The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1931, Page 1

i “Under Protection THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5674. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES 'PRICE TEN CENTS ey JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1931. PILOT MOLLER AND PASSENGER ARE REPORTED SAFE AGENTSRAID NIGHT CLUB IN SEATTLE Federals Swoop Down on Chinese Gardens, Fashionable Resort 400 PATRONS ARE PLACED UNDER ARREST | ¥ ik | 19 Alleged Employees, Operators to Be Charg- ed with Vielation SEATTLE, March 23.—Federal Prohibition Agents raided the fash- ionable Chinese Gardens, a night club, seized ten pints of alleged imported liquor ina bar room, also 100 bottles of various beverages found beneath “tables and arrested 400 patrons, including sixteen men and three women said to be op- erators and employees. The agents «sald the operators and employese will be charged with conspiracy to violate the National! Prohibition Act. ] Among those arrested were Mi- | chael McNamee, former City Po- lice Sergeant. The rald was made after mid- night Saturday. | Prince Lennart of Sweden and ter of a Swedish industrialist, ph Stockholm recently. The up hig rights to the throne. SWEDISH PRINCE AND FIANCEE prince in marrying Miss Nissvandt must give DEFICIT FOR | new vork @ TREASURY IS ~ OUTLOOK NOW Shrinking in Income Taxl Returns Means One of Two Moves ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23. | —Treasury officials give wam'ng that the Government income this | year will be found wanting, owing' | to the decrease in the income taxes. i Income tax payments have shrank | | | far below the totals of the same!’ period last year. | Two paths are indicated as courses that will be necessary to read the Government away from | & deficit. | One calls for a reduction in the’ rate of retirement of the public; debt. President Hoover has said:| “The Administration is opposed to encroachment of the statutory prn-i visions for retirement of the pubuc’ Demands for a city-wide Inqui debt.” The other course was indicated by the President in his last mes- sage to Congress when he warned that “the most rigid economy is RY £ Associated Press Photo ry Into the officlal acts of Mayor James J. Walker (top center) and his New York city administration have been made by civic organizations led by William J. Schieffiin (left center below), head of the Citizens’ union, and Rabbl Stephen S. Wise (right center helow), vice chairman of the city affalrs committee. Samuel Seabury (right), who already Is making an investigation of magis- trates courts and probing charges against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain (left), was urged as the commissioner to make the investigation. 0y necessary to avoid an increase in| taxes.” Associated £ress L'hoto his fiancee, Karin Nissvandt. daugh- | otographed while out for a walk in BOWLES GOES The patrons were held for two hours and then released. 5 ™ ™ DREGIDENT 1S SENATE AMENDS| [N PORTO RICO PROBE MEASURE, THIS MORNING ADDING 1 oW ERSyGreetcd b Soverrior Roow i evelt and Other Of- STy ficiais of Island PONCE, Porto Rico, March 23.— President Hoover landed here at 8 o'clock this morning and was greeted by Gov. Roosevelt, Island officials and political leaders. The Presidential party was taken in 23 automobiles to San Juan where the President was officially welcomed. President Hoover was enthus- iastically cheered as he landed but there was some hissing as the Requires Record of All Evi- dence to Be Made, and Authorizes Funds After amending it to provide for funds for stenographic and clerical hire and to require a record to be kept of all evidence heard in it, the Foster resolution authorizing a legislative probe into the conduct ‘of all Territorial offices was re- ferred to another Senate Commit- tee today after making a brief ap-| Mayor of Ponce officially welcomed' him. School children serenaded as the caravan moved away. The Mayor praised the Hoover pearance on the floor. The question of whether the rec- ord to be kept,was to be typewrit- ten or merely 'stenographic almost wrecked the resolution at one stage | Administration and the officials of the proceedings. In the end, the|he sent to supervise the island Senate adopted an amendment by | government. Mr. Sundquist'' requiring such a record with the understanding it IN SAN JUAN meant stenographic notes and not printed matter, SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March It also adopted another amend-|23- — Throngs welcomed President ment by Mr. Sundquist to author- | Hoover this afternoon on his ar- ize the expenditure of $500 by the |Fival here from Ponce. § probe committee for necessary| The President went immediately clerical assistance in keeping a rec- t0 the Governor's Palace, stopring ord. only long ciough to receive a solute Then, as it calls for the expendi- | from the infantry regiment. ture of Territorial funds, it was| Ovaticns piceted the President referred by President Hess to theall along the joute. Committee on Finance. It is ex-; The Chief Executive rode with pected to have quick action there|Gov. Roosevelt in a touring car and probably will return to the| With the top down. quiring the Secretary of the Sen- ate and Chief Clerk of the House to keep a copy of all original bills, etc., introduced in the Legislature, safe-keeping. NEW YORK, March 23.