The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7305. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT® WOMAN INJURED IN AVALANCHE HERE ROOSEVELT NOT AFRAID, HE SAYS, OF NOV. VERDICT Believes People Will Ask for Continuance, Pres- ent Government OUTSTANDING ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN GIVEN Strikes at R—e;l:blican Lead- ership that Plunged Na- tion Into Mire DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 16.—As- serting that he is not afraid of the verdict, President Franklin D. Roosevelt defended while he called the outstanding issue of the cam- paign as follows: “Shall social and economic secur- ity and betterment of the masses of Americans be maintained and strengthened or not.” Thousands Hear Speech Speaking on the lawn of the De- troit City Hall to thousands, Pres- ident Roosevelt said he believed the peoplé on November 3 would ask for a continuance of the present type of government in preference to the one that puts a dole above human rights. The President further said: Hits Good Leadership “I do not accept many Republi- can leaders conclusions that ma- jor depressions are inevitable in modern life. I believe it is the duty of the Government to bend every effort to prevent another major cat- astrophe such as hit the country as the result of Republican leadership which hit the Government from 1931 to 1933. Hint To Industry “I have suggested that every in- dustry still needs great improve- ments in their relationship to their Tremendous cheers interrupted the President during ' his speech, the crowd of which has been the largest one of the present cam- paign. —o—— LANDON MAKES | TTAGK ON FOR, ILLINOIS TALK Declares There Is Discrep- ancies Between Presi- dent, Spokesmen ABOARD LANDON'S SPECIAL) ENROUTE TO TOPEKA, Oct. 16. —Gov. Alfred M. Landon told Illi- nois farmers that President Roose- velt is “giving a lip service to our system of free enterprise while the Administration’s spokesman and insidiously attacking the doctrine of home rule and an independent Judiciary.” Continuing, the G. O. P. nominee said: “They would make Congress merely a body to ratify arbitrary ac- tions of a ome-man super-govern- ment. “What recovery we have had came after the Supreme Court gave the country a breathing spell from the President’s must legislation, based on the doctrines of regimented bus- iness, industry and agriculture. It is farmers and workers who will eventually play Santa Claus in the present Administration and cam- paign.” DAMAGE DONE FLAMES, GALE Slope of Mt. Tamalpias Is Swept by Fire—Small Craft Are Sunk SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 16. —FPire fighters and farmers are checking damage gales and whipping flames thern California. Fire on the northwest slope of Mt. Tamalpais destroyed one dwel- ling and blackened several hun- dreds of actes before it was halted. Three fishing boats were sunk in| Alaska Has Greatest Fleet of Power Boats, Per Capita, in Nation; Fi i gures Are Given Alaska has the greatest fleet of |ferent Alaska ports, but with the power driven vessels, in compari- new classification they are all re- son to population, of any place in| corded in the Juneau office. The the natlon. Figuring all classes| figures for this class of vessels show of power boats, there are 34 tlmes‘a total of 4,071, while there were as many boats registered in Alaska | 1788 of the larger boats. per capita, as in the United States. | Total Registration Considering only the documented| The total registration of similar vessels, that is the larger boats of | vessels for all of the United States, more than five tons net, Alaska|which includes Hawaii, Alaska and has 141 times as many such boats|Porto Rico, showed 319,000 of the per 1,000 population as the remain- | smaller craft and 25,000 of the larg- der of the United States. | er vessels. FIREMEN CALL |New $130,000 Power Plant of Alaska Juneau, Salmon Creek Unit, Now Generating STRIKE VOTE IN MARINE DISPUTE Negotiating Committee Acts On Sailors’ Union An- nouncement to Defer SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 16. —The Marine Firemens’ Union of- ficials announced this afternoon that a strike vote will be taken as requested by the joint union nego- Power was generated this week struct a building, rewind the gen- for the first time in several years| erators, install new switchboard at the completely rebuilt Salmon|equipment and rebuild ten thousand Creek No. 1.power plant, a part of | feet of flume. the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining| Construction of the fire-proof Company’s operations, according to steel building was completed last L. H. Metzgar, General Manager of | year, and the start on the rebuild- the company. |ing of the flume and repair of the The work of rebuilding, whlch} pipe line was completed and the wa- was started last year, involved an|ter turned into the flume. This expenditure of $130,000, most of iweek, following minor adjustments Wwhich was for local labor. the first power was generated. ‘The former plant was largely c:le»1 The 10,000 feet of flume was built parts of Nor-| M The Juneau office of the United | States Customs Service is complet- ing the re-classification of num- bered boats, that is, boats of less| than five tons. This includes all| small boats using outboard motors. | Prior to this year all such boat.sl were registered at a number of dif- Totalling the two classes shows that Alaska has 5,859 power craft— which is practically .one boat for each ten persons in the Territory— while the totals for the United States show 344,000 boats or only (Continued on Page Seven) Norman Thomas Says Roosevelt fo Befig—elented Declares Voter Looks to Roosevelt and Says ‘Papa, Save Me’ | | i CHICAGO, IlI, Oct. 16.—Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, today conceded the re- election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thomas said: “I concede Roose- velt's election, not because I wish it, but because the people are going to vote for him. All Roosevelt has to say is 'Remember Hoover’ and the voter cries, ‘Papa, save me.'"” — e SPANISH SHP 1S CAPTURED ~ BYFASCISTS Passengers and Crew Are Taken to San Sebastian and Imprisoned ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France, Oct. 16. — The Spanish Govérnment’s steamer Galerna was captured dur- ing the night 18 miles off Pasajes by crews of four Fascist launches. More than 80 persons, both pas- sengers and crew, were taken to San Sebastian and imprisoned. e, — STOCK PRICES RALLY TODAY ONGOOD NEWS | [ 1 | Business Progress Send Many Issues to New Recovery Heights NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The Stock Market found rallying fuel today in business progress and a wide assort- ment of industrials steamed up from fractions to more than three points to new recovery heights Activity was pronounced in the morning hours, but selling figures later tended to slow the fast pace although buying expanded during the final hours. Today’s transfers were 2,000,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 16. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 15%, American Can 126%, American Power and Light 12, Ana- conda 44%, Bethlehem Steel 74%, Gas and Electric 19%, Common- Gas and Electric 17%, Common- wealth and Southern 3%, General lotors 72%, International Harves- ter 89%, Kennecott 54%, Simmons 46, United States Steel 78, United Corporation 71, Cities Service 4, Pound $4.89%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages:- industrials 176.66, up 1.37; rails 59.85, up .66; ‘utilities 35.03,-up A1, - SOVIET-UNION IS AIDING MADRID, ASSERTS STALIN Norwegian Ship Enroute to Spain with Am- munition MOSCOW, Oct. 16.—Josef Stalin has sent a telegram to the Span- ish Communists stating the Soviet Union is giving Madrid “every as- sistance in its power.” 1 Much speculation is provoked as| it is not made clear whether aid is limited to that permitted under the non-intervention pact. ARMS FOR SPAIN OSLO, Oct. 16.—The Norwegian Telegraph Bureau réports the Nor- wegian steamer Bjoernoey has sailed from a Russian Baltic port with ammunition for the Spanish Gov- ernment. The Norweglan Foreign Office stated it was not responsible for the shipment and it could not be pre- vented. — - GOURT ASKED T0 REMOVE PRIEST FROM N. U.S. J. Coughlin I;F;aching Fas- ism, Undermining Demo- cism, cracy, Claims Accuser DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 16, — John ODonnell, of Pittsburgh, has asked the Circuit Court to remove Radio; Priest, the Rev. Charles E. Cough- lin and six trustees from the Na- tional Union for Social Justice. O'Donnell alleges Coughlin is dis- sipating the trust funds “in preach- ing propagation of Fascism and un- dermining demoecracy.” He asks| that a receiver be appointed for the National Union. The complaint also charges that the defendants are permitting Coughlin “to pose as an expert ec- onomist and waste the trust funds in distorting fundamental doctrines and expounding economic theories of which he paossesses only super- ficial knowledge.” — o RADIO STATION PERMIT DENIED S wly extended ;!r:x::oenindut::gp::seenxt‘epa);mc Coast |troyed by fire several years ago. marine dispute. The call for a] Shortly after the purchase of the strike vote was issued yesterday by Alaska Gold Mines property by the executives of maritime unions, If|Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- a strike is authorized, as a result of | Pany, plans were laid out to rebuild, The restoration of this power plant the vote, it will be called for mid-|the Salmon Creek No. 1 power unit.|increases the Salmon Creek power night, October 28. Harry Bridges said the negotiat-|Production it was necessary to con-|cording to Mr. Metzgar. ROARING GOLD ing committee will meet immedi- |} ately to take action on the Sailors’ Union announcement it would de- fer a vote pending the arrival of Maritime Commission representa- tives. Bridges said the committee will also consider the position of the Maritime Cooks and Stewards who are understood to have lined up with the Sailors’ Union in deferring a vote. In the statement issued by the Marine Firemens' Union, the offi- cials said they endorsed the move for a strike vote “because we feel if no agreement is reached by Octo- | ber 28, the unions will have no other alternative but to take decisive ac- tion.” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oet. 16.|inB more fun this week than Nora its peak this morning between 3:45 —Officials of the Sailors’ Union dis- claim any intention to hold with the maritime workers on a solid front. They said their locals are res| fusing to take strike votes requested ® friend, flew to Juneau aboard L. by other maritime wwidons &s (o whether they would walk out at midnight on October 28. Peace negotiators also announced the heads of the Sailors’ Unions stated they would give the Mari- time Commission “absolute and un- restricted cooperation.” The spokesmen of two other mari- time groups last night said they are contemplating falling in line with the Sailors’ Union. MRS, SIMPSON BURNED FIRE DAMAGESHOME Suffers Slight Injuries as Living Room Ablaze Early This Morning Mrs. Robert Simpson was slight-|peen away from their home town of job in several places out the . road ly burned about the feet this morn- | Atlin’ before they had a chance to and crews were working at top spesd ing when she entered the living room of her home on Gold Belt Avenue, to find it in flames. AN y, guneay the Roxboroughs are| The forecast is for continued rain. immediate call was put in to the Juneau Fire Department at 5:40 a. m. and the blaze was extinguished before it spread to other parts of the house. Besides first degree burns “and blisters on the feet suffered by Mrs. Simpson when she came in contact with a burning carpet, damages amounting to about $400 or $500 re- sulted from the blaze, according to estimates of Pire Chief V. W. Mulvi- hil. ! In order to restore this plant to |of red cedar and creosoted fir. Al- together 1,000,000 board feet of lum- ber was used in the construction of the flume. production about 65 per cent, ac- First Trip Out of Atlin Gives Girli Thrills Nieces of Mr. and Mrs. W.| Roxborough Enjoying Sights of City i No two girls in Juneau are hav- and Mavis Roxborough, 14 and 15 year old nieces of Mr. and Mrs. ‘William Roxborough, of Atlin. Nora and Mavis and Miss Mary Conroy, ‘T, Barr's North Canadian Afr Ex- press Pilgrim plane early this week to meet Mr. and Mrs. Roxborough who arrived on the Princess Louise from Vancouver. Though they live only one hour and 10 minutes by plane from Ju- neau, this is the first time the Rox- borough girls have ever been out of Atlin. Their eyes have been as big as saucers, and they have been see- ing things with that first-time ex- citement that most of us have for- gotten about. First of all, there was the air-| plane trip, which in itself was quite| an event. Arriving n Juneau the girls saw Neon signs, paved streets, electric stoves, up-to-date movies| and a radio station, all for the first| time. i ‘The journey made out from Amn.‘ unless made by airplane, is quite al jaunt. A passenger takes two lake boats before he reaches the train, | {its banks and 20 feet of the new - GREEK CAUSES FLOOD DAMAGE More Than Inch of Rain Falls in Three Hours— | Road Awash on Loop Torrential rain causing heavy damage in this community reached and 7:45, a total of 103 inches of rain being recorded in the three- hour period, according to U. 8. Me- teorologist Howard J. Thompson. Since 10 p. m, October 14, o noon toddy was 11.05 inches, already over here, the weather records show. The fall so far for the month to noon today ws 11.96 inches, already over the normal of 10.83 inches for the month. The weather bureau reported that in its 19 years of record there have been only five Ogtobers with greater precipitation. | In addition to the big slide on| Gastineau Avenue this morning, floods were caused on Irwin street off Twelfth this morning, filling several basements and city crews were called out to clear the jammed water ways. Gold Creek was out of rock embankment, completed last year by relief workers, was washed away. Out the Glacier Highway, flood waters again crossed the route in several places, and the lower end of the Loop Road was again re- ported impassable in several places.| and two trains to reach skagwny,} and, of course, another boat at Skagway. It involves at least two| days and a lot' of 'trouble, and| somehow the girls had just never| fly down in a little over an hour, with Mr. Barr. 1 visiting Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wil-; llams. Mr. and Mrs. Roxborough| who own the Kootnay Hotel in At-| lin, have been south for the last three months for medical attention and on a vacation trip They spent! most of their time while south in Vancouver. Among those who have enter- tained for them while here are Mrs, Willlams, Mrs. W. W. Council, who bad a small tea yesterday, and Mrs. The fire was started by defective [Florine Housel, who entertained wiring in a radio set at the switch. twelve at dinner last night for the The flames consumed the radio and, spread to an overstuffed chair which was burned, scorched an- other chair and slightly burned the carpet. The heat from the fire | cracked the living room windows. Great quantities of smoke from the burning upholstering added to the difficulties of fighting the