The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1936, Page 1

By DD .DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7297. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBE;R 7, 1936. MI;MBER ASSOCIATLD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS REPORT MUTINY ABOARD ALASKA SHIP A J.PROFITS SHOW DECLINE IN SEPTEMBER Drop Off froT August But Gain, First 9 Months, Over Year Ago SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 7. —The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company made an operating profit of $217,500 during September be- fore charges for depletion, deprec- iation and income tax, according to announcement made in San Fran- cisco today. It is a drop from $291,- 000 operating profit for the month of August. Operating profit for the first nine; months of the year is given at $1,- 919,900 compared with $1,421,800 for the same period last year HERBERT RIVER ATFLOOD STAGE: 8 COWS MISSING Animals M—a_y_Have Been| Washed Away, High Wat- | Plans Crossing Sea in Barrel BROADCAST GETS GENERAL DENIAL Efforts Made to Link Presi- dent’s Son in Airplane WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—A fierce dispute has broken out over a dep- osition attributed to Anthony H. G. Fokker, airplane manufacturer, that Elliott Roosevelt, aged 25, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, contracted in 1934 to sell 50 military ‘planes to Russia for $500,000 com- mission, Soon after the Senate Munitions Committee made public the sworn statement which also included the 2dded statement that the sale was never made because the price ask- ed of the Russians was too high, young Roosevelt denied he ever (agreed to sell military planes to any government. He said he contracted with Fokker to repregent him in the sale of commercial transport planes to private foreign corporations, but with the specific sipulaton he was net to sell to any government. The Committee’s document from Fokker, said Fokker wanted young Roosevelt to “attempt to sell planes to various foreign governments, counting on the willingness of high }Iormgn officials to receive Roose- Sales Is Refuted | The 12-hour Leg'lon parade was Queen of Mid-South Old Glory waves high as these flagbearers parade in American ANOTHER 6. 0, P.|Old Glory Flies H lgh, M ammoth Legwn Parade Legion Convention in Cleveland. witnessed by a millicn perscns. New Recreation Heiress Dances CLAIM ENGINE CREW IN REVOLT ABOARD TANANA Firemen Sam Have Cut Off Steam — Refuse to Obey Captain’s Orders APPEAL IS MADE TO MARITIME COMMISSION Steamer Reported in Dan- ger at Dry Spruce Bay on Kodiak Island SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Oct. 7.— Thomas G. Plant, representing the Pacific Coast Employers’ Associa- tion, has telegraphed the Maritime Commission at Washington, D. C., that “mutiny” has occurred on the steamer Tanana in Dry Spruce Bay, Kodiak, Alaska. Plant declares that the engine room crew shut off the steam and refused to obey the master's orders. Plant appealed to the Maritime Commission for assistance in the “critical situation.” The Tanana is a small freight and passenger steamer operated by the Alaska Steamship Comapny. Incident Reported The telegram Plant sent this . . tvelt as the son of the American morning, regarding the incident. er—Bridge in Danger | President.” £ | i i | Young Roose=elt declared The story | Areas Nflw Read “The Alaska Steamshlp Company - Raging torrents in Herbert River came originally from Republican | has received a wireless report from are sending icebergs down stream |sources and “is entirely false. At | the master of its steamer Tanana and report of the U. S. Forest Ser- vice is that great pieces of ice are striking and going over the plank- ing of the 64-foot bridge above Ea- gle River Landing. It was prob-| lematical whether the structure: built last year by the Forest Ser-| vice would stand the- pressure. The span is 14 feet above normal water, indicating the flood stage of Herbert River. John Ackerman, who lives near Eagle River Landing, is reported to - have lost eight cows, but whether the animals have been washed away in the flood waters, or had become | this morning for Ketchikan. Planning a transatlantic voyage from United States to Europe in a . ‘Bolt of Lig acre in this district, darrel, Ernest Biegazski, Buffalo war veteran, top, is to try out his - wnique craft by making & voyage from