The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XXXV., NO. 5378. WET RE SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE IS TURNED DOWN A / hibition Amendment Re- fuses to Yield Books ssociation Against Pro-| INVESTIGATOR SENT TO! NEW YORK IS TOLD ‘NO’ Future Procedure Not De-| cided — Has Right to Subpoena Records WASHINGTON, April 8.— United States Senator Ar- thur R. Robinson, of Indiana, | esserted today that the As-| sociation Against the Prohibi- tion Amendment headquart- crs in New York City, rel'us-i records to| the Senate Lobby Committee. ! ed to turn over Senator Robinson said John Hol- | land, Committee Investigator, was sent to New York City to obtain the records but permission was re- fused by officers of the association Holland is now returning to Washington. A decision garding by the will procedure comr when returne. and ineic the refusal to be given possession of the records of the be res to be fol Holland It is said the committee has pow- | er to subpoena the records. SENATOR AND EDITOR HAVE HOT MIX - UP i Black Calls Pierce “Cow-! ard”"—Latter Returns “Contemptible Cur” WASHINGTON, April 8—United 6 election without Hugo Black, Demo- | crat of Alabama, told J. E. Pierce, test for nomina Alabama, ' resentatives. States Senator or of the Huntsville, who was before the Senate Committee today, that he was a ‘“coward.” { re-+ owed | | | 'brought forw: jUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY APRll 8 l930 ATTEMPT IS MAI)E T0 KILL CANDIDATE IN CHICAGO (Left tp right) Ilnzel Seligman, of New York, president of the Liberal Club at Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, Pa.; Anna Mae Grant, secretary, and Ruth Shallicross, vice-president. The Liberal Club is one of the most active at this popular girls’ college. “toternational Newsresl) DE [OCRAT GAIN WAKES HOOSIER POLITICS BUZZ Co-Respondent showing issues in states where Congressional primaries will be held.) By CLAUD H. WOLFF (A. P. Staff Writer) NDIANAPOLIS, April 8—A | wcmmmv revived Democratic par- ty has added interest to what oth- erwise might have been a tamc primary election May 6 in Indiana. | With victories gained by Demo- | crats in a majority of city elections| last November, the party lm», the strongest avail- | |able candidate: Republican leaders have urged! {harmony to carry through the May Pierce retorted that Black was a “contemptible cur.” nator Black was ce about him by the Tennessee Improvement Asso- ciation, expenses in vate ownership and operation of Muscle Shoals. Asserting that Senator Black was Marion county) |for questioning | Hoosier a $1,000 check sent | House of Representatives, J. J. Worthington, Chair- | increase man of the Executive Committee of |party is bending its efforts. | which Pierce said was {ar‘capcu*e the third district, connection with the!with retur Association's work in behalf of pri- \Iro'n the second and fourth. party strife. around the con- s for U. 8. rep- United States senator governor candidates are not ted this year. Nominations tate officers will be made at state conventions in June. Just three Democrats are in the delegation of 13 in thej and ln} representation the Interest centers and nomi Associnted Press I'hoto Dorls Eaton, actress, who was| named by Mrs. Ruby Brown Porter | | as having usurped the affections of Mrs. Brown's husband, Herb Nacio Brown, Hollywood song writer. Here Is a Good Democrats expect to hold to the seventh district (Indianapolis and|One; Woman Is where Republican /\'Putralized that to re- along | candidates | The Democrats are out their ( AGREEMENT ON THREE POWER PACT IS NEAR Practically E\'ery Issue Is Solved Only One Problem Remains STIMSON, ‘W'DONALD ! | Transferring of Destroyer Tonnage to Submarine Settled Tormorrow LONDON, April 8. — A |complcte agreement has been J\ccrctary “l’nmier Ramsay MacDonald jend Chairman Wakathuki, of the Japanese delegation to {the London Naval Conference, {en all points rcgarding | Three Power Pact. There is practically only one point to be discussed and ithat is regaring the transfer of 20,000 tons from the de- |stroyer to the submarine cate- ") gory. | taken up tomorrow. | | STOCKMAN SHOT AS RESULT OF ULD WEST FEUD 3_]ohn Mead Is Killed on !Wyommg Prairie—L. C. | Wolf Is Perhaps Dying NEWCASTLE, Wyoming, April 8.