The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7287. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT® HIRING HALL CONTROL, MAJOR ISSUE ED; CITY IS SET AFIRE " “democracy and oppression.” : BILBA DEFENDERS OF MADRID MAKE GREAT STRIKE Sudden Release of Dam| Waters Engulf Advanc- /;'g Fascist Forces VANGUARD SEVERED FROM FASCIST BASE| Government Troops Report- ed Making Successful Vicious Attacks \ BULLETIN—BILBAO, Spain, | Sept. 25.—Insurgent bombing planes rained projectiles on this Northern Spanish city this af- | STUDENTS ARE ternoon killing more than 100 | and wounding many more. Heavy property damage has been done. Part of the city has been set afire and the flames are spread- ing. Crowds of terrified citizens are dashing in panic through the streets while firemen are rushing into buildings and drag- ging out the dead or injured. LONDON, Sept. 25 — Claiming ten. million cubic yards of water as an overwhelming ally, three differ- ent Spanish Government forces to- day struck viclous counter attacks on the insurgents seeking to seize Madrid, Capital City of the Span- ish Republic. A ten foot wall of water was sud- denly let out of the Alberche River dam, west of Madrid. This released | wator engulfed the insurgents’ en- campments on the Talveera-Ma-l queda highway, cutting off their| advance and severing the vanguard | from the main Fascist base. Torrijos Retaken The defenders immediately fol- lowed up the advantage gained and are reported to have retaken Tor- rijos on the Maqueda-Toledo road.1 The insurgents claim the Fascists forces are still between Torrijos and Toledo and within sight of Toledo. WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS LONDON, *Sept. 25.—A Briton who has reached Gibraltar from Ronda in Southwestern Spain sends a dispatch that more than 800 well- to-do parents were executed by| the Government as Fascist sym-| pathizers The executions took place before the Fascist forces took the city. The same source assertéd that many children died of hunger and exposure. WORLD WAR T0 FOLLOW OVER SPAIN Delegate Makes Startling Charge Before League Nations’ Assembly GENEVA, Sept. 25.—Julio Alvar- ez del Vayo, Spanish delegate, told the League of Nations Assembly this afternoon that the “bloodstain- ed soil of Spain' i§“¢the battlefield of a' world war.” Delegates attending the Assembly session construed the remarks as an attack on Germany, Italy and Portugal for allegedly arming the Spanish Insurgents. The Spanish Envoy warned that future wars will mot be conflicts between states but instead between Plans Air Service, Anchorage, Seattle with 10-Place Plane ANCHORAGE, Alasks, Sept. 25— Pilot Don Glass announced here today he will soon start a regular passenger airplane service between O BOMB Wetting Fails To Subdue Patsy Ann PPtsy Ann, queen of the Ju- neau waterfront, and official canine greeter, isn’t what she used to be, according to Pete Snyder, Empire ' news carrier, who reports that Wednesday evening the half hour whistle of the Yukon so startled Juneaw's | famous and ostensibly deaf can- ine that she fell off the dock and had to be rescued by Third Mate Art Howgate of the steamet. AUTHOR BEACH RETURNS FROM ~ ISLAND TRIP . " | [“Mountain Leather” Ap- pears in Two Forms on | Lemesurier Island 1‘ | Rex Beach has returned to Ju-| neau after a trip to Lemesuier Is- I Former Juneau Girl Weds in New York City Martha OUE Becomes Bride of John E. Smith, Church Ceremony NEW YORK, Sept. 25— (Special to The Empire)—Miss Martha Lou ALASKA TOURIST TRAFFIC SHOWS STEADY GROWTH J‘f‘?assengers to Alaska 'in First Eight Months of This Year, 31,060 2,000 INCREASE OVER However, the ducking failed to quell the indominable Patsy, who, when restored to the dock, continued to parade along the very edge as she had before the | fall, her poise and aloofness unshaken. e e—— [land where he examined outcrop- | Ousby, formerly of Juneau, Alaska, |pings of the mysterious “mountain| and daughter of John M Ousby leather” discovered by Joe Ibach, and Mrs. Lou Corey Ousby, now of prospector, who lives on the Island. Beverly Hills, California, was mar- Mr. Beach