The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE , r “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ; Mflvm ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENTS ‘ jUNhAU ALASKA WEDNESD. \Y, ,\PRIl 28, 1937 VOL XLIX., NO. 7470 PLAN CHECKING INCREASING FOOD PRICES = g ) e Sl < King's Guest H ke’ 20((((0( Id M COMMISSION - g omestake’s 10,000 Gold Mystery IS APPOINTED NOT G“llTY m: Rwul the L(’gemls of Western Tl-u’ros' TAKE DEFINITE b A | By ROBERT GEIGER {1t in their clothing, their lunch pails LEAD, 8. D., April 28.—Gold and their homes and hide. Because of ‘ywml gain have woven a fantastic the United States gold act, pro- story of “high grading” in the west. hibiting possession of gold and reg- | .o . . *» Bartlett, Hardcastle, Bra- Bar Assouahon Committee | This time the nation's richest gold |ulatin: its sale, the metal is hard | Administration Authorities v | mine has been the scene of the al-|to dispose of. | ' 1 + gaw Named to Unemploy: Clears Attorney of Mis- |fie i b caea s secret, service ol Are Now Studying ment (ompensatlonBoard { conduct Allegations | Roland K. Goddard, U. §. secret{nvestigate reports that the gold Needed Legislation | i service head at Denver, says un- was pooled in one cache for ship-| [— Gov. John W. Troy today an-| | M. E. Monagle, widely known Ju- derworld gossip has it that $2,000,- ment to Mexico. i 1‘0 l ‘ ON & nounced his appointments to the | {neau attorney and Divisional Chair- 000 worth of yellow metal has been| Five men, Goddard reveals, have | s CK SPECU " tis N | I man of the Democratic party, has stolen from the famed Homestake|admiticd they plotted to steal this| GOING TO BE CURBED Unemployment Compensation Com- | ibeen completely exonerated by a mine here and whisked to a secretigold. But thus far Goddard has i mission, authorized under act m’; !Bar Association committee named ' cache. ! been unable to discover the “cache. - 2 the recent extraordinary legislative | by Federal Judge George F. Alex-| Five men are under arrest and| Just how much gold has disap- President May Appoint w session to administer that phase of | ander to consider the charge of|the elusive “head man” in the plot, pearcd, authorities may never know.| Specna] Commmee to | professional mispractice which had|described by Goddard as a world-|About $14000,000 worth passes an- Pl e e s e been placed against him. traveling soldier of fortune, is|nually through the Homestake| Invesllgate Prices The men appointed are: I . The committee, made up of Judge sought, but only $6,500 worth of the gates E. L. Bartlett of Miller House,| & H. B. LeFevre, Judge James Wick-|golden metal has been traced. | Can’t Stop Thefts WASHINGTON, April 28. — Chairman, to the two-year term ex- | & ersham and Attorney Grover C. Listens in on Plot | The ore in the Homestake is low Administration authorities are . piring February 1, 1939, | Winn, found that Monagle was not Homestake officials deny they|grade, running from $3 to $7 a ton. | seeking a means to carry out : é | guilty in any way of conduct which |have lost anything like $2,000,000. |The best opportunity for the thefts| o Richard E. Hardcastle of Ketchi- the President’s request to check A TR | it had been alleged at the hearing! But miners’ homes in Lead have{occur when a rich vein is struck olk Xet slation sid kan, to the four-year term ending was unprofessional or unethical as been searched and officers report/In the history of the Homestake| b . February 1, 1941 an officer of the court. they have discovered gold hidden in{this had happened seldom. But revise the anti-trust laws in % Yy R. A. Bragaw of Anchorage, to| The charge arose out of the Har- gold fish bowls, in coffee cans and|occasionally a nugget is found and order to check increasing food . th ¥ l ding Feb: rvl old Barrett case in which Barrett umen receptacles, presumably see=|it is comparatively easy for a miner | prices. O SK TR, I EnCIOR: ATERRLY was found guilty of perjury and is reted to be sold “when things cooled in his clothing. ] The Federal Reserve Board is . 1, 1943. 