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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-30

The population of the United States increased less than Is per cent. in 10 years. The population of its Federal prisons increased nearly 20 per cent last year Quo Vadis?-(Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-30
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
SERIAL NO. 07546 i

SERIAL NO. 07546 N i In the United States Land Office. for the Juneau Land District at Anchorage, Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Application of CHICHAGOFF POWER COM PANY, corporation organized under the laws of Alaska, for patent to the AURUM NO. IS lode mining claim. embraced in U. s. Mineral Survey No. 1875, situated on Chichagoff Island, in Chichagoff Mining District, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division, Alaska.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Chichagoff Power Com- pany, a corporation organized und- CT the laws of Alaska, whose post cffice address is 424 Goldstein Building, Juneau, Alaska, has filed it's application in the U. s. Land Office at anchorage, Alaska, for patent for the Aurum No. 13 lode mining claim and included within U. s. Mineral Survey No. 1875, sit- uated in the Chichagoff Mining District, Territory of Alaska. Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division at Chichagoff Post Office on Chichagoff Island, Alaska, and more particularly described as fol :, lows:
 AURUM NO. 13 LODE
 Beginning at corner No. 1,n. identical with location corner and with corner No. l of Pa cific Lode, survey No. 1045, whence U. s. L. M. No. ' bears. s. 55 deg. 13' E. 133.O1 it. ' Thence N. 65 deg. 19' w. 343.50 Y it. to corner No. 2. Thence N.syt 47 deg. 58' w. 10O7.50 it.. to s corner No 3. Thence s. 6 deg. q 03' w. 565.10 it. to corner No. 2 4. Thence s. 55 deg. 13' E. , 1901 it. to corner No. g. Thence N 6 deg. 03' E. 4888 it. to corner No 1, the place of be- ginning Containing an area of 12.616 acres. Total area in conflict with Pacific Lode, sur vey No 1045 owned by appli- cant. Entire area in conflict claimed by applicant" .A8t United States Location Monu. T ment No. ', to which this survey is tied, consists of cross on ex- posed out-crop Of bedrock 10x8xs it. on the shorc of Klag Bay, Chit, chagoff Island and chiseled U. s. L. M. No. in latitude ST deg. 29' 10" N. and longitude 136 deg. 05' AS" w. Magnetic variation 30 deg. 30' E.
 The names Of the owners Of con- flicting claims are not known to the applicant except as hereinabova set forth. The total area embraced in the survey and claimed by the applicant is 12616 acres. gs Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described veins, lodes or premises are re-, quired to file notice of their ad- verse claims with the Register eL, the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the per- iod of publication, or eight months thereafter, or they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of the statutes.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register.
  First publication, July 12, 1930. 4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-30
Free Trade in the Balkans.
Manchester Guardian.)

That Jugo-Slavia and Rumania should have agreed in principle to Customs union and to a joint economic policy will rightly be taken fresh proof that the Balkan peoples are realizing the necessity for unity, and such will be welcomed. Both being agrarian States, Customs frontier be- tween them was at once unproductive and rritat-
 ing, while it's abolition besides freeing trade leads inevitably to closer cooperation With the econ omic details still to be worked out, the political aspects naturally bulk largely. The exclusion of Hungary and the reserve shown by the Czechs indi- cates that political fears and interests still domn- ate, while the fact that the union succeeds the Carolst coup has given strength to the rumors that Carol is about to follow King Alexander's example and become autocrat. But it does rep resent step forward, and encourages to hope for results from the Balkan conference at Athens and the agrarian States conference at Warsaw in a few weeks time
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Labor Foes Can't Explain
Refusal of Senate to Put
OK. on Parker Nomination

the people Of Chicago and of the
country at large that organized labor
of this city was about to fall into the.
hands of Scarface All Capone.
1t now develops that the Scarface
Al Capone scare in reference to his
alleged seizure of control of the un-
ions here was deliberate attempt to
influence the people of the United
States against organized labor at
time when the Parker controversy
was at white heat in the senate. The
Chicago Tribune played this repre-
hensible game with the Daily News
and many daily newspapers in other
parts of the country fell for the hoax
when it reached them over the press
wires. The labor press was greatly
helpful in refuting the untruthful
story.
1t would be well if persons residing
in other parts Of the country were to
stop, look and listen whenever a scan
dalous story in reference to organized
labor emanates from Chicago. 1t is
very likely that such a story will syn
chronize with big public issue in
which the labor movement and the
common people generally are vitally
interested.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
IDLE GROUP
Grows Larger in New York
State

