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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE™ VOL XLVL., NO: 7007. 'MORE TROO ‘«ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” m——— JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1935. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ER SUSPECT HERE PS CALLED OUT IND BATTALION " IS RUSHED INTO ABERDEEN AREA National Guardsmen Ord- ered Into Strike Zone by Gov. Martin SITUATION BEYOND CONTROL LOCAL MEN Protection Given to Lum- ber Men Desiring to Return to Work ABERDEEN, Wash,, July 8—The| Becond Battalion, 161st Infantry of | the Washington National Guard,| arrived here Sunday for strike duty at the lumber mills. The troops were sent here by | Gov. Clarence D. Martin at the re-| quest of the Mayors of Aberdeen and Hoquiam and the Grays Har- bor County Sheriff who said the strike situation was getting beyond control. Local officers and state patrol- men, the latter who have been here several days, were unable to con-! trol the situation. The Second Battalion is compos- | ed of guardsmen from Yakima,' Walla Walla, Prosser and Pullman. Gov. Martin said the same pol-| fcy will be maintained here as was the sending of guardsmen to Ta- coma, namely to give protection to men desiring to return to work. The mills are now in the tenth’ week of the strike. | —_—————— ~ TWO SHIFTS OF MEN CONTINUE, - ALASKAJUNEAU Applications for Employ- ment Accepted, Men Hir- ed—Third Shift Soon On the fourth working day since| the reopening of the Alaska Juneau mine, conditions remain much the same as on Friday morning, when, operations were resumed. | Pickets remain on duty near the! mine office, and each shift of miners are escorted to work by U. 8. Marshal Wm. T. Mahoney and his deputies, and the Juneau City Police. Rumors that the special deputy marshals on duty in connection with mine activities might be with- | drawn, were exploded by Marshal Mahoney, who said that the special officers ‘'wounld be kept on duty as| long as there was need for them. “I ‘do not know of any law pro- hibjting a U. S. Marshal from put- ting deputies wherever necessary and for as long a time as neces- sary,” Marshal Mahoney said. » L. H. Metzgar, General supex'in-I tendent of the Alaska Juneau mine stated that applications for employ- | ment are still belng accepted and men hired. While the definite date was not forthcoming, he stated that a third shift will be put to work in the mine “soon.” Supt. Metzgar said: “Things are going = along very satisfactorily,” when questioned regarding produc- tion in the mine. GEORGE CAVES IS REPORTED MISSING Dan Cole has reported to U. S.| Commissioner J. F. Mullen the dis- appearance of George Caves on *July 3 from the Harry Watson camp on Montana Creek. Caves, 37 years old, was to come into Juneau to get supplies and left camp at 6 a.m. that day, Cole reported. He has not been seén since but this afternoon it was ascertained by Cole that the man had arrived {ness associates in Hollywood, Lady |east: by rail to Quebec, to board a Suspects in Detroit Slayi 5 William Lee Ferris was arrest in Fort Wayne, Ind., as suspecis Dickinscn, prominent New York Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Lillian Miller and Ferris. » ng ed with three women companions in the murder of Howard Carter attorney and nephew of Chief Pictured, left to right, top row: Betlom row, left to right: Florence and Lovetta Jackson, the song-and-dance sister team, believed to have lured the ncphew. of Chief Justi ice Hughes of the United States Suprcme Court te hic death. Internaticnal Ilustrated News photo. DOUG FAIRBANKS, LADY ASHLEY ON SEPARATE TOURS Famous Screen Star Silent| on Rumors of Re- | conciliation ' VANCOUVER, B. C,, July 8—As| Douglas Fairbanks flew south last night for conferences with his busi- Sylvia Ashley, member of his party on the South Seas cruise, speeded steamer for England. Fairbanks. flew here Saturday from Hollywood for a week-end fishing 'trip which, however, was; prevented by rain. ,Fairbanks said he would go to New York within a few days after completing his business in Holly- wood. He said his plans beyond that were indefinite. Talks of Fishing ' Douglas Fairbanks would rather talk about sword-fishing than Mary Pickford, and he would much pre- fer the discussion of such harmless topics as cannibals in the New He- brides than Lady Sylvia Ashley, the young English peeress whose friend- ship cost her a husband and Fair- banks a wife. ¥ The still youthful, quick-gestured and patently athletic screen star made this evident when he greeted Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada, which brought him in frem-the Orient on one of his peri- odic visits to Hollywood, source of the wealth which makes it possible reporters here last week aboard the® Newspapers Can Tell Facts About Office Seekers TOPEKA, Kansas, July 8— The Supreme