The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1930, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” D—— JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1930. NAVAL PARITY OUT IN FO TROUBLESOME PROBLEMIS TO BE DISCUSSED - American Parity Takes First Place at London Conference | Wilson, BLICITY BE GIVEN | o Lo dngeres, 8 TO FUTURE MEETINGS| condemned | anunborn child to begin its fe behind the Awaits Baby in Prison l ' i | t For the | second time | within : four montas | Superior Judge | Emmet P Exact Balance of American,| 4 British Cruiser Fleets, Mooted Issue EE when he LONDON, Jan. 24.—Dele-| L.fysed the gates to the Naval Confer-| probation plea ence virtually wound up the; oers.Ma;l}’ . u, » first work with a Kavazl;a & whirl of activity bringing! Judge Wilson Anglo-American parity sharp-. “gentenced the ly to the foreground for the gzr}l, "Z“hd P . . . sban first time and peinting to h}i‘ii\;:;d 51 3 publicity for all future full g oonaugh, meetings of the conference. to a 3 At the suggestion of Sec- prison zermlgf State Stimson, ["’";’e;r;" Cha n of the American for robbery. lcgation, t he troublesome Gptsination ser problem, which wreck- Geneva' vonference SECH ertain to be first tak- ¢n up, arranging the details of pariiy of British and Am-'_ i navies. The move for admission of espondents at future full conference sessions also orig- inated with the American delegation. seo0eoccooceso e United States Senator Joseph E. e binson strongly urged such a e step and United States Senator e David A. Reed supported him. ° In urging that the'cruiser angle ¢ nglo-American parity prob- o Jem be taken up first, Secretary o Stimson struck directly at.the most o troublesome Guestion of the whole ¢ parity discussion. ° Ithough agreed on other points, o > exact balance of the American o 1 British cruiser fleets is one o never settled. S CHARGES “GAG RULE” DURING COM. HEARING Representative Shafer Stirs Up Session—Chair- man Overruled | gray walls _ot | 'San Quentin | Prison, week’s reta of ___ — Com—— PEACE PACT AND NAVY CONFERENCE COMP ARED Baltimore ex-Nurse E This the 1la of a es of five articles by By- ron Price, chief of the Wash- ington Bureau of the Asso- ciated Press, on the confer- ence at Lopdon to limit na- val disarmament. Mr. Price who accompanied the Ameri- can delegation, has stripped the naval strength question of its perplexing technicali- ties and tells plainly and un- derstandingly what may hap- pen. is point p By BYRON PRICE (A. P. Staff Writer) On July 24, 1929, more than score cf nations proclaimed, in ‘Washington, a treaty sclemnly re- nouncing war as an instrument of national polis On January 21, 1930, the five most powerful of these nations met in London to discuss the limitadicn of their ships of war. How heavily will the lofty pro-| 24 —After nouncement of the treaty really| arge of “gag rule” had en- weigh in the balance when the .d the discussions the House great naval powers undertake fo nditures Committee overrode measure off, one against another, airman and voted 8 to 7 to their needs for sea armament? Mabel Walker Willebrandt for Great Britain, moving with imony on the bill for transfer- direct support of the United States, | the Prohibition Enforcement said in her call for the conference it from the Treasury to the De- that “the peace pact has been re- partment of Justice. garded as the starting point.” Representative John C. Shafer. France, herself one of the pro-| of Wisconsin, made further charges genitors of the treaty, has informed | abo rule” procedure after tHe world that she cannot regard [o) n Williamson had ruled out sych en agreement as a sufficient | of order the motion by Shafer to guarantee of security. ! call Mrs. Willebrandt. Somewhere between these two .- viewpoints the conference must seek | M Mayburen, stock farmer oui the real appraisement of the' from Shelter Island, arrived in Ju- new covenant of peace in the prac- neau last might and is registered ot the Alaskan. Li a WASHINGTON, Jan. R Ina Rutledge pleaded guilty in ! police court, Washington, D. C., to passing bad checks, but said | that the checks had been given to her by her husband, whom she married two years ago when she was a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, The couple hair been separated. (Continued on Page Two) Tbfiert y Briflg; M ental | Ills to Turkish Women | ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 24.—Dr. ta;_ke;l }t‘he fl)ee“x‘:l:xl]:biep:gu?(;;;in; Custle, Mezhar Osman Bey, Turkey's chief | whicl as bes st ‘ 5 e ntal diseases. main- |itself normally to changed meth-| Credentials as U. S. tains that the brusque transition of |ods of liyipg. - e | Ambassador v5 ]a o Turkish women from the shelx,eredg His opinion came out in a discus- | Y life of the old regime to the heady sion aroused by another nller}xsa‘ TOKYO®, Jan. 24—William Castle, liberties of the new day, has un- | Who said that lnszu?uy \f«'ns Tunning gy pamed Ambasador to Japan balanced the minds of at least half amok in Turkish city streets. He grom the United States, was grant- the city women of the republic. |pointed out th_at in Stamboul every eq an audience before the Emperor { lasylum was filled. He said that today and he presented his cre- Neurasthenia, melancholia and /10,000 free persons in the place dentials and also greetings from cutright insanity, he