The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —— VOL. XXXVII.‘ NO. 5619. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY ]ANUARY 1 1931 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEI\I_C_E_V_TS DENY REPORT TREASURY SECRETARY TO RESIGN SCREEN STAR IS EXPOSED BY GIRL PRIVATE LIFE OFCLARABOW IS SHOWN UP| Former Secretary Reveals Innermost Secrets of Film Actress PURCHASED HER OWN ENGAGEMENT DIAMOND Flame Haired Star Loses Leading Part, Lat- est Production LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 17.— The private life of Clara Bow, {lame-haired film actress, re- vealed by Daisy Deboe, dismissed Secretary, who took the stand in her own defense to charges of al- leged absconding with more than| $15,000 of Miss Bow’s money. | The eéx-secretary said she lived with Miss Bow and paid the bills | from her own account as well as! Clar: Miss Deboe said she paid the li- quor bills, the largest one amount- ing to $275. She also paid the ac- tress's poker debts. She said Miss Bow sometimes played six nights a week. Miss Deboe said she bought jew- elry for Miss Bow's boy friends, a watch chain for Dr. Earl Plerson, a ring for Lothar Mendes, film di- rector and a watch for Harry Rich- mond, actor and night club enter- tainer. Miss Deboé sald she paid $2,000 for an engagement ring for Clara from Clara’s own money when Clara was engaged to "“Harry Rich- mond. Miss Deboe said personally she bleached and dyed Miss Bow’s hair. She said she was a former hair dresser. Paramount Studios announced yesterday that Miss Bow will be replaced as a star in “City Streets” by Sylvia Sidney, New York actress. The trial was adjourned until Monday. IS PREPARING T0 DIG INTO ASSAULTCASE Sheriff at é:tland May Investigate Attack on Mrs. Howard PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 17— Sheriff Thomas Hurlburt is pre- paring for a possible investigation of the stabbing of Mrs. W. H. Howard, aged 56 years, important witness ir: the Bowles murder case. Defense attorneys have asked the sheriff to participate in a search for the principal in the assault case. Mrs. Howard was stabbed twice above the heart, slashed on the face and beaten Thursday night while she was on the back porch of her home. Mrs. Howard is in the hospital, in a critical condition, with a guard over her. The authorities will not permit anyone to question her. “Can’t Cater” Davis, Coast Guard Captain, Dies in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.— Captain Edwin William Davis, 60, of the United States coast guard, known throughout the service as “Can’t Cater,” died at the United States marine hos- pital here. The phrase for which he was famous originated when he was aboard the old revenue cutter Bear. The Bear spent much time in the Far North and cupplies sometimes ran short. When the officers’ mess com- plained, Captain Davis looked them coldly in the eye. “I can't cater, but I can ( 1 1 1 Associated Press Photo Upon the recommendation of a coroner’s jury Los Angeles police charged Frank Hugo, (lower right) alleged liquor runner, with the ©Of the demands of the miners. murder of his wife (upper right) and Louis White (left) after Hugo i told officials he shot Mrs. Hugo intimate, and White because they had beer ENGLISH BOAST BEST CRUISERS, EXPERT CLAIMS British Wnler on Naval Af-| fairs Also Discusses U. S. Navy LONDON, Jan. 17.—Great Britain today shows the way to the rest of the naval world in the design of cruisers, now the most competitive | of the world’s fighting ships. Such is the opinion expressed by Dr. Oscar Parkes, editor of "Jane's‘i Fighting Ships,” in his introduction to the 1931 edition of this standard reference work. Dr. Parkes has other interesting conclusions to offer: 1.—The slim and graceful nels and raked masts of pre-war days are vanishing. 2—~In many navies ships have but one funnel, and that unrecog- nizable—a monstrous sort of growth on the upper deck. 3.—Many foreign navies, the French and Italian in particular, have sacrificed too much for “fan- tastic speed,” but this post-war craze for “tin clads” is passing. New ideas in warship design of all classes of vessels is in pros- pect, according to Dr. Parkes, who points particularly to Germany’s widely advertised ‘pocket battle- ships and also to the new Swedish light cruiser, Gotland. The British expert forecasts a smaller aircraft carrier, thus co- inciding with American naval ex- perts. Considerable attention given the navies of continental Europe and the rivalry between France and Italy as well as France's projected answer to Germany's pocket battle- ships. Dr. Parkes sees the Frencn flotilla leaders of the Lion type as being answered by the Italian cruiz- ers of the Condottieri class. He thinks that the new French bat- tleships looking toward Germany may be of about 