Court of Kansas kas rendered a decision hold- ing new:papers have the right to diccucs records of public of- ficials and call attention of the veters to the facts they believe to be true relative to candi- cates for public office. The decision reverses a dam- age verdict against a Manhat- tan publishepr,in the lower ceurts, FORMER QUEEN DIVORCES MATE Bucharest Hears Elizabeth May Wed Secretary, Operate Farm BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 8. —Elizabeth of Hohenzollern, Prin- cess of Rumania, has abandoned the hope of the restaration of the Throne of Greece and has obtained a divorce from former King George. ‘This capital heard rumors that she intends to marry her secre- tary, Alaunder Sgzanavy, and run a model farm. The princess recent- ly purchased a huge estate at a re- ported price of $3,500,000, the only place in Rumania where rice is grown. She intends to run the farm on the estate on the American plan. Expedi?ion May Seek New Guinea ‘Devil Pig’ MELBOURNE, Australia, July 8. for him to maintain a ranch home in California, two sea-going yachts,' and the economic freedom to tour, the world at will i “Doug's" visits to the California film capital are becoming more in-' —An expedition to trace the “devil pig,” in the “mystéry land” of central New Guinea, is being plan- ned under the leadership of G. M. Dyott. The expedition hopes to ebtain { Witnesses Name Defen: ants They Say Took Part in Disorder of June 24 LYNAM TESTIFIES KOBAK USED CLUB “Report Circulated that | Seattle Labor Attorney Is Enroute Here With Jack Finlay and James Ly- nam, two of the leaders in the movement to return to work at the A. J. mine, on the stand, the prose- cution continued to roll up evi- dence at the preliminary hearing this morning against the 28 men charged with rioting and unlawful |assembly as a result of the labor | disturbance of June 24. Finlay, the first witness called, named Nick Kobak, Roman Ellers, ‘Arley Mullins, N. R. Correll, Lee iJohnsun, Ernest Giovanetti, War- iren Beavert, Simon Graner and !Ivan Jibiloff alias Diboff as men 3he had seen participating in the | street disorder on lower Front Street the morning that a grouy |of men marched down to register , The witness declared the men pam. 'ed were ineiting - their fellows to ikeep the delegation he was with from proceding to the mine and | offering physical resistance. Roman Ellers, who is not repre- | sented by counsel, questioned Fin- |lay as to whether he was sure he ' had seen him (Ellers) and. if he was !sure Ellers was not asking his own | crowd to hold back while they talk- | ed the matter over. The witness re- lplied that he believed Ellers was urging the union forces ahead. Effort was made on the part of defense counsel to show that Fin- |lay was contradieting himself on some statements but the witnes; appeared to stick pretty close to his testimony. Nick Kobak was named by Lynam i1as the man who struck him with a | blackjack during the encounter |Asked if he had seen other wea- | pons, Lynam replied he had not but !that he had seen the club which he |said Kobak hit him with, | Warren ‘“Jack” Beavert, who also has no attorney, questioned Lyman (as to where he had seen him (Bea- |vert) but the witness replied that he had not named Beavert and had not taken particular notice of him except on two occasions on both of | which Beavert was doing nothing but conversing with others. Lynam pointed to Frank Agoff as one of the participants and Dep- uty Marshal Walter Hellan was called to identify the man just be- fore 1ecess was taken at noon un- itil 2 p.m, _An interesting report was being circulated about the corridors today that Frank Hammond, widely known Seattle labor attorney, is coming to Juneau to aid the de-| fense. Reports have it that he may " be on tomorrow’s boat, ; Afternoon Session A long list of witnesses were called in rapid suceession by the District Attoreny’s office this after- | noon in the preliminary hearing ut! 28 men on charges of rioting in an effort to present evidence which will cause U. S. Commissioner J F. Mullen to bind the accused over to the grand Jury. Among, those called were Jesse Payne, one of the leaders of the new Juneau Mine Workers' Associa- tion; Hollis Jones, who was a spec- ial officer at the time of the trouble; Raymond Villa, who is said to have engaged in the first er counter, Ed Herron and Wayne Graham. - Sam Elstad, who was injured in the rioting, was taken into custody today by the Marshal's office and will face similar charges of riotin; and unlawful assembly His arre makes a total of 20 men who have | | Guffey Burke plan to make it “hot” for Senator H for a filibuster. This Democratic CONSTITUTION NEW DEAL WAR SEEN IN 1936 Huey" Court Decisions on Roose-| velt Policies Expected to Have Election Bearing WASHINGTON, July 8—Presi- dent Roosevelt believes capital to be pointing the New Deal