The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV., NO. 5385. NAVY’S SUBMARINE POLICY COMES IN FOR ATTACK CONGESTION IN PRISONS ACUTE SAYS MITCHELL | [ United States Liable to Get | Into Difficulties Says Attorney General PRISONERS INCREASE AT AN ALARMING RATE Pr 0se cution Activities on Law Enforcement Causing Concern , D. C, April 16 General Mitchell told ary Committee to- of the prison sstion “further stimulating ac- tivities of prosecution under the lew will get the United States intoi Jaw enforcement con-| the Attorney General re- 1 that Federal prisoners had| ed by 6277 during the last| > months. MISSIONARY S RELEASED Former Tacoma Woman| Freed by Chinese Ban- | dits—Condition Bad ‘ ling | | | i | | | | HANKOW, China, April 16.—Ni Gemmell, American mi of Tacoma, Wask arrived from the bandit camp the Kifinghi Pfovince tains where she was held for ran- som. As the restlt of her exper-| iences she is confined to her bed, | a nervous condition and unable | to make a statement. | mou e —-— | | PULP CRUISE BEGUN | BY FORESTRY CRE To | tart a cruise of pul Admiralty T t 2 aminer J. P. Wi sistant Tom Thom Thursday on the Rang: George Peterson and Ranger H Smith, ‘The cruise will occur practically the entire season The party will go first to Hood! Bay to pick up a wannigan which will be used by Williams and Thom- sen as a floating camp. It will be towed around to Eliza Harbor where | camp will be established for a time. i Financial Difficulties Cause of Family Tragedy | A, HOUSTON, Texas, April 16— Charles Whitlock, aged 52 years,| fatally shot his five-year-old | daughter, inflicted serious injuries; upon his wife with a hammer,; then shot himself. Finanecial dif-| ficulties is the cause, it is said. | e | Wet Organization Spends Large Sum In Its Fight WASHINGTON, April 16. —Henry Curran, President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, testified today before the Senate Lobby Committee, that his organizatior spent $407,000 during last year ad- vocating repeal of the amendment. ' escececoscoscae SELF-EXILED HEARS CALL OF HOME PARIS, April 16—Recent moves by Prince Carol, who renounced the throne of Rumania and deserted his family for Mme. Lupescu, gave rise to more than the usual crop of rumors both in Bucharest and in this city where his political foes and friends alike watch every de- velopment in the Balkan kingdom. It was noted, for instance, that Carol made a visit alone to Sig- marigen, cradle of the Hohenzol- lern family and this was taken as first evidence that his thoughts were reverting to his family. Moreover, he sounded out his for- mer wife, Princess Helen as to what her attitude would be' if he Aimee Semple McPherson (1 Gospel pastor, and her daughter, Roberta, sailed from New York recently on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. EMBARK FOR HOLY LAND FOR AIR MAIL BEING URGED |President Is Back of Pro-| | position—Change in | System Proposed i | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16— | Postmaster General Brown today | | disclosed before the House “Rules Committee, that President Hoover| |urged him to increase the air mail | postage rate from five cents an { ounce. | “Ever since I have been appear- |ing before this committee to sup-| | port legislative status of the Wat-| {ers Bill, I have been seeking to |change the basis of payment to' air mail lines from poundage to| mileage.” { | “The neral said that | after the bill is passed, the intent is to raise the mail rate. —————— “POKER FACE” REAL ARTIST Her Drawings Are Beingly | | Associated Press Photo eft) of Los Angeles, Four Square AMERICAN VILLAGE OR HAMLET IS ON ROAD TO OBLIVION ACCORDING TO FIGURES OF TAKERS OF CENSUS CHICACO, cation t. I, April 16—Indi- can village or following the road y be is contained in reports | > 1930 census fig- tes, surrounding 61 pbpulation ndiana - line. The figures show that 92 or nearly 60 per cent of 161 small towns counted, suffered a reduc- tion in population from 5 to 100 per cent while those creases, in most case few residents frequently the normal birth increase. BILL AGAINST MMIGRATION OF FILIPINOS WASHINGTON, D. C, April 16. —Complete restriction of Philip- pine immigration into this coun- from ¢ added a s than \try except on business, pleasure or| for visits introduced of California, is proposed in a bill by Senator Shortridge in the Senate. - - Rich Italian Takes Job In Order to See Races INDIANAPOLIS, April 16.—Be- cause of the lure of the Indianapo- lis auto races, the scion of a weal- thy Italian family labors as a me-| chanie. Gianfanco Comotti, balked by his i father when he attempted to enter | last year’s 500-mile race, turnad from dependence on his family to be free to race. Last year he crated an Italian {car and shipped it to America for ) the Memorial day classic. He never | drove it, for his father not only purchased a controlling interest i the racer but saw that no visa would be given for the son’s trip. When the paternal ultimatum was given, young Comotti left for a mechanic’s job in Paris, so he might come to the race this year. PRINCE should return to Rumania as a simple citizen, without idea of dis- placing their son, young King Mi- chael, on the throne. Princess Helen replied she would have no objection. But this, it was pointed out, was merely a per- sonal answer and without any sort of official approval. The Rumanian political picture, | however, is changing and Royalist circles believe there may come a time when Carol's return would be opportune, especially if he has the capacity to serve as a sort of arbi- trator between the country's fac- tions without displaying ambitions of his own. on | > J“ new school building. Sold at Art Exhibition in New York City NEW YORK, April 16.