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

AILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7306. JUNEAU, Al LASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? SKAGWAY HIGHWA , R. R. WASHED OUT FLAMES ROAR THROUGH CAL. FORESTS MANY BLAZES ARE REPORTED VARIOUS AREAS Thirteen Persons Said to Be Cut Off from One Rescuing Crew ONE WALL OF FLAME IS ON 15-MILE FRONT | bk 2 [ Fears Felt for 200 CCC Workers in Northern Part of State SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 17. —Fanned by hot capricious winds, scores of forest fires are roaring through the timber in widely scat- | tered sections of Northern Cali-| fornia, leaving three known dead‘ and untold property damage. Thirteen men, women and chil- dren are cut off from rescuers by | fires in Placer County, where a 15- | mile wall of flame has destroyed | most of Westville. Only a sudden changing of the| wind and work of valiant fire fighters saved half a dozen other widely scattered towns, Rockaway | Beach and Vallemar, south of here; Bolinas, across the bays; and north to Standard.City, Sonora,-Soulsby- ville and the Sierre foothills towns. Unofficial estimates® place the loss so far into the millions of | dollars. Fear is felt for the safety of 200 CCC workers cut off from com- munications with Forest Hill by a fire covering a 14-mile area in| the Tahoe National Forest. POISONPLOT 1S REVEALED Trusted Ser;_a_n_t of Wealthy Widow Is Held on Serious: Charge WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Oct. 17.— Chang Soo Lee, trusted servant of Mrs. L. W. Churchill, wealthy West Chester widow, faces a charge of trying to poison two guests at her home while District Attorney Wal- ter Ferris is prepared to inquire into the death of the woman's hus- | band in Florida last January. Lee is quoted by Ferris as admit- ting purchasing three kinds of poi- son found in the widow's home, contending the poison was for kill- ing squirrels. Flaming Love Brings Out Fire Laddies “True Romance” become too hot in the ticket office of the Coliseum Theatre at 2 o'clock this morning. Quanties of smoke in the entrance foyer of ‘the Coliseum Apartments attracted the attention of Louis Lemieux, manager of the apart-| ments, and he turned in a fire alarm that routed the Juneau Firemen | from their snug roosts in the hay.| But before the Fire Department arrived on the scene, someone traced the smoke to its source in| the ticket office of the theatre,| to find a eopy of the “Lave Con-| fessions,” a periodical had been| laid on an electric heater. The| heater had, through some over- sight, been left burning and the| magazine caught fire. By ‘the time the Firemen ar- rived the smouldering magazine had | been thrown into the street and ex-| tinguished. The Firemen went back home and to bed. | Total ‘damages from the fire—| One razed magazine. — et MRS. BRIGHTMAN RETURNS SITKA 'ABOARD NORTHLAND Mrs. J. L. Brightman was a pas- {in the Territory from the stand-| {a half million dollars this year in| |largest mining expansion programs SEEKING PEACE |M IN MARITIME DISPUTE | | , CAST BALLOTS, STRIKE ISSUE {Referendum Taken During! | Truce Whether to Quit on October 28 | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 17. |—Maritime unions, reaffirming |Lheir united front, are observing| the ten-day truce with the em- ployers, by taking a strike vote, ballots being cast by 37,000 mem- bers of the various unions. i Harry Lundenberg, Secretary of| {the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, |announced the decision of his union |to postpone taking' a vote until |the arrival of representatives of {the Maritime Commission and com- pletion of an investigation, has been withdrawn and the sailors are |now starting a referendum, wheth- led to strike at midnight on Octo- | |ber 28. | i i Edward F. McGrady, Assist- ant Secretary of Labor, one of the Government’s ace trouble shooters in labor controversies, is now in San Francisco to. avert a traffic tie-up of Pacific Coast chipping now scheduled to take place October 28 unless agreements are made. _War Industries PROSPECTS FOR Are to Be Taken TERR. OF YUKON Over by France NEVER BRIGHTER & | Jeckell Says There Is No Unemployment — Ac- tivity Is General rst:-Move Is Made by Air Ministry in Nation- 1zation PARIS, Oct. 17—In the first step (toward wiping out private profit in| | the manufacture of arms, Air Min-| OTTAWA, Oct. 