Albany, n. Y.-There was a fur
ther decrease of between IL and
per cent in employment in New York
state factories in April, as compared
with March, according to State In
dustrial Comisioner Frances Perkins.
The employment index for the month
was 80 per cent, she stated, which is
one point below the low established
in July, 1923.
what we know about economic
trends in this country and in this
state" she said, docs not bring US
to conclusion that unemployment is
over, but rather that we should advise
public officials generally, and large
corporation to prepare now through
the summer months for public work
to be put into operation in the fall F."
If we have unemployed in the fall
to the same degree as last fall, she
declared, there will be much suffer
ing. School children should not be
added to those looking for work
through the summer months, accord
ing to Miss Perkins. School teachers,
principals and pastors should work
together in advising parents and chill
dren about this, she added.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
BY JOSEPH A. WISE

Chicago 0LNS)-The refusal of
the United States senate to confirm
the appointment of Judge John J.
Parker as justice of the supreme
court has proved an embarrassment
to those elements in Chicago which
never overlook an opportunity to hold
organized labor up to ridicule and
contempt, and which delight in link
ing the unions with the underworld
They cannot explain why it is that
the persons comprising the unions and
whom they would have the general
public believe are undesirable citi-
zens should have been able to so in
fuence "the most august deliberative
body in the world" representative in
the highest degree of the entire Amer
lean people.
The critics Of organized labor here
are either silent or they say, 'Tain't
sol"
The Chicago Daily News is in the
latter class. 1t pooh-poohs the claim
that organized labor had any great
influence in the fight that resulted in
thumbs down for Judge Parker.
The defeat of Parker followed
closely on the heels of an abortive at
tempt of the Daily News to convince
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
THIRD UNEMPLOY-
MENT RELIEF
BILL PASSED
Last of Senator Wagner's Meas
ures, Providing for National
Employment System, Is APP
proved BY Senate.

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)- Sena-
tor Wagner's bill to establish a ma
tional employment system and pro-
vide federal aid in setting up employ
ment agencies in cooperation with
the states, has been passed by the
senate by vote Of "a to 27. The bill
was the last of three introduced by
Senator Wagner to deal with unem-
ployment The others were approved
several days ago.
The principal opposition was voiced
by Senator Bingham, of Connecticut,
who had read into the record a state
ment from James A. Emery, general
counsel of the National Manufacture
ers' Association, long the foe of or
ganized labor.
Senator Wagner's other bills pro-
vide for monthly publication by the
bureau of labor statistics of up-to-
date unemployment statistics, and
long range planning of future public
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23

works, involving expenditures up tc
$150,000000, which may be under
taken in slack industrial periods.
The objection Of Senator Bingham
was two-fold, based primarily upor
the assertion that the federal gov
ernment is relieving the states OF
their natural duties and also on the
charge that the bill may turn out tc
be a form of coercion for the 2f
states which do not operate public
employment service.
Senator Wagner replied by assert
ing that without this measure his
other two bills would fail of their pur-
pose. The federal aid for state sys-
TENS, he added, is not compulsory
being available for such as wish to
cooperate. but not obligatory upon
any state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
TWO MORE STATES
JOIN SOUTHERN
FULL SPEED PLAN
Alabama and Tennessee Fedora
tions Convene; Enthusiasm
High-Unionism Never So
Much Discussed, Says Smith