—Helen| Wills-Moody was not “little Poker | Face” as she talked, smiled and| gestured about her new art in the midst of her exhibition at the Grand Central Art Galleries. She has already sold nine of 29 water color drawings, everyone of ‘the nine to art collectors. i | All drawings are of tennis play- ers the ,most famous being Bt | Tilden, Suzanne Lenglen, Lile de Alyarez and herself. R Y GIRL i | Boston Minister Runs for Senate as Wet “PART ' Judge Grants Injunction in Chicago, Sees Show, ! .7 @ Cancels Injunction | CHICAGO, 1l April 16—Judge William Lindsay allowed “The Par- | ty Girl” to be shown in theatres under protection of a temporary 4 £ 4 injunction against the Censor Board i i A : ; ,until he saw the film and then | cancelled his own injunction saying: ; { “It is unfit entertainment for | adolescent Chicago.” | The Police have ordered the the- |atres showing the picture to close | | the run. | | | “A straight-out uncompromising foe of Federal prohibition” is the | manner in which State Representa- !tive Rolland D. Sawyer (above) | Congregational minister, character- izes himself in the race which he will make for the United States Senate, although Sawyer is the only Democratic candidate to ap- pear so far, "o —aaa (0000000000900 |o K3 e 0 . |se 00 esss0eoccos NEW YORK, Aprii 16. — Alaska |Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7%, Alleghany Corporation 31%, Anaconda T1%, Bethlehem Steel [105%, General Motors 51%, Gold| !Dust 46%, Granby 52%, Grigsby |Grunow 22, International Harvester 114, Kennecott 53%, Missouri Pa~- |cific 92, National Acme 227, Pack- |ard 20%, Standard Brands 26, |Standard Oil of California 70%, 1 United Corporation 48%, U. S. Steel 1195%, Simmons Beds 48%, Ward Baking B 12%. e TODAY'S STOCK ° ° QUOTATIONS . Thttemat Newereely Ex-convict Is Held for Murder of Hi Common-Law Wife ‘ EUREKA, Cal, April 16.—Clar- ence King, 25 years old, an ex-con- vict, alleged slayer of Minnie Mc- Coy, his connom law wife, whose body was found near the Redwood Highway on February 20, has been | ‘held to answer to the Superior Court on a murder charge and| ordered held without bail. | st s CECR KETCHIKAN WOMAN AGAIN COMMITTED TO SANITARIUM Mrs. George Mathison, taken into | custody at Ketchikan Monday ap- Score Injured in | parently violently insane, was com- Rioting s India: | mitted to Morningside Sanitarium wotng in Indu; | by Commissioner W. C. Arnold, fol- Lm]{]ers Arrested‘lowing a lunacy hearing. Mrs. =, Mathison was committed to the KARACHI, India, April 16.—One |sanitarium from Ketehikan in Jyly. person was killed, seven seriously 1929, and was released sometime wounded and 26 others slightly in-|ago as cured and allowed to re- 1S BAD FILM | AERIAL FIGHTERS TRAINING AT MATHER FIELD e MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Army airplanes on the line (upper) before taking off in their war games and (lower) formation com- | ing into airdrome with lead ships eved in Line for Treasury Portfolio Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, it is reported, has been promised an appointment as Secretary of the Treasury when Andrew W. Mellon steps out, in the near future. Mr. Nutt resigned from his position as president of the Union Trust Bank, and is a close personal friend of President Hoover. (International Newareel) Roland Boyden Named To Succeed Hughes at The Hague Arb. Court ‘WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi- dent Hoover has selected Roland Poyden, one of his as ants as ‘Wartime Food Administrator, to be the American member of the Per- manent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, succeeding Charles Evans Hughes, who resigned for the Chief Justiceship of the Supreme Court of the United States. Boyden is 67 years of age and is from Mas- |jured in rioting here after a mob, turn home. sachusetts. stormed the Magistrate's Court. The | police fired on the mob to beat lit off. Many rioters were armed with staves. Indian troops were| called and then the police arrested | leaders of the demonstration. Wrangell Votes to LIVERPOOL, April 16—The men Bllfld New Sclloollox this city have organized the Hen- pecked Husband’s Union, a thriv- WRANGELL, Alaska, April 16— |ing confederation. By a vote of practically 3 to 1,| The membership list of 500 is Wrangell voted yesterday in favor sacred each member being pledged But it is known that a cross-section of lof bonding the town for $50,000 for fto secrecy. it represents 'Hen-Pecked Husbands Organize in Liverpool Liverpool's citizenry, rich and poor for the Henpecked Husbands' Union known no creed. The purpose of the union is to give the men an opportunity of voicing their protests against what they consider a feminine ruled world. Assoclated Press Photo. barely 100 feet above the ground. PANTAGES IS TURNED DOWN THIRD TIME Again Loses Attempt to Secure Release from Jail on Bond LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 16.