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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVL, NO. 7019. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JULY 22, 1935. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NEW FR AZ'ER_i:A RM ' Air Route Over Poiar _R;zgion BILL AND BONUS CENTER STAGE i Borah Says Measures Will Be Attached to Roosevelt | “Must” Program ! PROPOSE BIG ISSUE | OF NEW CURRENC Senator PredictssLaw Body' Will Still Be in Ses- | sion November 1 ‘WASHINGTON, July 22.—A pow- erful, surging drive for two mees-; ures involving five billions in cur- rency inflation has introduced a tremendous new factor into Con- gress which already is beset by dog days and several major controver- sles. | Senator William Borah made the; announcement today that the Fraz- ier-Lake farm refinancing and the Patman bonus bills both are “quite certain to be attached to a Roose- velt ‘must’ measure, probably the new tax bill.” | Raises Question | The announcement ijmmediately raised the question in the minds of | many observers “will the Roosevelt tax program e scrapped for this| session if the backers of the two| measures mentioned by Borah suc- | ceed in their attempt?” | There was no immediate com-| ment from leaders on Borah's dec-| laration and his added prediction that Congress would be in session November 1. May Speed Adjournment It was generally considered cer- tain the development would spur efforts of those Republicans and Democrats who have been trying to get Congress to adjourn now with- out acting on the tax bill. On the other hand, Borah's statement was interpreted as giving new force and attention to drives for the Frazier-Lemke plan to issue up to three billions in new money to re- finance farm indebtedness at low interest and the Patman plan to pay the bonus in about two billion dollars worth of new currency. ——— POWER FIGHT IS TAKEN UP BY SEC. ICKES, Declares ““Central Source”! Working Against PWA Financed Projects WABHINGTON, July 22.—Jump-| ing into the power fight, Secretary Ickes declared that some “central source” is responsible for many widely separated legal attempts to block municipal power projects fi- nanced by the PWA. Declaring that private utility firms are making a ‘‘concerted” at- tack, Secretary Ickes referred to attempts to enjoin 22 of 31 muni- cipal power projects which the PWA lent a helping hand. He stated that “in virtually every case” the lan-{ guage in legal documents presented against municipal plants was “sim- ilar insofar as to question the con- stitutionality is concerned.” Of twelve suits decided, nine were won by the PWA and three oy the utilities, ———————— PRIESTS GO ON TRIAL, GERMANY BERLIN, July 22—Political Catholicism is ranked by Hitler's newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter | as Germany’s Public Enemy No. 1, as two more priests went on trial on charges of smuggling money, 'geles today, INFLATION D MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Believed Contemplated; Two Flights Indicate New Moves SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 22. —An over the Polar region air route between the United States and Russia is foreseen as a possible | shortcut in Europe-Asia aviation's| ssja although Post would only say newest pioneering project. he ‘“expected to do some hunting Soviet fliers are ready In MOosCOW | in Siberia.” to hop on a nonstop flight over . the North Pole to Oakland, Cali- fornia. The veteran American aviator, Wijey Post, plans to leave Los An- accompanied by his wife, on an air trip over the edge of the Polar region to Siberia, and probably to Moscow. The Russians have announced that the purpose of the flight is. to “survey the shortest possible air route between Russia and the United States.” Posts's flight is understood to be in the nature of a survey of a new air route between America and FLIGHT DEI:AYED LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 22.— Although Wiley Post planned to leave today on his Alaskan-Siberian flight, he may not get. away untii later this week. Post is in seclusion, it is said, at the Pacific Airmotive Corporation hangars. His new monoplane was not quite ready this morning for the long flight. POETESS HERE SOVIET PLANE FOR VISIT; ON | TO FLY AGROSS WAY TO WESTROOF OF WORLD | LoVerne Wilson, of Berke-‘Mystery Flight Shrouded ley, Plans Taking Up | in Secrecy — One Of- Homestead, Alaska ficial J“_‘Ej‘ Bound TR BULLETIN—A, A. Vartasian, i ’ at Seatile, has notified The I Empire by radio that adverse | weather has delayed the ta'c- off of the plane from Moscow for Oakland. This is according to advices he reported he re- ceived from Moscow. All efforts to obtain information | concerning the projected take-off of | the Soviet mystery plane over the !roof of the world from Moscow to Oakland are fruitless, not only the plans for the takecoff but even the whereabouts of the