| }——John Mead, aged 59, one of Wyo-| |ming's most prominent stockmen, | |was instantly killed and L. C. Wolf | was probably fatally injured in a| | feudist gun battle on the prairies| \ | | | | WATATHUKI CONFER |reached bet ween American; of State Stimson, | the| This problem will be| MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Mexican Ace Plans Ocean F l]O‘hl PRICE TEN CEE[S ORDS ARE DENIED COMMITTEE 'Liberals of Bryn Mawr College ELEGTIUN DAY | | | | | | | | i l . PLOT ATTEMPT IS FRUSTRATED Democratic Candidate for Committeeman Near Victim of Gang IS SURROUNDED WHEN POLICE REACH SCENE |Three Men of Gang of Sev- { en Under Arrest—Heavy i Vote Is Being Polled CHICAGO, IIL, April 8= 'An clection day attempt te kidnap or kill Alderman Gov- | { | NEW YORK. ier, candidate for Democratic Committeeman in ‘he Sevenih | Ward, was frustrated this forencon by the police. Three men were arrested jand Govier signed complaints |charging them with assault i’with intent to kill. | Seven men, carrying pis- |tols, attempted to take Gov- {ier from his automobiie which had been crowded to the eurb s GUSTAVO G LEON Colonel Gustayo G. Leon, foremost Mexican aviator, is shown standing in front of the biplane with which he hopes to fly to Paris, with a stop at Néw York. (Left) an excellent close-up of the PAYS TRIBUTE 0 DR, WELCH -~ ON BIRTHDAY, Plc,ldenl Credits Him As “Greatest Statesman, Public Health” WASHINGTON, April 8— President Hoover characterized flight. Wins Beauty Crown \west of here. | The fight was the result of a| 'Iung standing range fued harking| Iback to the old West of cattle andi ;sheep war days. | | Friends of the slain man said| |Mead's son Keith, who was with| his father, ran to Wolf and dis-‘ armed him, then beat him leaving | him for dead, then called the sher- |iff and coroner. Young Mead was not was powder burned about the Iacc\] e i hurt but v | | /| | | Dr. William Henry Welch as “our greatest statesman in the field of Public Health” at the cxercises of the International Celebration marking the 80th birthday of the Baltimore path- clogist, Dean of American med- icine who now holds the chair of History of Medicine at John Hopkins. Dr. Welch was today honored in many parts of the world. Thirty-nine cities in the United States joined in the Nations Capital tribute. —Associated Press Photo. Virginia Evans was adjudged the fairiest of Pasadena Junior College’s co-eds. Wealthy Sportsman Sentenced to Pri g Fri In a radio address, President For Slaying Friend Hoon e e e e | was marked by two tendencies, LINDDERGH ROUTE TO PARLS Mexican Lindbergh, series of tests in preparation f (Lower) the Mexic follow” the Lindbergh route L iby cth.er machines, B AT Bip ot L B Govier's sephew. Benjaspin.| Will. probubly l innett, was knocked down by fone of the attackers and the" lothers had surrounded Govier |when a cruising detective 'squad‘s car arrived. | The seven men fled but three were arrested shortly afterward. Indications this foreioon gave promise of vote being polled in . maries, the b tering in the fight Senator Charl p and Congress a8 Hanna McCormick who seek the Republican nomination for Senator. who n ace larg: he Stat t cens U. S. LAND OFFICIALS LEAVE FOR WESTWARD | | J. A. Ramsey, Chief of the Al. Shirley Foster, 17, of Wenat- |aska Field Division of the General chee, was selected to reign at |Land Office, who has been iy the Washington Apple Festival, |Southeast Alaska for the past s ik e |weeks on . official