The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 13, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7302. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1936. PRICE TEN CERTS COMMISSION ACTS IN MARITIME DISPUTE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS FREE EXCHANGE OF 60LD AGREED TO BY NATIONS New Type of Standard Sys- team Goes Into Effect Today, 3 Countries POWER OF TRADE IS LEFT TO GOVERNMENTS Transactions Out of Hands of “Irresponsible Speculators” WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.— Last night, Secretary of ‘Treasury Mor- genthau announced the establish-, ment of “a new type of Gold Stan- dard” by the United States, Great Britain and France. This provides for the free exchange of gold be- tween the stabilization funds of the three nations. The tri-power agreement became effective today. Individuals Barred The agreement does mnot estab- lish fixed ratios for the currencies of the three countries and gold transactions are not to be permit- ted by individuals. The chief effect of the new ar- rangements, Secretary Morgenthau said, will be to take the power of trade in gold out of the hands of “irresponsible speculators” and put it in the hands of the Governments. | All Nations Welcome Other nations will be welcome to enter the agreement anytime, Sec- retary Morgenthau ' said, adding that the arrangement might be re- voked by any of the nations on twenty-four hours’ notice. Chief Purpose The Treasury Chief said the pri- mary purpose of the agreement is to protect American business against any violent fluctuations of exchanges and asserted it will have no effect on the internal value of the dollar. ————— ROOSEVELT IN HOME SECTION OF OPPONENT President Carries Campaign Into Landon’s State, Kansas WICHITA, Kansas, Oct. 13.— President Franklin D. Roosevelt, bringing his re-election campaign to the heart of Gov. Landon’s home State, asserted in an address here today that Republican leaders are telling “political bedtime stories” in “spreading the gospel of fear,” about the New Deal and setting one class against another. President Roosevelt did not men- tion his Republican rival by name but declared leaders who were dis- seminating “this silly false fear” are the men “whose blindness to facts and refusal to act caused real fear and danger of national disaster in 1932 —eo— CLAIM HITLER INSULTED;ASK FOR APOLOGY German Embassy Files Pros test Against French Communist Talk PARIS, Oct. 13. —' The German Embassy announces that an of- ficial protest has been delivered to France against a Communist “in- sult” to Hitler. ‘The “insult” concerns alleged statements during the Strausborg speech by Maurice Thorez, Secre- tary of the French Communist Party. One incident hinges on the as- serted misconstruing of Hitler’s re- lief speech and the other regards a cartoon prominently displayed and which placed Hitler in an un- favorable light. NEW GIANT BOMBING PLANE PREPARED FOR TESTS SPANISH WIDOW |SLOT MACHINE AND SON HERE | SEIZED HERE IN . O MAKE HOME| SEVERAL RAIDS Mrs, Vrooman Arrives with|Deputy Marshals Take 8 Judge and Mrs. Wicker- | Money-Paying Devices sham from War Zone Out of Places Here From her beloved once peaceful, Striking suddenly this afternoon, happy and colorful, but now war-|United States Deputy Marshals torn Spain, a charming young Span- raided eight recreation places and ish mother and her small son ar-|Seized —elght money-paying slot rived in Juneau this morning on machines, for reported violation of the Princess Louise culminating a|the Federal statute against gam- This is the newest edition of bombing plane for the United States army. It Is a 16-ton Boeing ship, built at Seattle, being towed on a barge to the airport where it was to be assembled for first test flights. It has a 105-foot wingspread and four 1,000-horsepower motors and is designed for a 3,000-mile cruise. taken in each of the places, the of- ficers said, and in some other places they visited, the machines had dis- appeared, they reported, indicating ! The big craft Is the first of 13 such for the army. (Associated Press Phote) Corn Husks Are Thick, Bad Winter Coming SALEM, Mo., Oct. 13.—Ozark old timers are holing up for a long hard winter. Hill residents say corn husks have been unusually thick and the fur of wild animals more luxurious than usual. Weeds, too, have| grown tall—indicating a high snow' level. | Mountain folks say the weeds grow high so their seed will reach' above the snow and provide food for the birds. LANDGN ENTERS MICHIGAN; HIS PLANS STATED To Confer with Leaders in| Politics, Industry— Attacks Relief ABOARD LANDON'S SPECIAL,/ Oct 13.