plane are kept secret. Government officials, according to reports received by The Empire from the Associated Press, assert that details of the departure will | be announced at the proper time. | Officials at Seattle | At Seattle last Saturday night, | two officials of the Amtorg, Inc., | | Ru n trading Company, arrived there by plane and at once began ‘flnal arrangement for guiding the | Russian plane from Moscow to Oak- land. The officials are N. A. Sokoloff, ! Vice-President of Amtorg, Inc., and |A. A Vartanian, Chief engineer. | The two conferred with officials |of the United States Signal Corps |at Seattle and air line officials in ;n.n effort to make a hasty journey to the Mackenzie River Country For a stay of three weeks In Ju-|4pg estaplish within three days the neau, before going to the Matanus-| e, thest north post of communi- ka colonization profect, Miss LO- sa4ion to aid the Soviet fliers on Verne Wilson, young poetess fmm‘thelr flight. Berkeley, Cal, has arrived here.. yoanian is to remain in Se- Miss Wilson recently completed the | 5ije ang translate the Russian manuscript of a book of verse, I]messam to be radiced from the Have Not Looked to Mounums."‘pm”' which is in the hands of the Mt:-l Talks With Juneau Millan Company, eastern publlsmm:‘ Sokoloff planned to start north to Miss Wilson was, until recently, ' telepnone with Juneau last Satur- Associate Editor of Westward, a‘day night in an effort to find a magazine published in California, o,ick service to northern outposts and her poems have been published ¢ port Simpson or Aklavik where in “‘x’y periodicals including the . nanned to establish communi- Oaklani (California) Tribune and! oiions Poetry, \a magazine of verse pub-i Sokoloff planned to star tnorth to lished i\ Chicago. She is at present Juneau by plane yesterday after- z{:‘gg? :;;{‘;:i:‘: x::?u:::; ag;;nmn and then charter a plane here £ha " Iast| (thies Lyears Baiis Wflson'mr Fairbanks thence to Aklavik. has been Secretary to General Dav- | TOE iwn EMALE €cacteds Pe- i 1 ot om New York City. id P. Ba rows, Commander of the‘a"e il ad % s — e National Fuard of California. X Born in| Treadwell, Miss Wilson ARMS MAKERS MISS LOVERNE WILSON left Alasks \when a small child, but! states that she has come back to the Territory to stay. She will file| on a homestead in Interior Alaska, she stated, possibly in the Matanus- ka valley, within the near future. 60, DESTROYER ARRIVES TODAY Detroit, Indianapolis Leave —Barry, from Auk Bay, Here! The scheduled departure of two cruisers and the unexpected ar- rival of a destroyer marked the fourth day of Juneau's 12-day Navy “Week.” 3 Sounding test blasts of their whistles and sirens, the Navy cruis- ers Detroit and Indianapolis, which have swung at anchor here since Friday, left this mornings The light cruiser Detroit, flagship ef the de- stroyer section of the Battle Force, was the first to go, weighing hex anchor at 5 o'clock. Four hours later, the Indianapolis, longest ship to visit this port and flagship the Scouting Force, left. At 10:30 o'clock, the long, slim grey hull of the U. 8. 8. Barry! (248) appeared around the rock! dump. A destroyer, she berthed at Government Dock, probably not to depart until Wednesday. morning. The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa moved from her Government Dock berth to a temporary one at the lumber mill dock. 1,260 Men Leave 8bove photo attests. The cruisers, which had broughtlodbese . 1,260 men here for a three-day | visit, left after having received l.he,THR E E nl N | best of Juneau hospitality. Dances, | FLAMES, EARLY ) ‘ crew races, basketball games and Old Three - Story Frame baseball contests were some of the highlights of the program arranged Hotel Swept by Fire— Five Are Injured Politics came second to baseball by the Chamber of Commerce. Many similar events probably will be staged later this week, when more cruisers and destroyers call| in Gastineau Channel. However, no formal program of welcome has| been arranged for the Barry, which arrived today, because her visit had not been announced previously The ship is a member of Division | Eight of the destroyer squadron.) NAVY CRUISERS | Bascball or Politicss ... - competed in Cleveland on the same day. were plenty of empty seats at the meeting of the | six-state Republican Crusader convention as the | But nearly 70,000 were attracted to the game. when both events There Republicans fro Coming North to Juneau in 15% | Foot Boat Sy T — | SEATTLE, July 22.