-~ Alexander Pantages's third petition | for release from the County Jail on bail because of asserted serious | heart ailment, was today denied by {Judge Fricke. The court declared arguments wupporting the motion showed no sircumstances warranting his re- lease. Brings Suit , | | | G AT AP BIE PLANT | DESTROYED Largest Hardwood Lumber Mills in World Are Razed by Flames MANILA, April 16.—About 1,200 laborers at Cadiz are jobless as| the result of a fire which de- stroyed the Insular Lumber Com- | pany's sawmill, houses and out-| 'ving portions of the plant, the largest hardwood lumber mill in| SEVILLE, Spain, April 16—The the world. |Graf Zeppelin, carrying 20 passen- The plant is owned largely h‘.‘ufirs, circled repeatedly over this Americans. |city today amid cheers of enthus- iastic crowds. Roof tops through- TO R . Theatre Where {out the city were dotted with spec- McKinley Was Killed | tators. | AURORA, Ill, April 16.—Thou- sands who have watched tragedy and comedy depicted on the screen ang yMrg Arnot Hendrickson, spent of an Aurora theatre without know- - |today in S8t. Ann's hospital for ing that within it the assassination | .o surgical treatment. of an American president, William 'y McKinley took place. The building then was the Tem- ple of Musie, at the Buffalo, N. Y. exposition. Receiving a line of vi: itors in 1it, McKinley was fatally| shot by Leon Czolgosz. Aurora men | bought the building at an auction | and set it up here as a coliseum.| BRUSSELS, April 16.—Revision Later it was a roller skating rink,|of the Belgian liquor laws has been andafinally a movie house. |recommended by a special investi- It is to be razed this year to|gating committee and wets of the make way for a more prctenuuu,\cuuntr)' are ming a Y. flicker palace. base this upon the fact that LI Ao drastie prohibition = sugg: ROOF FIRE THIS MORNING enter ned by the investi- DOES BUT LITTLE DAMAGE gators were ab oned under pres- |eure of public opinion, rather than upon any great concessions in the recommendations themselves. The law now allows free traffic in I es and beer but limits the » of spirits to licensed mers chants and forbids the sale of less jthan twe quarts to an individual ~ Associated Press Photo rannie Brice, actress, seeks $126,000 in a suit filed In New for the Art Cipema corporation's alleged failure to produce a talking picture in which she was to star. GRAF CIRCLES OVER SEVILLE | | >-ee HAS SURGICAL TREATMENT Jackie Hendrickson, son of Mr tions A roof blaze at the residence of Mrs. Edna M. Haley on Dixon Street this morning called out the Fire Department. The fire was extinguished with hand chemicais before material damage had been done. PRICE TEN CENTS SSOMETHING IS WRONG," SAYS REP. BRITTEN Chairman of House Naval Affairs Committee Makes Assertions 'UNDERSEA CRAFT NEED REMODELING Ships Are Wrongly Con- structed, Is Claim—No Defense Is Offered WASHINGTON, April 16. —~Chairman Fred A. Britten, |of the House Naval Affairs | Committee, today asserted /that there is something | “wreng” with the United | States Navy’s policy. i The statement was made {duiing consideration of the :rcmmmendation of the Navy il‘or serapping of 13 obsoletz | submarines. | Chairman Britten said de- commissioning of about $12,- 1 000,000 worth of submarines |in recent years, after they | had been in commission about four years each, proved that the ships were wrongly con- ~ structed. | Rear Admiral Stonley, Chief of Naval Operations, said a satisfactory engine had not yet been developed. THREE NAVAL POWERS TAKE - SAFE ACTION Protection Agreement Is Made Regarding Bel- ligerent Attitude LONDON, April 16. — Premier Ramsay MacDonald, American See- retary of State Stimson and Chair- man Wakatsuki of the Japanese delegation, have reached an agree- |ment safeguarding the clause ‘de= signed to protect three of the big naval powers in event non-signator- ies should begin a big building pro- | gram, : The agreement has been cabled tc Washington and Toyko for ap~ ‘provfll. | .- (“Jake Paralysis” Victims Vainly Seeking Relief WICHITA, Kansas, April 16. — With scores of men and even women and girls, dragging lifeless feet in the petroleum slush ponds of Southern Kansas, hoping to find relief from the “Jake Paralysis” malady, believed caused by drinking Jamaica ginger, health authorities said the pilgrimage is futile and any relief is imagined because sulphur compounds do not get through the skin. This is also the opin~ ion of Dr. Hobbs, City Phy- sician, AR X KNS 0 0000 BELGIAN WETS CLAIM LIQUOR LAW VICTOR! customer. Moreover owners cafes and restaurants are not mitted to keep spirits on jpremises even though tHeir h are in the same buildings as | establishments. 5 The committee suggested i restauranteurs have the same p llege of private consumption |spirits as other citizens. It also m commends that the minimum |be reduced to one quart, |censes should be issued | wine dealers and be limited in n |ber and that private clubs s} be barred from selling spirits ‘kmembers. X