says, have at- should be under restraint. ) President Hoover. Jr.. Presents Admits Check Charge ¢ MEXICANS AND SOVIETS HAVE - OWN TROUBLES Personnel of Mexican Le- gation at Moscow Is Ordered to Leave MEXICO CITY, Jan Mexican Government the entire Legation at leave Soviet Russia as st the recent Co: trations before the in Washington, Buenos Rio de Janerio. The Me an admin Moscow responsible fo strations. The Mexican Minister ‘ered to leave Moscow ago, it was revealed yesterday, and others of the Mexican Embassy personnel were directed to quit the Russian capital today “as a pro- test.” .o CLARENCE HATRY 1S GIVEN TERM, BRITISH PRISON 24, = The has ordered Moscow to a protest unist dem- Embassies Aires, and ation holds the demon- was ord- veral days Financial Man Sentenced for Frauds Involving Ten Million Dollars ‘ CAE LONDON, Jan. 24. Hatry, for many years head of the widespread Hatry interests, was today sentenced to 14 years penal servitude, in the Old Baily Qourt, and an addtional five years dn charge of defrauding. Hatry also sentenced to another two veal on a charge of conspiracy. All sentences are to run concur- rently. Three other codefendants with Hatry received lesser sentences. The four men were tried for al- leged financial frauds involving al- most $10,000,000. { The financial collapse of the Hatry companies several months lago was serious enough to depress Ithe entire market in London and was also felt as far away as New lYcu'k City OVERTHOUSAND SAVED AS SHIP STRIKES ROCK ‘Hamburg - American Liner | Strikes Rock in Straits of Magellan Clarence BUENOS AIRES, jan. 24. — The Marine Ministry announces that a dispatch received from Ushair Zer- ra de Fuego says all of the 1,100 passengers and crew aboard the Monte Cervantes have been saved from the wreck of that Hamburg- American liner. The ship struck a rock in Straits of Magellan on Wednes- day. The steamer is said to be a total loss. Ships are standing by salvaging baggage and provisions the Bride Smokes at Marriage Service LONDON, Jan. 24.—Because she was terribly nervous at her mar- riage ceremony a twenty-six year old bride asked to be allowed to £ The officiating gentleman The husband-to-be helped ride to light her cigarette, and she gave her vows to him between puffs at the cigarette. . Cuckoo clock makers in Germany are merging to fight an unfavorable trend in the industry. A report to the United States Department of Commerce says that the combine will try to improve the quality of cuckoo clocks. B8 e |Hoover summoned the L% ] LR AR ! I | | 8 5, | Representing three faiths (left to right), Alfred E. Smith, Calvin Coolidge and Julius Rosenwald, as they met as a_committee to distribution of a $6,000,000 chari Reid and Young Still Delayed In Eielson Search Alaska Jan. prevails 24— ility and re are no new develop- ments in the flying situation in the north or the search for Eielson and Borland Pilot Victor Ross, with & Standard supply plane, op- erating between Teller and Nome, arrived yesterday and said that Capt. Pat Reid and Ed. Young, with two Fairchild planes were still held at Teller but were ready to hop te North Cape, Siberia, at the favor- able opportunity. b LR 9060000000600 > o> WHALERS WILL AID BYRD NOW IN'IGE PACK Association Makes Reply for Relief Through Norwegian Govt. OSLO, Jan. 24—Replying to the request through the United States Minister for Norwegian whalers to t the Byrd Expedition in the Antarctic, the Norewgian Govern- ment has informed the American Government it will do its best The Norwegian reply said the Government has approached the Whalers Association, which express- ed the opinion that the ice barrier cutting off Byrd's Expedition camp from the open water and his supply ships may be broken up as the ice barrier has done in previous years to various craft. The Whalers Association stated that if Byrd is short of provisions a ship will be sent in an effort to give assistance. FEight Children Are Rescued from Fire; ‘ Four Others Burned PORTSMOUTH, Ohié, Jan. 24— Four children of Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Perry were burned to death this morning when fire de- stroyed the family home. The par- ents rescued eight of their twelve children but the other four were trapped in their rooms. e Proud Girl Wear ~White House Dress WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Little Dolly Fitzgerald is very proud the new dress she was wearing terday, for the very good reason that it was a gift from Mrs. Her- bert Hoover. Dolly, who is twelve, was playinz with the . President’s white husky Yukon, on the White House grounds the other day when the animal rip- ped her frock. Hearing of the incident, Mrs little girl and her mother to the White House where the new dress was presented. e T. P. Brennan, representing Sehwabacher Bros,, of Seattle, is a the late Conrad Hubert, founder of the Dond ,ingham f ithe MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS D [ decide on the ty fund left by n WLV ok - 13 S 11 | Electric Corporation of Jersey City, and origina- tor of the flashlight. made through the manufacture of flashlights and will be distributed among thirty charitable, re- ligious and educational organizations. His entire fortune was Aged Veteran Given Two Years; Guilty of Slaying Son-in-Law ASHDOWN, Arkansas, Jan. 24—J. E. Stephens, aged 84 years, old Confederate veteran, was today sentenced to two years in the State Penitentiary by a jury which convicted him of slaying his n-in-law, W. R. Hernell, aged 60 years. ® 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ol Negro Woman Dies In Electric Chair For Shooting Man MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Jan. 24 Allena Gilmore, negro, the tirst woman to be electrocuted in Alabama, was put to death in the electricc hair at Kilby Prison this morning. Miss Jean Walska, 22, of Boston, and now attending a fashionable girls’ school in Back Bay. charges that Edwin B. Cox, weaithy Bos ton and Nev.