The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7203. DUFR JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1936. ’ MEMBER ASSOCIAT ED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS OPEN GLAGIER BAY IS URGING OF REX BEACH Noted Author Appears Be- fore Senate Committee —Favorable Action WASHINGTON, June 17. — Rexl Beach, the noted author, today ap- pealed to the Senate Public Lands Committee to open the Glacier Bay National Monument in Alaska to mineral exploration and develop- ment, and picturing another Klon- dike gold rush if such was done. After listening to Beach, the com- mittee favorably reported the bill by Senator Schwellenbach of Wash- ington, to open the monument to miners. Beach said: pectors and examination of ores are so promising that the opening of the 1800 square mile area might con- “Reports of pros-| Income Tax Rev WASHINGTON, June 17.—Presi- dent Roosevelt’s budget expecta- tions of one billion four hundred and thirty-four million dollars on income tax revenue for the current fiscal year has been virtually realized when the Treasury reported collec- tions of two hundred seventy-six million, nine hundred and fifty- three thousand dollars for the first fifteen days in June. This is slight- ly more than eighteen per cent in excess of the amount collected dur- ing a comparable period last year. | 'NO PLANS YET FOR CAMPAIGN Expectations of Roosevelt; Treasury Report Shows Gain ROOSEVELTHAS | enue Exceeds ALASKA BILL IS REC ALLED BY DELEGATE | | The total income taxes of the| present fiscal year beginning last| July 1, amount to one billion, three| )imond Not to Press for{ hundred and ninety-three million : . dollars. | Passage of Certain Mining Measure | Officials sal they expected ap- proximately thré® hundred seventy- five million dollars to be collected for the full month of June, indi- cating the year's total on June 30 to be approximately one billion four hundred ninety-three million dol- lars, or fifty-nine million more than the President counted on Men Coming o Join Party of Glacier Priest WASHINGTON, June 17.—Objeg~ |tions from the Territory of Alaska have prompted Delegate Anthony. J. Dimond to announce he will not | press for enactment at this session | | his bill to reduce the time for ad=~ verse claimants to protest granty on | Alaska mining claim patents. Delegate Dimond said he has re- [ | quested Senator Robert F. Wagmer, |of New York, to kill the bill, now | |in committee. The bill has already. | been passed by the House. } Protest Received | “At first I believed there could .ne | no serious objection to the bill,” said, {Delegate Dimond,” but since I have | received protests from old-time pros- { 1 | | | { Philadel 1 Massive meeting place for the Democratic National Convention from June 22 to June siderably be another rush. Towns| will spring up, new airlines and| other transportation systems will be, Chief Executive Takes Hat George Get;_Nick Caval- ‘;mclms who were apprehensive it | would place them at a disadvantage {with the larger operators, I have| some of the largest national and international cop ventions are held. established, and people will rush to the area deserted now even by sea- gulls.” Predicts Rush Beach said the rush would start 30 days after Congress’ approval. The area was withdrawn by a proclamation by President Coolidge in 1925. Before that time explor- ation was negligible, but recently the presence of highly mineralized deposits of gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, and other minerals was established. The Glacier Bay area is so scar- ified by receding glaciers that the deposits are exposed so “one can almost prospect with field glasses and nearly throw a hat into the highly mineralized belts,” said B e L Rt The Interior Department approves of the action as does the Nevada Democratic Senator Key Pittman, who said: “There isn't a chance in the world of Alaska ever amounting to anything except through develop- ment of its minerals,” The Territorial Chamber of Com- merce, Beach said, is also favorable. ITALY FORCES GREAT BRITAIN TOBACK DOWN British Government Recedes from Sanctions Stand —Other Reports LONDON, June 71.