The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLIX., NO. 7421. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTS GOLD TAX BILL PASSES LEGISLATURE JAPAN PREPARES AGAINST UNITED STATES'MENACE’ Resent Expansion of Air Force Units at Pa- cific Points GAS WILL BE USED AS WEAPON OF WAR Ministers of Navy, Army| Outline Program—No | Fear of America TOKYO, March 2.—Japan's Army | and Navy ministers disclosed to the Diet today a program stressmg‘ chemical welfare and vigorous plans | to meet the “menace” of increased | United States air units on the Pa- cific. When Japan’s Army and Naval Air Force rearmament program is finished, said Navy Minister Mit- sumuto Yonai, Japan need not “fear the United States for three years.” Yonai said Japan is ready to ac- cept an invitation to discuss arms limitation with the United States but would not propose such a parley unless it seemed there was a defin- ite prospect for an amicable settle- ment. “In event the United States in- creases its air force in Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Hawaii and oth- er Pacific possessions,” Yonai said, “Japan will be menaced. Some think the air force is more powerful than warships, but the Navy regards the air force as an auxiliary to the fleet, both being indispensible.” ‘; Minister of War Sugiyama dis- closed .that the .Japanese Ammy is concentrating on gas and other chemicals as war weapons to make up for any numerical inferiority in other branches. ITALY ANSWERS | VAST DEFENSE PLAN, ENGLAND Fascist Decree Provides Military Service for All | Men, 18 to 55 ROME, Italy, March 2. — The| mailed fist of Italy replied today | to the ghallenge of England’s vast' defense rearmament plan with a decree that provides military service for every man in the kingdom fit-? ted for military duty, between the: ages of 18 and 55. The decree orders virtually a life- time of “integral militarism” of ‘its citizens—thirty-seven years of mili- tary service. The Grand Fiscist Council scout- ing even “the remote possibility of | armament limitations,” plans for| “adequate increase” of armed forc- es extending over a period of five years. » The General Commission, for War Supplies has issued a statement that “the total sacrifice, if necess- ary, of civil necessities to military necessities for the attainment of maximum self sufficiency regarding military needs” is a part of the Fas- cist plan. BRITISH CHEAP MONEY POLICY PROVES WINNER Survey Is Made, 'Showing Government Plans Are Meeting with Approval LONDON, March 2.—The British Government’s cheap money policy appears to be a winner notwith- standing fears of many it would be a losing battle. L Informed circles cited the check on the recent fall of Government securities which automatically rais- ed the rate of interest as evidence higher money is not desirable at present. Some believe Government securi- ties may return to the levels ob~- tained before plans for rearmament loans up to two billion dollars were Mary Astor Has New Husband Mary Astor, film beauty, and Manuel Martinez del Campo, young Mex- ican society man, were married in a surprise ceremony at Yuma, Ariz. They are shown here at a recent dinner party given in Hollywood by Miss Astor. The marriage was Miss Astor’s third. (Associated Press Photo) $25,000 Grant For Douglas Boosted Along WASHINGTON, Mar. 2 — the Public Works Administra- tion has approved of a $25,000 grant to Douglas City, Alaska, for rehabilitation, Alaska Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond an- nounces. The matter has been transmitted to the Budget Di- rectoi. — e — 'WAGES BOOSTED FOR WORKERS IN STEEL INDUSTRY {Four Concerns Make An- | nouncement of Increas- ed Pay to Their Men WASHINGTON, March 2.—Wage increases of thousands of steel workers shared attention today among the Nation's shifting labor front. | With the Committee for Indus-}. ! trial Organization’s new activity | within the steel industry, the Re= {public Steel Corporation, the | Youngstown Sheet and Tupe Com- |pany and Bethlehem Steel announc-| ed a hike of ten cents an hour in the pay of common labor and an |equitable adjustment in other pay | rates. The National Steel Corporation |has granted many employees a $5 |daily minimum. | | The new scale is effective on COURT REFORM PLAN AROUSES BOTH FACTIONS Hopkins Makes Assertions —Clark Denounces Pro- gram—Cry of Dictator WASHINGTON, March 2—WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins de- fends President Roosevelt’s Court|S0lved, the police claim, by the con- reorganization plan with the asser- [th)n that “unless the comp]exion!cendn' after five days of question- of the Supreme Court be changed, social legis'ation will be blocked by two or three elderly judges.” Senator Clark, of Missouri, de- nounced the plan as an effort to “stack the Court.” Floor Leader Senator Robinson told the Senate there is an organ- ized fight to defeat the proposal through charges that President Roosevelt is seeking to become a Dictator. He said letters in the mail, from Kansas especially, urged re- cipients to sign slips to send to Sen- ators and Representatives to turn down the Court plan because Roose- velt' was aiming to be “absolute Dictator of the United States.” Rob- inson said the letters sounded like the old KKK appeal. President Roosevelt has signed the Sumners’ Act to permit Supreme Court Justices to retire at full pay at the age of 70. TO PERPETUATE DEMOCRACY ‘WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. — United States Senator M. M. Logan, of Kentucky, told the Senate that he would support Roosevelt’s court plan because it will “perpetuate De. mocracy and save the Constitution.’ The Kentuckian further states| that his first impulse was opposi- tion but as he studied it he ‘“be- lieved the United States cannot live unless we can- find some way to enact such laws as will bring pro- tection, peace and happiness to all people of the Nation.” STEELE MEETS PIRRONE TUES. | MARDEL PLATA, March 2.—Ar- {is quiet and peaceful and where one {March 16. | B. F. Fairless, of the Carnegie- ‘lnlinois Steel Corporation, has op- jened a wage and hour conference |with Phillip Murray, Chairman of {the Steel Workers’ OIC Committee |and lieutenant of John L. Lewis. Conferences on wage and work- ing conditions have been called to- !morrow with Chrysler Motor of- | ficials. The first American counterpart lof an underground sitdown strike |of Hungarian coal miners, received Confession Is - Made, Kidnaping Casefirgantina {Hobo, Police Claim, Ab- ducted then Strangled | 3! Mine Workers’ officials said the sit- SOI] Of Weahhy Famlly down of 350 union men at the Un- iontown, Pa. pit is unauthorized. JThe men stayed underground as a | protest to the refusal of the com- {pany to grant a “check off” of un- ion fines and assessments. A con- {gentina’s Lindbergh case has been fession of a hobo. The police assert that Jose Gan jand employer alike eased tenseness of disputes in many instances in |various sections of the Nation. INDUSTRY MAY FIND PROBLEMS SOLVED BY NRA Report of President’s Com- mittee Mixes Praise and Blame of Activities WASHINGTON, March 2.—Pres- MRS, JOHNSON ki ident Roosevelt today told Congres: that the key to many industrial | problems could be found in the suc- l BY HERSELF'W and failures of the defunct INRA. Refuses Offers of Compan- In sending to Congress the 240 page report of his Industrial Ana- ions to Back Track African Jungles ing, confessed to kidnaping and slaying baby Eugenio Pereyra Iraola two year old child of a wealthy family. The baby disappeared from the garden of the palatial estate last Wednesday night and the unclothed body was found in a pig pen Sat- urday. The baby had been strangled to death. The police said the prisoner is a Spanish immigrant, forty years old with a previous police record o theft suspicion. e — lysis Committee, the President said, “in my opinion it may point the way to the solution of many vexing problems of national con- cern.” Praise and blame of NRA acti- vities is mixed jn the report signed by Professor J. M. Clark, Columbia » | University; Willlam Davis, New proffers of companions in back- York attorney; George Harrison, tracking the jungles travelled With| ecident of the Brotherhood of her famous husband who was kmed‘aau“y Clerks; George Mead, Day- n a recent airliner wreck in Cal- ton, Ohio, mm'auhcturer # j ornia. The group made no recommen- Mrs. Johnson said she will carry dations of specific legislatioin, but on her husband’s work in photo-coiq « i graphing wild game life. She said PoMy fc Bl wpd economic she just could not stay in civili- zation more than six months as it lis too noisy while over in Africa it WICHITA, Kansas, March 2. — Mrs. Martin Johnson is determined to “go it alone’ and has rejected that of the NRA needs more defin- ite standards than the NRA pos- As already suggested, the important question concerns stand- ards for any future action of this sort that may be taken.” 'goes to bed early and is up early, and feels like doing a day’s work. a setback today when the United | ciliatory attitude between employee | reasons, any program similar to| Three persons were trapped in this automobile when it shattered a building In Los Angeles but they escaped Ininjured. The building collapsed when the car crashed into a supporting corner post. (Associated Press Photo) from Wild Bull Moose by SEWARD, Alaska, March 2.