23,000 tons each, with twelve-inch guns and a speed ot 27 knots. is Wyoming Rocks Found To Be Potash Source WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17— The rocks of Wyoming are full of “g great potential source of ag- ricultural potash.” So says a report by S. L. Ma- dorsky of the Bureau of Chemistry {and Soils to the American Cheni- ical Society. The fertilizer occurs in a mineral { named Wyomingite. The Bureau; { proposes to extract the potash “by some manner of furnace process” |and experiments to develop this furnace are under way. ——————— While riding bicycles, Italian of- fun- ' INDUSTRY ) PLAN MAY END | GERMAN DOLE I Finance Mlmster Reveals Government Proposal at Congress | | | —A Germany up, financially and eco- STUTTGART, Germany, Jan. sensational plan for pulling nomically, by her own boot straps through abolition of the unemploy- ment dole and a partial socializa- |vealed here by Finance Minister |Hermann Dietrich, speaking at a party congress in session here. | The plan, which Herr Dietrich re- lor Heinrich Bruening's +would abolish the dole, which now costs lion marks (nearly $750/000,000) an- nually, and use this money to “in- crease production, lower the cost of raw materials to producing cr man- ufacturing industries which use a specially large amount of important raw materials.” No Subsidies plan did not contemplate subsidies to German industries, his outline of the plan provided virtually for that, |but under the title of “government contribution to lower the cost of production.” This is in effect the widest form of socialization of German indus- tries and forced exports ever pro- posed under the republic. By as- sisting industry through lower pro- duction costs and forced exports Herr Dietrich asserted the -cabi- net's plan would increase employ- ment, thus making up for the abc- lition of the dole. PRICE FIXING OF OIL CALLS to Make Thorough Investigation WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17—/} Assistance of Senators is sought by independent oil producers in a Senator Nye has been asked to call an investigation into alleged price fixing. Sénator Thomas has also been asked to aid an investigation. He has received a protest against the | purchase of imported oil by the Shipping Board. The Senator im- mediately called on the Shipping Board for a copy of a contract with tion of German industries, was re-| | vealed ‘was sponsored by Chancel- | cabinet, the government three bil-, Although Herr Dietrich said the FORTH INQUIRY Independenfisk Senators, { warfare against large corporations.| C0AL MINERS IN WALES T0 RESUME WORK Accept Tedms Ofictad by | Owners — 140,000 Men Affected 'WEAVERS ARE LO | OUT OF ENGLISH Men Rihiss'to’ Take Ovcr‘ Eight Looms Instead of |- 4 Four, Pay Increase CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 17—To- day is the last of the 16-day strike | in the coal industry. Union delegates have been in- structed to approve of the pro- visional settlement. Only one dele- gate was instructed to vote against the terms which have granted most It is expected that 140,000 will |be back in the coal mines by the | first of next week. WEAVERS LOCKED OUT MANCHESTER, England, Jan, 17. —Two hundred and fifty thousand weavers have been locked out in the textile mills as the resulf of the union’s refusal to accept more looms per weaver ae planned by the operators. Finishing tradesmen are expected to be laid off shortly as they will have no work. The operators offered as much as $10 a week increase in the-pay of each weaver operating eight ;luoms instead of four looms. The | | | {weavers held this would throw others out of work. ! “Little Fawn of Eagle Tribe,” Sitka, Divorced by Mate SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—Lawrence A. Perry, Hawaiian, has been grantcd a divorce from Mar- | Jerle Perry, known as the “Lit- tle Fawn of the Eagle Tribe,” Sitka, Alaska, on the charge of infidelity. She instituted divorce proceedings charging nonsup- port. She admitted difficulties in adjusting racial tempera- ments. ———— PILOT WASSON GETS WELCOME IN VANCOUVER Flier Hero Arrives There with Fiance — Wedding Takes Place Soon ! VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 17— Pilot Everett L. Wasson, hero of the Burke search, and his fiance, Miss Florence Jones, of Whitehorse, |a nurse, arrived here on the steam- ‘er Princess Norah from Skagway 'and were welcomed by officials and friends. | The wedding of Wasson and Miss ‘Jones will soon take place at the home of the bride’s parents in this |city. Bob Barten, Wrangell trapper, rescued with Emil Kading, by Pilct Wasson, arrived here with his wife and intends going south. —— e —- . TODAY'S STOCK [ QUOTATIO! 