—Willard Under the provisions of a con-;I. Grimmer, aged 27, of Philadel- current resolution introduced by |Phia, quartermaster aboard Wilkins Mr. Sundquist, a Legislative com- Polar submarine Nautilus, was biennial inspection of the Pio-|found although a search was made neers’ Home. No definite time in which a police launch, Coast was fixed in the bill for the trip,! Guard patrol boat and two planes which, it is expected, will be made | joined in. A rough sea was run- Senate calendar tomorrow. b 00 0 A A measure was introduced in the and at the end of each session to turn them over to the Alaska His-| mittee composed of eight members%drowned Sunday when the craft of the House and four Senators are was off Swinburne Island, in the at an early date. !ning at the time of the accident. Grimmer was married three Senate today by Mr. Sundquist re- SUB NAUTILUS torical Library and Museum for| authorized to go to Sitka for the‘lower bay. The body has not been | weeks ago. Move Millions tomorrow by Jean Jules Verne, | grandson of the French novelist. .. — . Of Machine Guns { NEW YORK, March 23— e ;Expect to Travel D ouected by machine Su% o Through Air at millions in the treasury of 5 * Terrific Speed the Irving Trust Company were moved from the old Woolworth Building quarters to the new 50-story home on Broadway. The streets . : CLEVELAND, Ohio, March . were practically deserted at e . . . . | 23—Clifford Henderson, Manag- ing Director of the National Air Races here from August 29 to Scptember 7, said a speed of 300 to 400 miles an hour is the | ambition of the manufacturers . entering aircraft, the time, early Sunday morn- ing. 7290900000000 | The Nautilus will be christened | Di i ; ON STAND IN SPANIARDS ARE OWN DEFENSE of Woman, i g | |Jury Split 6 to 6 in Case GIVEN FREEDOM BY ROYAL EDICT G e A W BAKER, Oregon, March 2: Constitutional’ Gu a rantees Circuit Cowrt jury has d!mg'm‘fi A R o on the guilt of Mrs. Emma Fowler, re Restored—Dis- | former City Treasurer of LaGrande, orders Reported |after 24 hours deliberation. She was | charged with failure to account for MADRID, Spain, March 23—For $112202 of the city funds when the first time since Primo de Ri- She relinquished the books last Feb- vera revoked the constitutional TU&ry 3. guarantees in 1923, the Spaniards _Judge Lusk continued Mrs. Sunday had free press, right of Fowler's bond of $50,000 pending & free speech and assemble and pro- NeW trial tection from invasion of their, Aftaches of the court said the homes without warrants. jJury was split six for conviction The rights were restored by a @nd six for acquittal. decrce prepared by Premier Aznar, and signed by King Alfonso. Herself with a Bread Knife HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 23. lionaire, was on the stand for more than half the day last Saturday and given a severe cross exami- nation at the trial of himself and Miss Irma Loucks. He told of his early marriage, dif- ferences in his family life and ad- mitted that maybe it was more his fault than his wife's. He explained the detalls of his wife’s death and said she stabbed herself with a bread knife after declaring she wanted a divorce. The cross examination was fre- quently marked by “I do not know B S | | exactly” and “I don't remember.” The e o : . e PRES SN e Miss Loucks Is expected to take j [ ’ the witness chair during today. STUDENT DEMONSTRATION | UF SIAM UN ; MADRID, March 23— Student | W l L demonstrations demanding genera! | 1} a BS OSCS amnesty to all political prisoners, | including Alcala Zamora and his | companions who face sentence on | revolt charges, broke out today, the | second day of the restoration of all ‘A 4 S P ! constitutional guarantees. T wo|/MMerican durgeons to Fer- students were arrested. The dem-! form O perat ion on onstrations are not considered ser- . ) ious, Majesty’s Eyes WA_Y_TU U.S. His Topcoat, But Travels i Fly from One Port BANGKOK, Siam, March 23.