1 now in McNeil Island p(‘mten[nry‘ofl arly every famed mine in the studying speculation problems. Mr. Bartlett is a former well| serving a sentence. It was alleged! This was but a trickle of gold|{west has been the target of high The Board has authority to in- known Fairbanks newspaperman ! that Monagle failed as a practicing dust compared to the fortune which|gra: and mining men say it is crease the margain of require- and recently has been associated officer of the court to properly cer- men of the underworld are said tolimpossible to stop them. ments to 100 percent instead of s with Hugh Wade, Administrator of tify, certain witnesses, Findings of have plotted to steal from the high{ 1In the old Cresson mine at Crip- the present 55 percent. 2 ker in 9 Social Security in the Territory.| xr'ci‘:;ze’: %fif:r];,“:" Clacrow, the Bar Association committee re- graders, then skip to Mexico andple Creck, Colo. where the Cres-| MINERS' TEMPTATION Authorities said the President Previously, he was connected with| Scotland, in which the coronation fute the allegations. hide, Goddard indicates. Fromjcent “Vug” was struck, a bank vault Far underground, gold miners sometimes are tempted to keep a may appoint a committee to ex- the Federal Housing Administration | carpet was woven, received a per- |Mexico the metal might have been|/door was placed at the head of the few particles for themselves as they chip away at a high grade vein. amine the anti-trust laws, hop- | carpe 3 P 0p. and before that he was for many | sonal invitation from King George . shipped b: to the United States|underground chamber and armed -— - — ing to tighten the laws to check years on the staff of the Fairbanks| VI to be present at his coronation. A I‘Eame"t Ralsas and sold as gold mined there. guards were posted over it One of the most sensational high walted one night in the dark recess-| rising prices. *" News-Miner. | That's the reason for that big smile. Goddard planted a listening de-| The “vug” was an underground grading plots was uncovered at a es of the stope. ———————————— ¢ Mr. Hardcastle is a long ume‘ o ¥ vice in a rooming house and heard|“pocket” of gold and the “pocket” Cripple Creek mine in the early his- They heard men entering the resident of Ketchikan where he is| men plan, he says, to steal the gold|was the size of a large room. It tory of the camp. mine and soon saw lights. prominent in the brokerage busi- | a" from the men who had taken it from|yielded more than $1,000,000 in gold.| The mine manager, H. A. Ship-' “Hands up,” Shipman shouted. ness and is widely known thruugh-‘ Homestake. But he doubts| Miners were tempted to hide a man, suspected the high graders| A gun battle raged for minutes . out the Territory. ‘ that as much gold as they talked{nugget or two in their lunch pail were entering the mine through and the gang was captured. N M V. | a m“" an"e"es about could have been smuggled/or in the cuff of their trousers as abandoned openings to the “Bull| At one time high graders main- AN I - TnusT Aner Bragaw s Secretary of thej i from the mine. they went off duty. So some mines Pen” stope, where ore was worth tained dishonest assayers in many ; ll)smge Chamber of Cammem.i ) Many Ways to Sneak Out installed a “change” room, where about $1 a pound. |mining camps and through them and is connected with Frank L.| | Miners might have carried gold |every miner changed clothing as he| Shipman armed himself and a disposed of stolen gold in -whole- Reed's power in that cit ‘Union M b Get Hi ALl mn}' Slly. nion iembers Lel mng from the mine, however, nmwlflr e property each day, numbtr of trusted employes and sale quantities, Mr. Hardcastle and Mr. Bartlett| i Pl’efel’e‘zce—NlOAl lsl:”m' e have long been active in the Demo- | | ation ainst Alaskans cratic party. The law provides that| Alaska Q‘eams}“p North-! g__ Altorney General. Makes o Dot more than two members of the| e C 1 SEATTLE, April 28.