The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1937, Page 1

| | | 1\ . | v THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7408. JUNEA! COURT REFORM PLAN CARRIED OUT TO NATION { » Administration Is Seeking . General Support, Roose- velt's Proposal BULLETIN — Washington, Feb. 15. — Senator Edward R. Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, opponent of President Roose- velt’s program, said he will pro- pose a corgstitutional amend~ ment to provide compulsory re- tirement of Federal Judges when they reach 75 years of age. He said he has “no com- premise” with the President. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Fol- lowers of the Supreme Court reor- ganization battle saw the start of a carefully timed move for nation- wide support in Attorney General Cumming’s assertion yesterday that and constitutional. The Administration is planning & series of radio addresses, using the same tactics as the opposition. In his address, the Attorney Gen- eral said that “those who want to preserve the status quo, want to retain on the bench Judges who may be relied upon to veto pro- gressive measures.” The Attorney General outlined how Lincoln, Jefferson and even President Jackson proved the pow- erlessness of courts with impure mo- tives. COMPROMISE TALK WASHINGTOX, Feb. 15.—Com- promise talk began last Saturday night among some Democratic op- ponents to President Roosevelt's proposal to name six new Justices of the Supreme Court -after a visit to the White House. Senator King, Democrat of Utah, brought up the possibility of a “reasonable compromise” and sev- eral others also spoke privately during the evening of the same possibility. Intimations Made Meantime some Democratic lead- ers in Congress intimated they ex- pected early retirements from the Supreme Court bench which would relieve the almost unprecedented | tension resulting from the Presi- dent’s recommendations. Leaders turned attention to ef- forts for speedy enactment of the bill already approved by the House to permit retirement of Judges, at full pay, at seventy years. Encouragement Informed Legislators understood that the leaders told the President that this bill might encourage some 1 judges, who have been opposed to| New Deal legislation, to withdraw. FORMER NAVAL | OFFICER MAKES PLEA OF GUILT John F: ams;;h, Charged with Conspiracy with Jap- enese, Seeks Court Mercy WAESHINGTON, Peb. 15. — John Farnsworth - former maval officer, brought to trial today on charges of conspiring with two former Japanese diplomatic aids to com- municate confidential naval infor- mation to Japan, withdrew his plea ALL JUNEAU MAIDS CAN JOIN IN CONTEST will be visited by The Daily Alaska Empire’s Good Will Contest and On To Mexico Tour winners. Black Rapids Glacier Is AERIAL RAID 1S REPORTED ON ALMERIA Refugee Ship Is Also Bombed at Sea VALENCIA, Spain, Feb. 15.—A bitter Insurgent aerial rald on Al- meria filled the streets with dead land demolished several buildings, overnight said. known. The freighter Montetoro, carry- ing refugecs, limped into the harbor here today with great bomb holes in her decks, and with the pilot house blown away. The Captain sald an insurgent plane at sea dropped a 500-pound bomb squarely on the ship. BOMBS DROPPED NEAR BRITISH NAVY VESSELS Destroyers Immediately Open Fire—Protests Are Registered LONDON. Feb. 15.—Admiralty of- ficials said the British destroyers Navock and Gypsy opened fire when an airplane, believed to have been a Spanish Insurgent plane, dropped six bombs near them off the Algerian coast where the ves- sels - were stationed near Cape Tenez. The bombs did not damage the navy -vessels. reports reaching here of innocence made when he was arraigned last July, ahd threw him- self om the mercy of the Federal Court. Judge Jumnes M. Proctor said that he wanted to study the case before imposing sentence. ¢ United States District Attorney Leslie Garnett informed the Court that the Government was “satis- fied” with the plea. Farnsworth, one time Lieutenant Commander, was court-martialed out of the Navy in 1927 on charges of disorderiy conduct. ‘When ihe indietment against Farnsworth was returned last July, a spokesmun of the Japanese Navy said, naming the Japanese offic- ers involved, that the situation was ‘‘admittedly embarrassing” but de- clared thai the Japanese Govern- ment’s hands were clean. Drawn tc the trial as witnesses for the prosecution were naval of- ficers and members of their fam- Great Britain protested immedi- ately to the Insurgent authorities at Palma, Mallorca Island, and Sala- marnca. — ————— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 15. — Clodlag quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14!, American Can 107%, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 55%, Bethlehem Steel 88%, Calumet and Hecla 17%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, General Motors 687%, International Harvester 107%, Kennecott §0, New York Central 437%, Southern Pa- cific 48%, United States Steel 106%, United Corporation 6%, Cities Ser- vice 4%, Pound $4.89 9/16, Republic Steel 35%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, The number of dead is not Moving Forward; Face Is Sheer 300 