Buffalo to Cleveland. htning Football Squad; One Member |00 time was my father's participa- | tion or knowledge of my transac- tions entered into with any discus- | ston with Fokker.” e ) ot § STREETS OF KETCHIKAN TO BE IMPROVED Strikes 1 office. tember 14. lhud infection, for Public Use Reglonal Foxaster Reports | Cabins, Trails Completed at Three Nearby Lakes Residents of the Juneau and Douglas community have new re- creation areas opened to them as the result of work completed by the U. 8. Forest Service tnis sum- season very shortly. |years military service, that the engine room crew shut off the steam on the deck and refuses to comply with the master’s orders demanding certain union men be employed, none of which are avail- ,able at this anchorage, The an- chm-n_ge is_open and exposed and the ship is in a dangerous situa- tion. Efforts with the Firemen's /Union in Seattle to straighten out 'the situation have been unavailable 5o far and may we ask your Com- mission to use its good offices im- mediately to see that the Fire- men’s Unfoh comply with their ‘ob- small objects. ! ; ligatlons under éxtension of the b | mer, according to C. H. Flory, Re- stranded on the bar had not been| I K ll d All 0 h H n g 3 RSP e gt § ascertained this afternoon. Acker-! S l e t BTS llrt PWA M I Al B gional Forester, Yesterday. Mr. a.g:-eh which is s effective. man was still seeking them last oney 1s so to be Flory took a plane and visited the cnll-ide um.:"e:h:r ého:s:‘g:nl:dh:; night without success. % o L Used for Conslrucuon of various projects which have been po! 1 OANILON, 0% OCL 7.—Lightning | . carried through to completion the assist him in quelling this mutiny Slides on the Glacier Highway struck the Lehman High School| Bndge Over Creek Baet snivas bt bhing aboard the vessel and will appre- bave been removed, it was report- football squad while at practice yes- Nl o d clate your assistance in straighten- e S e terday afternodn, killing D, N. Cor-| KETCHIKAN, Alasks, Oct. 7. — sentiment that residents of this \Ing out the situation. This is. but Honds an;oux;oed thleosl:dw:‘ ",,',fit;’,f!l rell and injuring eleven others in-'rhe grant of $67950 to the City oIty hake e eaiipped. 1o ! ekt O'Driscoll_(above), daugh- 'one of many similar occurrences :v}:hl;):tp o‘;a I.:.ksec Creek ebridge‘ cluding Coach Jimmy Robinson, and of Ketchikan which has been ap- creational area at their door- if ter of William O'Driscoll, Arizona With Wwhich we have had to cor* Some flood water also was report- | assistant Coach Eilbur BIllings. |proved by the Public Works Admin- they wish to take advantage of it.| banker, was discovered dancing In tend with in the past two years.” ¥ sty All those injured were released | jstration will be used for street im- At Hasselborg, Florence and 3 Hollywood chorus. She revealed e 96 \gver [ie. Jodl coRtenhicn (o<} from the hospital during the night provements. The total cost will be Nineteen-year-old Helen Gwaltney 'he Forest Service e had been dancing for nvural COAST GUARD CUTTER he Mopiane Jicesk DL 2B 10 |with the exception of Robinson aporoximately $151,000. of Brownaville, Tenn., as “fairest of E;“Y;:m"’:::{w: e {Months as part of a program of DISPATCHED TO SCENE rted to- s 3 s, ning fo career. (Asso i :xl;fitd:.n;ng;s:::; danite fr;fn\ | whom hospital attacties sald was In| The project calls for removal of bt Aol il Mo:\fp:l?:. [trails and erected signs for the ac- | 9 ciated Pross n.'.;fi ( SEATTLE, Oct. 7. — The Coast the severe rain storm of the last few . Son_in-La f Premijer Is & °rious condition. His lower limbs gl piling and planking on Water, ~ (Associated Press Photo) comraodation and safety of the e — |Guard has dispatched the 125-foot days was about past. on-in-Law o remier e DATAlEOL |Cliff, Main, Stedman, Front, Baw-| _ | public, he explained, and they are sea-going patrol boat Morris from i A Soon to Be Head of | The squad was in a fuddle at the |den, Mission and Mill Streets and| - !located in the heart of Southeast K ARI- H ADEK Sitka to investigate the reported F t Co cil . {time the lightning bolt struck, replacing of new treated piling and Alaska's famed playground. Thxr'-yw mutiny of the steamer Tanana STncK PRIGES . ascist Coun {a0Ehg jo = ctiagel 600 14 |minutes by aipigoe, wn hour at| firemen. i . | jear feet and' also calls for plscing fishetman or | M. J. MeKinstry, assistant to the | SIBATME, Oct.: 7. Previier