The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 11, 1931, Page 1

-~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXVIL, NO 5640 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1931 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e ey OMMUNISTS PLAN DEMONSTRATION NEW CONGRESS FACES “HAIR-T RIGGER” PARTY RULE SITUATION IS PECULIAR FOR 12ND GONGRESS For First Time in History Both Branches Ride See-Saw GREAT INTENSITY ALREADY MANIFEST | Party Issues to Be Defined —Plan for Strategy in Next Campaign (Fer the first time in the nation’s history there is to be a Congress in which both the Senate and House will be al- most perfectly balanced in party lineup. This is the first of threc stories by Kirke Simpson, vet- cran staff writer of The Asso- ciated Press in Washington, ex- plaining the addities of the 72nd Congress.—Editor). By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Feb. 11— most baffling political situation party leaders in Congress have ever faced will confront them when the Seventy-second Congress meets, be it in regular or special sessio:. That fact underlies the tensity of the closing hours of the Seventy- first Congress. It accounts for ad- ministration opposition to convok- ing the Seventy-second Congress in special session. It gives added significance, to repeated, bitter| clashes between President Hoover and the Senate. The Seventy-second Congress will pave the way for the presidential election of 1932. Leaders will at- tempt then to define party issues and map the strategy for that cam- paign. Yet no man can say now which party will effectively control, or' what coali‘ions may arise to domi- nate that congress. Death itself may hold the balance of power. It will be the first time in history that the American scheme of two-party political alignment has faced the test of hair-trigger majorities in Sen- ate and House simultaneously. There is no precedent back to the first Congress. Nominally, the Republicans have' a one-vote over-all margin in each house of the mew Congress, de- spite two deaths in the House and| two in the Senate since election. Special elections; the only means' by which house members may be chosen, are expected to return two other New York City Democrats to the House vacancies. A Republican already has re- placed Frank Greene, Republican, from Vermont in ‘the Senate, and a Democrat succeeded Overman of North Carolina. (Continued on Page Eight) Hoover Signs Bill Providing for More Employment WASHINGTON, D. C. Febh. 11.—President has sign- ed the Wagner bill providing for advance planning for Fed- cral construction so as to pro- vide employment in time of de- pression. The bill also includes an additional $100,000,000 for buildings. The! Next Session of Congress Unique in Hlstory SEGRETARY []F / i } . ; , ! tions in past Congresses, but in one CLOSEST DIVISIONS IN CONGRESS IN HISTORY 72~0 CONGRESS SENATE 48 ReP. 47 DEM. .1 FAR-LAB (vice PRES. vOTES IN CAsE oF TIE) HOUSE, 218 ReP. 216 DEM. FAR-LAB. O PREVIOUS CLOSE DIVISIONS=BUT IN ONLY ONE BRANCh 6671 CONGRESS -1919 SENATE 49 REP. 47 DEM. HOUSE -REP. CONTROL. & 65 11 CONGRESS -1917 HOUsSE 212 REP. senvarg~ 209 DEM. DEMOCRATIC 8 IRREG, CONTROL © VACANT 47 r1 CONGRESS -1881 SENATE 37 REP, 37 DEM. 2 IND. MOUSE - REP.CONTROL. ¢ branch only. Not in 71 Congresses has the pa.rty line-up in both branches been virtually equal at the same sesslon, guilty of only one count as there but that promises to be the situation in the 72nd Congress. This table shows somewhat comparable situa- was sufficient evidence to support T0 AID CHINA * FOR RECOVERY - OF COMMERCE, N Senate Committee Has Rec-| ommendations—Three Proposals Are Made | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11.— "I‘he Senate Foreign Relations Com- | |mittee has received recommenda- tions from the Sub-Committee for improving of trade with China and restoring the price of silver. Three recommendations submit- ted are: Negotiations with Great Britain to suspend the policy of dumplngl India silver on the world market. | An International Conference for |the purpose of stabilizing the use of silver as money. An international silver loan to China. The Sub-Committee said the chief jcause for the present situation in (the abnormal decrease in Chi- Wnas commerce was the sudden un- precedented fall in the price of silver. It is said that by this, China’s purchase power has been ‘cuz in hau’ 1. S, ACTION STARTS QUIZ LONDON, Feb. 11.—Following the action of the United States against | ladmitting pulpwood and timber ‘!rom certain sections of Russia, the British Anti-Slavery and Aborigine Protection Society has started in- |quiries into forced labor charges. The results of the investigation will be laid before the British Govern- |ment. . Virginia's prize winning ton-lit- ter of pigs this year tipped the| beam at 2,337 pounds. Chinesé Discover It Is Easy to Save with Eight Dollars SHANGHAI, Feb. 11.