Feet Up in Air | i FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 15— Hopeful that the Black Rapids glac- ijer might break apart when it reached the Big Delta River, the Revelle family, occupants of the Black Rapids roadhouse neverthe- less have their belongings packed ready to evacuate if the huge ice wall continues to bear down upon them. The glacier is ncw about one mile 4 : | VStreets Fllled Wlth Dead— from the roadhcuse and pressing ! steadily on accompanied by a roar- !ing noise similar to a sawmill. Huge chunks of ice are constant- (ly breaking away from the glacier’s face which now towers a sheer 300 feet in the air. The Revelles believe that many rains last fall, coupled with recent earthquakes, started the ancient ice river moving. The glacier is about 150 miles from Fairbanks on the Richardson High-~ way.: ———e— Fatal Injuiies Met by Brothers o Taa_un_la Hiway Birkel Brothers’of Seattle and Bremerton Are Hit in Strange Auto Accident TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 15—In a peculiar accident on the Tacoma highway last night, two brothers were fatally injured. They were Charies Birkel, 486, of Seattle and E. F. Birkel, 44, of { Bremerton. Near Steele Lake their automo- bile had hit the rear of another car, and both cars had stopped. Charles started across the high- way and was hit by a car driven by Howard Lauer, Tacoma. State Palrolman Charles Hall re- ported that when E. F. Birkel ran to his brochers’ aid, another - car, driven by Clarence Buchanen, of Tacoma, hit and fatally injured both brothes. Buchanen is held pending fur- {oeir investigation. ! Recommend Green Be Expelled from United Mine Union WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — The Policy Committee of the United Mine Workers today directed union officers to expel William Green, President of the American Federa- tion of Labor. ‘The committee found him guilty of “treason and betrayal of Labor and its principles and ideals” in connection with activities in the re- cent General Motors strike. The United Mine Workers is At Least Two Winners in Daily Alaska Empire’s Good Will Contest and On to Mexico Tour Will Have Marvelous, De Luxe Journey—All Ex- penses Paid Delightful Tour — Affair Sponsored by Circula- tion Department of The Daily Alaska Empire Voting will start Thursday, Feb- ruary 18th in the Daily Alaska Em- pire’s Good Will Contest and On To Mexico Tour. The contest will run approximately six weeks, ending the latter part of March, the exact closing date to be announced later, with at least two marvelous prize trips and surprise awards to the winners. Nominating Ballot In today's issue of The Empire is published a nominating blank, by which any contestant may be en- tered and will receive 20,000 com- (plimentary votes. The first leg of contestants will be published in The Daily Alaska Empire on Thursday, February 18th, and the only stip- ulation made covering the entry of the contestant is that she be over 18 years of age and unmarried, Votes will be accumulated in the contest through friends and sup- porters who will cast their ballots for their favorite contestant. Real Good Will Tour The Emgire’s Gooad Will Tour of 1937 is not a part of the All Al- aska Merchants Better Times Drive, although the trip will be taken in the same party, which is now scheduled to start from Fairbanks, Alaska the Ilatter part of March in sufficient time to connect with the Alaska Steamship Company’s steamer leaving Seward March 28th or 29th. Declared Winners Miss Charlotte Wehner and Miss Helen Junes have been declared winners and will represent Fair- banks, while Miss Peggy Marsch and Miss Alma Mary Mitchell will represent Anchorage. To Join Washington-Oregon Girls There will be a large group of young women from 40 to 50 towns| in the states of Washington and| Oregon who will join The Empire's’ Alaska girls in Seattle and men‘K make the trip together. They will travel in chartered sleeping cars, with a club car and dining car for their exclusive use. It will be a grand (rip and a great travel adventure with every cent of ex- penses, including even tips, paid for the contest winners. The trip is arranged under the joint auspices of The Daily Alaska Empire co- operating with ‘Y'our Alaska Line” —The Alaska Steamship Company, the Washington State Press Asso- clation and the Oregon State Edi- torial Association. Personally Conducted Hostesses will look after the wel- fare of the young ledies and an experienced tour manager will take charge of the Alaska girls, who are winners in the conmtest, upon the departure of the Alaska Steam- ship Company’s steamer at Sew- ard, late in March, who will be in (Continued on Page Three) MISSING MAN FOUND FROZEN RIVAL GROUPS U, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CENT: GOLD TAX BILL FLASH UP ON ROCKY POINT, SUNDAY Motorship Partially Sub- merged—Passengers Reported Safe Motorship Zapora, which left Ju- neau at 11 o'clock Friday night, hit Roky Point, about 15 miles south of Angoon about 2:40 o'clock Sunday morning and is now parti- ally submerged according to a re- port brought to Juneau this after- noon by Sheldon Simmons and D. B. Femmer. The passengers were taken off in the life boats and taken