Be““"uNu HEPURT nN {510 linear feet of gravel to fill s 1.1 the ntidst. of excellenl Alaska Steamship Company's Vice- [Hiath 2o oo B gondcs Stedman Street and construction of UN DEFENS |hunting and fishing, Mr. {President, said the firemen are » g |AYE Dt Caloseng Olano, 80 18 a reinforced concrete bridge over {pointed out The cabins prov.de‘ |striking and leaving the ship in & 3;‘;“6850" Svesing jo politleal ctrg) FLIE M AKI Ketchikan Creek on S'edm‘“‘ Street. [shelter, trafls are marked and all | dangerous and exposed position, de- es. N the sportsman needs is a few sup- manding longshoremen’s pay for It is asserted that Mussolini soon u N ITE D ST A TES 5 i plies and his bed roll to enjoy the e handling the cargo. He said the s Al o R 0GEAN FLIGHT WAUL CASE TAKEN | {best hunting and fishing available. (oo s oo lompany had ‘asked the Coast 3 TR 3 main as Dictator however, under UNDER ADV[SEMENT f N Briefl These imprgvaments are made ox Guard for assistance. ¥ Closing Trends Decidedly | e, * ¢ Capo del Governo, which | i Secretary of Navy Briefly for the benellt of 'the public’ the| ernment’s Newspaper, |, Mekinsey said the crew, us el Ba ) H ? . 4 egional Forester said. “We want . n such cases, has n han Indehmxe —_ Tradlng | means head of the Government. ]K Biotkvali Shoild: Be The case of Charles Waul, charg- Discusses Present megm o s e Is to Face Trial i Rastipntls The change may have only a|Kurt Djor vall Shoul ed with assault with a dangerous e bl ¥, 5 | i i portd ReaCheSTOPSTOday slight practical effect at present but| Off [rish Coast E |weapon following an altercation on Pacific Problems tional areas are among the finest where there are no longshoremen. Y AL 'w?um el il | r1si B I Al “reanki: rtrost: reseritly An < il in Southeast Alaska and it is our| MOSCOW, Oct 7—Karl Radek, Morris Only Boat Avallable R NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—After a fast| o qeath. route, Stockholm which Robert Clark was stabbed,| WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—A warn-|hope that people will mke‘ ad-lcam.menuinor rortvthehGov%renme:‘t:; r{:: couht Oul.;g L;nhvmho:mflud‘; upward sortie into new high terri- | >->-o—— was taken under advisement today ing, indirectly against any disturb-|Vantage of the opportunities al-fnewspapel Tzves i, : ;;.; 'e_n 8 ?:L ers here sai deh tory for the past five years, the NEW YORK, Oct. 7—Kurt Bjork-|by U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray|ance of the present status of Pa-|forded. With the low cost of air rested on charges o ng imp! e nearest vessel an on hali- Stock Market backed in the final vall, 31-year-old Swedish flier Who after a preliminary hearing. Waul cific fortifications after expiration |transportation, it is no trick at|cated in the counter revolutonary but patrol. There is no Co::: hour and closed with trends decid- took off yesterday morning from|is accused of having wielded the of the Washington Naval Treaty, a]_] to fly over, catch some fish or |plot against the Soviet L‘LIOH for Guard yessel in Dutch l-urborh‘ edly indefinite. the Floyd Bennett airfield on a pro- knife with which Clark was stabbed | Secretary of Navy Swanson indi- |Kill a deer and have the plane call {which sixteen Russians were con- Bering sa'g as the patrols _n:: Profit taking helped to unsettle jectea solo flight to Stockholm, isin the abdomen, sending him to the |cated the United States is prepared |for you at a certain hour and brtn(; victed n?d executed Xas: Auxudst. l‘ended thetr lllml’n’El‘ cruises:h it the list. LANDED SE AI ILE not reported over the Atlantic. He|hospital. Waul denies the alleged|to match building activity with any |you back to town the same day. Radek's name was it b Northland is still nlme nd . Today's turnover was the largest L) is due off the Irish coast at anytime |assault while Clark alleges it was|other power in that area B o o gone e the trial (_:f the sixteen con?pmtar; is reported enroute from Nome since early in' the year, 2,800,000 if he has been successful in the|waul who struck him with the wea-| Secretary Swanson said this in a {and he disappeared soon after and |San Francisco. ssi ' - his whereabouts was not known| It is understood, according to v shares. & jocean crossing. pon. {brief discussion of London's propos i st wad AOREdE el G, R R NG parces Topay | Steamer Mount MgKinley| “rhe mier refucled at st. dobus, S L s siélo