—Kalph | Mortensen, aged 23 years, of Gig Harbor, left here Saturday | night in a 15} foot boat for | Juneau, Alaska, He kas a small outboard motor and small sail. He will use the sail only, but when the current is strong, the | motor. Mortensen is a former Wash- The stadium is three blocks away from the public auditorium, where the Republican “Grass Roots” conclave was held. SRS "R, T RO PR R R ‘Paris Authorities Act itainments were given in her hon- She is at present engaged with the| manuscript of a book-length nar- rative poem and believes she can accomplish better work in an iso- lated Alaskan cabin than amid the distractions of metropolitan life. | Before coming north many enter- or. One evening, in San Francis- co,-Miss Wilson was the .guest of the Verse Writers' Club of Oakland, and the Niles Club. WASHING1ON, July 22—Twen- ty agents of the Senate’s munitions investigation committee have been ordered to keep a sharp lookout for signs of arms manufacturers doing business with Italy or Ethiopia, |Chairman Nye disclosed. Asked for his opinion, Chairman She has aboard Comdr. A. S. Mer-| {rill, who s in command of this division. With three other vessels of her type, the Barry has been lying in Auk Bay since Saturday. ‘The other members of the division They had been scheduled to ar- rive at Auk Bay Friday, but were delayed approximately 24 hours by heavy fog enroute from Seattle. The picturesque bay will be the division’s base until Sunday, when the southbound return will be made. Over the week-end, residents of summer cabins “out the Highway" gave the Navy visitors an informal welcome, with the principal item of entertainment being fishing. The Barry and the Williamson, it was explained aboard the former ship this afternoon, have becn as- signed to Lynn Canal and Gas- tineau Channel ports for visits. The ‘Williamson, now. in Skagway, may visit here later in the week. The Childs and the Gilmer are sched- uled to call at Peril Straits an- chorages. A. B. Phillips, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Entertain- ment Committee, called aboard the Barry this afternoon and offered the visitors use of the baseball field for practice during their stay. Expect Cruiser Meanwhile, the city was expect- ing the arrival of another huge cruiser sometime tomorrow. She is the U. 8. 8. New *Orleans and is of the same type as the Indian- apolis. According to advance infor- mation, she is scheduled to remain here until Thursday. Then, on Wednesday, four destroyers — the McCormick (223), the MacLeish (220), the Truxton (229), and the Simpson (221) — are scheduled to arrive, and are due to depart Fri- day. That same day, five more de- stroyers — the Decatur (341), the Evans (78), the Wickes (75), the Philip (76), and the Twiggs (127)— are due to arrive for a three-day Nye said: “I'm afraid it looks like a bonfire thal may lead to a dis- astrous conflagration. I'm awfully afraid it’s 1914-18 all over again.,” stay. Saturday, another cruiser of the Indianapolis type, the Chicago, is scheduled. She will leave Mon- wontinued x:;u Page One) ABERDEEN, Wash., July 22—Fire ington State College student. PRICE TEN CENTS Y ITALY ON JAPAN . ti; ~refer b’(‘)rmer icHARGES MADE city’s stadium for the All-Star ball The rally was held by m gix states. 18 FOREIGNERS ARE DEPORTED, RIOT CHARGES Quickly — Hundreds' of Others Given Warning PARIS, July 22—FEighteen fore- 1 placed under iments are: U. S. Childs (241), U. S. S.ithe hotel when the fire broke out Gilmer (233), U. S 8. William-|on the second floor. son (244). J. Joergon, aged 40, and Joe Fog Delays Martin, also 40, were trapped in |swept through the old three-story !frame Del Monte Hotel here Sun- day morning causing the death of three and injuring five more men. Thirty-two men were sleeping in their rooms and burned almost beyond recognition. Falls Three Stories Max Larson, longshoreman, fell lout of a third story window where he stood calling for help, and died shortly afterwards. | A. Paulson, 40, J. F. Cochran, |45, suffered fractured backs, and Pete Rastoe, 56, was burned about the body, head and arms. Condition Critical | Hospital attendants pronounced |the condition of all three as crit- ical. Frank E. Mitchell, 73, and Frank Thiery, 71, are in the hospital less seriously injured. The hotel building was built 46 years ago and is a total loss. SMALLPOX CASES REPORTED HERE; PRECAUTION TAKEN Announcement of several cases of smallpox in Juneau was made today by Dr. W. W. Council, Ter- ritorial Health ' Commissioner, but he said it had been detected early and that all precautions were being made to guard against spread. Or- ders have been issued to steamship companies not to sell tickets to per- sons unless a vaccination card can be shown. Vaccination can be re- ceived at the Health Commissioner’s office without charge. Instructions have been sent to all health officers in the Territory to guard against spread of the di- sease. Seven cases are now in the city, the Doctor said, but he added “there is no cause for . alarm. If yigners, arrested for participation in 'riotous demonstrations as a pro- | test against Laval's drastic economy measures, have been ordered de- ported and at the same time 1516 persons of French nationality who (have been held in jail, were releas- {ed after a