—Enroute to Detroit, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, making his first Michigan thrust, said that if elected he would solve the relief problem and end the New Deal political abuses. He said he planned to con- fer with Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other political and industrial leaders and will speak tonight on the “Freedom of Enterprise,” in American business. At Sandusky, Ohio, this morning, Gov. Landon reemphasized the key- note of his Cleveland address last night that relief money “must go| to those in need and not to spoils- men who take advantage of their| distress” Gov. Landon said: “I am dedi- cated to the proposition that hence- forth that no American citizen ever again shall be put in a position where he has to sell his vote for bread.” e PLOT FOILED TO DYNAMITE SPANISH SHIP French Customs Guards| Trace Burning Fuse to Basket of Bombs | ’Organizers Swing Vote As Ora TWO EVENTS SHOW U. S, 1S LAND OF FREE Present Political Campaign Shows What Other Nations Can’t Do WASHINGTON, oct. 13.—If any- one doubts he 15 in & Iand that is| To the unitiated it might appear ghe could drive with him and Mm‘}heimer said this afternoon that his | tors Waste Win | By BYRON PRICE Chief of Bureecu, The Associated Press, Washington | Probably nothing in politics is |more deceptive than the shouting |and tumult which marks the clos- |ing days of every national politi- | cal campaign. | Then, after weeks of intermittent |activity, the gyrations of the can- !didates and their chief spellbind- | ers become constant. Day and night the flood of oratory rolls on, while |rallies and torchlight parades whip |the faithful into 2 state 5f exalted emotionalism. they believe, a “tip-off.” Marshal William T. Mahoney said that warnings had been issued against the use of money-paying machines but when they persisted in operating he was forced to take jaction to stop what he termed a di- rect violation of the Federal sta- tute. Just what action would be taken against machines paying tok- jens, has not been determined, he |said. He declared similar action was being taken throughout the Divis- don. No arrests were made in the raids today and the Marshal declined to jcomment himself on whether ar- rests would follow. The raid was conducted by Dep- (uty Marshals Walter Hellan, John | McCormick and Robert Jernberg. | The latter was reported to have won series of sorrows and exciting adven- bling. Recently the city took action So happy to be in Juneau, many|closing down on the card games in thousands of miles from her native|'©¥D- Barcelona, Mrs. Henry Vrooman The places where machines were swick, Rainier Club, New York Ex- m:‘: :x;: :;ey?:"m?{c?m;{ change, Miners’, Bailey's, the Arc- her mt.er-ln-llw, Mrs. James Wick- ¢ Club and the Capital beer par- homeland. Mrs. Vrooman and Daniel arriv- ed here today with Judge and Mrs. | Ever since the death last No- vember of her husband, an electri- cal engineer in Barcelona, and Vrooman has been trying to get to her relatives in this country. In Spain there was only sadness, she death her father died, and in April, her mother passed away. Red Tape—Civil War leave ome's country for another at will, it seems. There were various matteis—usually referred to as red- consideration. By the time they were feady to leave, the civil ‘war in Spain complicated matters fur- Firally on August 14, Mr. Frank-| lin, tGF Amerfcan Consul at Barce-|2 dollar on one during the lunch- lona, telephoned to Mrs. Vrooman | €on hour. Rives. against other forms of gambling, smiles at thé rain today and is glad| t8ken are: The Northern, Brun- ersham, instead of in her saddened|!°% A money-paying machine was | ‘Wickersham. brother of Mrs. Wickersham, Mrs. said. Shortly after her husband's‘ But one can't take a boat and tape—that have to be taken into ther. that, if she could be ready that day,| District Attorney William Holz- yet free let him look upon two that everything depended on which Franklin to Marseille and await her Office was co-operating to the full- recent events in Washington and ‘side out-exhorted the other in these boat there. Her 'phone call was at €St with the Marshal’s office in the New Yok and make sharp com- ‘crucial final weeks. Actually, there jj o'clock in the morning and at 5, action. d |are many practical politicians Who giclock .in the af! hi i é ! Fo | e afternoon she and parlson with conditions across the| yonger how often this oULWAId