Tapanthat i United S ndl e arren a San Foagts, sdvioes tha This > LOS| = i A . | o se o oxtenid Y | NEW YORK, Oct. 7. — Glosing! Also Carries South Pas- Pt R 2 red| Midwest Game Thrives o i e AR Radek worked with Leon Trotzky shore pay of 95 cents an hour for quotation of Alaska Juneau mine sengers Frelghl Iplane. He had provisions aboard| on Drought and "Hoppers ! pecember 31 providing for no new during the early revolutionary days |straight time and $1.40 for over stock today is 16%, American Can ks the plane to last for 30 days. construction of Pacific fortifica- 1} and was exiled with him but was|time while the sailors are willing 123%, American Power and Light i S " S |later returned to grace. In his last|to handle the cargo at 70 cents. i SEATTLE, Oct. 7—Steamer Mount PRATT, Kans., Oct. 7.—The grass- | tions or naval bases. | 13%. . Anaconds _d8%, - LEMED | sihiley. of tha.Alasks, Bteamshiy . hoppers and drought, hard #5 they o SEATTLE, Oct. 7.—The following article, published in tho Izvesia at gteel T8%, OMUMPHAGA. Hpcls 10K, Cim, "arrived today with $600,- " Hats have been on crops were a boon to o = halibuters arrived from the West-|the beginning of the trial, Radek Eobsyhin Gl‘;. l::d g::c::: fl;&;, 000 li’xnln;(.)ld partial clganup of the the game supply in the opinion of Red Shirts in Vflg“e ern banks today and sold as fol- ;defenfexd ‘;I‘mfllg“b:“dh“:‘d the men Commonweal uthern ’ % R i i lows: |on trial shoul shot. Seward Peninsula mining district. Dan Ramey, state game supervisor. ; : oWS | . cum“; Z:.im' 3.’?53&”3‘1? The steamer also brought 164| SATSOP, Wash. Oct. 7. — Ted |He said he never had seen such an| LONDON, Oct. 7— A wine red| Bernice 21000 pounds, 12% and| ;g%n'n,;n 51%, Simmons “%' passengers from Bering sea ports|nfouncer, storekeeper, brought an|abundance of quail or the birds in|shirt, generally worn with a ray|i0 cents a pound; Wireless 16,000 | = " j|and the freight included barreled 0 shop and left|such healthy condition. He atiri-|Suil, is ome of the latest fashion|pounds, 11% and 10 cents; Mitkof, | i United States Steel 74%, United 8] injured owl into his P Corporation 7%, Cities Service 41, (Dutch Harbor herring, canned sal-|it" overnight. In the morning he |buted this to increased insect life|Crazes for men. : 39,000 pounds, 11% and 10 cents. | Pound $489%. '|mon from False Pass, whale oil|found six dead rats scattered about |and absence of rains in mating sea-| Dark blue shirts with gray suits e | RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. T—From AL from Akutan ‘and reindeer meat|tne floor son. are more popular than ever since T | 1920 through 1935, labor ministry fi- AvERAGEE from Egivik Coe. g e ————— the Dalmatian fisherman referred| MARINE APARTMENTS R cenk o DOW, JONES 0 & BE ISMISSED |0 King Edward as “the man in PREPARED FOR WINTER | gures show per immi- The following are today's Dow, T JANEAU COUFLEINED " o WRS SN DHAMS br deniis Bl | ISTANBUL, Oct. 7—Turkish high|grants came to Brazil from three so- Jones averages; industrials 15459, H Mise Eimt-Lisdes: and Robert, A, T RO Painting, kalsomining and thor- |school and college students are now|called Latin countries. Italy sent rails SRAL Ui .30 Fodder Sells High Ry, A e e N s o e et | i HOWERTws DISMISSED |oush renorstitig operstions axe now |required fo underga & moniive mill- [ ATBMEL INCMal 1380273, Wiy — o —— _ were mnmeq at high noon today by [her r:;fience :ln me{ gacbl:‘; Hig: 8 in effect at the Marine Apart-|tary training after completing their|Spain, 591,207. ALERT [N PORY Mo a T e 0ok 10001, 8. Copmiptioner Felis Gzay: fhe wajsy“a fi-::‘: ;tg aflnn‘s Hgsp;m Elmer Howerter was dismissed this [ments. J. B. Warrack, owner, ex- [school courses. This is in addition oty R P RTRSS The Coast Gifyldr Alext, Teturn- (o the digught apd. gramboppers, couple; was Atanden RS B85 apd/ ' St.|morning from St. Ann's Hospital |pects to have the building com- |to the decree that every Turk be-| Calipers are instruments for meas- ing from the Westward, was in port | corn fodder which still has its blades| Mrs. H. E. Gath, the ceremony being here. M8 FESMG. Sulersa B here, where he was treated for a|pletely prepared for the winter|tween 20 and 46 must give two|uring the diameter or thickness of 9 » yesterday aftermoon and left early has been selling for $7 to $12 an|performed in the Commissioner's|Ann’s as a surgical patient Sep- 3 ere he was treal