made the trip from!ried here yesterday in the “Little ! Smith, and spent some time cruis- Church of the Transfiguration, to ing in nearby waters. He visited|Mr. John E. Smith, son of Mrs. | Glacier Bay, which area he was William Henry Smith, of New York |here on the Yakobi, Capt. Tom|Church Around the Corner,” the} 12 MONTHS LAST YEAR Eithiiate Figure Will Reach| 35,000 by End of Cur- rent Calendar Year 3 N Ever-growing passenger and tour- | ¢ STRIKE GALLED | instrumental in having opened by Congress, to prospecting. The autnor and mining enthus- |last reports an ‘“enjoyable trip ex- cept that it rained so we couldn’t see much.” He states that the mountain leather, which resembles asbestos, appears in two forms on Lemesieurer Island. It is seen in H veins and broken up in shear zones. Four Hundred Imperilled The use to which this mineral can od be put has not yet been determined, by Terpfic Cas EX- however, Mr. Beach believes it may plosion Today HIGH SCHOO be used for insulating and similar | purposes. { LOS GATOS, Cal, Sept. 25. —| “Mountain leather” or “mountain | Eleven workmen were injured and COrk” is not entirely unknown to 1400 students imperiled in a terrific|8overnment geologists. Other de- |gas blast in the Los Gatos Union| Posits of it have been found, but | High School today. |in such small quantities that no| One of the workmen injured is! great amount of experimentation not expeeted to live. | with the substance has been possi- | - e, | ble. [ | A number of friends of Rex| R A II-R 0 A u M A Y | Beach are already Interested in this | find, and the author hopes to have| | the deposit mined and uses found |for the mineral. ! y | Mr. Beach will leave Juneau on the | Yukon and go from Seattle to Los ;Angeles. In the latter city he will| | collect material for a series of arti-| |cles, “Modern Miracle Men,” which |is being published in Cosmopoli- General Manager Ohlson " Mesaaine: | ‘ Makes Declaration [ | atAnchorge - S UGGEDWITH BRICK, FOUND | y Col. Ohlson said the Alaska Rail-| road must have an operating reve-‘ (e nue to continue running on account GH ] k| of the reduced Federal appropria- | ACll‘gSfi( Aslsto krFOI v llh | 1 ockKing— | | tions unless a special appropriation Fourth Qutrage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 25.— Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Man- ager of the Alaska Ralilroad, said the system will be compelled to abandon if boats stop operating to Seward from Seattle. is provided. | Col Ohilson said it will be neces- sary to continue the service how-| ever between Suntrana and Fair-| - CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 25—Slugged | banks hauling coal for the Fair-ywith a building brick and garroted | banks Exploration Company which | with a silk stocking, Miss Alda| employs 500 men. |Deery, aged 23, an actress, was| | found unconscious in a hotel room |this forenoon. She had no recol-| lection of the attack she said later UNITED WELFARE BOARD To MEElehen revived in a hospital. The method strongly resembled An important meeting of the Unit- | the fatal assaults on Mrs. Millen ed Welfare Board will be held in|Gould, Mrs. Flarende Thompson the City Council Chamber in the|cCastle and Mrs. Mary Louise Tram- City Hall at 8 o'clock Saturday ev-|mell, all of whom were beaten to ening. This is according to an an-|geath in hotel rooms during the nouncement made by the Rev. Erl-|jast year. | ing K. Olafson. PR, < XN : % LEAVE ON ESTEBETH | WEHREN GOING To | Motorship Estebeth leaving for; Hls COAL P ROPERTY Sitka and wayports last evening had | |aboard four passengers from here, ‘ City, and the late Mr. Smith. A breakfast at the Park Lane Hotel followed the ceremony. Mrs. Gabriella Gilbert, of Harris- burg, Pa, aunt of the bride, was matron of honor, and Mr. Charles Palmer, of this city, was best man, The bride attended the Beverly Hills school. She is 22. Mr. Smith attended the Horace Mann School and Columbia University, class of '29. He is 30 and a member of the Sigma Chi. CORRUPTION ger year in 1936 of between 35,000] land 36,000 persons in Alaska, the Florgest in