The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXXVI., NO. 54l9~.7 JUNEAU MAN ATTEMPTS TO KILL WIFE; S BARS AGAINST JAPANESEMAY | BE LET DOWN Amendment to U. S. Im-| migration Act Propos- ed by Johnson JAPAN IS DELIGHTED; | NO STATEMENTS MADE California Treated to Great' Surprise—Official - Gives Views TOKYO, May. 26.—Profound sat- isfaction is felt here by the an-| nouncement from Washington that | Albert Johnson, ‘Chairman of the; Fienee Immigration Committee ex- | pected to propose an amendmemi to the Immigration Act which would, give Japan a proportionate quo-| ta of immigrants to the United] States. i The highest Japanese officials are | silent regarding the announcement taking the position that comment| at this juncture is unwarranted and unwise Nevertheless deep gratification isj sensed as some relief because it was| o “Detrimental” to U. S. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUN EAU. ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930, DISH-WASI:IING CHAMPION A Assoclated Press Phote Because Madonna Aselin's hands wcre more nimble than a score of other young women's, she won the title of dish-washing champion of southern California. The contest was a feature of the Los Angeles food and housshold show. LORD DAVIDSON DIES IN LONDON Says Naval Ratio Given Japan Is VWASHINGTON, May 26— feared American reaction might| e be hostile in view of former Am-ig bassador Hanihari’s outspoken and | dramatic speech expressing resent-|e Admiral Hughes, Chief of Naval Operations, told the Foreign Relations Committee he thought the ratio given Japan by the naval treaty SUNDAYMORNING WASH. STATE REPUBLICANS IN STAMPEDE Many Deleg;g to Conven-| tion Leave Hall Follow- ing Platform Vote MODIFICATION OF DRY LAWS STRONGLY URGED' \Anti-World Court Plank Is Forced Through—Pto- hibition Denounced CAROL REPORTED SEEKING BELLINGHAM, Wash,, May 26.— Platform planks demanding modi- fication of the Prohibition amend- ment and opposing America’s en- | trance into the World Court and urging party candidates without: the! interference of the Direct Primaryj Law, were adopted last Saturday! by the State Republican Conven- tion by a vote of 456 to 448. |- Many delegates left the conven- |tion hall when the King County delegation of ten, sponsorers of the Prohibition Amendment, forced through the anti-World Court plank. The convention adjourned soon afterwards. Dr. John Siegle, of Tacoma, start- led the many delegates in his out- spoken denunciation of the Prohi- bition era. Other planks were restriction of | immigration from the Philippines | > Dashing Prince Carol of Rumanla, who gave up the throne Yor | (right), is reported seeking forgiveness of his wife. King Michssh RECONCILIATION MEMBER OF ASSOCIA’[ED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TENi(EENTS UICIDES W.L WITSELL DEAD: WIFE IS SLIGHTLY HURT Fatal Shooting Takes Place Near Hospital Early This Aftrenoon After firing two shots at |his estranged wife, who is known as Mrs. Edith Man- {mers, and wounding her once on the hip, William L. Wit- sell, local carpenter, commit- ted suicide here shortly after 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. The tragedy took place on the court immediately south of the St. Ann’s Hospital. ! What events led up to the shooting were not clear this {afternoon. Only one person, in addi- Ition to Mrs. Manners, wit- nessed the attack. The other |was J. M. Longhurst whose unofficial testimony added lit- {tle to the known "facts. | Witsell, it was said, entered the ‘ihospnax grounds to visit his wife, |Who has been employed at St. Princess Helen (centar). who is mother of his son, Ann's as a night nurse. Shortly after he entered the house in which \Mrs. Manners and her young |daughter resided, he fired two shots Associated Press P'hote ife with titian haired Mme. Lupescu ment of the United States exclu-.. sion of Japanese. COMES AS SURPRISE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 26. —The announced intention of Con- gessman Johnson to offer an| amendment to the Immigration| Act for restriction of Japanese, came as a surprise in California. : Secretary V. 8. McClatchy, of the California Immigration Committee, | in a statement called “attention to the fact that such a plan was care-| fully considered by Congrt in; 1924 and rejected by the Commit-| tee.” | alifornians have not been ad-| vised whether Johnson intends