3 —i NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Jan. 17. neau mine stock today is 87, Am= erican Can 107'2, Anaconda CoOp- per 32%, Bethlehem Steel 48%, |General Motors 357, Granby Con- !solidated 15%, International Har- vester 48';, Kennecott Corporation 24%, Montgomery-Ward 16%, Na- tional Acme, no sale; Packard Mo- \tors 9%, Simmons Beds 15%, Stand- 'ard Brands 17%, Standard Oil of (California 47, Standard Oil of New | Jersey 46%, U. 8. Steel 139, Cur- tiss-Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 4'%, Noted C as The beautiful Casino of Monte Carlo, where more than one mil- ‘on foreigners come to gamble ich season, and which is now aled by the newest of Europe'’s U.S. BUYS PA AS BER BERLIN, Jan. 17. — OIld. Count Bleucher II probably would chuckle in his grave from sheer delight if he knew the United States had purchased for $2,000,000 his ances- tral town-house on Unter den Lin- den, for housing its embassy and consulate. ‘The gruff old nobleman brought many a malediction wpon himself by his open admiration for the Anglo-Saxon race. manently in England, he branded himself as a sinner beyond re- demption in the eyes of his nation- NEW FIGHT ON COMMUNISM IN UNITED STATES Drastic Recommendations Are Presented to House by Committee WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. i7.— Fourteen recommendations for deal- ing with Communism in the United States, including outlawry of the, party, were made to the House to- day by Representative Hamilwn| Fish, jr, of New York, and his| committeemen. Other recommendations include the following: Strengthening of the immigration {laws to prevent admission of Com-| munists. Enlarging the authority' of the Department of Justice to investi. gate activities. Provide additional funds for de-'S portation. Forbid naturalization munists. Keep students of Communism ont although born in the United States. | S e to Com- | v Folkstone Fishermen .Return with Catches Of Coal from Sleamori | FOLKSTONE, England, Jar. 17.—/ town have returned to port with| some excellent catches of coal Fish are scarce in this part ofl the channel at present. but coal is being dumped into the set at the rate of many tons an hour from the British steamer Nurtureton, which is around in a dangerous position off Dungeness. Ii is believed the Nurtureton's whole cargo of ecleven thousand tons of coal will have to be shot overboard before the vessel can bé {in the days when Wilhelm reigned | When he established himself per- | | item sino an(] l" oW Dictalor dictators, Prince Louis [I (inset), h:‘rrdllm'y ruler of the sover- has joined Pr lini and others of the LACE, COUNT’S OLD HOME, LIN EMBASSY alistic compatriots, for he was direct descendant of a line of aris- tocrats that called the Barches of Brandenburg their home since 1242, Count Bleucher scandalized Ger-! many further in 1888 when he sued |Berlin for $400 because the city | erected reviewing stands which shut |out the view from the windows of | Palais Bleucher of the funeral pro- cession of Emperor Wilhelm I. He lost that case. | Palais Bleucher, situated at the west end of Unter den Linden, has for neighbors, such edifices as the | Academy of Art, the presidential | palace and the French Embassy. FIGHT AGAINST SENATE'S BILL, DROUGHT RELIEF Red Cross Protests to Ap- propriation of Twen- ty-Five Million WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan, Despite Red Cross protests 1N the “Sem\tfi's $25,000,000 relief fund, to be distributed by the American Red Cross te drought sufferers, is slated for passage. Only a few Senators are known to oppose the which is sponsored by the! Democrats and insurgent Repub- | licans. Senator Robinson said the Red Cross protest is an effort to em- | barrass the proposal for passage the appropriation. The Senate is preparing for mu;hth sessions to insure against an extra session of Crm;zrts\ DEATH PENALTY FOR FORTY-ONE Severe Action A gain st| Turkish Religious Reactionaries ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 17.— |—Closing quotation of Alaska Ju-iThe diligent fishing folk of this The death penalty is asked for| 41 of 214 religious tionaries and for 24 others, including four women, life imprisonment. Minor | sentences are proposed for others, | prisoners | The program of the included a march on Angora, de: capitation of all Republican offi-| cers who allow their wives to go ! unvelled, restoration of Istanbul as| a capital and appointment of one of the sons of the Sultan Abdul, as Caliph The crusaders were to march on WHITE HOUSE SAYS MELLON NOT QUITTING Ambasaador ¢ Dawes Not Returning to Take G. 0. P. Chairmanship NAVY SECRETARY IS NOT GOING TO LONDON Ray Benjamin Not to Be Hoover's Secretary, Despite Rumors WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 17.