—The British Cabinet has placed the final seal of authority on the Government’s re- cession from sanctions and will an- nounce a new Italio-Ethiopian pol- icy in the House of Commons to- MOrrow. Officials also state the Govern- ment will not abandon Malta and scouted reports the Mediterranean Naval Base will be discontinued be- cause of proximity to Italy. TOWNSEND AND COUGHLIN MEN SPLIT IN MAINE Win Two, Lose Two Nomin- ations in Primaries—Gov. Brann, White for Senate PORTLAND, Me, June 17.—Can- Off to Finland for Paying War Debt WASHINGTON, June 17.—At the first press conference since his re- turn from the South, President Roos- evelt said he had no campaign plans at present. The President said {he planned to go to Hyde Park af- |ter the Democratic Convention in | Philadelphia next week. The Chief Executive said he took off his hat to Finland, the only na- tion paying an installment on the war debt. e S GIVING AiD TO STOCK MARKET Few Industrial Specialties Also Bolster Prices in Today's Trading NEW YORK, June 17.—Rails and a few industrial specialties led the stock market forward today from fractions to about three points. The closing tone was irregular. Trans- fers were 1,150,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 17. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 131%, American Light and Power 12, Anaconda 34%:, Bethlehem Steel 537%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%z, Curtiss-Wright 6%, General Motors 647, International Harvest- er 88%, Kennecott 387%, United States Steel 63, United Corpora- tion 7%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $5.02%, Bremner 19% and 26. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 156.93; rails, 47.44; utilities, 33.23. NAVY FLIERS DIES IN CRASH NORFOLK, Virginia, June 17.— Lieut. Charles Mallory and radio- man W. C. Gray were burned to death when their plane crashed from one hundred feet in the air after taking off at the Naval Air station here. The men and plane were attached to the cruiser In- dianapolis. The plane apparently stalled and iere Sail North for Expedition ordered the bill killed in the Senate | Committee and will not press for | passage.” { Features of Bill SEATTLE, June 17.—George B.| Tpe pill would limit the time for Getty, Eugene, Oregon scientist, and fjjing adverse claims to 60 days af-| Nick Cavaliere, photographer, have ter the close of publication. The| sailed to join Father Bernard R.'exjsting law allows eight months Hubbard. The expedition will stay ang was enacted, Delegate Dimond at Matanuska until Hubbard arrives said, beeause of hardships of travel| there. He sails June 23. land bad communications in the| Getty said the fossils discovered Territory which made it difficult| by the natives and believed to be a'f,) prospectors to keep closely in-! trace of prehistoric animals will be formed on developments. The Dele- the first objective of the expedition. gate said he is considering reintro- | Later an attempt will be made (0 qucing the bill at the next session scale Devil's Claws, unconquered by of Congress. | support SUPPORT DEMO Alaskan Waters »hia’s Convention Hall 2. Here TALMADGETO Salmon Packin EVERYTHING IS FINE, DECLARES PARTY TICKET Continues Light JAMES FARLEY Roosevelt Policies Makes Pledge ATLANTA, Ga., June 17 Eugene Talmadge today pledged | to the Democratic Party| Gov men heretofore. Cavaliere will film . iy the entire expedition and discoveries | made. He said he recently returned clv'L wA R |s Jrem.the jungles of India and Afrien with Prank Buck, Leftists Declare 750,000 Armed Rightists to SEN. FLETCHER DIES SUDDENLY March on Paris Florida Loses Second Mem-| ber in Upper House of Congress PARIS, June 17.—The Leftists to- day clamored for quick Government- al action against 700,000 armed Rightists who are accused of pre- paring for a march on Paris. WASHINGTON, June 17.—United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, Democrat of Florida, aged 77 years, died suddenly here today. The Leftists assert the “Facists” Senator Fletcher was a prominent | are ready to march to prevent the attorney, being one of the few men| Peoples’ Front Government in car- | in the United States permitted to rying out legislation | practice in the United States Su-) Col. Francois de La Rocque, head preme Court. He was nominated to|of the Rightist Croix de Fue or "h;: United States Senate in the piery Cross, heightened the tension | primary election in June, 1908, re- with a warning of political action 2‘:’2:2““‘[“ and ':['c“‘f“"’ for suc-| *he socialist immediately called eding terms. He was