memis wors e we way, leaving | Marshals office,” he said, “but this| Before the National Press Club in|0ise 8nd excitement really has had behind them their home, friends, Office stands ready to prosecute all! Washington appeared Norman| ocean. Thomas, Socialist candidate for much to do with the result. There are at least two good rea- cases of violation of the Federal all that had been dear to them} statute, and these machines are a| But they were glad to go. Already President. There was no beer-cellar | °%5 for doubting the value‘of the there was shooting in the streebsl‘d"ec'- violation.” secrecy about it. It was advertised beforehand and reported afterward. £arl Browder, Communist candi- date, addressed the club -earlier. So have the other Presidential can- didates or their representatives. Immediately after Thomas spoke here the five major party candi- dates, including Thomas and Brow- der, spoke during the same day from the same platform in the New York Herald-Tribune forum on current problems. The two major party candidates sent messages. Don't read into that any intima- tion that they are a chummy lot going about the country patting each other upon the back. AIM TO “PROVOKE THOUGHT” Browder told the Press Club his Communist Party was interested most in the defeat of Landon deeming him the “figurehead” of a Fascist movement. Thomas went him one better by intimating both Landon and Roose- velt were headed that way. Neither candidate expects to get any place politically this year. Both assert they are trying to get the electorate to think. You don't have to believe their arguments to recognize that they have pat answers for about every issue. Thomas pleaded for the cause of the farm tenant, but declared the Bankhead farm tenant bill which |proposed to use Federal money to buy a plot of ground for humble rural families was designed to “bail out banks, mortgage holders and land-poor planters.” posing a tax on payrolls, is an in- | final pre-election crash of drums |and brass, in terms of votes. One is the demonstrated fact that, under present-day conditions, only !a small percentage of the voters remain open to conviction in the |last weeks of the campaign. The other is the practical truth that in any close election it is not the noise on the surface but the or- ganization work underneath which wins. Decided Before Campaign Looking back over the past quar- ter-century, it is quite apparent in retrospect that every Presidential election in that period save possibly one was decided no later than the ‘begmnmg of the campaign. The loser in each instance was a defeated man before he began the race, and the best he was able to do was to reduce somewhat the margin of his loss + from the Spanish war zone bound of their beloved Barcelona. ! Hurried Flight Because of her hurried flight she was forced to leave behind six trunks of her possessions and take with her only one trunk. Her moneyj in the bank at Barcelona was lost. However, she had money in a bank' in New York. | In the care of the Franklins the‘y‘ spent fourteen days in Marseille be- | fore they could get a boat, the Rial- (to, an Itallan ship, which sailed for America August 26 with refugees TEAR 6AS USED BY POLICEMEN IN'VANCOUVER | | | U lief Get Rough—To for Central America. In Marseille, Be Blue Ticketed too, there was shooting and agita- —_— tion that did not add to the happi-| VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 13. ness of one who wished only for Police used tear gas today to dis- peace and safety. Even after she perse 300 men attempting to force had started her journey Spanish their way into the Hamilton Relief warships fired upon the Rialto, she Depot. said, because it had Spanish refu-' The demonstrators were single gees aboard. | unemployed transients seeking relief And that was the last of war. |here. “The action was instituted by the | Three Hundred Seeking Re-| Yet not one of these defeated can- Boy Breaks Arm didates failed to have rousing cam- But the second day out on the Ri- paign meetings toward the end. alto, Daniel fell and broke his arm. Each stirred his listeners to noisy There was no ship physician, but | | | They slugged a police officer to gain entrance but were finally dis- persed by police reinforcements af- demonstration, but mostly they ter a dozen were taken into cus- two doctors, among the refugees set | tody. (Continued on Page Three) ‘Three policemen were cut about the heads when tear gas Was (Continued on Page Eight) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. — This year is not likely to see a more | The social security bill, by im- continuously dramatic affair than the Fall and Winter term of the MARSEILLES, France, Oct. 13.