—Some Chi- nese workers can maintain savings accounts and support a family on an income of $8 a month. This has been revealed in a sur- vey conducted by the buregu of industrial and commercial informa- tion of the Chinese government. The figures came out after in- quiry had been made of 85 post- men and 100 printers, two of the best paid occupations in the coun- try. Half of the postmen averaged, pay of less than $12 a month; the other half made about $14. The printers averaged around $8 a month, and it was among some of them that the savings accounts Monthly; Try It were found. The postmen’s families averaged five members each. Yet they ap- peared fairly content, were living in standard Chinese houses and had enough to eat. In contrast is the condition of thousands upon thousands of un- skilled workers, ricksha runners, wharf coolies, Wheelbarrow men, farm hands and a hundred other types. They live in huts that are cold and damp in winter and roasting hot in summer. But the coolle who Pope Will Broadcast Tomorrow Hook-Up Is Arranged with Two Systems in United States NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The Pope will speak at 7:45 and 8:20 o'clock tomorrow morning, Pacific Coast Standard time, in the first radio broadcast from the Vatican City | station HJV. The hookup will be| over both the Columbia and Na- tional Broadcasting systems. { - ALASKA'S 1930 TRADE VALUED AT $90.232413 Exports Last st Year Exceed- ed Imports by $24,141,- 679, Says McBride Alaska's commerce for 1930 was valued at $90,232,413, according to the annual official report issued today by J. C. McBride, Collector of Customs for the District of Al- aska. Outbound trade had a total de- clared value of $57,187,146, “repre- senting merchandise, gold and sil- ver,” and the incoming commerce was valued at $33,045,267, Mr. Mc- Bride reported. The balance of trade in the Territory’s favor was $24,141,879. Increase in Gold Summarizing the year’s movement of commerce, the Collector said: “An increase of $403,548 in ship- ments of gold and silver is noted for the year. The Fourth Division, with mining activities centered around Fairbanks, showed the great- est increase in gold parduction, having a total of $3,234,786, or an increase of $1,334,274 over 1029. The other three Divisions showed a slight decline from 1929. The total domestic gold and silver ship- ments from all Divisions amount- ed to $7,842,493 for the year. “Copper ore shipments for 1930 amounted to 37,774,696 pounds and $5,341,035 in value. This represents a decrease of 6,123,787 pounds and $3,356,940 in value. The decline in the production of minerals in Al- aska during 1930, other than gold, is well explained in a statement is- sued by the Gelogical Survey which states that the ‘general industrial conditions similar to those of the United States, and of practically all other countries of the world, prevailed in Alaska in 1930 and are reflected in the decreased value of its mineral output. The prices paid for the mineral commodities, other than gold, were so abnormal- ly low as compared with 1929 that more than two million dollars of the decrease was due to this cause | ducting (Continued on Page Seven) P. M. GENERAL, WIS. SENATOR, HAVE IT UUT‘ |One Becomes Abusive and| Other Comes Right Back at Hearing WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 11.— Postmaster General Walter F. Brown has refused to furnish tae Senate Postal Lease Committee in- formation which formed the basis of his report to President Hoover last summer. The Postmaster General was questioned in connection with the Department’s leasing policies. The report recommended purchase of & number of postal quarters now leased. The Postmaster General said he wanted to aid the Committee’s in- quiry in any way he could, but to furnish the Post Office Depart- ment records was ‘“quite incom- patible with public interest.” The information, he said, was gathered by Postal Inspectors. Chairman Blaine cnlled Brown “impertinent and arrog: The Postmaster General Xn an- swering, said the hearing was no occasion for Senator Blaine to lec-| ture him, 3,000 Are Entombed, Explosion Heavy Loss of Life Predict- ed in Mine Disaster in Manchuria PEIPING, China, Feb. 11.