bistory. i | UNION HEADS Pinkerton Agency Receives $1,000,000 for Labor Investigations WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Tes- timony that the Pinkerton Detec-. tive Agency collected about $1,000,- 000 from. undercover investigations in industrial plants was presented |to the Senatorial Committee to- day. Robert A. Pinkerton, President of the agency, said that proceeds from labor espionage amounted to about $55,000 for the first seven months of this year. Al Burnside, Assistant Superinten- dent of the Detroit office, testified that an officer of a Toledo, Ohio, labor union, had sold information to the company. He said he pre- ferred not to name the man be- cause the disclosure might “en- danger” him. HOLDEN NOW NORTHBOUND Alex Holden, piloting the Marine Airways Belllanca plane, left Van- couver, B. C,, at 9 o'clock this morn- ing, according to word received by Louis A. Delebecque, agent for the company. Holden will make a stop at Ket- chikan and possibly one at Wran- gell and weather permitting he should arrive here late this after- noon. Delebecque reports that weather conditions are excellent for flying as far as Ketchikan. Holden went south with ‘passeng-y ist traffic to Alaska is reflected in figures released today by James J.| Connors, Collector of Customs. | Showing in eight months a sharp increase of more than 2,000 over all of last year, the Collector’s figures reveal that up to the end of Aug- ust 31,606 passengers had arrived in Alaska from the United States and British Columbia compared |with 20427 during the entire year| of 1935 It is estimated, based on comparisons with other years, that September, October, November and December figures will push the to-! tal figure for the year up between 4,000 and 5,000 with the result that! the year’s report will show a passen-‘ In contrast, departures from Al- aska to the United States and; British: Columbia show a decline as of the end of August. The eight| months ending at that time reveal outgoing passengers numbering 21,- 320 against total departures last year for the 12 months period of 27,597. It is pointed out by the Collector that the eight months fi-| gure does not include September, nery workéis sy south, thus the de- ing the four months until the first of the year. P ' That the growth in passenger traf- fic is constant is reflected in figures over the 1934 calendar. In that year passenger traffic to Alaska reached 24,009. Last year it was 29,427 and in the first eight months of this year 31,606, or an increase in the eight months period of 2,- 170 over all of 1935. Auxiliary Wins National Awards Mrs. Homer Nordling, Secretary- Treasurer for the Department of Alaska, announces that the Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary of Alaska has:won two of the national awards for the last year’s work, the Gill-| iand award for membership and the Hobart Junior for subscriptions to the’ National News. | According to Mrs. Nordling, Flor-| ence Tobin, of Ketchikan, was De- partmental Chairman for member-| ship during the past season and King, of Ketchikan, was in in charge of the subscriptions. i The Auxiliary also obtained a membership prize in 1935. i R MAKES NOME TRIP | Steamer Victoria of the Alaska a month in,wvhich many of the can-i parture figures likely will rise dur-! Scepter, crown and all—lots of pulchritude, that is—MIiss Rou'co g elphia is on her throne as M 1& dges In the natio k-haired and can s EMPLOYERS IN DEADLOCK NOW Same Issue that Caused 1934 Dispute Arises 3 Present Trouble \ | CONCILIATORS ASK '~ FOR COOPERATION iAssistant Se—cr_etary of La- | bor McGrady to Fly to Pacific Coast With the date of the possible tie-up only five days distant in- creasing tension is evinced in today's dispatches, and at the same time, the apparent real issue, that of who shall control the hiring halls, comes out in bolder relief. Of some encouragement on the dark horizon of the situation as it stands today, is the published plea of Laber Department Con- ciliators, H. P. Marsh, and E. H. Fitzgerald, for cooperation from both sides to prevent the tie-up America of 1936, She uty contest at Atlantic’City.' ng and dange, (Associated Presa FRENCH BOURSE TAKING ACTION OF SPECULATION }Cabinet Is Also Weighingj Means to Protect FallingFranc PARIS, Sept. 25.