to| have the amendment apply only to Japanese or to all Asiatic races,; now excluded because ineligible to| American citizenship, said McClat- | chy. Opposed to Quota “The attitude of state organiza-| tions, represented by committees of | the American Legion, State Feder- ation of Labor and Native Sons of the Golden West, have been con- sistently opposed to the quota for any races ineligible for citizenship, the reason being that such quota would destroy the natural and con-| sistent barrier erected in 1924, an act against entrance unassimilable colored races. “If the present- plan is unjust, responsibility lies in the Naturali- zation laws and wot.with the Im- migration Act,” concluded Mc- Clatehy. | ) Will Sing Over KOMO, Seattle, This Afternoon Miss Alice Emel, of Seattle, lyric soprano, who is a late addition to Pathe, will sing over KOMO at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, Juneau time, according to a cablegram re- | mediately. e was “detrimental” to Am- erican interests. He said he preferred more eight - inch gun cruisers as he thought e them superior to six-inch © gun cruisers sevecesocooes s {Former Bishop of Canter- bury, Primate of Eng- land, Passes Away . secescccecocee Back at Pernambuco After Flight South to Rio de Janerio PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May 26. —Ending a journey of nearly 2,500 miles to Rio de Janerio and back, the Graf Zeppelin was moored to i the mast here at 9:10 o'clock this| ABSOCIATED PRESS morning. Preparations for the DOR. RANDALL THOMAS DAVIDSON flight to North America began im- Only 17 minutes were A LONDON, England, May 26.— Lord Davidson, former Archbishop occupied in mooring operations. “ The Graf was given a tremendous ©f Canterbury and Primate of Eng- greeting at Rio de Janerio as it 1and, died here Sunday morning Lord Davidson resigned the ! acceptance of which he had sought {as the crown of his long ecclesia; ———e————— SENATE PLANS icnl career. He never recovere Gunn PRUGRAM from the political blow which sent him into voluntary retirement. ~—- The} | GRAND OLD GENTLEMAN WASHINGTON, may 3. Senate Republicans decided at a|Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of party conference to attempt Canterbury from 1904 to 1928, guid- dispose of the naval treaty, rivers|eq the Church of England through and harbors bill, tariff and severall ;ne of the most difficult periods other important pieces of legisla- The Most Rev. Dr. sailed over both going south to Parangua, State of Parana, and | “Throne of St. Augustine” on No-; north. | vember 12, 1928, after Parliament |for the second timé rejected the | revised Angelican Prayer Book, | Randall } and a return to simplicity in gov- ernment ,also support of Gov. Hart-| ley’s Tax Commission. RENEW STRIFE, | INDIA SECTIONS, |Widely Separated Areas! Report Disorders— | | Official Is Killed | LONDON, May 26—Disturbances, and arrests of ;Civil Disobedience |leaders in widely separated areas| | compelled attention of the British- | ndian authorities throughout In-| |dia, according to advices received here. | | 1 | | -What Modern it The killing of D. D. Murphy, Assistant Superintendent of Police {at Peshawar, indicated a rcnewalj of disorders and strife in the torn; district. | Salt raids at Wadala were re- ipeated. Two hundred were arrest- ed and the same number injured | in encounters with armed police| |who used guns. %Third Plane for Bromley Ends in Disaster Flight MUROCH, California, May 26.— Tipped into a sideslip by a sudden | | | | | | 1 | | | | | l |City of Tacoma, the third, was, destroyed lasts Saturday. H W, Catlin, who was testing it for the [Tacoma to Tokyo flight, was per- | | haps fatally injured when the ship flashed into flames. { Harold Bromley, who was to | The pretty co-eds at Oregon State College study motor op- eration. They are pictured above receiving first-hand in- struction in automotive me- chanics through work on the- Co-Eds Study caterpillar tractor which estab- lished a world record by keep- ing in action for 20 days with- out stopping the engine: The former record for light type caterpillar was 17 days. (International Newsresl)| gust of the wind, the monoplane suggest ‘American Negroes Now Adopt The Moslem Faith ISTANBUL, May 206.