ashore. Femmer and Slmmons left this afternocn to ascertain where the motorship was, as no word had been received from her since leaving Ju- neau. The Zapora struck at 2:40 o'clock Sunday morning during a wind and snow sterm. The Captain, mate and several others of the crew are “standing by” on the beach. me of the crew have been taken to_Bitka. Cnast Guard cutter Tallapoo- sa, is rgported getting ready to go to Angoon to bring the passengers back to Juneau. i According to Mr. Femmer, ‘Zaporn is beyond repair. Passengers leaving Juneau on the Zapora were: Mrs. A. Taroff and Miss Taroff, Mrs. L. W. Patrick and Joseph Akagi, for Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Jeffrey and L. Ketcham, for Petersburg. —_————————— ) the LONGSHOREMEN CLASHIN'S.F. Bricks Hurled Between Lee| Holman’s Men and ILA Regulars SAN FRANCISCC, Cal., Feb. 15— | One man was stabbed and six/ others, including a Police Sergeant, were injured by flying bricks in a clash between rival longshore groups on the waterfront today. The man stabbed was Manuel Brown, 32, Oakland bystander. The trouble occurred when two | hundred negroes, assertedly mem- bers of the Lee Holman longshore group, sought to be registered as members of the ILA. Warning Given ‘When they went in groups to the waterfront district they were stopped by police captain George Healy, who warned them against any violence, Henry Schmidt, local president of the ILA, informed them they could not protest as a group against not being registered, but could do so as individuals. The men left then and later clash between two longshore men. Bricks were hurled and police rushed to the scene. Missiles Hurled Others injured in the waterfront clash between two longshmore groups included Sergeant Allen Mo- ran, -54, hit in the head with a brick; Jack Creary, business agent BY SEARCHERS Jack Wilbur's Body Discov- ered by Party in Ore- gon Woodlands PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15. — The frozen body of Jack Wilbur was re- ported found last Saturday night in a short wave radio messagé over the Siskiyou Forest Service chain. ‘Wilbur, about 40 years old, Illahe school committeeman, had been missing for two weeks in he mid- Rogue River .region east of Grant’s Pass and searchers were hunting ilies from many sections of the|Jones averages: industrials 188.39,|John L. Lewis's organization, fight-| for him when the message came his * country and from the battle fleet. rails 57.37, utilities '35.09. !ing Green. body had been found. of the ILA and his assistant, Jack Pederson, both hit with pieces of concrete; three Oakland negroes, Ned Sherry, 30, George Thomas, 30 and Henry Rogers, 29, who suffered scalp lacerations. Rival Group Lee Holman was ousted some time ago from the presidency of the ILA local by Harry Bridges and formed a rival group. Several previous clashes have oc- curred between Holman's longshore- men and the regular group. In the meantime today the Fed- eral Court restraining order against the enforcement of the Copeland Act was continued pending defin- ite ruling from Washington. Seven ships sailed from San | SENATE PASSES GROSS “Snow Maids” — b their doctor's advice and absorb Haldine Taylor and Ruth Bachtold of Walla Walla, Wash, take conditions. With the mercury at 13 above and 17 inches of snow on the ground, it looks like a fine season for health proponents. The mufflers must have been some help, anyway! Get Vitamin D vitamin D, regardless of weather 715,000 AUTO WORKERS BACK ON JOB TODAY Plants of General Motors Are Reopening After Lengthy Strike DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 15.—Fac- tory whistles today called approxi- mately 75,000 employes back to work in the General Motors Corporation plants which are reopening in- the nation. The corporation expects to have all of the 135,000 workers busy with- in a few days. The Chevrolet Company ordered 40,000 men to report today at plants in Detroit, Bay City, Flint, Sagin- aw, Toledo and Muncie. At Anderson, Ind., 500 National Guardsmen patrolled the area around the General Motors plants Major Keatinge Is Coming | North to Invite Alaskan Participation in Big Expo. Major Oscar J. Keatings, D. 8. O., will arrive in Juneau next Thurs-| day aboard the Canadian Pacific| steamer Princess Norah from Van- couver, according to advices re- ceived by The Empire from J. K. Hefferman, of Seattle. Major Keatings is an Executive Officer of the Gulden Gate Inter-| national Exposition and known| throughout the world as an exposi- tion maestro. The purpose of Major Keating's trip to Juneau, is for a visit to Gov. John V/. Troy, to issue San Francisco’s invitation for Alaskan participation in the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, which according to conservative es- timates, #8 indicated in Mr. Hef- ferman's radio to The Empire, will draw eighteen million visitors west- ward. The exposition will cost when completed approximately forty mil- lion dollars. All Western States plan to ex- hibit In order to take advantage of redirecting tourist travel through other areas. Major Keatings can be interview- ed at the Gastineau Hotel, where as 10,000 men went to work peace- fully after a week-end of disorders. The city