warning. Eight were held cn & charge of “rebellion” and in- sulting police, Several hundred government pub- |lic cervice employees, among those larrested and later released, may face ' disciplinary = procedure., Heavy po- lice reinforcements have been press- ed into service in the Government’s {c-rrorc to prevent a recurrence of |the rioting of late last week. AMERICANS - e — POLAR BEAR, TOTAL WRECK, WEST ALASKA Former Juneau Craft Piles on Reef—Crew Aboard Coast Guard Cruiser SEATTLE, July 22—The Coast Guard cruiser Aurora, with the crew of the Polar Bear aboard, is due here within a week according to advices received from Kodiak. sHELLED BY The Polar Bear’s bottom on the | port side is destroyed as the rPFu]L‘ of going on a reef off Dry Sy u-«} Island, Kupreanoff Strait, belwuen: Kodiak and Afognak Islands, lusL) Friday. | o o is' Gunboat Does Firing, then Capt. C. E. Anderson, master, staying with the wreck in the hope| Departs‘ Withoul Any Explanation of salvaging some equipment. | ‘The Polar Bear was form Margnita, plying out of Alaska, spaand | | HANKOW, China, July 22—Am-| jerican missionaries at the mis- sionary school of Huping College. | Hunan Province, have R . . at Yochow, ] [] "»rep(lxr!_.cd they were Is co ING NURTH The Japanese gunboat departed | A without any explanation of its act | Japanese naval officials here have made no comments on the charge. e FROM FUNTER BA subjected to machine gun fire from a Japanese gunboat on July 18. No one was| injured. c | Miss Flanigan to Become Aide to President snipers’ every ‘one will co-operate with health authorities it will not spread jand there will be little danger.” ' U. of Alaska ; SEATTLE, July' 22.—Miss Mar- garet E. Flanigan, secretary to Her- bert T. Condon, dean of men at the University of Washington here, has been appointed secretary to Charles E. Bunnell, president of the Uni- versity of Alaska at Fairbanks, it was announced Saturday. She will leave for the north next Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nicholas ar- rived in Juneau from Funter Bay on the Estebeth. Nicholas is con- nected with the Alaska Empire Gold mining Company plant at Funter Bay. — > — ELKS HAVE PICNIC Wrangell Elks were taken to Big Bay on Zarembo Island recently aboard the Hazel B II for a Sun- BY PRESS FOR FALSE ACTION Statements l;/«Foreign Of- fice, Ambassador at Variance TOKYO INFORMED OF ALL COMMENT Foreign DiplEats Report- ed Moving from Ad- dis Ababa BULLETIN—Rome, July 22.—~ | The Japanese Embassy has been special guard while the whole Nation excited- Iy discussed the furious press campaign directed against Ja- pan’s reported opposition to the Italc-Ethiopian conflict. ROME, Italy, July 22.—The Ital- fan press, apparently by a general order, today printed violent attacks on Japan, using phraseology not unlike that employed against Eng- land a few -weeks ago and against Germany last year. Why the Attack The basis for the attack was the alleged dissimilarity between state- East Africa, especially by Ji Ambacsador Sugimura, to Italy, and by the Foreign Office spokesmai. ' Cabled t. Tokyo The Japanese Embassy has cabled long extracts from these press com- ments to Tokyo. Well-informed sources said they are convinced the bitter tone of the editorials will elicit a diplo- matic protest from the Jjapanese. viplomats Moving Foreign diplomats at Addis Aba- ba are reported to be arranging to move their legations as Italian of- ficials are reported to have ex- pressed a doubt that final efforts by England and France will ward off the Italo-Ethiopia war. Ministers and consuls of the United States, England, France and Japan have already acquired lega~ tion buildings at Djibouti. RELIGIOUS WAR IS THREATENED IRISH FREE ST Protestants and Catholics Reported in Clashes Over Week-end BELFAST, July 22—A reign of terror arising from anti-Catholic riots in northern Ireland, resulting in violent and anti-Protestant re- prisals in the Irish Free State, threatened today to plunge all Ire- land into a religious strife. The ninth person has died under fire as the wave of ins. cendarism, bombing and stones throwing swept the border towns here mobs have burned three rotestant halls and one Masonig. hall. f Widespread anti-Protestant. dem- onstrations in many parts of the week-end are attributed directly to northern Ireland anti-Catholic riot- ing and terrrorism. Protestants are reported arming in many sections ready to strike if necessary. b ® % 00 00 0000 000 o0 . STOCK QUOTATIONS . NEW YORK, July 22—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 145, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 16, Bethlehem Steel 34%, General Motors 37%, International Harvester 49%, Kennecott 19%, United States Steel 40%, $4.96%, Bremner bid 40, asked 52} Nabesna bid 54, asked 60; Black day picnic. Pine Silver 32, asked 34%. o Pound made on the situation in ' Free State to the south during the