—Re- ports from Manchuria today said|corded by the House Rules Com- Dave the support of the Adminis- |1an, from Whitehorse 3,000 miners were entombed Sun=. day in the Fushun mines by an underground explosion. A consid- erable loss of life is predicted. Only a few persons have been taken|mit Federal Prosecuting Attorneys The support of President Hoover | from the shaft. CLARA BOW TO STAY IN CELL Daisy DeBoe Sentenced to Five Years on Proba- tion, with Proviso MUST REMAIN IN JAIL FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS Judge Doran Saves Girl from Penitentiary— Says Jury Generous | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 11— Daisy DeBoe, convicted of the| theft of $825 while secretary to| Clara Bow, screen actress, has becn sentenced to flve years on proba- | tion on condition she spends 18 ‘months in the County Jail. | Judge William Doran saved Miss |DeBoe from a possible one to ten years in the penitentiary. Judge Doran sald the jury was generous in finding Miss DeBoe conviction on all 37 counts of stealing more than $16,000. Miss Bow said: “I am sorry that |Daisy must stay in jail.” { | Aviator of Japan Plans | Paaftc Trip g {Expects to Leave Tokyo for San Francisco uring April i | | TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11.—The ‘newspaper Hochi announces that Seiji Yoshihara, an aviator, will attempt under the newspaper's au- spices, a flight from Tokyo to San Francisco about April 20, in easy stages over the northern route. Yoshihara will use an 80-horse- power light Junkers plane. Yoshihara flew to Berlin from Tokyo under the auspices of the newspaper last year. On his flight from here to San Francisco, Yoshihara approximates his flying time at about 72 hcurs.! i The flight is promoted by Seiji Noma, owner of the Hochi, in the| interests of American and Japan- { ese friendship. AP SO eSS IPADLOCK LAW GIVEN CLEAR ' COURSE NO Proposal for Strengthening! Procedure Comes Up Next Week | WASHINGTON Legislative right-of-way for the, ‘Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission’s proposal to strength-| en the padlock law has been ac-) mittee. The measure has been approved by the Judiciary Committee. The measure is designed to per-| [ to proceed against absentee prop- | ‘ Committee, opposes both the $90,-| ize three battleships. James (Gene) Tunney, retired h Mrs. Tunney before sailing from Ne: and Palestine. TUNNEYS START TRIP ABROAD Associated Pre: Photo eavyweight boxing champion, and w York for a tourin Italy, Egypt ) NAVY BILLS ARE OBJECTED T0 BY FRENCH Measure for Building New Ships, Also Remodeling Others, Are Opposed CHAIRMEN OF NAVAL | COMMITTEES DISAGREE Administration Supports| Both from Hoover Down Entire Line | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. Il.vrl Representative French, Chairman| of the Naval Appropriations Sub- 000,000 bill for building new ships and the $30,000,000 biil to modern- Chairman Britten of the Naval Affairs Committee said he would demand action on both measures as soon as the $344342,000 Naval Supply Bill is disposed of, prob- ably late this week. Representative French said it |was a mistake to remodel the bat- tleships, predicting the type is ob-| solete in view of airplanes. and| |submarines. He opposes the bill| D. C., Feb. u_‘becnu.,e it is the right course fori, 4 w A. Joo putting the United States in a po- Isition to join further International Disarmament pacts. ‘ Chairman Britten said both bills| |tration from President Hoove dcwn the line. i ‘WASHINGTON, D. C,, Feb. ll—vi for the naval construction program | | speeches SPEAKFEST IN SENATE AIMED AT AGREEMENT Opposition to Drought Re- lief Compromise Is Strong on Oratory WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 11.— More opposition to relief comprom- | ise is otfered in the Senate and Republican leaders are in favor of night sessions to put the program through. Several Senators are ready with against the agreement. Yesterday the compromise was at- | tacked by Senators La Follette, Blaine and Norris. Supporters of the $20,000,000 com~ promise sat silent, waiting for the orators to talk themselves out, con- | fident of commanding a majority ,vote for the pluns BURKE'S PLANE | FLOWN TO ATLIN ATLIN, B. C, Feb. 11.—The Junkers plane of the late Capt. . J. A. Burke, has been flown |here by Pilots R. I. Van Der Byl| erss, both cf Van- couver, B. C. The two pilots were flown to the Liard district where Burke's plane was foreed down last October, by lot “Stan” McMil- MecMillan ently flew north from Vavcou- re ver, - IT'S AN ILL WIND— EAU The Fushun mines are one of|emty owners in padlock cases by|this session of Congress was today | ;00" ooras of wood have been cut the most important assets of the den. The mines produce 7,000,000 tons of .coal lnn\nlly THOMAS EDIS EDISUN IS CELEBRATIN FORT MYERS, Florida, Feb. 11 —Thomas A. Edison received birth- day greetings from the Nation to-; day on his 84th anniversary, at his winter home here. For Fort Myers, the inventor paid tribute by dedicating a new; $500,000 bridge in his honor. —l G ‘White Pine County, Nev., is con-| experiments in artificial of Nevada urges sheep and cattle o re-seeding of the failing Eastern | men to use wheat instead of corn e for emergency winter feeding. ’ Nevada ranges. publishing notices. week. § ——.—— TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb o ska Juneau mine| Mck todny is 9, American Can, 117%, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth- | lehem Steel 59%, General Motors 43%, Granby Consolidated 2 'Intfl‘nnlnnnl Harvester 54%, neeon Corporation 26%, Packard Im 10%, Simmons Beds 19%,| |Standard Brands 18% Standard | ® Oll of California 50, Standard oilj® of New Jersey 50%, U. S. Steel 147, Hudson Bay 5%. | ———————— | The agricultural extension service ' 11. —CXoan" l‘lRed Cross Unable of Navy Adams'to bring America | 'up to strength allowed under the| {London Naval Treaty. g To Provide Medicine, 'Medical Service MEMPHIS, Tenn., —Dr. William de Klei Cross Medical Director, the Red Cross is unable to provide medicine and medical service, for drought victims as it is now feeding and clothing between 700,000 and 800,000 persons for an ex- tended period. The. feeding and clothing of the victims prohibits funds for medicine and service. The measure claimed by the Senate sponsors of |y o trees blown down in a local Manchurian Rallroad in east Muk-|will probably be considered next the bill recommended by Se-cretary‘w“\ by a tornado of last fall. The| for un-| woti-cutting provided jubs 01 yoyed. CLAIRE, Wis—More than| DATE SET FOR WORLD ACTION ~ DURING MONTH Unemployment Protest Will Be Staged, Wednes- ‘ day, February 25 DISORDERS REPORTED FROM VARIOUS CITIES Founteen Communlsts At- | tempt to Give Peti- | tion to Longworth | ‘ NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Commun- ists’s demonstrations in more than ‘one dozen cities yesterday were directed from the Trade Union ! League here to direct attention to the delegation of fourteen which visited Congress to present a peti- | tion for unemployment insurance. | Speaker Nicholas Longworth re- itused to see the petition bearers in Washington, D. C. | Three Communists were arrested !in the gallery of the House of | Represefitatives. | The petition bearers did not ;leave the petition but left a copy of demands announcing a world- wide demonstration against unem- | ployment on February 25. | Arrests in Boston | Thirteen Communists were ar- | rested in Boston. | Several thousand C om mu nists |paraded in Chicago and several | thousand heard orations in Union , Square in New York. | Demonstrators forced their way into the Legislature and a spokes- {man assumed the floor in St. Paul, but was quickly ejected, Oakland Parade Broken Up | Forty police broke up a parade ‘i in Oakland. A mass meeting demanded the 'release of Mooney and Billings in | Sacramento. Five hundred marchers failed to !find Mayor Edwards in his office iin Seattle. [ ——-——— TACKLES VETS’ BONUS TODAY, - GOM. HEARING |Loan Advm;-s Predict Agreement for Amount of $500,000,000 WASHINGTOX, D. C., Feb. 11— | The House Ways and Means Com- mittee today tackled veterans’ bonus legislation in an executive session with additional loan advocates ready to work out their plan. The advocates of increasing loans on certificates at a cost of $500, 000,000 predicted an agreement soon. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11.— The House Ways and Means Com- mittee has narrowed consideration of the veterans’ bonus to increase |of loans and to pay one-fourth the face value of the certificates. - {High Powered Liquor Blows Up in Court DENVER, Feb. 11. — There was an explosion in police court yesterday. Shortly after the case of John Brown, 17, versus the po- lice was called, a bottle blew up, scattering its contents and glass over the court room. The judge asked: “What's that?” “That,” said a patrolman, “is the reason John tried to fight three officers last unight.” “Thirty days and 3§20, nolmced the court. ‘Demand Doublmg of Half Million Dollar Fund to Operate Alaska Railroad SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—Dec'aring a emergency exists among the peo- ple of interior Alaska, tug 'Ir tees of the Seattle Chamber of | Commerce have approved of the resclution of the Alaska Committee | demanding doubling of the $500,- 000 appropriation for the Alaska Railroad, at the present session of ® Congress. i Copies of the resolution have been sent to all Chambers of Com- merce on the Pacific Coast, to state and congressional members and to | members of the Senate Anm B | tions Committee. | Washington, D. C., of the Seattle ‘Chxmber of Commerce has been notified to get in touch immediate~ lly with tho State delegation. ) J. J. Underwood, representative i 2