—Pur- ICOW moose. i Lincke fled before the bull's I His pet cow moose, apparently and the wild bull, blocking the bull's den Grave — Ghastly | Lincke later emerged from the grave by a suburban shack gave is the same one that attempted to bodies of Mrs, Enechi Kato, aged GUNVIGTIUN UF The bodies were beneath a mat-| Mrs. Kato, Tom and Amy had! Sam and Betty had been stran- | 4 Sheriff Wiliam B. Severyns has| tences, Pay Fines, False laborer, who left Auburn two weeks’ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 2. Tragedy Discovered iheld by the Circuit Court, shackle four room house was enter-\q, 500, gen Serlis, given three years seen since Kato left a neighbor's! $500 fine. The home had been stripped Of|4pq i was charged they sold stock |of which they were not members, ly notified. | vard, the officers and Japanese be- |, mang themselves to force it up. Ghastly Pile top of each other. Each body was| ! lon top of the ghastly pile. Cooper Creek Man Is Saved o . Action of Pet Cow Moose |sued by a bull moose C. J. Lincke, ] of Cooper Creek, was saved from injury and possible death by a pet slashing hoofs toward his root cel- |lar. 1 | believing she was going to get her |daily tidbit, ran between Lincke |Flve Bodies Found in Gar- stampede until Lincke was safe in the cellar. Tragedy Revealed |coiar and kitied the bun with a [rifle shot. ' AUBURN, Wash,, March 2. — A| Lincke said he believed the bull up the bodies of five Japanese, vic- |kill Jack Lein, a guide, on a dog K 3 sled, a few days ago. tims of an apparent crazed killer. | Lparh s SRR Officers and Japanese found the about 35, and her four children, Sam aged 9, Tom aged 8, Betty aged 6, and Amy aged 5. e | tress in the grave. UPHELD BY c c | s U been shot with a .38 calibre revol-| ver. | i Must Serve Prison - Sen- gled with ropes. issued a pick-up order for the hus-| Selling of Mine Stock band and father Enechi Kato, farm ago saying he was going o VISl conyiction of three Seattle men in his sister in Portland. imail fraud charges has been up- Seven Japanese laborers discOV-| ppe men are Alexander Copeland, ered the tragédy when Kato's ram-{ ., onceq to two years and fined ed to inquire about the family, the |, fineq $4000, and Joseph Kon- members of which had not been .. 18 months imprisonment and home on his purported visit to his "~ ppay were indicted on charges of sister. | violating the Federal Securities Act food, bed covering and clothvs._ |in the- Arizona-Comstock Company, The authorities were immediate- th |on false pretenses by omitting to re- | Noticing a spaded area In the|ioq) they were dealing in stock (gan digging and soon discovered . PR > S Mrs. Kato’s head and arms. | The bodies had been placed O“ITUG ROUSEVELT |carefully wrapped in a kimona and | |a sheet. Mrs. Kato's body was [r)und' There were no signs of a disturb-| ance in the house some bloody| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 2. lthree days in which to sober up and Mrs. Johnson said her next trip will be to Belgium Congo where lshe wants to capture a gorilla. NO - TITLE MIX ——-——— GIRL SLIPS ON iCE; EYE SERIOUSLY CUT Middleweight Champion to Appear in Philly in First Bout Since Risko Meet PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 2.— In his first bout since his success-| ful defense of his crown against Babe Risko, Freddie Steele, middle- weight king, meets Paul Pirrone, of Cleveland, in a ten-round non- title fight here Tuesday evening. [ —————— {PETERSON RITES TOMORROW Susie Wharton, who was brought to Juneau last week on the tender Funeral services for Harry Peter-|Captain James Fornance for medi- son, who was found drowned Sun-|cal aid at St. Ann’s Hospital, will day morning at the City Float, willlleave tonight on the Victoria for be held tomorrow afternoon at llhfl' home at Haines. S8he is accom- ,o'clock from the chapel of the Panied by her mother Mrs. T. A. Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The|Wharton. The child cut her eye se. Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff will offici-|riously when she slipped and fell 'ate. Interment will be in Evergreen (on the ice recently while playing Cemetery. near her home. fingerprints were found on a door separating bedrooms. Kato was a native of Japan and had lived here for 20 years. The coromer’s jury fixed the kill-| ing time between February 12 and February 15. | — - eee - The. Japan Broadcasting Corpor- ation intends to make direct tele- vision views of the 1930 Olympic| Games in Tokyo available to hames.‘ throughout Japan, or at least with- in the limits of Greater Tokio. —The old tug Roosevelt which aided explorers Peary’ and Amundsen in their Arctic trips, has reached Pan- ama Canal safely from Seattle, tow- ing company officials said today, denying reports that the Roosevelt had been beached and abandoned.' A leaking condenser was blamed | for the trouble that beset the tug as it neared its destination towing the collier Jason. The tug is now waiting for a dry- e e e e e et AUTOi SHATTERS BUILDING HOUSE APPROVES BRUNELLE ACT BY 11 T0 5 VOTE Revenue - Raising Measure Now Goes to Governor two-story brick and steel frame HIGH LICENSE LIQUOR BILL PASSES HOUSE So-called Saloon Measure Sent to Senate by Mar- gin of One Vote Revealing an unexpected strength, the McCutcheon high license liquor bill s passed by the Territorial House late yesterday afternoon and| immediately transmitted to the Sen- ate. The measure, sometimes known ! as the saloon bill, was approved by a bare margin of one vote. Favoring | the bill were Anderson, Davis, Dan