17. — George A. jster Pierre Cot announced he will Jeckell, Comptroller of the Yukon immediately nationalize all factor-| Territory, said prospects there are jes producing airplanes and acces- brighter than for many years. sories for national defense. The Yukon Territory is the only| Minister Cot's action follows the| large section of Canada, Jackell passage by the French Parliament| said, that is without unemploy- last® August 11, of Socialist Pre- ment. mier Leon Blum's bill to nationalize | Mining activity, improved gold all war industries of France. and silver prices, introduction of Air Minister Cot said the change more efficient . mining and pros- from private to state ownership will | pecting methods, and better trans- pe carried out in suéh a manner as portation facilities, hace brought to avoid any slow-up in production. | about the upswing, Jeckell said. | L - New drills and the gas engine op-' eration have made practicable a far more extensive test of drilling | than previously, resulting in the| discovery of areas rich in gold, | where the old-time prospectors FURcEs Mqu thought there was not any. | A Seven Dredges in Dawson “I've mever seén conditions better upn" MADHID Government Militia Fight-| ing Desperately Against Insurgent Troops point of renewal in mining opera- tions and employment,” Jackell said. “The Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation is expending two and; the Dawson area in one of the| | MADRID, Oct. 17.—Pounded by 4uiig.the DML WARY Y. A the‘three major insurgent offensives, |kill the white whale. |merce regulations issued under the vital | | present time the company is oper- ating seven dredges. Two new dredges are being constructed this that a third dredge will be built in the near future. Every person in the Dawson district is working this season. Questioned regarding his recent five-day visit to Mayo, the comp- troller said he enjoyed it very much. He made a car trip to Keno Sunday in company with Govern- ment Agent J. D. Gallagher and in- spected parts of the Silver King road. In Mr. Jeckell's opinion, the future of. the silver camp looks ex- ceedingly bright at the present time. (Continued on Page Three) 5,000 TEACHERS ARE ON STRIKE LAREDOO, Tex., Oct. 17. — Red | flags are floating over school build- teachers. affects 35,000 stadents. season—one on Sulphur, one on Do- | minion. There is every possibility | ings in the Mexican State of Tam-| aulpais marking' the strike of 5000 gted with Theile in the cannery The leader of the strike said the| ynion Oil at Wrangell, and former State Department is one month and | mayor there. a half behind in salary payments.| The Wrangell men, all staying at|might be reached by The teachers claim the strike| the Gastineauy, |the Government Militia is fighting desperately to halt the ring of steel slowly closing around the Spanish Capital. The War Ministry admits the So- |cialist troops beat a “strategic re- itreat” near Naval Carnero, 18 miles | southwest of here. Mud-caked bearded youths, lash- ed by a hail of insurgent bombs and bullets, have hurriedly manned post at Las Navas del Marques, Rob- ecdo de Chevala and Brunette, di- rectly west and north of here. Government sources said the cour-| age of the {roops are invincible; The situation around Madrid is described as eritical. ' WRANGELL MEN HERE ON BUSINESS TRIP Karl Theile, former Secretary of the Territory, now owner of the Diamond K. Packing Company at Wrangell, F. G. Hanford, Herb Kit- tlesby and M. 8. Shain, also of | Wrangell interrupted a hunting trip aboard a Diamond K boat yes- | terday to come i to Juneau on | business. | Kittlesby and Shain are associ- | business and Hanford is with the MARINE UNIONS | Eskimos Now Only People in World Au Kill Whales; Pact Is Made WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Eski- mos, wielding their home-made har- poons, are virtually the only people in the world legally authorized to | | | | | 1 The slaughter of fourteen var- ieties of the huge mammals are forbidden to American seamen by a new set of Department of Com- Geneva treaty of 1931. Twenty-six nations have already signed the pact for protecting types of whales threatened with extinc- tion. | | CITY TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADIO INTERFERENCE Jail or Fine Faces Violators After Action of Coun- cil Last Night thorized to Because whale blubber is a favor- ite