—The Bourse act- ed today to suppress extravagant speculation while the French Cab- inet weighed means to protect the troubled franc. On recommendation of Louis Ja- cobs, head of the Bourse, members agreed that all buying orders must provide for actual delivery of secur- ities and settlement days must be twice monthly. This action is interpreted as an effort to prevent speculators taking| advantage of the weakness of the franc to buy securities without pay- ing and planning to sell later when| stocks rose against the falling franc. ——————— MIDDLETON IS TO SUCGEED CARTER ATU. 3. HOSPITAL Tennessee Physician Has Been Appointed to Gov- ernment Institution Dr. William D. Middleton of Mem-, phis, Tenn,, has been appointed as; physician for the Government Hos-| pital here, it was announced today by Dr. J. F. Van Ackeren, Medical Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dr. Middleton, who re- cently has been doing medical work ion account of the weather ers several days ago. . ————— Rose Roberts, of Klawock, was |admitted to the Government Hos- | pital for surgical treatment today. Joe Wehren, of Douglas, is leav- A. Honak for Chichagof; O. Han- ing within a few days for his coal |sen, for Chatham; N W. Nelson for | property near Angoon. Mr. Weh- Tenakee; T.| A. O'Donnell for Hoo- ren expects to remain at the prop- pah. erty for several weeks. The boat will return here on Sun- Line is scheduled to sail from Se- | With the CCC in Missouri, is sched- attle at 10 o'clock on the morning uled to sail from Seattle for Ju of September 29 enroute to Nome, neau Qctober 3. He will replace Dr., Golovin, Dutch ‘Harbor, and Aku- C. C. Carter, who has joined the tan, medical clinic in the Goldstein g AR day. Gus Gustafson is master and| Does It Pay Dave Ramsay purser. T ) | The Estebeth’s sailing was post- Yo A(lverhse. nmed from Wednesday to last ! |night in order to take freight ar- & Illd H&!'_ |riving on the Yukon. { Re |GALLWAS FAMILY IS FETED ON LEAVING Mr. and Mrs. A E. Goetz, of|The Daily News-Miner says the | Douglas, entertained at dinner on;American Smelting and Refining ;Wednesday night | If you have anything to sell, want to buy anything or have any other similar transactions, the best way to do it, for quick results, is through the Empire’s Classified Column. Mr and Mrs. M. J. Gallwas and leases or options on about 50 gold |son Johnny. Fifty Gold Quartz Claims complimenting | Company of New York has obtained | | quartz mining claims valued at ap-) ____ |Building here, 2K - i | |CARD PARTIES WILL : . " BE SPONSORED HERE ported Leased, Optioned. | "BY WOMEN OF MOOSE in Interior Mining Section ey FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept 25— The first of a series of card par—,f ties to be sponsored by the Women of the Moose will start promptly at E. W. Hershberger discovered nu‘fi"gh;e““z‘:’k ‘T ‘:“:‘d“y :‘Eh‘- 'Sep; . |tember 28. Auction and contrac properties and Jack McCord and C.|, ..o pinochle and whist will be W. Tibbetts of Fairbanks, organized | ,yed with first and second prizes 5 offered. Rrefreshments will also be Twenty men have been engaged : } The honorees were presented with a lovely hand-tinted picture of the Douglas Bridge during the evening. Anchorage and Seattle. He will fly a twin-motored - 12-place amphi Mr. and Mrs. Gallwas and son left yesterday on the Princess Louise for ‘Itheir home in Tacoma, served | proximately $500,000 in the Good- to start work on 65 miles of road | pasture District. |from the Richardson Highway, | ~Preston Locke, Pasadena mining | Dear Big Delta, to where the camp engineer, represented the company | Will be. built ; in /the negotiations with the orig-| &ocke intends to leave for home inal owners, | by plane during today. Mrs. Robert Light, Senior Re-!