— The King and Queen of Siam, to Ano{her completing the first lap of their b g Jjourney to the United States aboard the motorship Sedandia, have sailed | from Kohhichang. The principal quK STA RTS |object of the journey is an opera- tion which American surgeons will perform on the King's eyes. ' | Accompanying the Majesties are ———evo—— MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 23—Minus his topcoat which he lost before leaving Buenos Aires, the Prince of Wales and his brother George landed here last Saturday afternoon and immediately started a program of appointments which were to keep them busy until their departure Sunday morning. The two Princes flew here in Argentine government hydroplanes. Jthe Queen’s parents, Prince and Princess Shasti. The entourage 1 Government Will Push tolalso includes Prince Vipulya, the AR o o |King’s personal secretary, and & Limit Outlined Build- [Prince Thavara, the King's physi- cian. Red Cross Announces Roll of Honor for Drought Relief WASHINGTON, D. C.,, March 23—Nine states, District of Co- lumbia and Hawaii are on the Red Cross Honor Roll for meet- ing the quotas in the $10,000,- 000 drought relief fund. The states are Rhode Island, Arkansas, hard hit by the drought; Yowa, Minnesota, Mon- tana, Nebracka, South Dakota, Wyoming and California. ing Program WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23.‘F°“r Thflmd A;tend | Pederal Prison officials have work- S ed out plans to push to the limit Funeral of Slain Girl the Government’s building program { to prevent overcrowding and out-| SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 23— breaks like at Joliet, Illinois. The last rites for Virginia Brooks, Sanford Bates, Director of the g year-old victim of a kidnapping Prison Bureau, announced early and slaying plot, was held last | construction of a new penitentiary, Saturday afternoon. Four thou- |prison camp and hospital facilities |sand persons attended, 8ix little to cost more than $8,300,000. girls, classmates were pallbearers. £ A There have been no developments Earthouakes in Serbia in the search for the kidnapper Continue Destruction and slayer. | BELGRADE, March 23. — An, earthquake in Southern Serbia con- | tinued today completing the work 1of destruction of numerous dwell- ings and other buyildings. The population 'has grown apathetic, | resigning themselves for what is re- garded as inevitable fate. - e WHISTLE BRINGS SHOT Green Cushion F ound on Bold Island Not from Pilot Renahan’s Plane SEATTLE, March 23.—Pilot An- scel Eckmann, of the Alaska-Wash- ington Airways, who is acquainted with the equipment of Pilot Pat Renahan's plane which was being| Eckmann said the cushions flown at the time of the disap-|aboard Renahan's plane were black pearance last October 28 near Kel-land gray and would sink in the chikan, expressed belief that the water and were smaller than the lgreen cushion found on Bold Is- gne found, land, is not from the Renahan plane. The cushion was found early in the month and taken to Ketchikan by Ed Wheeler, a fox farmer. i VIAREGGIO, Italy—Gino Bene- detti, 23, liked to whistle and imi- | tated the song of birds 5o well that 'he was shot twice by Matrigali di | Leonida as the latter was hunting. The whistler went to a hospital and the hunter to jail. Testifies His Wife Killed| ~Nelsen. C. Bowles; Portland mil- | Prince and Brother George: e | mons Beds 18'%, REPUBLICANS MIXING IN ON M. Y. CHARGES \National Committee Issues | Statement on Alleged | Corruption 7 Children . Lose Lives | House Fire {Parents and Six Other Chil-| dren Escape — Home Burns in 15 Minutes HOLDERNESS, New Hampshire, March 23-—Seven childen of Mr.| jand Mrs. Louis Avery, died in a WASHINGTON, D. C,, March 23. parlor in their back roads home| -—The Republican National Com- | early Sunday morning. The fire mittee has entered the controversy | burned the building in less than | 15 minutes. The dead are: Sperle, aged 20; George, aged 14; Harry, aged 10; over corruption charges in New York City with the declaration that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt “has refused to authorize an investiga- Alfred, aged 9; Milton, aged 5;|tion with sufficient power to clean Daisy, aged 3, and Joseph, five|up the sink of corruption which is months. unparalleled even in the days of | The parents and six other chil- | dren, three being severely burned, escaped. The dead were huddled in the| parlor. The upper flood gave way. | The origin of the fire is not known. Tweed and Croker.” The statement is contained in a news review sent to 3,000 weekly newspapers with a “demand for a sweeping inquiry into the City Administration under Mayor James oy J. Walker. This demand has at- tained such strength, through ac- tivities of the press and civic lead- |ers, that even Tammany lead- OFFERREWARD | | doubt the possibility of preventing | OF §200 FOR 55 MISSING SAFE {Marshall Estate Makes An- nouncement—Grand 1 Jury Convenes | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 23. | —The estate of George P. Mar- shall, fish buyer, murdered last Oc- tober, has offered a reward of $200 for the safe containing probably $1,000 which disappeared from the boat at the time of the murder. A specia! grand jury began ses- sion today to investigate the charg- !es against Bert McDonald brought {here last week and charged with the alleged murder of Marshall. QUARANTINE AT POINT BARROW EFFECTIVE ONE \Inhabitants of Village Nine | Miles Away Not Hit | by Disease Slai)p{r:é Incident Up Again Lewis Tries to Get Away from Subject but Makes Charges TOLEDO, Ohio, March 23.