Birmingham, Ala. (ILNS)-Con-
ventions of two State Federations OF
Labor Alabama and Tennessee
which met on May IL at Tuscaloosa
and Chattanooga, are expected to
give added impetus to the Southern
organization campaign, now in full
swing in seven states of the South
under the auspices of the American
Federation of Labor.
The recent Georgia Federation con-
vention took direct action to speed up
the campaign in that state by raising
the per capita assessment and direct
ing that so per cent of the per capita
tax be used in the Southern cam
paign.
Besides the textile industry all
other crafts in the South will feel the
new life of organization during the
summer months, Paul J. Smith, chair
man of the Southern organization
committee said.
Reports from North and South
Carolina, Virginia and other of the
Southern States included in the tex
tile areas, show that steady progress
is being made in organizing textile
and knitters' unions.
Organizing Talked Everywhere
The presentation of the labor CO.
operative plan in the textile industry
is being made to mill owners in these
various states.
More is being said about organ
lied labor and its aims now than has
ever been said before in the history
Of the movement" Paul j. Smith said
in reviewing recent organization
work when merchants and busi-
ness men as we'll as the workers be-
come interested in the movement
there is hope for ALL" he said.
As indicating the trend of the
times ITO merchants of Gadsden, Ala,
have elected to go along with labor
in its organization work, despite the
fact that the Chamber of Commerce
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
By JOSEPH A. WISE

Chicago ULNS)-Nation-w re-
sentiment toward Sears, Roebuck &
Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. be-
cause of the non-union policy of the
two big mail-order firms and then
exploitation of prison-made products
largely accounts for the acknowledg-
ed contemplated merger of the two
corporations.
Rumors of consolidation or a dis
solution of Montgomery Ward & CO.
have been in circulation since the first
of the year. These rumors were heat
edly denied by President Everett and
Silas H. Strawn, chairman of the
board of that company. Now comes
public acknowledgement by Lessing
Rosenwald, vice president of Sears,
Roebuck & Co., that the merger is
probable.
Both of these companies have re-
ceived much unfavorable attention
throughout the country because they
placed their huge printing contracts
with the notoriously unfair R. R.
Donnelley & Sons Company, and fur
ther because both mail order houses
were discovered as patrons of prison
made goods.
Montgomery Ward & Co. was
forced to quit selling prison made
brooms and Sears, Roebuck q Co.
was compelled to cancel contract
for prison-made overalls. Just what
the latter firm has done in reference
to a contract for Tennessee prison
made stoves is not definitely known.
Once Pursued Fair Policy
For years these two gigantic mail
order houses pursued fairly decent
labor policy. They thrived and be-
came great and piled up millions in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Should Be Welcomed

While the resolution confines the
investigation to activities intended to
overthrow by force or violence our
government or to attempt to under
mine our republican form of govern
ment, | do believe the preceding pro-
visions of the resolution are sufficient
ly broad to include communistic ac-
tivities engaged in our country for
the overthrow and destruction of
neighboring countries. At any rate
the investigation proposed should be
welcomed by every citizen regardless
Of his attitude and viewpoint toward
Soviet Russia and certainly the
United States government is fully
justified to impure into all subversive
activities designed to undermine or
overthrow our government.
please accept my thanks for the
patriotic, helpful and constructive
work undertaken and service rendered
and convey like feelings of apprecia-
tion of to all others associated with
you in this undertaking."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
FILIPINO RESTRICTION
DISCUSSED AT HEARING

Washington.-Th Pacific Steam
ship Owenrs' Association oppose any
check on Filipina immigration, as
proposed in the Shortridge bill.
J. H. MacLafferty, speaking for the
vessel owners, said passage of the
bill would have an undesirable re-
suit on economic conditions in trans
Pacific shipping" The bill was also
opposed by Hawaiian planters. w. C.
flushing, A. F. of l.. legislative rep
resentative, said the bill will reduce
competition which American workers
are forced to face.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23

practical and definite plan to elimi-
nate jurisdictional disputes"
Resolution Is Adopted
In addition, the following resolu-
tion was made public:
'ResoIved, That the building trades
department Immediately instruct the
presidents of their respective inter
national unions to furnish within 30
days any suggested amendments to
the plan proposed with their reasons
therefor, and
"Rcsolved, That a meeting of the
full committee be set for date not
later than July % next, for the pur-
pose of finally considering the plan
and Tor the further purpose of, if
possible, completing the set-up of the
proposed board"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
MARCH KING FROWNS
ON "CANNED" MUSIC