determ- inedly into an epochal political con- stitutional struggle. Whatever un- certainty existed before has been offset by his request to the House Ways and Means committee not to permit doubts as to constitutional- ity however reasonable to blook,” the Guffey little NRA coal bill. Other developments last week also supported the prospect with chal- lenge o fits enactment pyramiding in the courts. The Administration finally saw the Wagner labor disputes bill be- come a law and progress of the so- cial security and utility control bills | toward the statute books. Each has been .attacked as unconstitutional with the parties divided on votes. Suits to annul them will take their | place alongside those already pend- ing . against the AAA and TVA.| Thus the broad range of the New Deal philosophy will be reviewed by the Supreme Court, possibly in time to influence the 1936 campaign profoundly. If essential principles share the fate of NRA and no oOth- er way can be found to effect them within - the Constitution, proposals to amend that instrument is .ex- pected. If all should be sustained the issues now indicated would have less chance of realization in the months that must pass before the | court acts. Current dispute over fundamentals of government is ex- pected to grow with liberal Repub- licane however giving frank support to New Deal proposals. WEALTHY MEN IN TAX LOBBY Nationwide Committee Or- ganized to Work for Reduction NEW YGiu, July 8.— The World Telegraph says Charles H. Sabin, Jr., is forming a committee of| wealthy persons to lobby for lower: been According to their declarations, these new solons Long of Louisiana any time he rises in the senate themselves the “Young Turks”, plan to impede s oratorical outbursts in the senate—if they Schwellenbach can, uey (Kingfish) group, calling More Taxes Now Aim of | Committee! {Program toE_Pul Into Ef- [President to Be Requested fect to Raise Half a Billion Annually 1 WASHINGTON, July 8-—Taxes that will raise from $350,000,000 to $500,000,000 yearly are disclosed as the aim of a leading member of the Congressional committee and | putting the President’s program| into bill form. Representative Sam Hill, of the State of Washington, and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Tax subcommittee, said: “My Idea is we have got to raise a substantial amount of money.” He further as- serted there has been no agreement, however, on a set sum. TAX RAISE EXPLAINED WASHINGTON, July 8— Esti- mates that wealth distribution tax- es could be levied to raise from $118,000,000 to $801,000,000 annual- ly was submitted to Congress today by Treasury Secretary Morgen- thau. He told the House Ways and Means . Committee the time has come to move in the direction of providing a sufficient income “both to meet current expenditures and make substantial reductions in the public debt.” PRESIDENT ON FISHING TRIP Angles for Finny Tribe| Under Blazing Sun with Sen. Johnson ANAPOLIS, Maryland, July 8— On the wind swept waters of Ches: peake Bay and under a blazing sun, President Roosevelt and United States Senator Hiram Johnson of California, fished last Saturday af- ternoon. Mrs. Johnson and a number of secretaries and officlals were in< cluded in the party aboard the yacht Sequoia. The party remained aboard the yacht Saturday night and Sunday and returned to Washington Sun- day evening. —————— CIGARETTE CAUSES FIRE Fire, believed to have been start- Minton DRUP IN PRICE IN WASH. Moore The senators pictured are, left to right, Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington, Sherman Minton cf Indiana, and A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. gether in Washington. The group got to- OF SILVER GETS IRE OF SENATOR to Take Action for Early Stabilization WASHINGTON, July 8— Con- tending that banks are using the Treasury’s silver buying machinery for their cwn prcfit, United States Senator Elmer Thomas, of Okla- homa, said President Roosevelt will be served immediately with a re- quest, backed by 40 Senators, for early stabilization of gold and sil- ver, Commenting on the recent drop of silver from 81 cents an ounce to 69 cents, Senator Thomas contended the banks, with forehand knowl- edge when the Treasury is to buy or sell, are able to profit either on the upturn or the drop. Senator Thomas said he did not accuse Treasury officials or the banks with duplicity but insisted {that ‘‘banks be banks” when the op- portunity of profit is offered. ph AR TP S I 2l FISH BUREAU SEEKS MONEY, ALASKA WORK Public Works Fund Want- ed for Bristol Bay, Re- pair of Vessels WASHINGTON, July 8.