—vitation to employers to substitute | Supreme Court. Customs Guards today frustrated| an attempt to blow up the Spanish sailboat Cala PI at the dock here. The guards traced a burning fuse| leading to the bridge of the ship| where a basket with seven bombs| and other high explosives were dis- covered. The guards ascertained that the crew aboard the ship are Loyal- ists. Suspected Italians are being investigated regarding the attempt to blow up the ship. —_———————— MINING ENGINEER TO SITKA Passengers through here to Sitka machinery for labor, he said. MARKED CONTRAST Think what you may of the argu- ments advanced, the point is what would happen to a man in certain European countries who so flatly criticized the acts of the heads of government, or so questioned their purposes. President Roosevelt rounded up the view in a message to the Her- ald-Tribune forum: “I cannot help but contrast a nation which more and more is encouraging any friendly discussion today on the steamer North Sea/on all manner of public problems from the States, were Mr. and Mrs. with those countries which unfor- | J. Clark Sutherland. Mr. Suther-|tunately have made public discus- land is a mining engineer, sion difficult, if not impossible.” The drama lies less in the decis- ions the Court may make than in how many of its present members may be there when the time comes to make them. Already six of the nine Justices are eligible for retirement. A Jus- tice is eligible to retire when he has passed 70 and has completed ten years on the Federal Bench. Of the six four are described gen- erally as “conservatives” because of their votes against the New Deal legislation. Three members of the Court are considered “liberal” and two have been sometimes on the | conservative side, sometimes on the other. The tabulation below indicates |the tendency of their votes, and Six of Nine Justices of Supreme Court Eligibie to Retire from Positions| thrown through doors and windows of the relief station. The demonstrators, with tears streaming down their cheeks, scat- tered as the police swung their ba- tons. The demonstrators, armed with chair rungs, did considerable dam- age to furniture, The men, all declaring they want to remain, will be blue-ticketed to their homes from whence they came. SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY IS GIVEN FOR MRS. G. GETCHELL A surprise birthday party was given for Mrs. George Getchell by a group of her friends at her home in Thane yesterday. Fifteen of her friends and neigh- bors of Thane called to wish her a happy birthday and later went to the home of Mrs. L. Brown for tea. Hostesses were Mrs. Brown, Mrs, A, Messer and Mrs. O. J. Reiton. e e - OPERATED UPON their ages. ‘The (x) indicates those| eligible to retire: “Conservative” “Liberal” Van Devanter (x) 77 Brandeis (x) 79 McReynolds (x) 74 Stone 63 Sutherland (x) 74 Cardozo 66 Butler (x) 70. Variable Hughes (x) 74 Roberts 61 Why Have They Stayed? Why have those eligible for re- tirement continued, although past {70, to labor arduously on the bench when they might enjoy their “rock- ing chair” years in leisure? Ardent New Dealers in the past have insisted that more than one of those on the “conservative” list might have retired earlier had they |SPOKESMAN FOR SHIPPERS IN DOCK CRISIS 1 Representing Pacific Coast shippers in the recent tense wa- terfront negotiations, Thomas G. Plant pledged co - operation with the Government and the new Federal Maritime Commis- sion. At the zero hour ,employer and employee groups, meeting in San Francisco, agreed to a fifteen-day extension of the 1934 arbitration award which expires on Ostober 15. Candfldi;s Act Alike for Camera | President Roosevelt and Gov- 1 ernot Landon react similarly before the camera, Preston Gro- ver explains in the following ar- ticle. For vivid examples see the picture series, “Two Ameri- cans,” now running in The Em- pire. | | | ! By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Regard- less of how far apart their poli- cies and background may be, Gov- ernor Landon and President Roose- | velt are found to be very much alike in their conduct before the camera. | Photographers who have flashed ipictures of the two candidates dur- |ing the past three months say they both dislike being photographed, {while eating and ban “surprise” pic- |tures such as are taken by tie can- |did camera. ‘When