—Conrad Espe, | Recommendation to Commission shall be members of the lal ases Continued at agent of the Cannery Workers and | P, R It s same political party i Ketchikan, Comlm:, yHere Farm Laborers Union, has been res. Rooseye The appointments become effec- S joined by Arthur Ellsworth, opera- | tive immediately on taking the oath ode g ¢ . tors’ representative, in his state-| WASHINGTON, Apstl 38, — Atz Federal government suits for torney General Homer S. Cummings of office. The Commission will have pack taxes against the Alaska ment, made yesterday, that a set-| has told President Rooseveltsthe » complete charge of the unemploy- tlement has been reached between, i . ‘n i vel l.th ment feature of Social Security in Steamship Company and the North- operators and workers calling Inr‘ ":,lpt Bs" l;ome lor revision of e Alaska and is authorized to 2ppoint land Transportation Company will substantial wage incre for all| :L P ru].:nnnws ln"order 0, vy a Director for the work at a salary be tried before the Federal Court Workers in salmon canneries ;‘_ZPD c practices. S ; y i “ e report from the Attorney of $4,200 per year. lin Juneau June 8 under stipulated hF"*"'“ however, disclosed that| |General was read by the President . The Governor has asked members statements of fact, according to iofit;“;‘;‘:;" 9 n‘;‘;‘:}‘né"};"fiy“‘&)‘e‘" at a press conference he held yes- :’;fl‘,“f"':e“; LCIOmv’v"‘;‘mn s well as District Attorney William A. Hole- appiles only to certain wage brack-| terday afternoon before leaving for s of e pre- | s y to ce 4 ; | viously appoi]r(n‘tede :_:r" :a'r:('.;;‘:w heimer. Continuance has been ets, namely, the group of wnrkor.»f :‘l(‘aw Orleans on his tarpon fishing the first week in May to go over Branted by the court in Ketchikan formerly referred to as “Oriental”| Miners Have Been Known To Smuggle Out Gold In Coffee Botiles, Boots. Pipes And Left-Over Sandwiches T;l-m At S the programs of the two depary_.‘at request of the defending compap- :f;‘i’zs ‘;";'ih:': ::;c}az:;y":z":’z t:)’t‘]' 7777777 o i o b R T T iihat a revision would ald the De- ments which 2 rre . 4 'i/ iga- . = Socmlcseale ‘partlor the gen le< and agreed to by the District processing salmon. Ellsworth addcd De(";sl()ns l'l ('g'ler Act FED EM YEE purLfnenL of Justice in investiga. AL ol cuz y setup. !Attorney’s office under stipuiation. that the union has been recognized | | ' tons. ; of Jonn . Walmard 6 Made UD| The case involving the Alaska Line by the operators as the balgdmmg\ (, t P : l & Al semny, Cengl Cnates fis M AMavhg uneau, RUS- ', mounts to $30,130 per year for the \agency for only its own members. { rants riot egLS, SO er sald that the Department's ZZret ;‘;'o':":ia;’f g":‘fi;h":r’;éeM“;; years of 1934, 1935 and 1936, or al Other terms of the settlement pro— [ N e ;:‘::;"52;1’::0:' i:"':‘:l“"‘“ f:: t‘nl; 8 and dll\& < g total of $90,390, alleged due the vide that cannery foremen first hlrel C D D, R b l ) t J. G. Rivers of Fairbanks. government in business taxes based | former crews whose men are mem-| r(,ut(s GSPOnSl l llles :G:)\;emr:er:ta :Iwieel contracts had ¥ jon net tonnage. ‘beu of the union, then crews whuse‘ ———e ‘fvarruci i nlc nt evidence. to | The Northland Company's case is Mmembers the union agrees to accept. | s 8 By PRESTON GROVER ANL ANy pyeon. - — APITA LISM Ito collect back taxes amounting to] It is stipulated, however, that the | Ju.neau thed SRR B e | 1 . B —Well, . . (81288 per yeu ]{m‘ the same years, L o Ooe niop mean 8 PR Presiden Asks Senate Not|By Snow, Freakish the Supreme Court created a lim-| Advised Not to ‘Play’ Stock| cH AHGE YuuTH . |as aska Line, or a { . . . y save! veranive 9 3 » ss 699. system, but that the industry stl| to Consider Tydings |Spring Weather |1tad, Hshven o bieAtised Jabar b Market — Gives His | The action is being brought on a|Picks and chooses lis own employes. Maint Bill = pakiiodtd ol At e i Reason for Action erdenl Ctatute which has been on| NO discrimination is meant against aintenance Dl Visited by freakish spring weather, | 1€ar up the golden streets. a o 0| fhe (oAkR for | yedss |Alaska residents by the agreement. Saes ARG i s orning to find|s a iy RRE Ok FiVo LARIGORY {8 et . }4,. ’ m: - for yL‘al,? requiring | | Those Alaskans formerly employed! WASHINGTON, April 28.