item on the Arctic menus, the rules do not apply to Eskimos hunt- ing with their own boats and wea- pons. The Government hinted broadly that it does not care whether the| extinction of the Moby Dick sperm | whales takes place as the species| are seagoing murderers, armed with| Juneau residents with devices teeth like railroad spikes. | which the city radio inspector says The slaughter of the gray whale, | interfere with radio reception here - | LEGISLATURE IN ALASKA | f once plentiful along the coast, is|aT® 80ing to feel the teeth of the | |law, it was determined by the City | Council at its meeting last night in !the City Hall. After hearing a bill also forbidden, Porpoises and dolphins are not protected. OHLSON, TAYLOR IN WASHINGTON OF REPUBLICANS T0 GET_MBNEY@EING REVEALED {Alaska Railroad Experi-}Command for Two Indus- ences Fine Season— Roads Are Wanted WASHINGTON, Oct, [ 17.—Word | | that business and industry in Alas- mands for two Republican indus- ka is enjoying a boom is brought to the National Capital by Col. F. Ohlson,” General Manager of ‘\Alaska Railroad and Ike P. Tiylm.‘ly reported campaign contributions ;Cmef Engineer of the Alaska Road totaling $86,102. i Commission. Col. Ohlson has arrived to ask for an increase in appropriation for the Alaska Railroad. He said: “Mining activities have increased and the tourist traffic this year is up 46 per cent over last season. The season just closing has been wonderful and the Alaska Railroad has more than paid operaiing ex- penses, but several wooden bridges need replacement with steel struc- tures.” Col. Ohlson said Alaska, espec- ially in the Railroad belt, exported extra food when the Maritime strike was threatened and had three months reserve on hand by October 1. Chief Engineer Taylor said “some {increases” have been asked for Al- {aska highways especially for “roads to open a virgin country. There is no competition with the railroad as the highways are built to serve as feeders for its lines.” NAIL FOUND BOY'S LUNG Parents Ru;E;g Lad East from Portland to Secure Aid PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 17. — Benjamin Mouchette, Jr., of Glen- dale, Oregon, accomrsnied by his parents, is flying to Philadelphia this afternoon where aid will be sought from Chevalier Jackson, not- ed bronchoscopist, to remove a six- penny nail from the lower part of the boy's left lung. Ketchikan and Fairbanks Only Juneau Suburbans The lack of knowledge regarding Alaska which it is said is general throughout the States has been indicated again. Two Alaska women, one in Fair- banks, another in Ketchikan, made inquiries of the Briggs Manufac- turing Company ef Detroit, Michi- gan, about that company’s beauty- ware plumbing. Both were told to visit the show- room of the company distributor, J. A. Bulger, 224 Front Street, Ju- neau, who would gladly display Beautyware for them. Quite a distance to go to select a new bath tub. Maps of Alaska might indicate Fairbanks and Ketchikan are only [ to leave to- night continuing their hunt. AN suburbs of Juneau and Juneau interurban lines, bus lines, motor or by just an ordinary hike. jot [articulars from William Hix- Ison, radia inspector, | voted to enforce the ordinance pass- |ed on June 1, 1934, which provides for a fine of $50 or 20 days in jail or bot for violations. Inspector Hixson reported to the’ |Council that oil burners were in | large measure to blame for much of | the interference with reception here. | He said some of the burners needed }uu filters which run in price from $1.50 to $15, but, which he explained, | would cost the overage oil burner owner around $7 to $8. Asked by the Council how many burners he thought would have to have at- tention, the inspector replied that every burner in town should be checked. He also blamed malted milk mixers, transformers, electri- cal deyices used in hair dressing establishments and the elevator in the Zynda Hotel for much of the interference. The Council voted to enforce the law. It decided to have slips print- ed which will be signed by the Ra- |dio Inspector and sent to the per- son who is alleged to have a con- trivance which interferes with ra- dio reception. The offender will be given 48 hours as provided in | the ordinance, to have the reported CAMPAIGN FUN trialsists to Appear Can- called—They Report WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Com- rialists to appear