on the platform preparing to speak, both will pose in smiling and obliging silence while dozens of flash bombs flare in their faces. Harvard Easted Ban Roosevelt's conduct at the Har- vard tercentennial celebration and {at the Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde wedding was described as about ty- pical of the two under special cir- cumstances. At Cambridge photo- |graphers found many signs say.ng “No cameras.” They raced to Mar- vin McIntyre, one of the President’s secretaries, for an assist. “It's their party,” was McIntyre's response. Harvard relaxed the rules and even prepared a special stand for the photographers where they might snap the President at will. At the Owen-Rohde wedding at Hyde Park, photographers wanted desperately to get the President with the wedding party. But again said McIntyre: “It's their party.” Mrs. Owen was willing, and the President indicated he would pose if asked by the bride but somehow the cameraman could not get the two groups together. Deliberate Poses Out Landon evidently did not like the reaction to the pictures taken of | |BOARD 1SSUES STRONG DEMAND FOR OPERATION Both Sides Reminded by Government Agency that Public Comes First PROBE TO BE MADE “ON GROUND,” REPORT Admiral Hamlet Is to Visit Coast Immediately for ‘Investigation’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Moving to avert a threatened Pacific Coast waterfront strike, the Federal Mar- itime Commission today requested the ship owners and unions to con- tinue operating under agreements Now in effect, until the Commis- sion could complete an investiga- tion. At the same time it was an- nounced that Admiral Hanry G. Hamlet, member of the Commission, will leave for San Francisco to- morrow to “carry on an investiga- tion on the ground.” In the meantime, and until some determination is made, both opera- tors and unions are not only re- questing but: also expected to con- tinue operating and both sides are reminded that the “first obligation of each in this emergency is to the public,” the Commission request said. Timely Action The Commission acted with only 36 hours remaining before the ex- piration of the 15-day truce. Admiral Hamlet, recently offered a membership on the Commission qualified because he had not re- tired from his CCoast Guard Com- mission, sald he would be followed to San Francisco immediately by additional representatives. Admiral Hamlet said: “The Commission proposes to use to the fullest extent of its powers and authority, both legal and mor- al, to prevent the threatened strike and catastrophe. Therefore, the Commission is undertaking the in- vestigation to determine the mer- its of vne various questions involved tand upon completion. and without 'delay, will announce its findings.” TROUBLE THREATENED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 13— Harry Lundeberg, of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, this afternoon |notified the Martitime Commission at Washington, that the crew de- clined to sign aboard the Dollar Liner President Linicoln, .scheduled to sail for the Orient Thursday. Lundeberg, in his message, said: “The Dollar Line tried to make the crew sign yesterday although the vessel leaves not earlier than Thursday.” Lundehergs tefegram further said: “By Thursday, new agreementa may be negotiated. If the ship owners listen to reason. Therefore, |the sailors will not be rushed into sign'ng articles on the present low wage scales for a long two manths' trip, on the mase wage, only with- lout the benefit.of overtime and other rights in the awards expiring T.ueday, when they have a chance to get living wages through your intervention.” GEIST IS TO " INVESTIGATE - -~ NOME FREAK !Sea Beast Washed Ashore —Is It Killer Whale or What Is It? FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 13.— Otto Geist, archaeologist of the University of Alaska, will fly to Nome as soon as weather permits to examine a huge marine mammal or fish washed ashore near there. Some believe the 28':-foot sea beast is a killer whale while others believe it is some unidentified spe- cies. ————e—— — SEAL ON PATROL With Assistant Executive Officer not feared appointments which would swing: the Court in a direc- e (Countinued on Page Three) | Mrs. R. E. Robertson was oper- ated upon at St. Ann's Hospital this morning. him snowballing with his daughter,|Clarence Rhode and Warden Doug- Peggy Anne, in Estes Park. Since|las Gray aboard, the Alaska Game . Commission vessel Seal sailed last nght on patrol duty. (Continued on Page Seven)