—A report that Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mel« {lon had resigned is denied at mailed fist because of the com- tinued demands of his 24,000 subjects upon him and his govs eTnment, i LUGAS REPLIES - T0 SMITH WITH NEW BROADSIDE Gets that Ray Benjamin, Califor- Dlcssciuis akidndes Answer but its Only Conditional Apology WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17— Ex-Gov. Al' Smith has had his re- ply from Robert H. Li s, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee, to the form sugges- tion that an apology should be forthcoming for barroom . cartoons displayed in the anti-Norris cam- paign in Nebraska in which it was sought to link up Norris through Smith to the old saloon trade. | But the former New York (‘-DVPI-i nor got only a conditicnal apolo;u‘ frem the much harrassed G.O.P. ,Committee boss. 3 In his answer to Sm Lucas ironically retorted would apologize for the cartoon représenting Smith and John J. Raskeob, Chairman of the Demo-| cratic National Committee, as Wets if Smith would announce he now favored prohibition. Continuing Mr, Lucas asked Gov 'Smith if Chalrman Raskob was | considering ‘“apologizing to the | American people for the action of Smith’s handpicked Chairman, Ras- kob, in subsidizing an organized campaign of more than a year to m!srepresenr, and smear Hoover.” | - - | demand, | that he THREE KIDDIES .- ~ DIEIN FLAME ing House and Rescues Fourth Child TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 17.— Flames from an exploding u.\r | burned to death a 3-year-old bo) |and two 2-year-old twins, children of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown. The children ne-room dw near the door. | The mother, :w;L’)lb ‘s hou the firemen t| ‘nw_ued a nine months iler the fourth child, and was severely burned. > > | Lipton Gives $50,000 To Needy of Glasgow | | | | g. The stove \\:~1 returning , dashed a ugh the flames old dai a crib, GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. ir Thomas Lipton has given city of Glasgow $50,000 for distri butisn among the poor m children in his native cit He made the g he | memory of his mo the ¢ ing star of my life,” and in app: 17. the and id- were trapped in at i- | ,the White House. The White House similarly denied that Charles G. Dawes will become Republican Na- (tional Committee Chairman !and Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams will sue- ceed him at London as Am- bassador. The report concerning Sec- rctary Mellon is said to re- semble similar reports de- nied since March, 1929. The report is also denied nia lawyer, will succeed George Akerson as Hoover's ‘Secretary. The White House publish- ed a statement described as a combination of rumors and gossip. el e DRI S RATES, ALASKA RAILROAD, ARE T0 BE BOOSTED Higher Tariif 1 for Passen- gers, Freight—Money for New Items WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17.— |The Senate has adopted an amend- ment to the Department of Interior bill providing that $250,000 of the $1,000,000 appropriation for the Al~ aska Railroad be expended to de= velop tonnage. Another $250,000 will be used as |capital expenditures for permanent improvements. Senator Howell, Chairman of the Committee investigating the Alaska road last summer, offered the amendment. Senator Howell said the Interior Dmartmem concurred in the Com- of Molher Rushes Into Burn- | mittee’s recommendation that pas- sen"er rates be raised to 10 cents .a mile and freight rates increased 50 per cent. He said Secretary | Wilbur agreed to put the higher rates in errece TUBAUBU SALT AID MILITARY ROME, Jan. 17—Italians spend on salt and tobacco almost ex= actly what the nation spends on her land, air and naval forces, or roughly $213,000,000 a year. ‘The big difference is that the | sale of tobacco and salt is a Gov= ernment monpoly, which makes better than three-fourths profit. | The treasury gels 77 cents of very dollar. Profits from tobacco, salt and quinine, also a monopoly, cover al- ,most a sixth of the cost of gov- ernment. B — The annual dues of the Chicago Board of Trade for 1931 were cut the Gulf Oil Company. Pacific Gas and Electric 47, Penn- — et —— jsylvania Railroad 597, General George Comer is registered at the Electric 42%, Westinghouse Electric ! Alaskan, 'and Mechanical 84 Syria and Palestine to convert|ciation of the “many kin the Jews to Islamism and invite he had received from the city the nations of the earth to adopt! He gave the check to Lovd Pro- the Moslem religion, vest Kelly at a luncheon, refloated. —————— Benjamin Wilson is staying at Ithe Alaskan, es” | from $500 to $300 because of the board’s Increased revenue from .rentals in its new building opened ,last June, fight,” he\would say. The officers invariably chang- ed the subject, but the phrase stuck, \flcers carry their sabres by means ‘o( velvet clips on the handlebars jand forks. The weapons are held ,firmly in an upright position, 1%,