehouse and com-| missary. . REPLY DUE TODAY WASHINGTON, vune 25— The IMAJORITY OF MATANUSKANS WELL PLEASED Mrs. Bell, in Slmy for As- sociated Press, Gives New Details PALMFR Alaska, June 254-Mrs. Lloyd B: v c the As:cciat the 1 ng ul Hell freezes s expressed similar opinions. Coloni ¢ Plea »d r3. Bell writes that the I pleased with cultur: ossibilities but inted with th under of the coomsts arz but are very = confortable. much sickness bul this is measles, mumps, pink eye, non2 e Tt mo | P ca ys many of the col- should never have come here because of poor health. Some Complaint Cne biz complaint i3 the doctor has no car. Colonists are scattered and several agitators: are keeping things beiling and the colonists say: “We would like t ohave the agitators deported. There is cause for complaint here but too much exaggeration about it. Construc- tion work is slow, and wrong equip- ment and materials have been shipped here.” Don Irwin has ordered wagons. School furniture and gasoline tanks have been received. Irwin is well liked by all, Mrs. Bell. says Senate expected Administrator Hop- kins to report on the food and health ccnditions at Palmer some- time today in answer to Sena- tor Vandenberg and others charg- ing the scheme is a ‘“crazy adven- ture” and a major catastrophe im- pending unless corrective measures are taken immediately. ficials insisted there are noz more than ten percent of the single men m the colony dissatisfied. b DR L5 TR JUNEAU BOUND ON NEW ROUTE CARR WILLACT = AS COORDINATOR FUR MATANUSKA Represenlahve of Harry | Hopkins Says He s Re- placing No One There Headed for the Matanuska pr ject in the role of co-ordinat Eugene Carr, representative of Har- ry L. Hopkins, Relief Administrator, »tupped here for.a few hours thic SEATTLE, June 25. — Steamer Aleutian, making the first trip on | the Southeast Alaska Tourist route for the Alaska Steamship Company, sailed at 9 o'clock this morning with 284 first-class and 186 steer- age passengers aboard. The following passengers on the Aleutian are booked for Juneau: Harry Vénes, M. Shelton, Art “On common knowledge,” was the (Continued on Page Two) Weston, Douglas Babcock, Miss B. Phimister, P. L. Neil, Mrs. Joseph an,h and girl, Joseph Smith, Jr.' morning during the stay of the Alaska before proceeding on to the Westward. While here Mr. Carr conferred with Governor John W .Troy and members of the Alaska Rural Re- habilitation Corporation relative to the project. The Washington man said he was | 'going to Matanuska in an effort to co-ordinate the various activities of the projett and look into rep:msl (Con!lnued on Pnge Five) -| calling out the in|protested at last night's meeting STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT IN WASHINGTON | | ; Guardsmen, State Patrol- men on Duty in Tacoma to Protect Workers BULLETIN, — Tacoma, June 25.—Additional National Guards- men were sent here this af- ternoon and are patrolling down town sections as well as the lumber mills localities. TACONA, Wash,, June 25.—A gas | attack by National Guard Troops drove lumber strikers and sym- pathizers from the industrial art- erial this morning as employees re- turned to work in six lumber mills. | The Guardmen were reinforced ' by State Patrolmen and dispersed | the crowd from the bridge then moved into the downtown areas and prevented crowds from milling! about. Nine were injured in the latest tear gas attack. The troops were called out by Gov. Clarence D. Martin when em- ployers and the Tacoma police said they were unable to open the mills and keep order due to heavy pick- eting, Fifteen Arrested State Patrolmen made 15 arresn[ after dispersing 2,000 pickets. ¥ ‘Meanwhile similar use of troops {81 imminent in Oregon where the an- nouncement has been made by op- ! |erators at Portland that seven sawmills will reopen tomorrow and {| troop protection has been promised | | if needed. ! Federal Troops ‘Wanted | A vigorously worded protest to| | President Roosevelt in which aid of | |the Army is asked for as “protec- | ion against the lawless activities { the State Guard Troops” is the| ‘m wer to the use of the state 00ps here protecting the lumber | mill workers returning to work. The action of the Governor in state troops was of the Central Labor Union. Longshoremen who announced c?;i:k)cnfyc:berday they would refrain from of the working while the National Guards- men were in the city, was modified today. They said they will load | | ll ships as usual if the ships could | be reached without passing through the lines of guardmen. Several ships are bem" worked STOCK PRICES TAKE SLUMP; CLOSE HEAVY “Blue Chlp Issues Lea in Decline Which Is | from 1 to 2 Points | NEW YORK, June 25.