- buryport law- yer and club- man, promised to marry her. Cox is already married and the father of two children. Miss Walska asks $100,000 heart balm in a Suffolk Su- perior Court suit. (International Newsreel) HELL SHIP" IS NO MORE Barkentine City of Sydney Drenched in Gasoline and Set Afire SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 24. The gallant barkentine City of Sydney, once the pride of the Pa- |cific and later known as the “Hell | Ship’ has closed its career in flames after |b“mv' stripped of what was worth salvaging. The craft was drenched with gasoline and set afire. After the Spanish-American War, during which time the craft was a troop ship, the City of Sydney entered the Alaska fishing trade. | S~ e FIRE LAST NIGHT The woman was convicted of the murder of Horace Johnson, Birm- restaurant operator last June. She said she entered the restaurant pperated by Johnson and was requested to leave. She left, secured a revolver and returned to restaurant and shot Johnson > o Everything Is Rosy For Mix Family Now NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The mari- tal mixup of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mix has been entirely straightened out and they will live happily ever after, New York was told today. No more will the screen cowboy tear up his wife’'s clothes or bar her friends from his home. Three times have they separated An overheated flue which set ceiling boards on fire at 6:30 p.m. yesterday in the shoe shop in the Winn building called out the Pire Department Little damage was done by the flames before they were extinguished. of the Alaska fishing trade, PRICE TEN CENTS WHITES, FILIPINOS CLASH IN CALIFORNIA VALLEY EGROUND RACIAL HATRED IS SPREADING: * MANY CLASHES Outbreaks Occur in Santa, ! Clara Valley — Inter- mittent for 5 Days EMPLOYMENT OF WHITE DANCING GIRLS, CAUSE 'Authorities Patrol Streets and Highw == hut Fail to Stoy suble WATSONVILLE, Cal.. Jan. 24.—Racial hatred, inflamed by the employment of white dancing girls irn Filipino clubs, seethed again in the Santa Clera Valley today as a result of two clashes in San Jose in which one white {man was stabbed and four Filipinos were badly beaten and one clash here. | The ouibreak at San Jose came last night while armed patrols were guarding the streets and highways {to prevent any possible recurrence |of fighting which had raged in- |termittenily for five days, result- A Irshe - deain Yof one Filipino, |the flogging of several others and |arrest of seven white men on riot- ing charges. Alfred Johnson, aged 22 years, iwas stabbed twice in the back and |was critically wounded while watch- ing a clash between Filipinos and | Whites here. | At San Jose there were two fights. Two Filipinos were beaten. Police said the white men were ag- gressors, Trouble is certain to spread to other localities, it is said. ——————— UNEAU MAY HAVE FINE PLANE BASE Present plans for the airplane L Salmon Creek embody a runway for planes, leading from the ow water level to a platform, above h water just below the Glacier Highway, which will be large ugh to permit the docking of eral planes at one time. As the demand necessitates the platform may be enlarged and hangars may be constructed in con- nection. After the City Council, through the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce, has prepared an appli- cation for appropriation and con- istruction, it will be forwarded fo |R. J. Sommers, Territorial High- | way Engineer, for final approval or !rejection. | One Romance Wrecked Each Hour in Chicago SN SRR CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—On the rocks of Chicago, on2 romance was {wrecked each hour during 1929 by divorce, Busy statisticians, figuring up ths vear’s business, discover that 9,669 divorces were granted and that wives scored highest, with a pro- portion of three to one. Unfaithful wives, however, numbered unfaithful husbands. Only 15 per cent of the divoress were granted to native Americans and 80 per cent of the wrecked ro- mances had been productive of no children. out- '‘Business Conditions Are Normal; No Stimulation Is | ow Required, Hoover Told | WASHINGTON, Jan. {the direction and effort | President Hoover was notified 24—Business men who have undertaken at of President Hoover to stimulate American | commerce and industry for 1930, today held the first review of progress |and took reports to the White House. that the general business situation er to Sitka on the Margnita.|—0" has it been four?—and each |in the country had “become so far normal that no unusual methods He will return to Juneau on the|time rumors of divorce have filled need be considered for stimulation of business beyond the Iprogress which ordinarily mark American industry.” tHe air, ;rucm of