chairman| pim 4 ool of big business and ready of several committees and a mem-| ¢ ctart a French civil war. ber of others. S ; United States Senator Park Tram- | Socialist - Premier Leon Blum & 4 "~ | supporting the labor reform meas- mell, also : i i ago"r Florida, died several|;re pefore the French Senate, told ! the devaluation advocates that fail- | ure of his program would mean in- | creased deflation. The Premier | GORDON G‘ lNGMAN | mentioned President Roosevelt work- ENROUTE TO JUNEAU ! cd under less favorable conditions at) ington and will enter his senior year BILL DEAD ONE bard and Blade, and last year was a eers. | than “ours.” The Premier appar- Gordon G. Ingman, son of G.|ently referred to devaluation the A. J. Mine, returned to Juneau| on the Princess Charlotte. He is a! next fall. Mr. Ingman is a member of Scab- representative of the University of! Washington at a meeting of the - e - Ingman, mill repair foreman | = 1500 student at the University of Wash- | American Society of Civil Engin- WASHINGTON, June 17.—Confer- ence reports and Senate amend-| ments to the Black-Smith anti- lobbying have been tabled in the| House thus killing the legislation. The tabling came after a heated debate and the vote was 263 to 76 The measure would require all or- ganizations collecting funds to in nominee. He made this statement at the State Democratic Executive committee. “I hope I can agree with the plat- formy adopted at Philadelphia,” said Gov. Talmadge,”sbut I will support the nominees, no matter who they are. I am & party man and stand for the principles of my Pa My fight is within the Democratic party and I am in the Party to stay.” Gov. Talmadge has opposed the Roosevelt policies for many months. The Georgia delegates have been pledged to vote for Roosevelt. - ARMORED CARS GO INTO DUTY, LIEGE STRIKE Violence of Strikers Is In- creasing—Attempt to Raid Arms Factory BRUSSELS, Beigium, June 17 Armored cars have been sent to Liege to maintain order as the re-! sult of fresh outbreaks and strike violence. Autos have been over- turned and the strikers are reported to have attempted to raid an arms ' factory. The Liberal newspaper Indepen- dence Belgeo char that the strike is backed by Communist agitators imported from Scandinavian coun- tries. Arrest Made in Bank Robbery of Ten Months Ago Farmer, Tr—ail"ed for Long didates endorsed by the Father|,urst jnto flames on striking the Coughlin and Dr. Townsend 0rgan-|.round. The men were dead before izations won two and lost two nom-|gi4 could reach them. They were inations in the primaries here yes-|engaged in starting tests. An in- terday . vestigation of the disaster is being Unofficial returns indicated thatjaunched. Senator White, Republican, and Governor Brann, Democrat, unop- posed, would have the nomination of their parties for the Senate. ———————- RETURNING HOME Terrorilts Fire On American Colony JERUSALEM, June 17—Terror- ists fired today on the Childrens’ Home in the American Colony on the Plain of Sharon today but none of the inhabitants were injured. B N ki PENDECTOMY Aboard the steamer Baranof which is now on its maiden voyage to Al- aska is Jeanne Vander Leest, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Vander Leest who will be at home with her parents during the summer vaca- tion. Miss Vander Leest has just completed her freshman year at Marylhurst College near Portland, Oregon. AP Ann's Hospital last evening and underwent an emergency appen- dectomy operation. Ted Cowling was admitted to St.| MURDER CASE Another Mysterious Angle Enters Into Killing of Inventor EAST ORANGE, N. J, June 17.— Beatrice Moore, daughter of the | slain inventor D. McFarland Moore, | today viewed the body of Jean Phil- lip Gethardt and the authorities \qunted her as saying the suicide | victim resembled in every respect | the “tall thin man” that saw her fa- | ther before he was shot down. The motive for the crime is still undetermined but it is believed to have resulted from a quarrel over an invention of some sort. fluence legislation or Federal elec- tions to file monthly reports. Members of Congress said the: feared the legislation would hit the American Federation of Labor, Na- tional Union for Social Justice, vet- | eran organizations and the Town- | send movement. PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 17.