—Reaction overtook stocks today in the wake of news that the President will in- sist on enactment of his wealth tax program at the present session of Congress, | The recently popular “blue chip’ issues led the decline with losses of | one to more than two points. Today’s close was heavy. | NEW YORK, June 25.—Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can| | 188, American Light and Power | 3%, Anaconda 14%, Bethlehem Steel 26%, General Motors 33%, In- ternational Harvester 45, Kenne- cott 17%, United States Steel 337% }Pound $495%, Bremner bid 62 atked 67, Nabesna bid 55 asked 60, Black Pine Silver bid 27 asked 3! ———e PETERSBURG FIRE BOYS TAKE CHARGE OF FOURTII‘ | | | | The Petersburg Fire Department will handle the doings July 4 and [mnke the eagle scream. There will be a parade, wrestling matches fool races, tug-of-war, boat races and other events. A dance will be given on the night of July 3. | | | | UNITED PO BELLO ISLAND A TLZANTIC STATES RACIFIC O0CEAN President Roosevelt’s vacation plans will be unsettled until Congress in- dicates when it will Ad)nurn. but trip seross the country to San Diego’s exposition, with stops on the way for speeches, is likel and visit to new homestead settiements in Alaska’s Mantanuska Valley, with return to Washington via Panama Canal, is a prospect. Mrs. Roosevelt will go to family summer nome at Campo Bello Island, and President may go there by water later for brief stay, OCEAN Alaska Univ. Romance Is Culminating PASSES AWAY AT ANCHORAGE Pioneer of Alaska Dies Two Days Before His 76th Birthday ST. LOUIS, June 25.—Thomas H. Campbell, instructor of ecivil en- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 25— gineering and mathematies at the | Judge George J. Love, Land Offloe*u"lversity of Alaska, and Miss Registrar, is dead here, two days| Susim Harriéet McCartney, will be before his 76th birthday. |married tonight at the home of Judge Love was a pioneer of|the bride’s mother, Mrs. Anthony Fairbanks and Valdez, a mcCartney. former United States Commissioner | The bride-to-be studied last year |at Valdez. at the University of Alaska and met Judge Love was a longtime sec- her future husband there. The Professor aFStudent Are to Be Married Tonight in St. Louis { retary of the Grand Igloo, Pioneers| groom-to-be is the son of Mr. and| of Alaska. He is survived by a brother, Major Henry Love, of Florence, Towa. The couple will spend their Funeral services will be held here |honeymoon on the west coast and late this week under the auspices make their home in Fnlrbnnks e SENATE PASSES BANKHEAD BILL Cordova Baby, Who Swallowed Safety Pin, wmcm June, 25— The Senaté has passed the Bankhead Is Out of Danger Bill for government financing of tenant farmers.and share croppers. The bill would set up a $50.000,000 corporation out of the Work Relief | funds. The measure now goes | House. ’M.rsA T. H. Campbell of Seattle |He is a graduate of the Unlversuy of Washington. \ | | | SEATTLE, June 25.—George Wray, Jr., eight months old, whose mother flew him here from Cordova, Alaska, because he had swallowed an open safety pin, is out of danger. Surgeons reported the pin was removed naturally. " Little George and his mother were met here last Saturday by George Wray, Chief Petty offi- cer aboard the Coast Guard cutter Haida and was first tak- en to the Marine Hospital and then to the Providence Hospital for an operation. DR. SZE WILL COME TO U. S. {employment fund at the |$4,000,000 daily, | The work drive meanwhile moved NANKING, China, June 25—Dr. slowly as efforts were made to take Alfred Saoke Sze, outstanding Chi- one million family heads off the nese diplomat, has been appomu-dfdole and Federal payrolls by July Ambassador to the United SLnlcs.il.S. to the 1 |Relief Fund Costing | United States Four Million Dollars Daily | WASHINGTON, June 25. — The cost of feeding and clothing the | nation’s 20,000,000 unemployed, un- til self-supporting, is cutting into the New Deal’s four billion dollar rate of OLD HISTORIC ROADHOUSE IS BURNED TODAY Parii_ I Rezed by Blaze of Undetermined Ori- gin—None Hurt Fire left the Paris Inn, one of Juneauw’s landmarks, a mass of charred ruins early this morning. The popular Wagner's roadhouse, located three miles from the city limits on the Glacier Highway, was razed by a spectacular blaze which started about 7 o'clock