blaze. Mrs. Simpson’s injuries were treated by Doctor W. W. Council Two Applications for Broadcasting at Fair- banks Rejected WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. — Two| applications for permission to es- tablish a radio station at Fairbanks have been rejected by the Com- munications Commission which sus- tained the recommendation of Ex- aminer George Hill in denying a construction permit to Edwin Kraft and reversing Hill's recommenda- tion in favor of John A. Stump's application. Both asked operation. Kraft sought power of 250 watts unlimited hours of this morning. She is now confined _|at home. Northern Iltah— I)amagd, Storm SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 16. Northern Utah today counted thousands of dollars of damage from a windstorm, rain and snow. Hundreds of trees are down. Elec- tric light and power pdles and tele- phone poles are also down. Power was cut for several hours and Stump ‘wanted the sanie for daylight and 100 watts at night. in some . sections until repairs to damaged lines could me made. visitors. ‘Weather permitting, the party will return to Atlin today. Otherwise they will wait over and the girls will see ‘more sights. Chances are they will make another trip to KINY for it was the radio station that im- pressed them more than anything else. - It was something special to| see how the programs they had re- ceived in Atlin through their ra- dios started out on their way along the ether waves. Says Bette Davis IBseContnct Slave hind Gilded Bars LONDON, Oct. 16.—Justice Bran- son, in, the King's Bench Division, has reserved judgment until next Monday on Warner Brothers at- tempt to keep Bette Davis, whose counsel says she is a contract slave | behind gilded bars, from acting in & “British picture while still under an American contract with Warner Brothiers. Miss Davis did not tes- tify while opposing counsel argued legal Streams everywhere in the com-| munity were reported filled to over- flowing and slides were ' feared * in many places, Road and CCC crews were on the to keep ahead of the waters, flooding —— e WILL SLASH PLANE FARES CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—Winter re-| ductions in passenger fares on the| Transcontinental & Western Air System are announced, affective November 1. ‘The company said minimum cost of plane travel on the T. W. A. System under the new rate sched- ules would approximate the cost of ordinary train service and be “con- siderably cheaper” than: extraifafe| trains. The Mew’ rates, the comPany says, will ‘apply 'to.all stopsion the T W.| A. System”and to cities sérved by| a combination of T. W. A. and con- necting lines. U. S, Wage Law Now in Effect WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—A new ilaw setting wage and hour stand- ards for certain concerns doing | business with the government has | gone into effect. Called the Walsh-Healey Act, the law was passed in the closing days of Congress. Its chief provisions are requirements that holders of gov- ernment contracts which amount to |more than $10,000 must pay - pre- ‘vuuxng wages If their employees work more than forty hours a. week. | l:';rmer Slides Recalled Today By Juneauites The bad slide on Gastineau Ave- nue this morning brought to minds of Juneau residents former slides, at least two of them worse than the present avalanche. On January 4, 1920, a slide came down off Mt. Roberis wiich result- ed in the death of five persons and did property damage estimated at the time at around $50,000. It came down back of Mayor Goldstein’s store, taking a. boarding house, 12 jcabins, three residences and an apartment house with it. Four feet of muck and water were in Gold- stein’s store and it was a year be- fore complete rebuilding and re- pairs were made so the store could reopen. In October of 1918, another slide occurred, sweeping the Walter Bathe apartments down the hill, and sending a stream of water through the lobby of the Gastineau hotel. Last year a slide occurred at Third and Harris in which several houses were badly damaged. —— . AWAKENED BY LOG CRASHING INTO WINDOW Arthur Thane and Murray Marley Have Narrow Es- cape This Morning How would you like to have your early morning slumbers disturbed by a log, 70 feet long.and over three feet in diameter, crashing through your bedroom window and stop- ping with a.resounding crash at the; foot of your bed? That was the experience of Ar- thur Thane, well known mine oper- ator, and Murray Marley, of the Juneau Lumber Mills, occupants of Room No. 8 on the ground floor of the Alaskan Hotel, shortly be- fore 8 o'clock this morning as the result of the earth slide from the hillside and across Gastineau Ave- nue, then down toward South Franklin Street. Rolls Down Hill The log is believed to have been on the hillside and to have rolled down by the slide, through or under the houses affected by the slide, shot across Gastineau Avenue and then ending itself, crashed into the Al- askan Hotel window into the bed-, room. Thane and Marley, awakened by the crash, piled out from beneath the covers of their bed, hastily dressed and started to go out the door. The log however, had