~—Appli- cations for Public Works funds have been received from the Bureau of Pisheries and included $55996 for improvement of salmon spawning grounds and destruction of preda- tory enemies of salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and $10,107 for recon- ditioning of the Alaska patrol ves- sels and the Pribilof Islands ten- der. - e - Rockefeller, Sr., In Good Healtl, 96th Birthday LAKEWOOD, Y., July 8. —Jchn D. Rockcfeller, Sr., is NAB HURST ON SEATTLETIP Local Officers Culminate Month’s Search Sat- urday Night IDENTIFICATION OF [ MAN CHECKS OKEH Prisoner Does Not Admit Nor Deny Thefts of $2,500 in South Culminating a month's careful investigation by the Juneau Police Department, a man, suspected of robbing two Seattle banks last De- cember and March in sensational fashion, is held on a vagrancy charge in the City Jail today. Chief Roy Hoffman said this morning that the man had given his name as Paul Thornton Hurst when al ted at a Gastineau Ave- nue residence Saturday night. Paul Hirsch, allas Paul Hurst, an ex-convict from the San Quentin, Cal., prison, is wanted by Seattle officials for the alleged thefts of $500 from the First Avenue Branch of the People’s Bank and Trust Company, and $2,000 from the Sea- board Branch of the First Na- tional Bank. The robber in both cases shoved threatening notes through grills to tellers saying that he would drop a bottle of explosiy if his demands for cash were not complied with. Officer Enroute Here The man wanted by Seattle po- lice was sentenced to serve a term in the San Quentin prison in 1921 for an automobile theft. Chief Hoffman said that a tele- gram he had received this morn- ing indicated that a Seattle police officer is now. enroute to Juneau to take the suspect in charge. The jailed man here has agreed to stay in voluntary custody’ on the vag- rancy charge until the arrival of the Seattle officer, Juneau policemen received in- formation about a month ago that the wanted man was here. About ten days ago, the Alaska Detective Agency notified Chief Hoffman' of further particulars. Working in close co-operation with this latter agency, the Juneau police exchang- ed telegrams relative to identifi- cation with Seattle peace officers. The arrest followed Saturday. Admits Auto Thefts Paul Thornton Hurst, when ques- tioned over the week-end, said he is a plasterer and that he had done work here, in Kake and in Sitka. He would neither deny nor affirm the report that he had rob- bed the two Seattle banks, although he did admit that he had stolen automobiles in California. He gave an address where his wife i5 living in Seattle which checks exactly with an address sent by officials there, Chief Hoffman, in the company of Patrolmen George Gilbertson and C. V. Kaye, made the arrest. They found a gun on the premises. It was reported that the man had been arrested and convicted in February of this year here on the charge of carrying a concealed weapon, FIRE PREVENTION INSTRUCTOR LEAVES Capt. C. W. Gilham, a retired member of the Seattle Fire De- partment, left here today after a two - weeks, course of instruction with local firemen. Capt. Gilham left on the Yukon for Ketchikan where he will repeat his course, Before departing,” Capt. Githam expressed confidence in the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department and pleasure at his reception here. m M ACCUSED R. Beche and Albert Hansen, fishermen, have been charged with ing in restricted area on the u River July 4 and will face trial in -the Commissioner’s Court here. The men were taken by James B, Decker, stream watchman for the Bureau of Fisheries, who charges the patr were fishing with-~ in the markers put up by the Bureau. apprehended with the disturbance. 96 years cold tcday. He is en- joying the best health in years. Dr. Max Goldstein reported that his annual examination thewed 19 natera’ teeth are still sound and in no need of fill- ing-, drilling or extraction, in connection | income tax rates, Federal sales tax'ed by a burning ecigarette stub, did and abolition of nuisance taxes and |$25 damage to furniture at the resl-| drastic cuts in Governmental ex-|dence of Henry Sully in the Coli-| penditures. 2 {seum Apartments yesterday. The The organization is called a Com- | Fire Department, called near noon, mittee of Americans and claims to|extinguished the blaze. Sully is the be natien wide. |owner of the Juneau Bakery | in Juneau on the bus the same day he left camp. ~ Caves is described as weighing about 160 pounds, stands five feet, seven inches and was wearing a red blazer, black felt hat and 10- inch top shoes when last seen. fiequent with the years, but this conclusive evidence of the exist- | f the pig, a graminivorous one was an important session of the €nce o 3 board of United Artists,.the firm of |Animal - with —cloven. -feet; -greatly e feared by natives. George E. Moser, United States which Fairbanks, his divorced wife, » Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin nn:!l White men thus far have seen|POstal inspector, returned to J i only its tracks, and never the ani-|P€3u from a round-trip on the jmal. motorship Estebeth to Sitka. (Continued on Page Three)