—A sugges- NEW ADMIRAL COMMANDING t:uve m;\le lt::e mnin;owjifix;'jflon that American negroes should | turn Moslem because Moslems are | his third ship, in less than a year,|g | ! L {devoid of col d prejudice, and jend in disaster, S ani, ol I |migrate to the vast unpopulated, BATILE FLEET Admiral Frank Schofield GIVE AMOUNTS ' FOR CAMPAIGN, - PENNSYLVANIA Senate Fund Committee Is Given Inside Figures by Candidates WASHINGTON, May 26. — The Senate Campaign Funds Commit- ee has been advised that Joseph ! Grundy's campaign in the Penn- |eylvania primary for the nomina- |tion of Senator cost $332,000. The ! figures were given by Thomas Sell, lTx'eas\u'cr of the Grundy Commit- | tee. | Grundy himself contributed $201,- | 000. WASHINGTON, May 26-—Secre- | tary of Labor Davis told the Cam- | paign Funds Committee of the Sen- :uu‘ that he spent $10,500 of his |own money in his successful cam- DAVIS'S CAMPAIGN FUND |paign for Senator in the Penn- Isylvania campaign preceding the primary. | WET CANDIDATE'S FUND | WASHINGTON, May 26—Fran- ‘]ces Bohlen, wet candidate in the |Pennsylvania primary for the Sen- | \ate, told the Senate Campaign |Funds Committee this afternoon |that contributions to his ticket amounted to about $205,000, con- tributed by the Association Against ‘Lhe Prohibition Amendment. | D Fight to Be ‘Made Against jat his wife, one of which missed jher entirely, while the other lodged in her hip. | Kills Himself Witsell then rushed out of the house to the sidewalk and shot himself through the head. The bullet entered above the right ear and came out of the top of his skull, Officlals, doctors and an under- taker were immediately suminoned by hospital authorities. Mrs. Man- ners was taken at once to a hos- pital ward where she received sur- |glcal and medical attention, while | her husband’s body was removed to the C. W. Carter Mortuary. | An hour after the shooting it was reported at the hospital that | Mrs. Manners's wound was not serious. | Arthur W. Fox, United States ! Commissioner, who the scene, said this an inquest will be tomorrow. | Witsell has resided in Juneau for (the past several years, and for inbouz one year has been in the iemploy of the Morris Construction Company, as a carpenter. He was about 60 years of age. HW. ELLIOTT DIES, SEATTLE Man Credited with Prepar- ing Seal Treaty of Na- tions, Passes Away was called to afternoon that held sometime | SEATTLE, May 26.—Henry Wood Elliott, aged 83 years, naturalist land artist, died Sunday at the |home of his son John S. Elliott. | Under special acts of Congress, |Henry W. Elliott made several studies of depredations done by ceived this forenoon. She has!/ of its history. lands of Anatokia, has been made| . I |tion before adjournment. ! " 1 Engl s _iis . J , v . 4 Ipelagic hunters on the Pribilof many friends in Juneau and also! s : As ";‘;‘ma‘elgfghfl"]‘; ‘Z‘;;;Egha‘t‘:f;lfllm’s Populahon lby All Mehemed Bey, whose for- | Takes Comman(].wlh Seizure Ruling |herds and he is credited with relatives, U. S. Gregory, an uncle; M i N. Y Ypnicatly ancl. B Gcmle_! Shows Big Increase'™:" Ohristian name was James| Due Ceremonies | — Ipreparing the treaty in 1911 by gnd Greg Mangan, a cousin. ercury in IN. Y. lx:/mcl&lvi l:; C‘:;m‘ s England! g Lummax. i® WASHINGTON, May 26— e which the United States, Canada, ——e — — I . o hu | o g v r S rginia ay 26—1® A determined attempt to e Japan and Russia gave the herds s Cu""l U, | he h b MIAMI, Florida, May 26—This, He 1s the leader of a delegation; NORFOLK, Virginia, May 26.—| p P gave the T TROY TO LEAVE FOR Freak C hi ol :‘ ad "SC" f:)}:ie'hgfdlx;): c:u;e; one \city made a great splash in popu- of Moslem Negroes from Detroit, Admiral Frank Schofield took com-|® Prevent the seizure of para- e adequate protection . JUNEAU ON SATURDAY |['Te: apers e G o modernism, | the |1ation with census figures showing Michigan, U. 8. A, going to An-mand of the battle flect last |e phernalia used in making e| Collections of his water ' color ) | th HEI Om A wealth of 110000, an increase of 2721 per gora to ask a grant for citizenship | urday and leaves here today for|® hor.ne brew was opened to- e sketches are preserved in the ager of the Daily Alaska Empire, | cury skidded today to egrees, 2 d cerer e e e Bl s o consin Legislators who came o | Cleveland, 0, Museum. are who has been south for several the lowest cempernymre recorded by| Although there had been rumors ,‘:?,?:,r: xu:“ '.,Dfnm’:',l,g“.‘“ i s to protest to the seizure e of natural history. weeks, has been detained on busi- {the Weather Bureau for May 25_.’0( his retirement for nearly Iom’W t I z 5 l f ‘Dl.