from an |undutnrmmed origin in the build- ing’s kitchen, The four occupants of the build- ing at the time of the fire es- ‘L:uped uninjured only after being | forged to jump to the ground from |the third floor. Three Indians, | whose names could not be learned, passed the structure as the fire geiting a start and gave a timely warning which, the surviv- |ors believe, prevented possible loss of life. Four In Building Those who were in the building 14t the time, all connected with the management, were: Mrs, Pearl Williams, wife of the proprietor; Sam Pappas, a cook; and Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Selmyhr, Mrs. Sel- myhr is Mrs. Williams' sister. \ The loss of property has been es- | timated at about $9,000. Joe George, who, with his brothers, bid in the | building 4t a United States Mar- |shal's sale ‘this April, said today that the | protected by insurance, John Wag- Iner is the former owner of the | property and may redeem it before next April. | In addition to the damage to the building, Mrs. Willlams and Pappas lost an unestimated amount of personal property. Mrs. Willilams carried some personal property in- surance. Mrs. Selmyhr said that the was able to save her personal effects before escaping from the fire, Tell: Of Fire Mrs. Williams, interviewed in Ju~ (Continued on Page Turee) structure partially was | REQUEST MADE FOR TROOPS TO COME TO JUNEAU No Answer Received Late This Afternoon from Secretary of War MORE ARRESTS ARE MADE FOR RIOTING [Registrations Continue to | Be Made—Picketing Near Mine Office Operations at the Alaska Juneau mine were not resumed this morn- |ing, as forecast yesterday afternoon, for the reason, according to Gen- |eral Superintendent L. H. Metzgar, |that time between registration yes- | terday and this morning, would not permit of rearranging the shifts. Registration continued at the mine office today. Request for Troops Late yesterday afternoon Gov. John W. Troy dispatched messages to Washington, D. C., and to Chil- | koot Barracks asking that troops !be sent immediately to Juneau to take care of the emergency exist- ing here in connection with the walkout at the mine. The requests were sent out after {a committee of business men, min- lers, and others including City At- |torney H. L. Faulkner called on the Governor and advised him that the presence of troops here during this emergency was essential to maintain peace and order, and to prevent possible serious rioting that would endanger the citizens of this community. Flies to Barracks Harry Watson, Secretary to the Governor, left Juneau last evening at 7 o'clock by plane for Chilkoot Barracks to explain the situation to Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Wayne Dusenbury, commanding officer. Mr. Watson returned later in the even- ing. He was accompanied by Lieut. Col, Dusenbury, who came here on private business and not on official business in connection with the demand for Federal troops, he said. Late last night Secretary of War Dern sent a message to the Gov- ernor that action on the sending of troops would be taken up to- day. Up to press time this afternoon no further word had been received by Gov. Troy from Washington in regard to his request for Federal troops. Niel Heard, Secetary of the Union, sald Saturday, that he believed Federal troops could handle the situation more satisfactory than deputized citizens, with no police experience. Last night several hundred mem- bers of the Alaska Mine Workers' Union paraded on the streets from headquarters to the City Hall and return. Others than members of the Union were in the lines. Twenty men had been arrested by the U. 8. Marshal's office up to 3 o'clock this afternoon on charges of rioting and unlawful assembly and there were several more who deputies were seeking as a result of yesterday's disturb- ances in connection with registering At the Alaska Juneau mine, The men jailed are George Kodsoff, Simon Granner, Ed Ren- Ivan Jibiloff, N. Kupoff, C. W. Farland, Meutur Peterson, Har- sy Datoff, Abel Anderson, Arley Mullens, Lee Johnson, Alex Kupoff, Buz Orme, Alex Daroff, Nick Ko- oak, Jack Beavert, Cliff Matthews, N. R. Correll, Bill Taroff and Frank Agoff ale, ,‘u,u,‘i;u,;‘m on Page Eight) Share of Wealth Plan to Be Hitched To Nuisance Bill WASHINGTON, June Zo.— Congressienal keymen and Pres- ident Rocsevelt have decided to hitch the President’s wealth dis- tributicn plan of high taxes on big incomes and inheritances to the $500,000,000 nuisance tax mezuure ‘in the Senate. |