is still under martial law. FARLEY TO BE GIVEN HONORS Sixteen Hundred Democrats Are to Attend Banquet in New York WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—James A. Failey, a Democrat since he carried a torch in a parade at the age of eight years, is expected to receive the plaudits tonight when 1,600 Democrats attend a banquet. President Roosevelt is expected to make a speech at the banquet at which Vice President John Nance Garner is master of ceremonies. Tables are arranged so that forty-eight states will be repre- sented. The occasion presents a new cli- max for Farley who may try for the Governorship of New York State. — ANCHORAGE PEOPLE ARE IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS Mr. and Mrs. Byron Elms, of An- chorage, who were southbound pas- sengers on the General W. C. Gor- gas early in January, are at Hot he will make his headquarters. He will return south on the Princess Norah next Saturday. —e o —— Sea Maneuvers Are in Secref off gqj. GCoast Three Different Groups Are Engaging in “Exer- cise No. One” BAN PEDRO, Cal, Feb. 15—8ol- diers, sailors and marines, with war- time* equipment, are at sea today off Southern Californis in secret maneuvers. Troopships and fighting ships moved out of the harbors at Los Angeles and San Diego secretly shortly after midnight. There are five battleships, four heavy cruisers, ten destroyers and several auxiliary navy craft in" the maneuvers, There are 70 Marine Corps planes, 3,700 marines and 750 soldiers dis- tributed among the fleet. The maneuvers are working out “fleet landing exercise number one” and the fleet and men are divided into two units, defending and at- Springs 'National Park, Arkansas. They plan to continue their jour- ney to the East Coast before return- ing to tneir home in Anchorage in Francisco yesterday, the spring. tacking units. Harry Timmons of Tulsa is the only onie of Oklahoma’s 44 Senators | mines. FIVE SENATORS BACK BRUNELLE MINERAL LEVY Cochran, Powers, Roden Oppose Three Per Cent on Total Output MEMORIAL PASSED ENDORSING GOVERNOR Upper House. Asks, Rooee: vels, Ickes to Reappoint Gov. John W. Troy With the necessary majority of five votes, the Territorial Senate this .morning passed the Brunelle gross gold tax bill which levies & three per cent tax on the gross production of gold and platinum Voting for the bill were: President Brunelle and Senators Rivers, Walker, Patterson and De- vine. Voting against the measure were: Senators Cochran, Powers and Roden. It now goes to the House for action. Call of Senate The bill, which has been the sub- Ject of two public hearings in the Senate, was passed under the first rollcall of the Senate demanded thus far in the Legislature. Senator De- vine, who has been ill since his arrival here, had not yet arrived when the bill came up for action and Senator Walker asked for a call of the Semate which requires that every member be present. There was no objection and Presi- dent Brunelie dispatched Sergeant- at-Arms J. C. Davis to e him to the Senate Chambers on jwhich the doors had been locked. After the absent Senator's. arrival only Senawrs Powers and Coch- ran spoke on the bill, both de- claring the gross tax was an unfair tax because it levied on what the mine took out whether it made money or not. What Bill Does As the measure ncw stands for transmission to the House, it calls for a three per cent license tax on all gold, platinum, vanadium, irra- |dium and any other metal or min- eral belonging to the platinumn or | palladium groups produced in any Imine or mines in the Territory in |excess of $10,000. On other min- ‘erals it levies the following grad- uated tax upon all net incomes of such mines: Not over $10,000, three-fourths per cent; cver $10,000 and not over $20,000, one and a fourth; over $30,- 000 and not over $100,000, one and thrée-fourths; over $100,000 and |not over $150,000, three per cent; jover $150,000 and not over $250,000, four; over $250,000 and not over $500,000, five; over $500,000 and not over $750,000 six; over $750,000 and not -over $1,000,000, five and one- fourth; over $1,000,000, eight per cent, Endorse Governor By unanimous vote, the Senate this morning also endorsed the ads inistration of Gov. John W. Troy in a memorial introduced by Pres~ ident Brunelle. Addressed to Pres- ident Roosevelt and Secretary of |Interior Hurold L. Ickes, the me- morial afier its introduction was pushed alorg under suspension of the rules tc final passage and or- dered transmitted to the House for action without a dissenting voice. The memorial which asks re-ap- pointment of the Governor reads: “To the President of the United (Continued on Page Two) CRASH DEATH, NAVY FLIER, INVESTIGATED Lieut. Forbes Killed When Plane Wrecked in Storm Near San Diego SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 15.—Navy authorities are ingvestigating the crash death of Lieut. L. Q. Forbes, 27, in a Nuvy fighting plane wrecked in a storm 60 miles east of here last Saturday. Lieut. Forbes was flying here from Virginia. The inquiry will endeavor to as- certain whether the flier was given proper weather forecasts or if there Wwho wears a mustache. is any suspicion that the plane lmlzht have been tampered with,