The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XXXVIL, NO. 5585. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DENSE FOG BLANKETS ENGLAND; TRAFFIC IS HALTED . LARGE AMOUNT FOR RELIEF IN ROUGHT AREA Senate and H_ou-se Seem In- | tent on Overriding Secretary Hyde WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.— Qutright condemnation of govern- ment loans to purchase food in | | the drought areas have been made | by Secretary of Ayriculture Hyde yet the Senate 1s prepared to taks up drought relief legislation and apparently intent on furnishing a fund of $60,000,000. A bill before the House con- tains $30,000,000 specifically in- tended to purchase food for the destitute. Secretary Hyde said this would create paternalism and go near a dole, also béyond furnishing loans for stock, feed, fertilizer and seeds and stepping into dangerous terri- tory by so doing. ————————— WOMAN ISFOUND GULLTY; KILLED STEP - DAUGHTER Jury of Twelve Men Bring in Verdict — Sen- tenced to Life Byron Patton Harrison, Jr., 22, son of Senator and Mrs. Pat Har- rison, of Mississippi, with his bride, formerly Mary Louise Dorroh, The couple first met when they at- They left by motor for a gshort honeymoon immediately after the wedding in Washington, D. C. . 23, of University, Mississippi. tended school together. World’s Largest DENVER, Col., Dec. 9—A District Office Building Court jury composed of 12 men, named Pearl OLoughlin the slayer of her ten-year-old stepdaughter Leona. Judge Hanley A. Calvert immedi- ately sentenced the woman to life imprisonment. Mrs. O'Loughlin was sad but hardly showed any emotion during the ten days of the trial. She walked unassisted to the prisoner's dock when sentence was about to be passed. Leona was struck over the head with a tire iron and then thrown unconscious into Berkeley Lake on October 14. Leo O'Loughlin, father of the girl, and a member of the Denver detective force, was taken to the hospital two days later suffering from allegedly ground glass in his food. The State contended collection of life insurance was the motive for the crime. e BETRAYER IS SHOT, KILLED | | | | | | | Damaged by Bomb CHICAGO, I, Dec. 9.—One of ‘the world’s largest office buildings, the American Furni- ture Mart, was bombed early today. A hole was torn in the first floor and masonry was blown out on one kide of the building. Windows were broken all over the building. The damage as the result of the bomb explosion is estimated at $15,000. V. L. Alward, one of the owners of the building, said he did not know the reason for the bombing. DEATH COMES T0 MAN DEEP DOWN IN BAY Water Overturns—3 Men Rescued ssion Sixty Feet Under UNITED STATES | ARMY EFFICIENT CLAIMS HURLEY Gives Three Warnings on| Keeping Land Forces Up to Standard WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—The Sec- | retary of War saluting his cem- | 1mandmg officer, reported the Army | (more efficient than at any time isince the World War and at the | same time gave three warnings lest preparedness be impaired. { | These Secretary Hurley embodied in his annual report to President | Hoover as follows: | That continuance of building up the Air Corps enlisted strength by transfers frongyother branches, un- der the mandatory five-year 'pro- gram, means the Army soon Wil INDIAN BUREAU ‘ LOCALSCHOOLS ment, pay being related to mogale! House Transfers Alaska In-! and morale to efficiency; and.< | That at the present depletion ! dian Schools from Of- fice of Education rate “it will be but a mattef of: | several years when there will be 1no properly balanced reserve stocks !on hand for immediate issue to mo- bilized man power.” | “The lack of such war reserve stocks,” Hurley emphasized, “would {make prompt and complete mili- | tary effectiveness impossible in a | given situation.” “ Pay Is Deplored ka Indians and Bskimos from the | Office of Education, where it has always been, to the Federal Bu-| reau of Indian Affairs, is provided! “Except for the slight relief, af-|for in the regular Interior Depart | forded by the pay act of 1922, the ment appropriations bill which was| - pay of the Army has remainéd passed by the lower House of Con- | practically unchanged since 1808, gress, according to an Associated ‘SENATUR LAvAL }nonwithstandlng that the cost of Press dispatch from Washington| | !living has steadily mounted since received by The Empire. ASKED TO FORM - FRENGHCABINET Ithat time” he wrote. “The situa-| It is understood here ‘ | tion confronting the junior offi-| change was first proposed by Rep-| | ‘Bathou Fails to Get Sup- port for New Govern- | cers is particularly to be deplored. | resentative Louis C, Cramton, and| i ment in France | | Transfer of the education of Alas-“ | is A great deal is expected of the was -approved by -Sécretary Rnyl regular Army officer. Men miLyman Wilbur of the Interior De- | meet these requirements are en-|partment. | titled to adequate compensation.”| The measure as it passed the As for the Air Corps, the Sec-iHmlse carried $242,000 for various | retary reported normal progress onyadmimstrauve purposes under the | the five-year program expected to office of Governor of Alaska; for ibe completed when due in 1932.|an anticipated deficit in operations Plane deliveries keep abreast of of the Alaska Railroad, $1,000,000; | schedule; and the corps gains slow-{and $510,000 for the Federal schools, {ly in commissioned strength de- | largely for secondary education and PARIS, Dac. 9.—Following failure | spite the limitation of the Army's/teachers' training, of Senator Bathou to form a minis/| total. This led to the declaration| The $242,000 for the Governor’s| | try, Senator Pierre Laval, charac-ithat depletion of other arms must|disbursement includes, salaries of | | terized by Clemenceau as one Of | stop “or else our program of na-|the Governor and Secretary of the| the most brilliant members of the|tjonal defense must undergo reor- Territory and minor officers, sal-| Chamber of Deputies of the Tiger's| ganization.” | aries for Special Officers for Sup- ! i day, has been given a mandate to) pression of Liquor Traffic among | | form a new French Government. the Indians, Reindeer Administra- Senator Laval is an Independent| ltion, and care of the insane of | Socialist. As Minister of Labor un- | Alaska. | der Premier Tardieu, he sailed to Army Personnel On June 30, ending the year covered by ithe report, the army personnel exclusive of Philippine | piblic: favor -when he aided in)Scouts was just under 181,000, | getting through the Social Assur-| Attributing the military ®fficiency, ance Laws of Pensions for work-|largely to work of his predecessors, (), oy ing people and by settling the tcx-‘HurlPY especially praised the ac- i ’ | tile strike in Northern France. complishments by the man he sue- ' - — ceeded—the late James W. Good. ! The report reviewed the Depart- | ment’s far-flung activities, from 1 ’isupervising the Government-owned | inland waterways transportation systems to its functions in the Col. James Fitzmaurice (left). who now, follow- ine successful flight in 1928, will start on a new adventure in the way of a second marriage, with the Baroness Barbara von Kal* charming German aristocrat and noted sculptress. | of Lineoln stood out as setting new: spots. Irecords in authoritativeness. Though | revering Lincoln devotedly, s DAY AS DARK AS NIGHT IN LONDON AREA Two Persons Known Killed in Collision—Popu- lace Is Fearful LONDON, Dec. 9.—Anoth- er thick fog which has visit- ed London frequently during |the past ten days, dropped The couple became fast friends at the time thy | down again today blotting out landmarks, hampering Fitzmaurice is now waiting divorce from present | communication. 2 Railroad, highway, river — and coastal traffic is at a Colonel took charge of an airport in New York. kreuth (right), wife. Unemployment are the [ PADRE OF THE | standstill. The day is prac- .7 . [tically as dark as at night Aid in Alaska ‘ i“:“ll“ sy dark ub Qe e Is Provided ‘ RAINS“ PASSES | Two persons have been kill- WASHINGTON, D. C, Dsc. | ed here and several injured 9—The Unemployment Emer- | AwAY IN SUUTH ing for $110,000,000 has been re- to the fog. ived ported to the House. R | Afternoon reports receive Among the items S . 