Washington.-John Philip Sousa
Americas march king, frowns on the
army plan to have a mechanical mus
ical device mounted on truck for
marching infantrymen.
"The boys who do the marching
will not be stirred by such a device, y
said the bandmaster.
"Will the truck keep in step, too,
do you think? | doubt if mechanical
music can ever produce the same eff
feet upon it auditor as personal
music"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
WHAT NEXT

United States army announces it
will try out mechanical band, built
BY Radio Corporation, at army posts
having no bands. The mechanical
outfit, mounted on three-quarter ton
truck, plays volume equal to two or
dinary bands, but may be softened.
Question arises: VIII the same thing
be used to displace human bands out
side the army
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Feeling Public Resentment, Big
Mail Order Firms Plan Merger
Opposition to NOn-UnOn Policies of Sears, ROebuck
Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. Result in Move
For Consolidation of Two Concerns

profits. The policy was reversed anc
Montgomery Ward & Co. is appar-
emily to be gobbled up by its more
powerful competitor.
The very magnitude of Sears, Roe
buck q Co. is its greatest weakness
Spraddled out all over the country
with 315 branch retail stores located
in practically all of the important
industrial centers, it cannot help but
feel the displeasure of the fair
minded and decent citizens of those
communities.
General Robert F. Wood, president
of Sears, Roebuck e Co. told me sew
eral months ago that the amount of
money his firm might lose as a re-
suit of its non-union policy did not
worry him a bit What concerned
him was that the firm should be
charged with pounding down wages
and lowering the American standard
Of living. That was unfair, he held.
Plant Made Armed Citadel
r. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
has created special department in
its plant for the Sears, Roebuck &
Co. work. That department is a vir-
tual prison, under guard of private
detectives day and night. A restau-
rant and beds have been installed in
the plant.
Just why Donnelley, nationally no
torious as building trades strike
breaker, should deem it necessary to
turn his printing plant into an armed
citadel is not understood The print
ing trades believe in and use pub
licity rather than force. They long
ago learned that the power of pub
lie opinion is the thing that brings
results.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Draft Plan Submitted

A draft plan was submitted by the
subcommittee, but it was found nee
essary to make alterations and to
give the whole subject more careful
consideration. In addition, method
is being sought whereby the carpen-
ters and bricklayers, not in the
building trades department, can be
brought into whatever machinery is
established.
At the building trades department
headquarters here the following state
mcnt was issued Glowing the co..
ference:
"The conference cl the duly altk0r
lied representatives of the National
Association of Building Trades En-
ployers and the general presidents
of international unions affiliated with
the building trades department of
the American Federation of Labor
assembled to give consideration to
the adoption of a practical plan to
eliminate waste in the building indus
try caused by jurisdictional disputes,
and realizing that protection should
be established for the industry pend
ing the working out of the necessary
details to make such plan effective,
hereby recommend to their respective
members that they shall not cause or
encourage any stoppage of work by
any trade in the building trades in
dustry to enforce jurisdictional claims
for a period of 80 days from this date
so as to afford this conference full OPP
portunity to consider and agree upon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Board Scheme Hoped
For in Next Session
Building Trades Department and Organized Employers
Consider Draft, But Adjourn and Ask Further
Suggestions.