—Sin- clair Lewis, Nobel Prize Winner, who was slapped by Theodore Dreiser, at a New York dinne tended by men of letters, wanted to avoid the topic, when he arrived here. Dreiser, also an author, slapped Lewis after being accused of lift- ing 3,000 words from Mrs. Lewis' book on Russia. Lewis said: “Any- one interested can read the two books and make their own compari- sons. There is certainly an unex- plained similarity.” [ . TODAY’ STOCK | QUOTATIONS | stock today is 9, ternational Harvester POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 23—Dr. Bréist announced no new cases of diphtheria and patients are | impreving. The quarantine has | been so effective that a village lo- |cated nine miles away with a pop- |ulation of 90 persons has not been affected. The trading post was opened Sat- urday to furnish much needed food supplies. 5 | Dr, Greist spent the entire after- 19%, 45%, United Aircraft 35%, U Steel 146%, Checker Cab 14, 13% 54%, Curtiss-Wright 5'%. 1,524 N(uv Leavs Made at Last Session Congress oy \.f:::"fif,:f R e WASHINGTON, March 23, gk 13 —The recent Congress added 1,524 new laws. This was re- ' Executives of the Tllinois state| vealed in the 250-page final edi- tion of the Congressional Rec- ord. Six thousand I have J been made in the lact ten years. fairs are considering a recommen- dation that the state legislature abolish the admission fee, i 'ALASKA FLIER CRACKS UP IN INTERIOR LAND |Plane Wrecked but Aviator | and Companion Es- cape Injury v 'PILOT GILLAM GIVES " FIRST INFORMATION |Pilot Ed Young Leaves Fair- banks to Pick Up Men ! Traveling Afoot FAIRBANKS, Alaska, | March 23.—Pilot Fred Moller ;and his passenger, Frank | Hedges, are safe after crack- ing up near the Nabesna River. This is according to a wire from Pilot Harold Gillam. Moller’s plane is a total wreck. Moller and Hodges left Tan- ana Crossing Saturday morn- ing for Fairbanks, afoot, ac- cording to Gillam’s wire. They were carrying 90 pounds of mail which they were taking for Yukon River points. Pilot Gillam had insuffic~ ient gas to pick Moller and Hodges up so Pilot Ed Young left here this forenoon to bring the two men into Fair- banks Pilots Gillam and Dieter- leef, in a Gillam' Airways plane, took off from Chitina at 3:10 o’clock last Saturday afternoon for King City to search for Moller and his pas- senger. DISAPPEARS MARCH 9 Pilot Moller left Fairbanks March 9 with his passenger, mail and a general cargo for Eagle, Fort Yukon and Circle. After he had not been reported for a week, three airplanes started out from Fairbanks on a search. In two days they covered 2,000 miles, especially the Yukon River Valley but found no trace of Moller or his plane. Last Friday Pilot Gillam wired , that Moller had been at King City on the afternoon of March 9, walk- ed 15 miles to Chisana Village and secured 15 gallons of gasoline from Gillam. Moller then started back and expected to take the air again but failed to report anywhere. Pilot | Gillam and his co-pilot left for a search Saturday with the results |as given in the press dispatch o The Empire from Fairbanks. HIGHER TAX ON MINES'INCOMES | IN HOUSE BILL Primary Law Repeal, Mine Income Tax, Probate [ [ i Costs,Upin House Repeal of Territorial primary | election laws, of laws relating to the | election of national committeemen ,and delegates to national conven- ions, advanced tax rates in min= o S g NEW YORK, March 23.—CloSINg | jng incomes, limitation of attorney quotation of Alaska Juneau mine fees in probate court actions and American ©an/!gstaplishment of fees for probate 125%, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth-' lehem Steel 63%, General Motors!introquced in the House of Repre- 462, Granby Consolidated 20', In- 56, Kenne-| cott 28%, Packard Motors 10, Sim- Standard Brands Standard Oil of California change from the 1927 Act, which is 45%, Standard Oil of New Jersey s Judges, were subjects of measures seritatives this morning. An entire revenue measure was introduced by Representative John- ston, Fairbanks, but the only (Continued on Page Eight) 14, Hudson Bay 6, General Foods Forest Service In Alaska [Given $945,548 WASHINGTON, D. C, March 23.—The Forest Serv- ice announces allocation of $9,500,000 of forest high- way funds for 31 States, Alaska and Porto Rico. . Alaska’s allotment is $945,~ 548. ee 000000 ®000000000