1 here state the fog is extend- ["l'("e‘:ci"‘\fk::’ CAI':;“S:HZ o Father _]elome S. Ricard, ing all over England and 58 !aleng all coasts. Harbor Refuge at Seward Santa Clara ! 45,000, 5] o parting and arriving. | People are fearful of the REv BARTU results of the fog, believing [} poison will be spread as in PASSES AWAY the Meuse Valley in England. % to inform the populace not to- | fear as records in previous | years have shown no deaths 0 | have occurred from such Noted Clergyman - Author rauses. R | SR A Dies at Age of 69— ; Long Il o " Young Germuans .ong liness | i : ¥ i Object to Showing NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 9.—The Of U. S. War Film 9. as the result of collisions due gency Contruction Bill provid- Astronomer, Dies at Port Alexander $17,000. i 8. Ocean traffic is tied up, de- Authorities are attempting Rev. William E. Barton, aged 69, BERLIN, Dec. — Young 1 Germany is objecting strenu- N cusly to the showing of the American film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Ancther demonstration took place last night in a movie house and the pelice were call- ed. Tickets scalpers have been reaping a harvest in selling tickets, however. The first outbreak occurred several night ago, led by Paul Gobbel, Fascist leader. White mice were released and stench bombs were thrown among the audience in the theatre. Marchers today paraded in front of the movie theatre show- ing the film but heavy traffic prevented any clashes between them and the police. - SWEDES WIN STAMP PRIZES STOCKHOLM.— Swedish phila- telists were paid high honors at noted clergyman-author, is dead here after a long illness. WAS A REALIST | William E. Barton was a realist. He constantly welcomed opportuni- ties to expose error whether in the form of a confidence game to K AS3S0SIATED PRESS (TIMES WDE WORLD) snare compassionate preachers, a PP THER JEROME S.RICARD conventional sentimentality, or a widely accepted legend about Ab- raham Lincoln. Yet he was describ- SANTA CLARA, Cal, Dec. 9.—| Father Jerome S. Richard, aged| ed ‘by those who knew him as sym-' 81 years, the “Padre of The Rains,” | pathetic, tolerant and humorous. |died last night in the University | Of the more than fifty books he of Santa Clara Informary He wrote on many themes, his studies predicted weather monthly by sun| Dr. NATIONAL REPUTATION Barton followed wherever facts led, even if they disclosed a famous Father Jerome Sixtus Ricard, for Lincoln letter to the mother of more than 50 yea connected with ! five supposed war heroes as a|the University of Santa Clara, Cau-; “beautiful blunder” in which Lin- fornia, had a national reputation coln was hoaxed. as the discoverer of method of | Carl Sandburg said of one of the weather forecasting observation a by Twenty-two Bullets Ends; Life of Diamond Gang Member _ Men Resued AN 1§ KILLED, BOY IS INJURED | drowned” and three others were | rescued while working at the bot- “Millionaire Newsboy” of| Chicago Is Victim of tom of Elliot Bay removing sand for NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Dec./concrete pillars for the American! Unknown Enemies | 9—Twenty-one bullets punctured Can Company’s new dock. | the last remarks of Nicholas The men were at work under &/ “Cheeks” Luciano, aged 28, Who caisson, a huge hour glass shaped | betrayed a diamond gang. He was cover, and were down 60 feet. The found on the floor of the deserted caisson was opened at the bottom.' Social Athletic Club. | In some manner, the caisson over- The Proprietor of the Club saidturned and the water rushed in. | CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 9.