«;trlct comms he First Na o It aerof surcartidae in 9| Mo 6 RESTOE EviRie i ness and will not leave Seattle Last Friday was the hottest May vears, announcement of the resig- | arran 8 S.Sllt( or | = ¢ the store of a Milwaukee @ 'three sons and seven daughters until next Saturday. He will come 23 when the mercury reached 89 nauo;\ of Dr. Davidson, made b};v % A . o i sth?“flli\?:hiox: 2:1“2::;““:\1].,:.:p,:uin ,® man ® One of his daughters, Mrs. Ben-’ north on the steamer Yukon. ' degrees. g the Prime Minister in July, 1928 M C Off l 3 | ¢ y Bodgitily i, | ® amin. Mozee, lives near Nome, Al- It was the first time any Arch-| . ce;;m"“y was, Held, it - — i Jant hi esigned, ! C I C’ (12 > | ear Admiral Christy succeeds | g NEW RULING IS MADE {bishop of Casterbury nas resigned.| onspuracy Is Charge | S som o oo CUT THROATS OF EACH {all his predecessors from medieva times having died in harness ori | Fourth Division of the Battle Fleet | IN PROHIBITION CASE MIAMI, Fla., May 26 —Warrants|city ordinance. as ranking Senior Officer ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 26.—Prohi- bition agents have no right to de- stroy material seized in a raid without a specific court order, Fed- eral Judge Charles B. Farish, told a jury in a $12,500 damage suit of Mrs. Lillie B. Peters, of Portland, Oregon, formerly of St. Louls, against six agents, for alleged ma- Jicious destruction of property in a raid. The Volstead Act, Judge Farish | been slain. The resignation was referred by |the King to an ecclesiastical com- Spasce, Do, Sowmcton Of | mission, which recommended ac- mash, whiskey and apparatus in the | ceptance of it to take effect Novem- manufacture of illegal alcohol only - after court orders, and strict m-‘be;.sm'gl?jg;,‘}feggffigorflgfiivfins:g terpretation of the law requires the| A 1ew‘days after the announce: ::::etsc;‘:x l";es::: ‘;‘:“’eljf:g:’c’;’ 50 ment of Dr. Davidson’s resignation, 4 | the Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, The jury returned a verdict in Archbishop of York, was named favor of the agents. | o | hbishop of Canterbury. Mrs. Peters charged the Agents‘“c‘ mgppmw old me with destroying a still and a large| p. payidson had expressed a de- quantity of mash wilfully and caus- ing great damage to a building. (Continued on Page Three) P iy {charging Mayor Reeder, City Com- | missioner Knight, Director of Safe- ty McCreary and former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, pub 'of the Miami Daily News, with con- spiracy in recent attempts to ban-| jish “Scarface” Al Capone from the| !city, have been sworn out here Vincent G. Giblin, Attorney for the Chicagoan, went to a Justice of |the Peace, and obtained the war- rants. The technical charge filed was that each man conspired to accuse lcapone falsely of violation of a 1 2 il amsr McCreary is charged with falsej arrest in another warrant. The warrants are the result of recent arrests of the gangster as a part of the city's campaign to drive him out. The warrants were sworn out af- ter Capone and a City detective played a waiting game in Giblin's office, the detective seeking the |arrest of the gangster for the fourth |tary of State Stimson time since he has been here. Miami is adopting the Cb plan of seizing Capone whenever found in the city limits. Ambassador Dawes Coming Home for LONDON, May 26 Ambassador Charles G been granted permission by Secre- to leave American | |England June 7 to visit (of 1933, Dawes expects to be ab- l.\em one month. Dawes has cut OTHER TO ESCAPE FIRE PARIS, May 26 A dispatch \from Jeddah, Arabian, to the Petit Month’s Vacation Parisian, said 50 Moslem Pilgrims |aboard the burning steamer Asia, in Jeddah Harbor last Wednesday, |than face death in the blaze. Eye witnesses give this account Chicago of the disaster which is now said cago |in connection with the World Fair to have taken 200 lives. The throat cutting took place at the foot of the companionway when one another's throats rather the cry “everybody for himself,” which could be heard for blocks. The bodies of the pact suicides blocked the exit and prevented others from escaping. The origin of the fire has not been determined. As rapidly as possible, boats cn the starboard side were lowered, as those on the port side were blazing, and those that were lows ere(“l there sank immediately.