jammed against the door, making it im- possible to be opened. There was not enough space between the cas- ing and the log in the window op- ening to permit of an exit, so Thane and Marley removed a glass section in the door and climbed out into the hallway. Little Real Damage The dresser in the room, on one side of the room was jammed against the wall, but otherwise, with the exception of a smashed window, there was little other damage. An empty milk bottle remained on the sill of the window and did not even topple over by the sudden impact. Thane and Marley removed their belongings to ' another room and casyally went about their usual daily duties, but both asserted that “It is no joke to be awak>n>d by a log pummeling itself tarough our Jbedroom window.” Both are highly satistied with the “efforts of the log to avoid any fa- tal results” because if it had crash- ed directly into the bed—well a different story might have been written. ARE PAYING THEIR BILLS WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. — The Commerce Department sald today the nation’s retail buyers are pay- ing their bills more promptly, de- scribing this as “ome of the most encouraging aspects in the present business situation.” Alexander V. Dye, Director of the Bureau . of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, said A survey had shown “prompter payments omn accounts receivable,. lower losses from bad debts and increased credit sales.” L HOUSE SMASHED IN SLIDE FROM MOUNT ROBERTS Several Persons Narrowly Escape as Buildings Are Crushed by Landslide PROPERTY DAMAGE RUNS IN THOUSANDS Mrs. Alex Kupoff Buried in Debris as Home Swept from Under Her One woman was hurt, several oth- er persons narrowly escaped serioug injury and property damage run< ning into several thousand dollars was caused shortly after 8 o'clock this morning when a big earth and rock slide roared down over Gastin- eau Avenue, completely demolishing one house and damaging three oth- lers. Mrs. Alex Kupoff was the injured woman, having been caught in the demolished house as the avalanche swept it down the hillside. Partially buried in the muck and debris, she escaped with reported minor injur- ies, mostly bruises, for which she was treated at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic. Occupants Escape George Smith, Mrs. Minnie Mon- roe and two children, George Marks, Joe Giovenale and Bill Allen were occupants of other houses damag- ed, but none was hurt. The slide, apparently started as the result of torrential rains of the |last few days, broke loose well up 100 Mt. Roberts above the Alaska Juneau trail, swept out the fobt- | path trestle and struck first the housé occupled by Mr. and Mrs, Alex Kupoff, it was reported. The mighty avalanche hurled the Ku- poff house around with such forca that it sideswiped the duplex house owned by W. L. Torell and occupied by Allen and Giovenale, throwing it from its foundation and moving it down the slope, along with an- other 'Torrell house occupied by Smith, Mrs. Monroe and family and Marks. Log Enters Hotel In the dewnward jam, the roof-of the Kupoff home,fowned by Sam Rosenberg, landed on top of the Tom Elswick house, also owned by Rosenberg, knocking that building from its foundation. Mrs. Elswick was at home at the time, Mr. Els- wick being in Petersburg. Down over Gastineau Avenue swept the landslide, rocks and debris rolling in its midst, one log shoot- ing through the back end of the Alaskan Hotel into the room occu- pied by Arthur Thane and Murray Marley, and coming to rest at the foot of the bed in which the two men were sleeping. Investigation later revealed, authorities said, that had not the log been accidentally checked “in its downward plunge it would have plowed right through the hotel building and out onto Franklin Street in the center of the downtown business district, prob- |ably resulting in loss of life. | Routed From Bed | As the roaring slide swept the "houses in its path, residents of near- by houses rushed out and immed- iately call was sent to the Fire Department. Help'nz hands of res- idents and firemen dragged Mrs. Kupoff from the debris and search started for anaother person at first believed buried in the avalanche, |but it was later revealed that all were accounted for. George Smith was in bed at the time and as he heard the roar ¢ and raced out into tha iduwnpo of rain in his night clothing. ! “I wasn't even waiting “ror my |clothes,” said Mr. Smith. I never did like the looks of the sidé of that mountain when its starts to rain hard and a husky stream of water starts down.” Others in the slide said they were so startled at the time they just didn't know what was happening for a moment. Mrs. Monroe had . just dispatched her two children to school, and they had barely cleared the place where the avalanche came down when the ground swept down- ward. | | | sprang | Heavy Damage W. L. Torell owns the property at 153 Gastineau Avenue and two of the damaged houses, 153-A Gastin- eau and 153-B Gastineau Avenue, and Rosenberg, the Kupoff and Els~ wick residences next door which were damaged. All was lost in.the (Continuea on Page Seven)