Green, Kennedy, Laiblin, Litchten- berg, MecCutcheon, Nell Scott and Smith. Voting in the negative were Coffey, Nerland, Race, Rogge, Ross}| Tolbert Scott and Speaker Joe; Green. The major feature of the bill is that it provides for sale of liquor| by the drink in regularly establish- | ed places where entertainment is barred. Three general licenses are provided for wholesale, retail and manufacturers. License fee for the wholesale license would be $1,500 per year. Relail license is divided ! into three cl , namely, general dispensary, license $1,000; club, li- cense $250, and Road House, license $100. There are two classes of manufacturers’ licenses — Brewery and Distillery. License on the for- mer would be $500 per year and dis- tillery $500. The so-c d “gin” marriage law also was passed by the House. In- troduced by Nell Scott of the Third, performed in the Territory until three days after the license has been, issued. James Davis of the First, in facetiously explaining the meas- ure, commented, “that gives ’‘em know what they are doing.” “I'm for the bill,” declared H. H. McCuteheon of the Third. YIt pro- tects us men.” Other measures approved by the House late yesterday and today nnd; sent to the Senate for action m-l clude: H. B. 67, to reimbure Dr. W. W. Council for a called trip to Wash- ington, D. C. H. J. M. 44; urging improvement of Dry Pass. ‘ H. J. M. 43, urging an airfield at Bethel. H. B. 64, permitting aviation em- ployees the right of lien against air- craft for wages. H. J. M. 63, asking for roads the Homer district. H. B. 81, regulating the manner in which Territorial employees and officials may travel. H. B. 93, to reimburse Donald Fos- ter for a fee he paid to take the bar examination and later did not take. in dock survey, officials of the com-| pany said. (Continued on Page Three) for His Signature EXPECTED TO RAISE $600,000 PER YEAR New Legislation Levies Ap- proximately Dollar an Ounce on Gold With but five dissenting votes, the controversial revenue-raising Brun- elle gold tax bill passed the Terri~ torial House today. It had prev- iously passed the Senate, where it originated, by the narrow margin of five to three and now goes to the Governor for his signature. The measure, which repeals the net mining tax law passed at the 1935 session, levies a three per cent ax on the gross production of gold nd platinum mines and a grad- uated net income tax in other min- :ral production. It 1s estimated to AL approximately $600,000 per v for the Territory. The tax on gold under the bill actually amounts to about one dollar per ounce which now has an established price of $36 per fine ounce since the price boost. Near Par With Fish Under the gross tax bill it is es- timated the revenue from the min- ining industry to the Territory will “e tripied and will ‘bring income: | from that industry near to the revenue now derived from fisherles. In 1935, the Treasurer's report shows that mining paid a total of $189,571 in license taxes while fish- eries pald $765,742, Voting for the bill in the House, after only very brief discussion, were: Anderson, Coffey, Dan Green, Laiblin, Lichtenberg, Mc~ Cutcheon, Nerland, Rogge, Ross, Nell Scott, and Speaker Joe Green. Dissenting were Davis, Kennedy, Race, Tolbert Scott and Leonard Smith, The major features of the bill provide a three per cent license tax “upon the cash value of the gross production in excess of $10,000” {from gold and platinum mines and the following graduated levy on the net income of other mining: Net Tax Features Not over $10,000, three-fourths of one per cent. Over $10,000 and not over $20,000, |one and one-fourth per cent. Over $20,000 and not over $100,000 one and three-fourths. Over $100,000 and not over $150,« 000, three per cent. Over $150,000 and not over $250,+ 000, four per cent. Over $250,000 and not over $500,« 000, five per cent. Over $500,000 and not over $750,« 000, six per cent. Over $750,000 and not over $1,000,+ 000, seven per cent. Over $1,000,000, eight per cent. In arriving at the net income under that feature of the bill, the following deductions are permitted: Actual operating expenses, repairs lactually made, royalties actually ’ paid, and depreciation of 10 per lit provides that no marriage can be|cent of the actual cost of perma- nent improvement actually made during the calendar year in which the tax is levied. Led The Fight Fight for the bill in the House was |led by Victor Ross of the Fourth Division and Ed Coffey of the Third while Victor Rivers of the Fourth |and President Brunelle waged the successful battle in the Senate. EARTH SHAKES FELT TODAY IN FIVE SECTIONS CHICAGO, Ill, March 2—Earth tremors were felt in Ohio, Ken- tucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan between 9:45 and 9:50 o'clock this morning. Reports. indicate there has been little if any damage. ‘The shocks were accompanied by slight rumblings in some districts. The quaké shook buildings and caused movements of desks and chairs.