The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L, NO. 7512. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS DYNAMITE USED, BREAK STEEL STRIKE SPANISH NAVY CRAFT FAGING FOREIGN GUNS Mutiny Tak;;quce On De- stroyer Carrying 116 Refugees from Bilbao LA PALLICE, France, June 16.— Mutinous sailors of the Spanish Government destroyer Ciscar, trained guns on a French Sloop of War here and immediately French and British naval craft cleared decks for action. The French destroyer Fou Guez, French sloops Epinal and Dubour- dieu and British destroyer Bulldog lined up facing the Ciscar which has aboard 116 refugees, the ship being from Bilbao. The mutiny broke out when the officers attempted to land. The sailors apparently thought the offi- cers were deserting and threatened them with pistols. One officer suc- ceeded in getting ashore under the eyes of customs officials and finally | arrangements were made to land the | Ciscar’s refugees. The French and British craftsare | lands in Palestine. still on guard, ready for any emer- | gency. CHAMPION OF LABOR LAWS PASSES AWAY Congressman Connery Dies Suddenly in Hospital in’ Washington WASHINGTON, June 16.—Repre- sentative ‘William P. Connery, 48, Democrat of Massachusetts, died suddenly in a hospital here last night after being stricken early yes- terday with food poisoning. Representative Connery's death removed from Congress the cham- pion of much of the recent recent labor legislation. He was co-au- thor of the wage and hour legisla- tion. Representative Connery had been a candy manufacturer, actor and soldier. He was elected to the Six- ty-Eighth Congress and re-elected continuously including the present Congress. He was nominated both by the Democrats and Republi- cans and elected to the Seventy- First Congress. — ALASKA FISHING CASE IS TO BE THOROUGH PROBE Roosevelt to Ask State De- partment for Full Investigation WASHINGTON, June 16.—Unit- ed States Senator Lewis B. Schwel- lenbach, of the State of Washington, said’ President Roosevelt has prom- ised him he will ask the State De- partment to make a “full investi- gation” of the activities of the Jap- anese fleet 'outside the three-mile limit of Alaska. ‘The Senator also urged the Presi- dent for a more sympathetic dis- play than heretofore on proposals for the eight million dollar long term construction program in Alas- ka and also the extension of the Pacific Highway through the ter- ritory at a cost of twenty four mil- lion dollars. THREE SALMON CATCHES SOLD HERE THIS A.M. No halibut was sold today in Ju- neau, but three salmon catches were brought in. The Sebastian-Stuart Fish company received 10,000 pounds off the Ya Sure, Capt. R. Fitzgib- bons, and 8,000 pounds off the Hel- en, Capt. John Willis. Capt. E. O. Swanson brought in 9,000 pounds of kings for the Alaska Coast Fisher- ies on the Elfin II. ‘Taking ice here today were: The Celtic, Capt. Henry Moy; Ya Sure; Dixon, Capt. Emil S8amuelson; Fane, Capt. Ole Johansen; and I. Gold- stein’s halibut schooner Sitka, Capt. Bill Doucett. : Felix M. Warburg, prominent New ITALY, GERMANY BACK AGAIN IN NEUTRAL PATROL [ Agreement Reported by " Ambassadors of Both Na- tions, Sign Statement LONDON, June 16.-—-Germany and Italy have formally announced a decision to resume cooperation in the International Non-Intervention Committee and will take an active part in the neutral patrol in Span- ish waters. The German and Italian Ambas- Get Aid for Palestine shown at the dinner in New York in honor of Lord Melchett, British in- dustrialist and statesman, who is chairman of the Council of the Jewish Appeal, which is raising funds for settlement of Jews from European | York banker, and Lady Melchett are as sponsored by the United Palestine Premier Blum Wins Out in Mn@_llemands: Government Weathers! Crisis in Present Fi- | nanci,al‘_Tr_gubles PARIS, June 16~—Premier Leon‘ Blum’s Government rode out thei worst crisis in this year's hlstory} and won the Chamber of Deputy’s approval for the demand for exlru-| authorized any finan-| iordinary financial powers. | The bill - lernment. REINDEER BILL APPROVAL URGED BY DEL. DIMOND Appears Before House Com-|. mittee Asking for Action —Lomen Favors It WASHINGTON, June 16.—Alaska ’Delegnm Anthony J. Dimond has appealed to the House Territorial Committee to approve of his bill to |give Alaska's reindeer back to the Eskimos. The House Committee deferred until June 22 action on the measure which would authorize an appro- | priation of $2,000,000 to effect the |transfer of the animals now owned | by ‘the whites back to the Eskimos. Delegate Dimond said an unsatis- factory condition exists in North- | western Alaska and this has “arisen from white ownership of reindeer and intermingling of all deer on the range whereby it is difficult, if not impossible to ascertain the owner- ship.” The Delegate’s propasal would place the ownership of all deer either with the Eskimos or the Gov- In the latter case the deer would be distributed among the Es- kimos