—Explo-) Luciano was drinking with friends| Eddie Sproule was drowned. | sion of a powerful bomb contained when two young men strode in and| Arthur Llewllyn and L. McLeod ' in an innocent looking package, opened fire. scrambled to the top ahead of the opened by a boy to satisfy Luciana was the only one un- rushing water. | Yuletide curiosity, caused the death punished of six prepetrators of the| Jack Harvey, lock tender, was on of Tony May, professional bonds- $43,000 Brooklyn robbery in which top and clung ab the caisson fell,! man and money lender, known as two messengers were slain seven and was rescued. | the “Millionaire newsboy.” years ago. He turned state’s evi-| The men worked under 22 pounds: May was 63 years of age and his dence. Three of his comrades were air pressure. son Eugene, 15. The son was badly sent to the electric chair and two| others were given life imprison- ment. ED DD — H. R. Roberts of Bremerton,' age Wash,, is registered at the Zynda. | The windows throughout the en- . v | tire 40-suite apartment building THAT HARD-BOILED RED-HEADED P sattorbiy e B SWEARING PARROT HAS BEEN SOLD; | theory that May was the victim of IS SENT TO NEW HOME IN NEW YORK ! extortionists or the bomb was sent ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9.—The hard- |as a reprisal for a garnishee on boiled, red-headed parrot ‘of the St. | wages of some man to whom money from all parts of the United States was loaned. Lou’s Zoo which swore itself out of & comfortable home in the recent- and Canada who asked for the par-| ———— Iy opened Bird house, is being sent rot as a gift or by purchase or| T flNs to New York. It has been sold for NnMINA I trade after the story of his vocabu- | lary. was printed in newspapers! throughout the nation. A total of| . $140 to Jasper Bayne, the highest | $2.000 in bids from $5 to $100 was| bidder for the bird with the mule |offered for the bird. “@river’s vocabulary. The $140 will| Bayne first wired he would pay/ _be used to buy tropical plants to beautify further the new bird house that proved too genteel for the $100 and then raised his bid to the selling price. He gave no reason; WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.— cussing parrot’s home, Director George P. Vierheller announced. for wanting the parrot, except {0, The Senate Finance Committee has + Bayne was one of 619 people say he owned many birds and would 'approved of the nominations of the take all responsibility in regard for six Tariff Commissioners nomin- it suiting him, ated by President Hoover, his: | injured when he opened the pack-| ARE APPROVED | Philippine Islands and Porto Rico. LARGEST LINER, AMERICAN BULLT, T0 BE LAUNCHED Mrs. Hoover ‘to Christen New S. S. President Hoover Tomorrow NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 0—The largest American buflt] |mercham vessel, the President Hoover, is poised on the ways for {launching tomorrow. | Mrs. Herbert Hoover will christen the craft when it glides down the | ways into the water. { The ship is 853 feet long with & displacement of 33,800 tons. The President Hoover is the first’ | Coast. | > SUOPPING AV 10 CHRISTMAY { 1 | 3 y | SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 9—Paul Baer, Fort Wayns, Indiana pilot, United States ace with 16 1 woman Ohinese pilot, were killed in a crash of an air mail plane on the Whangpo River. Five Chinese passengers, Includ- ing General Shiung Shi Shue, Commander of the Shanghal Gar- rison, were injured. This is said to be the first air mail plane crash in China. — e TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW. YORK CITY, N. Y, Dec. 9.—Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock today is 7, Ame: ican Can 112';, Anaconda Copper 83%, Bethlehem Steel 59%, Fox Films 237%, General Motors 34, Granby Corporation 167%, Inter- national Harvester 56, Kennecott National Acme 7%, Packard- Mo- tors 9%, Simmons Beds 16%, Stan- {of two $8,000,000 ships for th€jg..4 Brands 17, Standard Ofl of | | Dotlar Line to be placed in the! ooitornia 481, Standard Oil of | | Oriental traffic on the Pacific New Jersey 51% 27%, United Aircraft U. S. Steel 142, Curtiss- ‘Wright General Pacific Gas and Electric 46%, sylvania Railroad 57%, 1 house Electric