—Pres- A Artaa holding the Wagner Labor Act, in| WASHINGTON, April 28.—Pres- e (111 | ansportation companies to PAY | o qin cecure in their positions. {ident Roosevelt has warned against snow on the ground, but it melted effect, sald to labor leaders: ident Roosevelt yesterday broadcast AR |tonnage tax, Proposal is now be- R T it ian “undue advance in prices” in a|rapidly during the day though| You may go now, and organize|a warning against Government em- G d t St t T AR o = fore Congress for repeal of the| letter to Vice-President John N.|flurries occurred from time to time.|1abor, and if it cannot be at once ployees “playing” the stock market uard al ate lraining Husband Of Richest Girl in zfl*“‘“‘ andhthe Juneau Chamber Of APPRBPRIATI”N Garner asking that the Senate nOL( gy ooe o chovenn oo recorded|ArAWR into actual union member-|and broadened the warning to in- School s Painfully ‘ommerce has gone on record with consider the Tydis ice mainten- 3 ship, you may at least get the agree-|clude the public at large. . ; Wo.rld Gives His other commercial bodies in favor- ance bill. ik g {by the U. S. Weather Bureau at|ment of a majority ufg the workers| Asked at a press ccn(‘érvnce what Wounded, Shootmg A Vlew on Sys[em |ing repeal. The transportation The President, in his letter, said: |six-tenths of an inch, but amount-|in any organization fo speak col-|prompted his letter to the Civil SR |companies contend that if they are GUT BII-I- P T “The present hazard of undue|ed to the equivalent of about twolcctively through cne set of repre- Service Commission advising Fed- CHEHALIS, Wash., April 28. — NEWI YORK, April 28.—Defend- 'éduired to pay the taxes it will re- advances in prices with the result-[and g half inches of precipitation.|5Dtatives in bidding for fair pay,|eral employees to refrain from First degree assault charges have ing Capitalism, James R. Cromwell, /Sult in the curtailment of service ant rise in the cost of living, makes | 7 i ontinued | 2cceptable living conditions, contin- |speculative transactions as disting- been filed against Gilbert Ambur- husband of Doris Duke, the richest |t the T"”“’"Y it most untimely to legalize any e forecast is for contined|yity of employment and frecdom uished from bona fide investments, B€Y, 17, Kelo Wash. youth, accused of i girl in the world, said true Capital- | {competitive or marketing practice [SNOW flurries tonight. from harassment. Ithe President said he had the coun- i;“egflfl ':]h; me: ';"“::g “hfl i y ism is not dead because it never‘ |calculated to facilitate increases in| But since the same decisions were|try’s good in mind. onday night and shoot Gua A lived. M — p the cost of numerous important ar- based on the power of Congress to — L H. fA'l l:mtnhnd‘e'umvllho suffered 3 “The fact is,” Mr. Cromwell stat< casure Empowers Presi-|ticles which American householders legislate for peace in industry so POIRHE SROLGHR WOUNGS. ed, “Capitalism is an ideal which! d l{m 3 land consumers generally buy.” Jthe free flow of commerce should| Officers said they believed Am- has never been achieved because nFF TU sn"TH ent to Reduce Ex— The Tydings bill would permit| not be impaired, the obligation is burgey, who was released two it means economy, free and fair 1] pendltures 159 contracts to maintain prices in In- imposed upon labor as well as in- months ago, had returned to try : « competition for profit, continuous, e terstate Commerce on trademarked | ‘du.stry to keep that peace E"_Id free h;f! gartnetx;; H!:nburgey Is work and opportunity for ¢ll. No goods. For every privilege there is a re- eing soug! y authorities. informed persons can claim such a |b,,}”;‘,f;f,filflfi;’?hf;’;;‘j:n@{fi; - |sponsibility and the same Congre: e e system ever exlstcfi.’ AB% aDEiGAFALER VENT 8" Dektent NORDALES GO WEST FIR ST UARTER }Lhz\t extends privileges to labor can SIMMONS AGMN Be?ore. his marriage to the rich-! has reached the House after the| Returning to Fairbanks after a {impose restraints upon it. For in- i & zstnzgl ;’;r;hz d‘:::i‘lis‘lx:;m::fu was | Specnal Train Leaves This Budget Bureau’s approval. winter in the States are Mr. and e :L’L"c‘;'u;:cr‘"x‘;b}:;” ;&"E’u’:::i];;;‘c" TURNED BACK ON & i Vice-President John N. Garner|Mrs. Adler J. Nordale. They are pas-| . g | ; e . L Mor&ung gnlroule 10 e o i & P shoard tho o National Safety Council Re- e any such proposition as the sit- Co&nmll;iee Members Are CHICHAGOF HOP and ready to go fartl ing | mer Alaska. Mr. Nordale operates iasfoi i A ke - i Dog Calls ew r_eans lexpmfie:ymms"m: ;'lfersiii:n‘:anm tie Nordnlst; Hl:’;l a:rmubagks, Ports 8,500 Persons |more legislation there. The court, oW ILnEagIng in De “Maybe next time,” was Alaska g . . e A ‘ 1 onths |in fact, recognized that when it said bate Over Issue Air Transport Pilot Sheldon Sim- olice to WASHINGTON, April 28.—Pres-| e While in the States this winter | e P g e S S b Py ey ’ w . ident Roosevelt left on a special] McCREERYS ROUNDTRIPPERS |Mr. and Mrs. Nordale travelled along — & ores Al Ughiln steal] o O Rl . e DR EOMIGAT MR R DR Aid of Pal ; 5 5 Skt . : arl 1 rme CAS€ that while there were argu- SHINGTON, Af : '¢|turning from a second fruitless at- |train at 6 o'clock this morning to the Pacific Coast and through the| CHICAGO, X4, april 28. — The| o "0 o " 0ot leaned heavily | Senate Judiciary Committee has de-|tempt to break th: h th tai ward the Gulf of Mexico on his| Accompanied by Mrs. McCreery’s|Southern and Eastern States. They |National Safety Council today re- Luwal:d Tahor. it ana fie Cn""r;,‘i vided to vote not later than Mny’ol g.fl weather J:ug‘ eb‘;‘:”n ; OAKLAND, Cal., April 28.—Hear- long planned tarpon fishing trip off|mother, Mrs. N. Van Eaton, Mr. and (stopped in Juneau for about a veek [ported 8,500 persons were killed in| %11 W80T T B8 W0 CONRIESS 1 on the Court program bill. This|Juneau and Chich AnEing e ing the howls of a dog in a wooded the Texas Coast. He expects to|Mrs. W. C. McCreery, are roundtripwhile southbound last fall arrwving |traffic accidents during the first| 5 potiey. date, however, will not prevent a| With the m“: 3 tract, George Cockerton, traffic of- | return here May 13. passengers from Seattle to Sitka|here from Fairbanks by PAA plane. quarter of this year, an increase of g vote earlier if the committee is read; ol s by icer, ” ” J R 2 F 1 investigated and found a big| h 2 LAWYERS' HEAVEN, TOO Y |that were with him yesterday morn: % » igated g| The President’s departure on the|aboard the steamer North Sea. —_———————— |26 per cent over the same period| "y e 4o e pank of decisions the | to make a decision. The date sim-|ing when he tried to fly to Chich- i F pointer with a hind leg caught in a fishing trip was delayed six hours| Mr. McCreery, a Beattle clectrical JEWELER ON ALASKA last year, Supreme Court also created a hem,_‘ply places a limitation on debate|agof, Pilot Simmons m};ko £f this ; trap. g g to avoid a layover enroute: His|engineer, was in charge of electrify-| J. V. Brown, jeweler at Anchor-| Chieago led all cities in traffic| " lawyers ;xnd that' o rs|Within the committee. g iy X t 9 o‘c‘;nck o o But the pointer wasn't howling. train is due to arrive at Atlanta,|ing the Juneau Lumber Mills a few|age, is a passenger returning to his|fatalities with 196 persons killed. 2 PPATS |~ Leaders of the Senate opposition B . ] Tie’ alarm s M i e 4 S to be almost without limit. The| . Sppoe the AAT Lockheed Vega seaplane, was y a mongrel Georgia tonight. years ago. On his present trip Mr.|home city aboard the steamer Alas- Washington State deaths de- |0 pointed out that such regula-|!0 the measure have agreed infor-|and today succeeded in getting & nearby, which kept up the mnoise| The President will board his fish-{McCreery is combining business ka. Mr. Brown has been in the clined 26 per cent. Seattle showed u mally to oppose all compromise pro-)pit further ‘than yesterda; b:‘llon [3 until its canine friend was released./ing boat at New Orleans. with pleasure. States on a winter vacation trip. a decrease. (Continued on Page Five) posals, being forced to turn bnck.y ’