or held in trust. Carl Lomen told the House Com- mittee he favored the Dimond bill. NO TRACE FOUND OF SCIENTIST ON AGATTU ISLAND . Natives from Attu Aid Game Commission Men, Coast Guarders in Search Radio message to Executive Offi- cer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission sent from Agattu sadors made the announcement t0- uia) action deemed fit to Jily 31.'X.sland in the Aleutians at 6:30 this day in a joint communique. The announcement said the de- cision was reached as the “result of the agreement of Saturday, June 12, between the four powers re- sponsible for naval control.” British political circles welcom- ed the announcement as a sign of improving the Anglo-German re- lations. i ‘It is also reported that Baron Konstatin von Neurath, Hitler's ‘Foreign Minister, will visit London ‘next. week. SOUND STAGE FIRE SWEPT Movie Performers Forced to Flee from Flames, Paramount Studio HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jun 16— Several thousand dollars damage was caused to the Paramount sound stage late yesterday when fire broke out. Frances Farmer, Lina Basquette and Ray Millard, three of the ac- tors making a scene, were forced to flee with the other stage em- ployees. — - — 3 0IL WORKERS CRUSHED, DEATH OKEMAH, Okla., June 16.—Three oil field workers are reported to have been killed when a rig at a well northwest of here collapsed during a windstorm. The men were crushed to death. JEANETTE TO WED TONIGH HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 16— Jeanette MacDonald refused to dis- close details for the arrangements for the wedding tonight that will join her and Gene Raymond. “I am superstitious. It is bad luck to tell those things,” said Jeanette. ' ry Spengler, a farmhand. ‘[ ‘The bill now goes up to the Sen- ate and action 1s expected to be taken tomorrow. ernment’s credit is at stake. ! ! .. % | | ANSWERS BAI-L |Bear ran to Attu Island, the wes- | ] |ternmost tip of the Aleutians and| * MOTHER DEAD { | DENVER, Colo., June 16.—Clar-| ence Jansen, a fireman, answered a call from his own home and 'found his mother sitting dead in an easy chair. A neighbor summoned the rescue squad when unable to get an an- swer over the telephone from the ' Jansen home. | SEVENTS HIS | LUCKY NUMBER Farmhand Has Narrow Es- cape When Team Kill- ed by Lightning LEWISTON, Idaho, June 16— SeVen is a lucky number for Hen- Spengler was driving a six-horse team attached to a harrow and was riding behind on a seventh horse. ! A bolt of lightning killed six horses. | Spengler and his seventh horse were knocked to the ground but escaped serious injury. REiEgs 2 AN Man Uses Suspenders Saves Comrade’s Life { 'HESTER, Wash.,, June 16.— | John Norgaard, 52, logger, traded “his suspenders for a certificate of merit. While working in the woods, Norgaard saw a fellow logger slip and sever an arm artery on an axe | blade. Lacking other material for a tourniquet, Norgaard pulled off his suspenders and wrapped them around the arm. morning said that no trace had been found of John Steenis, missing |scientist, who has been missing for|ine pyj which would authorize the four days after he left the Game A ¥ Post Office Department to increase Premier Blum asserted the Gov- Commission vessel Brown Bear to go the mileage ol; the existing air- ashore to carry on wild life survey, work. The message said that the Brown not far from Agattu, last night and got a crew of eight natives to help carry on an extensive search with Coast Guard forces. The party was going ashore at Agattu as the mes- sage was sent and proposed to comb thoroughly today that section of the Island where Steenis was last seen. Low, overhanging clouds made visibility bad, Capt. John Sellovold of the Brown Bear reported, and the weather conditions forestalled |the idea of getting a plane to aid in the hunt. The Coast Guard cutter Cyane has joined the Brown Bear and field vessels. Steenis is reported to have gone ashore from the Brown Bear Satur- day morning to conduct his fleld work and failed to show up at night, the search being started the next morning. ASK NAVY TO HELP WASHINGTON, June 16.—Offic- ials of the Biologital Survey fear that John Holt Steenis, 31, govern- ment bird sclentist of Madison, cident at Agattu Island, 1,200 miles out in the Pacific-Alaska mainland and have appealed to Navy sea- planes to search the island where Steenis failed to rejoin the Brown Bear Saturday. of the ship, other scientists and the crew of the cutter Cyane were searching the island. Steenis is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Washington. FARR 25,5 (3 L e o Heir Is Born to " ' ueen, buigaria SOFIA, June 16.—Queen Gionav- va, wife of King Boris, gave birth to a son today. He may some day become ruler of Bulgaria. The injured man, hurried to a hospital, recovered, and the State Bureau of Industrial Insurance awarded Norgaard a certificate of merit, Military garrisons fired salutes of 100 guns. Premier Kiosseivanoff witnessed the birth as the constitution re- quires, parties are being made up from both ! Wisconsin, met with a serious ac-| Officials said the 12-man crew| belong to Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. 