before the Sen- ate Cmpaign Commitiee, have been cancelled after the two findl- The two industrialists, who the committee members said had refus- ed previously to comply with re- quests for information concerning their political activities, are Ernest T. Weir, Pittsburgh steel execu-. tive, and J. Howard Pew, of Phila- delphia, President of the Sun Oil Company. the Council | Mrs. Nell Scott, 35, wife of a Deputy United States Marshal at Seldovia, is the first woman ever elected to the Territorial Legislature of Alaska. She is a Democrat and campaigned without a single speech. She will be in Juneau next January when the Legislature convenes. STOCK PRICES TAKE ANOTHER ADVANCE TODAY Various Issues Again Sweep to New Highs at Short Session NEW YORK, Oct. 17. — Again Pew reported a contribution of $50,550 to political organizations op- posing the New Deal, and $5,500 to interference-maker repaired or be ploughing to a new high ground hauled into court to suffer the pen- 10F recovery, the Stock Market alty, $50 fine, 20 days in jail or both, showed gains of fractions to more | “nonpartisan and patriotic organi- Another section of the radio ordi- zations.” Inance provides that every radio re- Weir wired the committee he had | ceiving set owner must register with contributed $35,550 to nine Republi- | the city, the cost for which is one can State and National organiza-|dollar. City Clerk A. W. Henning tions and'in addition had under- said very few had registered with written $5,000 of expenses of the|the city since the ordipance was American Liberty League. |passed. He said the city estimated Thursday, Senator Joseph T. Guf-|about 500 radios in the city, which fey, Chairman of the Democratic|at a dollar apiece annually would Senatorial Campaign Committee,|go quite a way toward paying the said the DuPont family and busi-|radio inspector’s salary of $50 per ness associates have contributed | month, he explained. $363,000 to the Republican cam-| Inspector Hixson brought up the paign fund: |point before the Council of what Lamont DuPont confirmed this he could do if the owner of an in- and added that perhaps there would | terference-maker refused to pay for be further donations. having the installation of an elim- e iinatsr made.i 2 . “You are in the electrical busi- Hoover Making H [ Charge Against tness. aren't you?” said Mayor Gold- |stein. “That's something for you to figure out.’ “I guess I can get around that all right,” replied the inspector. City Clerk Henning intervened that he didn’t want to be “high lord executioner” when it was decided by the Council to send the slips from the clerk’s office. “Then the inspector should sign |them,” Mr. Henning demanded. “I'm supposed to be the City Mag- istrate and if I send out the slips and then have to sit in judgment as City Magistrate it will look kind of funny. I don't want to be High Lord Executioner in this business.” It was finally voted that In- accused the Roosevelt Administra-| tion with “juggling financial re_\;?:c:;»ir Himhwould :rllgr; the ‘11'3. ports of the Government to make | ol 7. worid. e maled 3 |from the Clerk's office, the City ;‘: expenditures look less than they \agistrate and Clerk to sit in judg- e Nl Deal; Hoover said, “has| 2% o0 the gifenders. Administration Does Not Like System of Bookkeeping Regard- ing Expenditures PHILADELPIHPG,, Oct. 17. — Former President Hoover last night in an address at a Republican rally, three formulas for making expendit-| < ures look less than they are.” Land He listed these as: first—omitting | g certain items from the list of regu-| lar expenditures and placing them H in an appendix of the Budget; sec-| 0 ac lc nas ond—deducting certain expenditures; before the total is made up, which e is announced to the public; third— | \/} S e e e Wil Make Half a Dozen other purposes. | Addresses — To Return | Hoover charged the New Deal's 3 | bookkeeping is “for plitical purpos-| Home Via New York i es and misleading the people { through implication as to what their| TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct 17.—Gov. expenditures are likely to be in the|Alffed M. landon announces he future.” | will leave Sunday night for Los An- Pete Placa, a miner from Hirst-| During his campaign tour he will' Chicagof, who has been a patient make at least half a dozen major at St. Ann's Hospital suffering|addresses including his long pl-nned: from an eye injury since September |appearance on the swing from the 9, was dismissed this morning. west to the east, in New York City. |geles on a two week speaking trip.