—By @ vote of 161 to 90, the House has passed the Guffey-Vinson price fix- ing measure. This is a substitute for the outlawed Guffey Coal Con- trol Bill, COAL MEASURE : | Time, Also Charged with Murder SPOKANE, Wash., June 17.—Ten months to a day after the robbery of the Roselia State Bank and the slaying of Town Marshal Bert Lem- leux, Prank Baird, a farmer, living thirty miles south of here, has been arrested charged with being one of | the three participants in the crime aird denied his guilt when ar- raigned before United States Com- missioner Joseph Rosslow and a hearing was set for July 17 Baird is an operator of a 283 acre farm. He is held in jail in lieu of $30,000 bail. The robbers took about $7,000 om the bank. Federal officers have been shad- wing Baird for several months. !fr {15 lire in cash and got a ceding Streams Seen as Contributing Factor The salmon pack thus far con- tinues to be light, actording to Ty port the Bureau of Fisheries The in Cook Tnlet distriet to pack | through -June 13. showed 12,176 cases | said + everything is of Kings and 530 reds, or a total pack to date of 12,706 cases. The run is reported light in many of the other districts and it is be- lieved by some authorities that the long, dry perlod is a contributing factor. Forest Service officials re- port all streams, with the excep- tion of glacier streams, are very low and finding difficulty in getting upstream and also in find- ing the spawning waters due to the small throw-off of oxygen from tha receding fresh water streams, -— - WAR ADDS DEBT BUT ITALY SEES BALANGE GAIN ANDRUE BERDING fish s By ROME, June 17.—Italy’s conquest employees were wounded this fore-| a bomb exploded within' of Ethiopia cost just $1,000,000,000 up to the middle of May It means nearly a 10 per cent ad- dition to the public debt But Thaon di Revel, finance min- ister, says it is not just money spent for nothing. On the other side of the ledger are new harbors, new docks, hundreds of miles of new roads, bridges and barracks, and, cluding airplanes, artillery and ma- chine guns which increases Italy’s fighting strength in the world. And,! finally, A new empire. The latest appropriation, announc- ed in the official gazette, of 2,045~ 000,000 lire, brings the total of war | preparedness and war appropria- tions to 12,110,000,000 lire, which is just a few sous under $1,000,000,000. Occupation Costs Mount The war is over, but the expenses ca on. Haile Selassie’s armies are crushed, but almost half of Ethiopia remains to be occupied. A' force of well over 100,000 soldiers| must be kept In East Africa for months, maybe years. How has Italy paid her way? figures have been issued to illus- trate this interesting question; but the budget estimates for 1936-1937, with their increased interest figures. offer a reliable method of working ! it out. The budget lists 675,000,000 lire increase in interest because of the consolidated conversion bonds. A holder of a consol 35 per center turned it in to the government with 5 per cent- er. For the 15 lire cash the state pays 15 per cent more interest, or 10 per cent on the 15 lire. Consequently the 675,000,000 lire, capitalized at 10 per cent, means the government received 6,750,000, | '000 from the conversion | | Next there is an increase of 100,- | 1000,000 lire interest on slwrb((‘rm“ No (Continued on Page Three) Governor, Opposed to Long, Dry Period with Re- Chairman of Democratic National Committee in Convention City PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Visiting the Convention City today, James A. Farl Democratic National Committee, most successful held I am entirely satisfied with the situation throughout the country and fully confident the electorate will give complete approval to the Roosevelt Administration next No- vember as it did in '32" Far also said he was confident the convention would abrogate the two thirds vote, a Party rule. BOMB EXPLODES IN POST OFFICE Tuferual Mg Wonhck Five Employees, Two Seriously HAVANA, June 17.