17. S; E(.tglé Bo&i 5% Due‘Hm;é flLflS|NG HOURS Early Tomorrow Forenoon EXTENSION OF AIR MAIL FOR - BLASKA URGED Delegate Dimond Calls At- tention of House to Needs of North By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, June 5—(Spec- | lial Correspondence) — H. R. 6628, mail system by 3,000 miles, passed |the House June 2. When the bill was under consideration on the floor of the House Delegate Dimond en- tered the debate on the measure |{to “once more call the attention of /the members of the House to the Ineed for a real extension of real |air-mail service in the Territory of Alaska.” Need Shown Showing the need tor additional "uirplane delivery of mail in the Ter- |ritory because of the distances and | |geographical conditions encounfered !in many areas, which, together with the lack of other economical means of transportation, make the use of airplanes in some sections| the only practical transportmioni that may be used, the Delegate then pointed out the benefits derived by the Territory through existing de-| liveries of mail by air now made in| Alaska—which in the case of the Fairbanks to Nome service now only | takes 3% hours where it formerly took 25 days. Further Extension | | In acknowledging the additional| |air-mail service authorized for this year he urged further extension of | the service in the following words: | “The Committee on Approp- riations has approved, and Con- gress has passed the bill which gives us for the first time true air mail in the Territory of Alaska. It is labeled as the Foreign Service, because it pass- es through the Dominion of Canada. The route lies from Juneau, Alaska, on the south, to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, Canada, thence northwesterly to Fairbanks, Al- aska. Here is a service which without air mail can only be covered in the space of about six days, whereas by the use of air mail it takes approximately six hours. The service should be infinitely expanded in the Ter- ritory of Alaska to take in all parts of the country, to include Nome, which lies on the shores of Bering Sea; McGrath, on the upper Kuskokwim; Flat, near the Iditarod river; Bethel, on the lower Kuskokwim; and Goeod News Bay, on the Bering seacoast, where receritly a val- uable platinum strike was made. Tcanunuod o’l?ipue Seven) | | \ ) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is pictured holding Robe Rohde, former U. S. Minister to Denmark, is holdin, miring them impartially, is Mrs, ‘a controversy between Joe Parker, Armstrong, Washington newsp: John Nance Garner, . Twms—and Famou;Godn;otherQ rt Furman Armstrong, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Robert's twin sister, Eleanor Ruth. The youngsters aper correspondents. In the center, ad- wife of the Vice President. The U. S. Eagle 57 is scheduled to arrive in Juneau tomorrow forenoon between 6 and 10 o'clock according to advices received by The Empire from Ketchikan, The vessel left Seattle last Fri- day night and has 20 Naval Reserve officers and 24 enlisted Navy men Eagle 57 Is'on & two'weeks' train- ing cruise in Southeast Alaska waters. Naval officers assigned to the cruise include Lieut. Comdr. A. J. Bryholdt and Lieut. R. N. Clark, who is Captain of the ship. | ‘The U.8.8. Eagle 57 will remain in port until Friday morning when it will sail for Sitka. NO SETTLEMENT, HOTEL WALKOUT Strikers Turn Down Latest| Offer by Vote of 2,202 to 124 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 16. —Striking hotel workers voted| overwhelmingly against the em-| ployer’s proposal to end the 45-| day strike involving 16 major hotels and returned to the picket lines while the committee planned new | peace overtures. The vote against accepting the new terms was 2202 to 124. PR L e VLSRR PIG CAUSES | BIG RUMPUS 20- poundemrdered, 30- pounder Delivered—Who Pays for Extra 10? ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 16.— A pig has become the subject of | of Flat, and the Airways Company. Parker ordered a 20 pound pig through the company which brought | the porker but by the time it was| delivered it weighed 30 pounds. ‘The rumpus is over who pays the charge on the flying on the extra 10 pounds. T HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE, SEATTLE, June 16. — Halibuters selling here today are as follows: | From the western banks—Repub- | lic 28,000 pounds, 8% and 8 cents; Neptune 35,000 pounds, 9% and 8| cents. From the local banks—Faith 10,- 000 pounds, 9 and 8 cents; Angeles 16,000 pounds, Yaquina 18,000 pounds, both 9% and 8 cents; Sum-| mit 12,000 pounds, 8% and 8 cenw;; Bertha 9,000 pounds, 9% and 8 cents. !the Supreme Court which held that |the 21st amendment to the Consti- 1nome. ORDINANCE UP FRIDAY NIGHT Anticipa;e?l.iquor Law| Test Suit Dropped After Recent Court Decision Regular