| / than one point at the short session today. Steels, amusements, coppers and a wide assortment of specialties were prominent in the buying push. Transfers today were 1,100,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 17. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 126'%, Americai Power and Light 11%, Anaconda 46%, Bethlehem Steel 75%, Calumet and Hecla 11%, Columbia Gas and Electric 19%, Commonwealth and Southern 4, Curtiss Wright 6%, General Mo- | tors 73, International Harvester | 90%, Kennecott 56%, Simmons 47%, | United States Steel 78%, United | Corporation 7%, Cities Service 4',&.‘ | ‘DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 177.60 up .97; rails 59.85, same as Friday; utilities 35.07, up .04. — e, W. C. MILLER PASSES AWAY W. C. Miller, President and Gen- eral Manager of the Columbia Lum- ber Company, at Seattle, died sud- denly yesterday according to a brief announcement received by T. A. Morgan, Juneau representative of the company. Mr. Miller was about 60 years old and was a recent visitor in Juneau. At that time he appeared hale and hearty and was enjoying the best of health. Alaska Day to Be Observed Here Monda, ‘Tomorrow is Alaska Day, the 69th anniversary of the occa- sion when the United States took formal possession of Alas- ka at old Sitka, but the Terri- torial holiday will be observed Monday and all Territorial of- fices wil be closed on that day, it was announced today. Some of the Federal offices also will be closed and the banks will observe a holiday. FIRSTWOMAN N (1 00DS BLOCK OPERATIONS OF WHITE PASS Bridge Approaches, Long Sections of Road Swept Away in Raging Torrent REPORT TRAINS MAY BE HELD UP DAYS B. P. R. May Repair Old Brackett Route in Order to Transport Passengers Rail and highway traffic inte Skagway from the interior has been halted by the flooding Skag- way River and both approaches to Skagway Highway and the White Pass and Yukon Route river bridges ° are out, according to a message to the Bureau of Public Roads here today from its representative, Ludwig Frolander, in Skagway. Three-quarters of a mile of high- way is out on the west side of the river and 150 feet on the east, or town side, Frolander radioed and the approaches to the railroad bridges are gone in the roaring torrent that courses down the | flooded Skagway River as a result of the heavy rainfall, it was re- railroad can transport ers and freight from Denver Junc- tion into Skagway over that route. Report is that 150 feet of the Brackett road 15 out, but it is be- lieved that some rallroad passeng- ers were brought in over that road from Denver Junction as the steamer Yukon which arrived in | Skagway between 2 and 3 o'clock |this morning as held here until 11 o'clock this forenoon to await the travelers from the interior. V. L. Hahn, Superintendent of the White Pass, has reported that it probably will be some time be- fore trains are able to operate as extensive repairs are necessary. HEROIC EFFORT SBAVES SKAGWAY; SLIDES OF MUD A special dispatch to The Empire confirms the report that highways and bridges are gone at Skagway and further states that quick work of all men avaflable with trucks and sand bags made a bulkhead which prevented the flooded Skag- way River from gutting a channel through the airfield and flooding the town. Several mud slides across the White Pass and Yukon Route has also served to Interrupt traffic for & few days. YINDS, RAIN WHIPS ALONG ¢ EAST COAST | Shipping Is Delayed, Small Craft Washed Ashore, Big Barge Sinks NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Autumn “ winds and rain are whipping along the Atlantic seaboard today, delay- | ing shipping, lashing the ocean and sending small boats to cover, ‘The wind reached a velocity of }00 miles an hour along the Rhode {Island shore and dozens of small | boats have been washed up on land. | Seas are washing over retaining | walls. Several members of a coal barge crew were rescued as the barge sank off the New Jersey coast. ———ee——— ARE OPERATED UPON | Mrs. Ed Peratrovich and Mrs. | William Demmert, who arrived here |last week from Klawock, were op- erated upon at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning. The condition of both patients is satisfactory.