| gent, is in charge of the parties,' assisted by Anna Rodenberg and Viola Eskesen. The dates of the succeeding parties will be announec~ ed later by the Publicity Chairman. | October 1, anl Assistant Secre- | tary of Labor, Edward F. Mec- STOCK PRIGES £ i JOLTED HARD, 5 TODAY'S MEET both. sides give the recently su- Financial Troubles, Fi Tafice, | e e o e 0 thorized, und partially establish- Other Possibilities = tion and the International Long- shoremen's Association over hiring to Blame [ halls, This subject was the key fs- £ YORK,—SJ;;,, % {3 M‘mey‘sue in the 1934 maritime strike. troubles of France, including m"un::ewuu'l‘mn:t lpo:i?m‘:nmn ia the sible devaluation or gold emgargo.‘hl" matter nd“th i albig hit the Stock Market today and| Bpe e mopkivers: s jolted down pricss from (racnons\:ounw they will temporarily aban- to more than two points. {don using hiring halls after next There wers a few recoveries in|'vednesday. late dealings as offerings tended to' FpesMen. At Piar dry up but these were unimpressive.| The employers, in a statement is- Transfers today were $1,500,000|5ued vesterday giving the condi- sharst |tions under which longshoremen will be employed after September CLOSING PRICES TODAY 30, said all hiring will be direct at NEW YORK, Sept. 25. — Closing |the piers until such time as the quotation of Alaska Juneau mine DIring halls can be established, by stock today is 16%, American o.ntugreemanz, with a neutral official 124, American Light and Power in charge. 11%, Anaconda 39, Bethlehem Steel | Wage Settlement 67%, Calumet and Hecla 10%, Co-| Apparently the wage controversy lumbia Gas and Electric 19%, Com- | has been seftled satisfactorily, wa- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- 8es of $1 an hour for eight hours’ tiss Wright 6%, General Motors daytime and $1.50 an hour for over- 68%, International Harvester 81, time, Sundays classed as a holiday Kennecott 46, Simmons 37%, Unit-|and overtime counted. ed States Steel 70, United Corpor- —— atlonv'l’u, Cities Service 4, Pound, COOPERATION ASKED $5.02%. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 25. —Labor Department conciliators, E. P. Marsh and E. H. Fitzgerald, to- day appealed to both sides in the maritime dispute to “cooperate in preventing stoppage of work in com« merce on October 1. Employers’ Side Thomas G. Plant, representing the Pacific Coast Waterfront Employ- ers, immediately informed the two conciliators that the employers were not seeking to eliminate prop- a'ly conducted hiring halls and as soon as meutral persons were plac- ed in charge of the halls, the halls can and should be opened.” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 25 —A deadlock appears today between DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 156.2), down 284; rails 55.44, down 1.11; utilities 33.63, down .51. MTPLANES BRING IN § AAT planes made no flights today but both planes were busy yesterday. Shel- don Simmons returned in the late afternoon in the Bellanca with three passengers, James Kidas, Anna Belle Tibbetts and Ada Fanef, all of Sitka, and the United States mail. McGRADY COMING WEST WASHINGTON. Sept. 25—Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, said he plans to fly to San Prancisco, as soon as he can make plane reservations, and offer his ser- vices in an effort to settle the Pa- Jimmy Rinehart also returned cific Coast maritime dispute. from a mall flight yesterday in the The situation is very grave,” said late afternoon bringing Mrs. Ralph McGrady, “and the deadline is com- Lister of Angoon and Mr. and Mrs.|ing awfully fast.” John Flintoff from Hawk Inlet. ! Up to Commission ST | McGrady expressed the opinion |that since Congress established a Maritime Commission to deal with i {such emergencies and President velt has appointed three of WANTS F' n' sides to give the Commission an —— | opportunity to investigate the situs= PONCA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. tion.” . 25.—President Roosevelt has been| McGrady said he has not yet unanimously endorsed for re-elec-|contacted the Commissioners but tion by the Oklahoma Federation of | hoped to do so before leaving for Labor in annual session here. Ithe Pacific Coast. ithe five commissioners, it would be .\"only courtesy on the part of both .