Washington, ID. c. 0LNS)-Fu-
ther steps looking toward the elimi-
nation of jurisdictional disputes and
strikes in the building trades were
taken at conference here this week
of representatives of the National
Association of Building Trades En-
ployers and the general presidents
of the international unions affiliated
with the building trades department
of the American Federation of Labor
The conference was the second to
consider the question Of jurisdictional
disputes since the last meeting of the
building trades department, held in
Florida in January. At that meeting,
subcommittee was appointed to call
conference of all elements in the
building industry to plan the perma-
nent elimination of jurisdictional dis
putes. The public, the employers and
the workers were invited to cooperate
in the work and make suggestions for
ending jurisdictional troubles.
Following this weeks conference, it
was stated that after giving consid-
GRAFTON to the adoption of practical
plan to eliminate jurisdictional dis
putes and realizing that protection
should be established for the indus
try pending the working out of de-
tails to make such a plan effective,
it had been recommended to members
of the conference that they shall not
cause or encourage any stoppage of
work by any trade in the building
trades industry to enforce jurisdic-
tional claims for period of 80 days,
so as to afford the conference full op-
portunity to consider and agree upon
a plan to eliminate jurisdictional dis
puteS.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Many Trades Affected

Although the chamber in its most
recent booklet advertises ''open shor
conditions prevail in the district
without exception" nine local unions
representing nine different crafts
have recently been organized in
Gadsden, with several hundred mem
bers. These unions include the hos
iery workers, textile workers. gar
ment workers, colored BARRIERS, mold
ers who are IS per cent organized and
printing pressmen who are 100 per
cent organized. There are other
crafts waiting to be organized.
The Davis-Alcock Hosiery Company
recently discharged % workers fol
joining the union. The company
offered to take them back provided
they would sign a yellow dog" con
tract not to join the union, but this
was refused and a strike of 100 other
employees is threatened, which is
feared will spread to the cotton mills.
H. H. Emmons, representing the
Southern organization headquarters,
in charge of the activities in Gadsden,
has asked the labor department at
Washington to send a conciliator to
Gadsden to settle the difficulty.
Represented in the cities of Gads-
den, Admission and Alabama Ciey are
some 1900 workers of all crafts
bent on organizing Included in this
group are about 1000 rubber workers
of the Goodyear Rubber Company 5
branch plant, who are waiting to be
unioniZed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
Early Passage Expected

The Smell resolution is expected to
pass the house within the next few
days
1T is with great interest l noted. !"
Vice President Woll's letter said,
and it is with much qualification l
write to express appreciation in be-
half Of myself and all others of sim
liar thought and feeling for the
splendid patriotic resolution reported
to the house of representatives by
you as chairman of the committee on
rules, identified as house resolution
20 and designed to cause an investi-
cation to be made of all forms of
communistic propaganda in the
United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
9O-Day Ban on Jurisdictional Stoppages
Asked by Conferees, Pending Final Plan

Of Gadsden is advertising an "inex-
haustible supply of native-born la
Dor that is loyal, capable and easily
trained and willing to work for rea-
sonabIe wages" Where "American-
plan open shop conditions prevail il
the district without exception, and
the community is definitely pledged
to support that policy
As a matter Of fact less than per
cent Of the merchants are members
Of the Gadsden Chamber of Com
meree, which is made up Of indus
trial concerns only, and whose prod
ucts are not consumed in any part il
Gadsden
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-05-23
WOLL SUGGESTS
RED PROBE TAKE
WIDE TERRITORY
Smell Resolution for Special
Committee of Five Expected
to Pass Within Week, PrOvid-
ing for Sweeping Inquiry.

Washington, D. c. CILNS) -Sug-
gesting that the investigation take an
international character and delve into
operations based in the United States,
aimed at neighboring countries, Mat
thew Vol, vice president Of the
American Federation of Labor has
written Chairman Smell, Of the house
rules committee, expressing apprecia-
ton Of the action of that committee
in voting out the Smell substitute res
olution for a thorough red investiga-
ton.
Under the terms Of the resolution
a special committee of five will in
vestigate communist propaganda in the
United States, particularly in eduea-
ton institutions, including the opera
tions of the communist information,
the Daily Worker, Amtorg and all
other entities, groups or individuals"
engaged in red propaganda. The res
olution is broader in scope than the
Fish resolution, for which it is sub
stituted.