—Five postal noon when the post office. Two of were wounded seriously. The bomb was wrapped in a par- cel post package and exploded when a clerk, sorting mail, tossed it into a pouch. The package was addressed to a non-political physician, Pedro Fe nandez, and bore the label of the men a house. - Pirates Attack Two Americans Doctor and Nurse Beseiged for Several Hours in Hospita] AMOY, China, June 17 A American doctor and nurse were be- seiged in their seaside hospital here for several hours by a pirate band A directed machine gun defense caused the death of five persons. The dead are three pirates an two policemen fending force which had hidden in wait for the attack expecting the pirate: eek the rescue of their chieftain, Ti Hop Lying woundéd, and in the hospital after a recent gun battle with the police. Neither Dr. C. H. Holleman, Chi- cago, superintendent, nor nurse Jean Heinheess Holand, of Michigan, were hurt. The hospital belongs to the Board Foreign Missions, America to r d of e TONSILECTCMY Lewis Schafer underwent a ton- silectomy operation at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning. Chairman of the| | interest A fine military equipment, in-|United States drug manufacturing|8ame | the latter of a de-| chief | Reformed Church of | E NAMED ALASKA GAME HEAD BPRT ¢ ¢ APPOINTED AS SUCCESSOR OF H. W. TERHUNE Wellknown Wild Life Auth- ority Approved by Wal- lacc, Biological Sur\'ey QUALIFICATIONS UP TO CIVIL SERVICE New Executiiv; VOflicer Con- i nected with Alaska Game Work Since 1922 WASHINGTON, June 17. — The Biological Survey said today that the appointment of Frank Dufresne as Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission has been re- ferred to the Civil Service Commis- sion which must pass on qualifica- | tions for appointment Dufresne’s appointment to succeed Hugh W. Terhune, who recently was transferred to Washington, was rec- ommended by the Game Commission |and was approved by Secretary of | Agriculture Henry Wallace and the | Biological Survey which the Exgcu- | tive Officer represents in the Ter- | ritory. Approval on qualifications is expected shortly by the Civil Ser- vice Commission | | | REAL ALASKAN | Mr. Dufresne, who has been as- sistant to Terhune, and whose ap- | proval as Executive Officer by Sec- retary Wallace and the Biological June 17— gurvey is tantamount to appoint- | ment, has been a resident of Alaska ince 1920 when he arrived at Nome 'L as a newspaper correspondent from Al GUBAASITET Boatom - St e T Sty | and the eonvention will'be brie of the | g “the Territory fro | the outset, Dufresne determined to | stay in the country and in 1921 be- came a Deputy United States Mar- shal at Nome. The following year | he was appointed Fur Warden and Deputy U. 8. Game Warden for the Biological Survey. When the Alaska Game Commis- sion was creaied in 1925, the form-* | newspaperman was appointed Alas- ka Game Warden with headquarters | at Fairbanks. In 1928 Lie was tra | ferred to tie Juneau office of the Cor mission where he has been sta- ticnd s On January 1, 1935, hre named Assistant Executive | Of °r nd has been acting as Exe- | cut =~ Officer since the transfer of ‘ Ter un. w0 the States { Autnor | Mr. Dufresne is regarded as one | of the best informed game men in | the nation. His knowledge of Al- | aska game and fish is based on ac- tual experiences, there being but one or two isolated sections of the entire Territory that he has not cov- ered, most of the Arctic by dog team. Gifted with ability to write, the well known Juneau resident has put many of his experiences in story form and most of the outdoor mag- nes at some time or other have carried his highly entertaining stor- ies based on Alaska. Wide publicity has come to the Territory and great has been created in the and fish of the north as the result of his writings. The new Executive Officer is 40 vears of age, having heen born at Newport, New Hampshire, on June ,1895. He is a war veteran, having erved 19 months overseas during the World War with the 26th (Yan- kee) Division. With his wife and two children ,the official has made 1is home in Juneau since 1928. BLACK LEGION INFORMANT 1S FOUND BEATEN | | DETROIT, Mich., June 17.—Mrs. William Guthrie, who recently gave | investigators information about the Black Legion and printing plant, was found in her home today suf- fering from a severe beating, bound and gagged, and apparently with a fractured skull and broken ribs. Physicians said her condition is serious. She could not talk coher- ently Mrs. Guthrie had told the inves- tigators that her husband printed Black Legion literature on a hidden printing press and she had lived in terror for months since she had been initiated into the Black Legion auxiliary of the terrorists. The wo- man’s husband is sought.