business. - B Mineral Examiner A. C. Kinsley PURTENG, 1N R"Dlo‘the same bureau who arrived here iy Sunday from Denver, leave - \ZATICA'N 1CITY1 April 8—The oy the steamer Yukon for a ulun» é)rc cdss |2 aln. now be"‘g"rhey will proceed directly to ~ constructed under the supervision neadquarters at Anchorage. ; —Associated Press Photo. nd o VATICAN of Senator Guglielmo Marconi, will | while here Mr. Ramsey patti contain the most up to date tmns- |pated in conferences with G mitting and receiving equipment. | Parks, B. B. Mozee and L. J. a1 | The station site is on top of the mer over an organization plan l‘ so-called “wall of Leo IV,” near the Reindeer Administration the tower of observatory. Antenna \which the Governor is the h masts will be 190 feet. This work was completed late - |week and the plan has been reflecting on him, Pierce declared\smfe has created a rift. Louis Lud- the insinuations were "contempti-‘low Indianapolis newspaperman, | o ble lies.” \will be unopposed for the Demo- g The argument grew warm and cratic nomination to succeed him-| Senator, Walsh, of Montana, Chmr-{ie]f as Representative. The sev- man, had great difficulty in restor- enth district ordinarily is chuhh- ing order and within a few min- can and former Mayor Charles W. utes the Lobby Committee adjourn- Jewett and Arch M. Hall, attorne LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 8.—| Democratic and_ Scientific. \ | ARE EATHING | - HUMAN FLESH gz vrscmmmmenene it Students in Pullmans . . o ival Watson, has been sentenced . . CARLINVILLE. Il.. April 8— (from one to ten years in San Quen- Blackburn College here has been NEW YORK, April 8— A census enumerator in the Bronx tells this one: “Are you a citizen of the United States,” the enumer- ator asked a housewife. “Yes,” she replied compla- tin Prison. He was tried on a} {manslaughter charge. Testimony |introduced said Bird and Watson Famine Conditions in Chi- na Regions Becoming ed. S A R e INFORMATION WANTED \first, Information is sought for Joxm; Raymond Brown or Raymond Blake supposed to be working in mines or canneries in Alaska. Anyone knowing of his whereabouts is asked to notify the Postmaster. pmbablv will seek that nomination. In the doubtful column are thelgq fifth and eleventh districts. 'o F R PR The Geological Society of Amer- ica estimates the probable thick-| e e ness of the earth’s surface layer be- @ neath the Pacific to be about 25 miles. | party cently, “I've been neutral- ized.” ece 000000000 ————— e e 0000 e TODAY’S STOCK QUOTATIONS GRASS THAT THRIVES BENEATH SNOW i ALLOWS CATTLE GRAZING IN WINTER| SEATTLE, April 8—Experts from | the United States Department of |grow under most adverse conditions, | Anaconda 74%, Agriculture predict that the strange |Mthout cultivation, and will thrive 107%, General Motors 51, winfs, "blue grass discovered on an | m rainy regions, they view it as a Dust 42%, farm and believed by themi’solution of the problem of utiliz- Grunow 19%, to be the “lost grass” of Europe|ing logged-off lands of may revolutionize farming and the\cmc northwest. Oregoh dairying industries. The story of the grass is a farm] romance. disappeared in Europe a century | ago, it dies down in summer, when other grass is green, but thrives in *gm of Mrs. E. B. Hanley, on whose winter, when food for livestock is | low. It forms a perfect turf, even unddy snow. \ ! NEW YORK, April 8—Alaska {Juneau mine stock is quoted today Because the experts found it will at 7%, Alleghany Corporation 33, Bethlehem Steel Gold Granby 56%, International Har- the Pa- vester 103, Kennecott 55%, Missouri Pacific 94%, Montgomery-Ward 39%, National Acme 227%, Packard Seeds for use in the Pacific g7 Simmons Beds 49%, Standard Similar to grass which |northwest will be sold exclusively in Brands 25%, Standard Oil of Cali- Seattle by the Children’s Ortho- fornia 71%, United Corporation pedic hospital. The