meeting of the City Council will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the City Hall and| among important subjects to come| up is the new proposed closing hour ordinance which was tabled at the last roeeting for further consider-| ation. The proposed ordinance fn BOMB HURLED IN JOHNSTOWN; CAUSES CRISIS Mayor Appeals to President Roosevelt to Inter- vene Now EXPLOSION REPORT FROM YOUNGSTOWN Back to W;I Movement Reported Successful in Two Areas (By Associated Press) A back to work movement de- signed to reopen the strike besieged milds of the Youngstown Sheet Tube Company at Youngstown end- ed today inconclusively as a dyna=- mite explosion heightened tension the same as on another front in the big steel strike area, at Johns- town, Pa. A similar back to work move- ment at Detrolt, gained momentum as some of the General Motors plants reopened and then there 1s a settlement of the walkout tha; has kept 12000 men idle at the Ternsted Manufacturing Company, at Detroit, since June 7. Appeals to President May Daniel Shields, of John- stown, has appealed to President Roosevelt to intervene in the steel strike and ‘“remove the murderous eiement that now infests this city.” Mayor Shields sald kidnaping has added to the bombing and other disorders on the sixth day of the Central Works, Bethlehem Steel, Shields said a man, James Hess,. iidentified by the police as a mill | worker, ., was . seized..by. six men, stripped of ‘his clothing and then thrown out of an auto. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee has proposed that an election be held by the Cambrai workers to determine whether the CIO or Steel Union represents the employees. BOMB HURLED its present shape would allow plac-| es handling liquor to remain open; until 2:30 a. m. instead of 1 a. m as at present. Some action is expected as the new liquor law becomes ef-| fective July 1 with the new license | year. Applications for licenses are com- ing in to the Federal Clerks' office daily, as final action under the new law is up to the District Judge. Anticipated legal test of the new liquor statute, particularly as per- taining to beer, is reported to hnv(el been dropped, at least for the time being, due to a recent decision of | tution leaves it entirely up to the State or Territory whether it shall permit liquor to ceme within its borders. Attorneys interpret this decision to mear that the Territory has full right to assess any tax it wishes on imported liquors and beer, thus the $500 beer lmporv.en;'l license tax provided for in the new | Territorial law and which was the bone of contention would stand. At least one importers’ license has been taken out here and it is| reported that several others are to be taken out. — e Assessment Work Must Be Done in Alaska WASHINGTON, June 16. — Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond said Alaska is not includ- ed under the Senate Bill, which is now before the House, in per- mitting a one-year moratorium in assessment work on mining claims. “The people of Alaska gener- ally feel a moratorium is not, de- sirable, Assessment work sup- plies some jobs and keeps devel- opment of claims moving for- ward,” said Delegate Dimond. The Delegate said he has op- posed inclusion of Alaska for the past three years when simi- lar bills were up. o o 1 PSS Travels at Hom CARROLLTON, O. John T. Maple, 73, retired rural mail car- rier, traveled more than 175,000 miles (seven times around the world) without having ventured more than a dozen miles from JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 16—A dynamite bomb hurled from a speeding sedan today ripped up con- crete sidewalk and shattered sev- eral windows in the strike beset Gautler plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The blast occurred near the plant’s gate and broke windows in nearby homes. Capt. James Adams, of the State police, said the bomb was made from two and one-half sticks of dynamite, wired together. State Policemen were stationed at the place where the bomb ex- ploded just a few minutes before 1t was thrown and went off, MATTSON CASE SUSPECT UNDER GUARD, CHICAGD Pictures Are Being Flown to Tacoma for View- ing of Witness CHICAGO, Ill, June 16.—Police Sergeant George Wragg said a doz- en pictures of Bert Madison, 31, “bearing an unusually close re~ semblance” to the kidnaper and slayer of Charles Mattson, are be- ing flown to Tacoma. This is for the purpose of allowing them to be given the once over by the boy's sister, Murigl, kidnaping wit- ness. U. 6. CROCKER DIES ON BOAT Oldtimer Looking for Lost Mine, Passes Away, Interior River ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 16.— Bound on'a search for a lost gold mine, U, G. Crocker, 72, formerly of Seattle, died suddenly on a river boat near Koyukuk, according to advices received here. Crocker located the claim at the turn of the century and had never been able to find the diggings after he left. The body is to be flown to (Fairbanks and will be brought here,