and Mechanical 96. Westing- A R PORTUGUESE TRY WHALE SETUBAL, Portugal— The in- creased price of meat has encour- aged local whalers to a new at- tempt to sell whale steaks to the housewives. A similar campaign in|sending and receiving ends of mo\plunn One was buil war time was not a success, Lincoln books, “The Paternity of! Abraham Lincoln:"” \ “It provides a bulwark of facts that is a resource to anybody who prefers to have what is' known rather than what is guessed at and wagged lazily on careless tongues.” International Influence | Dr. Barton brought the same; factual approach and the same| humorous understanding of men' and women, to his vocation as| clergyman, in which he wielded in- ternational influence. Born in 1861 | at Sublette, TIl., where his parents were early settlers, educated at| | Berea College, Kentucky, and Ober- | | lin Theological school, he went af-| ter early pastorages in Tennessee, | Ohio and Boston to the church at, ‘Oak Park, Tll, of which he was| | pastor 25 years. * | | During that period the member- | ship grew from 700 to 1700. In; 1924*he was moderator of the Con-| | gregational National Council. His| manuals for meéetings services and | sacraments are in general us | Copper 25%, Montgomery-Ward 20, | among- Congregationalists. He col- | have reac | laborated with Theodore G. Soaros" ‘ and the late Joshia Strong in scflp-1 tural compilations which had an! international circulation of half a million copies. He was chosen as a representative the 1927 World Conference on Faith and Order at Lausanne, to -oo— — DOUBLE TIME PHONE RATE “ VIEMNA, Déc. 9. — Beginning | April 1, 1931, the Austrian State | Telephone Department will base its | rentals or the amount of time that | each instrument is used in a given | month, collecting from both the| | conversations, | of sunspots. He was affectionately called “Padre of the Rains” by the students of the university be- (Continued on Page Three) NOW BUSY NAVIES By ANDRUE BERDI LEGHORN, TItaly, Dec. 9.—Ttaly | is measuring paces with England and Germany as a constructor of warship: other countries. for | :n nations, including four Latin ' American countries, have a total of 44 ships of war under con- struction or just completed in lian shipyards. The range from to submarine cha Foreign recent spee shipyards d so hiy ficiency that many foreign were giving them important he was summarizing what was only gradually becoming known . In two | light cruisers built + the “Almirante Brown" and the | “25 de Mayo"—have been te | up and down the coast undergoin speed and firing tests. Ships of| 6,600 tons each, they make 33| kn easily. [ They carry three turrets for twin 190 millimeter gun tu for twin 102 milimy CANNQNS | anti-airc pedo tubes a ten cr When in a said th ha orders, | | last and here other at Sestri Ponente the recent international stamp col- lection exhibit in Berlin, Consul F. Benzinger of Stockholm, receiving a gold medal in the “rarity class.” ITALIAN YARDS ARE BUILDING FOR OTHERS Other Latin American orders in- a Brazilian submarine built at Spezia and already consigned. It has 12368 tons surface displace- ment, 1,854 tons submerged. Para- guay has two gunboats, each of 845 tons, under construction at Sestri Ponente. Uruguay having built at Monfalcone a floating dock. is Turkey is a consistent customer. She has nine warcraft on the ways in Ttaly, two submarines, four tor= pedo boat destroyers and three gun- boats Rumania is paying for two tor= pedo boat destroyers of 1800 tons each, one submarine of 650 tons, and a mother-ship for submarines 2300 tons. Greece has ordered four torpedo boat destroyers, in pairs of 1,250 and 1450 tons each; Persia four pursuit craft and two gunboats; Albania five submarine chasers; Egypt a government yacht; Russia three ships of 600 tons each. The total contract price of this small navy runs to many tens of millions of dollars. Thus Ttaly's trade balance is bettered consider- ably, for her battleships are as much articles of export as her olives or tomatoes. of