agency was 2 45'%, U. 8. Steel 194. —_———— farm the seed was found, and will, Georgia counties last year re- be a source of permanent income ceived $2,180.099 as their share of Ior the hospital. tax on gasoline. Grigsby | Most Terrible PEIPING, China, April 8—Re- ports received from the China In-; ternational Relief Commission state that so terrible are famine condi- tions in the Wei River District,] that in some cases human flesh ls‘ |being eaten. In the small Wukin region 600,000 | |deaths from starvation and cold | {have been reported. In the Shensi District it is cs-‘ timated that by the time the wheatt is harvested in May there will be; jonly 3,000,000 inhabitants reman-| ing out of 6,000,000 when the fam- ine began. Son of-;hhatma Gandhi Ie | | SURAT, India, April Das Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gan- dni, has been sentenced to six| months rigorous imprisonment and four companions have been given similar sentences. The five were arrested at Shimrad for violating ‘the salt laws, !quarreled. Bird seized a gun, !pulled and Watson was killed. | o Is Arrested, Sentenced|? . 8—Ram | be- lieved to be loaded with blanks, to frighten Watson. The trigger was converted into an independent. self- help school by broadcasting two slogans: 4 If another college will take you, don't come here. If you can pay your way, Blackburn doesn't want you Students use old Pullman cars for domitories at Blackburn, where $200 is all one needs for a year's board, room and tuition. Far more than 250 boys and girls, the enroll- ment limit, try to register. When fire destroyed the school's main building a few years ago, Wil- liam M. Hudson, Blackburn's Presi- dent, procured worn-out Pullmans to house the homeless students. ince then student labor has erect- veral buildings. 2 is the only school where self-help extends to manage- ment and direction of work,” Mr, Hudson says. “Students buy the food, cook it, serve it and eat it ‘They operate a 200-acre farm. Each student must work with his hands two and a half hours each day.” —————— | A Hollywood comedian uses movie wind-machine to protect fruit on his 20-acre ranch Escondldo. Cal, from frost e \Television Tests Are Being Made JERSEY CITY, April 8.— Possibilities of television are being demonstrated here this week in actual broadcasts of sight and sound. The first of six programs in which the heads and shoulders of entertainers and speakers were seen in spec- ial receivers as they appe ed before the microphone, was presented last night from what is described as Am- erica’s introductory television theatre, a the near i Ferry traffic across San Fran- cisco Bay increased 147,204 persons in 1929, for a total of 57,734,413, ‘|gain money Milk valued at $20,000,000 was mitted to the Department of In sold by North Carolina farmers last ior for approval by Secretary year. bur. CZAR’S JEWELS MAY BE PUTON PUBLIC DISPLAY S A. MILLS ‘orrespondent) By JA (A. P. special consideration by the So government are permitted to this Aladdin’s storehouse. But ¥ cently the privilege was ex to half a dozen American n paper correspondents. The gems are kept in a steel barred cage in the State Baj here. This cage is wired so any tampering with it or its o tents is signalled to the bank to the police. When the newspapermen admitted the dazzling array of |els were strewn about on MOSCOW, April 8—To aid in attracting tourists to Russia and to for purchase of ma- chinery in pursuance of the five year industrialization plan, the So- viet government is being urged to put on public display the $264,000,~ 000 collection of Russian crown jewels. Opponents of the plan assert, however, that the cost of maintain- ng the necessary guards would ex- ceed any revenue thai might be The visitors were free to o |and examine each object, but At present only foreign \x;xtors‘ (Continued on Page whose standing entitles them to|