The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5692. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931. PRICE TEN CENTY REPEAL OF ALASKA BONE DRY LAW IS NOW SOUGHT REPUBLICANS | _A==="t*'DRY DEMOCRATSIBOOTLEGGANG | Where Last Rockne Rites Were Held oySE MEASURE IN SPAIN IN | = (URGED TO BOLT) STRUCK BLOW | IR H Y 1S INTRODUCED “WIN COLUM PARTY IN 1932 BY FEDERALS . THIS AFTERNOON Roll Up Majorities in Muni- Woman Makes Plea that!Eight Men Under Arrestiin B Renredentatives: Al cipal Election Over Prohibition Candidate New Orleans—Radio’ il |Representatives Allyn and : ; Hellerich Monarchists Be Elected Station Seized | | ;ore rIl;\w R[:;r;cirs " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 B % i & Y g & MADRID, April 13.—Republicans in at least two-thirds of the big cities in Spain Sunday rolled up sweeping majorities in the first municipal elections the country has had in eight years. The Monarchists fared better in WASHINGTON, D. C. April 13.! NEW ORLEANS, La., April 13— —A plea by a prominent woman The Federal Government struck a | Demccrat, Mrs. Clement L. Shav-|death-blow Saturday at a gigantic | er, that the Drys bolt all party ties band of bootleggers and rum smug-{ ‘in 1932 if necessary to vote for a glers with the arrest of eight men | Prohibition’ candidate, was received and the seizure of a radio station with applause last Saturday after- here. the smaller towns. noon at a meeting sponsored by the| The authorities said they had The election was considered a | Woman’s National Committee for evidence that the ring was sup- contest between the Republicans Rissciatod Peesi: Blien, Law Enforcement. ported by interests having millions and Monarchists. About 50,000 al-| Elizabeth Sweet of Las Cruces, | Mrs. Shaver made her plea in of dollars. . dermen were in nomination in N. M., was chosen the most popular | connection with the broadeast of a Liquor sold by the ring is said to 10,000 municipalities. In some @irl at the New Mexico State Agri- |yoport drawn up by 22 women. be shipped from Vancouver, Brit- places as many as 20 party tickets Cultural college. [ The report is known as a “wom- ish Columbia to British Honduras were contesting for favors. v g =" |an’s postscript” to the Wickersham then re-shipped to the Gulf Coast. Troops were confined in barracks ;repah The report states the Steamers were met outside the throughout the nation and heavy MANY MEASURES women are opposed to revision of 12-mile limit by local boats which police and civil guard forces were the Eighteenth Amendment as sug- ran the stuff to land. { 5 B SUBMIT MEMORIAL B8 | EXPLAINING REASONS i Belicves Legislature Has Power to Act—Asks Congress to Approve A bill to repeal the Alaska Bone Dry Law, accompanied by an ex- planatory memorial, was intro- duced in the House this morning by Representatives Allyn and Hel lerich of Nome. The memorial, in addition to held in readiness to cope with ;gesmd by the Wickersham Com-" Ring Is Large One ¢ explaining the reason impelling possible outbreaks. (mission as well as to modification| Prohibition chiefs declare the the movement for repeal, admits — | or repeal by a national referen- ring is the “largest existing illicit there is a doubt as to the power KING IS WORRIED dum or a liquor control plan. | liquor ring in the world.” of the local Legislature to pass a repealer and urges its validation by Congress. Not Anti-Prohibition It discleims any Prohibition or | MADRID, April 13.—King Al- { | The men arrested gave their fonso is considering what action to DEMAND RASKOB RESIGN |names as Albert Morrison, Albert s 1 WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13. Haim, Joe Miller, Cecll Squires, ly threatening the throne brought PPy take in view of the situation grave- | —A demand for the resignation of M. D. O'Neal, Charles Andrews and about by the Republican victory in | John J. Raskob from the Demo- Harry Golden. Anti-Prohibition feeling actuating Sunday's municipal elections. He Resolution Seeks to Add|cratic National Committee wasmade, Officials said they intended to in the matter, and asserts that re- will decide late today at a Cabinet | today by Mrs. Jesse Nicholson,| complete the round-up and it is peal is demanded by the dictates meeting whether to accept resigna- $l45,000 to APPYO' Chairman of the National Woman's estimated that more than 100 will of humanity. The text of the tions of three Cabinet members jat1 1 | Democratic Law Enforcement be taken into custody before the memorial follows: tendered this morning. ! pnahon for Penswns | League, in her keynote address round-up is ended. I 3 In The House One group of leaders formally ! | before the biennial convention of ! Tapping Wires | Whereas, The Alaska Legisla= Seven bills, including one to re- the League. Golden was arrested after he wa: Spanish Republic. pedd “‘f 1‘”“5‘“ onsad E’y Law, tW0 | “nps Nicholson asserted a drive |caught tapping the syndicate’s tel Qualified observers said the King | s 0yas one on the Dry La¥|gyouq pe made to have organ-|ephone wires —He admitted he | ; tutes 1017, and has three possible courses of ac-|ond the other criticising Forest)i oy pemocratic women desert the|Was seeking information which| Interior of the beautiful old Church of the Sared Heart on the Notre Dame University campus as _“Whereas, There is substantial tion. SR sy 3:‘31}:: eXport* | party unless & new leader is|WOUld be used by another gang of | final eulogy was paid Knute Rockne. The Rt. Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell, CS.C, President of the uni- doubt upon the question of wheth- g ew rleans ootleggers iIn e - id lead: er e as] gislature S One course is to continue the...ose of $145,000 in the Pension‘mmn' _ z . | versity, gave stirring tribute to the dead grid leader, 2 scheme to hijack the syndicate’s i Falli: 5 therized to do this, your memor- District then Parliamentary elec-ipund Appropriation for the bi- ialists petition Congress to ratify ——————— i - - - - liquor. | tions which would probably lead t0|ennium, were dumped into the| | Morrison and O'Neal are describ- | H C G 'd\ ]‘,I Y what the Legislature did. a Republic. Ilegtshnve hopper in the House of | h: ed as representatives of Vancouver | Croes arry rl (Lst(lr l() ()ra’DL’ | “And in this connection your ture has repealed the Alaska Bone the | demanded the King recognize the| Dry Law, Chapter 53, Revised Sta- The second is to establish an-|Representatives this morning. distilleries who handled the ring's| memgrialists = represent that the other Dictatorship. This would| The House had 25 measures on | orders. action taken by the Legislature was probably mean another general|its calendar for disposal and at { Haim, Hart and Miller, the of- . not taken either to endorse or re- strike, revolution or eivil war. noon was less than one-half com- | ficers said, are from Chicago and pudiate Prohibition, but was taken The third course s to abdicate. |pleted. It resumed work at 1 p.m., ¢ took charge of the land distribu- and at 2 o'clock its Fisheries Com- | BE sTuPPED,non_ | i humanity. “The Alaska Bone Dry Law is not an enforcement act, since there are no Territorial enforcement of- solely to promote the interests of mittee had scheduled a hearing on District Attorney Talbot said the | - - PREMIER YUKU l::E IZle%I:r xbigs Lfor prechon o ring had leased a pecan orchard, | the lumber industry. and several lumber plants, which | 5 Mlcr:‘ Pcr;sltondFurdxdsh Family of Kldnapped Man:were the base for liquor supplies. | ficers. The law enforcement ma- resolution introduced by Mr. £ % Capone Backing | chinery of the Territory is en- HAMAG“GHI AND Johnson, Fairbanks, asks the House | NOW Fear for H's safe “We can’t prove it,” District At-| tirely in the hands of the Federal to direct its Ways and Means| [y, Pollce Say !torney Talbot said, “but evidence ! Government, so that the Volstead Act can be made to serve every purpose required of a Prohibition intreduced, a sum of not less than | pers of Fred Blumer's family have money for the importation of rum | law. (Continuea on Page Two) requested the authorities to stop! through this syndicate for Chicago | Mischief Results “Much mischief results from the fact that this law is in force be- committee to include in the gen- | convinces the investigators that Al) c ABINET QUITS eral appropriations measure, when| \MONROE, Wis, April 13.—Mem- | Capone furnished much of the) H | searching for him. Officers said and New York consumption.” Resignations Are Presented the family members made a re-| All of the men arrested were to Emperor—Explan- Longhand Letters quest, fearful for his safety. charged with conspiracy and neld | cause of the peculiar conditions . . Written by Harding Chicago authorities believe the in $25000 bail except Andrews, the existing in the Territory. The ation [s Given e Fred Burke gang is holding Blum- radio man, whose bond was fixed United States Commissioners un- Are on Exhibition & Precident ob & Mbke boer mapk-] &t $500; ! der our laws have jurisdiction over TOKYO, Japan, April 13.—Pre- facturing plant, in an attempt to| The prisoners are to be arraign- all misdemeanors. The Bone Dry mier Yuko Hamaguchi today pre- NEW YORK, April 13—Two |raise a defense fund for Burke ed sometime today. i Law provides for a penalty of sented his resignation and that of autograph letters ascribed 0 |yho is awaiting trial in Michigan| The radio station was located in| imprisonment for one year and a his entire Cabinet to Emperor| President Harding, written at |¢or murder. a large residence. fine of one thousand dollars Hirohito. the time he was United Statcs Blumer disappeared from his ($1,000.00), in case of violations, which are all classed as misde- meanors, This makes it possible for the commissioners in the out= [ lying precincts, who are, as a rule, unqualified and inexperienced men to exercise powers so extensive that they should not be intrusted to ‘2 men so notoriously unfit to exer= A cise them. | PhBGE TS S ING R General Issell Ungaki carriedthe] Senator and mentioning a |p,me Jast Thursday. The next i resignations to the Emperor and| Woman “under the eye of Gov- | pins was 4 demand for a ransom F E E i explained that the Premier was| Crmment agents” as a German |of g50000, made from Rockford, | i convinced his illness would preclude| informer, were placed on ex- |pno Friday night a request | his active participation in politics| hibition here as part of a col- | 0 rom Chicago that the BREWERY " DUURS for some time. lection of historical documents | gy o family pay $100:000 for his| [] | The Premier has been incapaci-| 2:cembled by Dr. Rosembach, |00 tated since last November when he “"":d‘:"":::"';-‘ Rghih ——,r——— |BA | I ERED D UWN he Tokyo e = 1 2 ;ailsr;:?s:gu:nmdwm in the Toky« : the Jittors wete atigten Tas i M A GDGN ALD Is o nc"t e L Serious Objections 4 5 N envelopes were not found. The l i R X e 4t ress oto. “But the most serious objection The resignation of the Premier e !Manufactured Product Val- Leaving his little home in South Bend, Ind, for the last time, the body of Knute Rockne is car- to the Alaska Bone Dry Law lies letters were concerned almost s ayers who helped carry him to fame on the gridiron. 7The pall-bearers, front to in the fact that it prevents the has been anticipated for some * ried by seme of the i, entirely with expressions of FAclNG FIGHT qu at $|00’m0 SelZ- ied by some of the p anxiety cver the woman called 4 | back, on lefi—Frank Carideo, Marchmont Schwartz and Larry Mullins; en right—Martin Brill, Tom Yarr use of intoxicating beverages for ed at Chlcago ) and Tem Conley. medicinal purposes. When the law . was first adopted it was supposed merely “W. G. H.” | - o - - e LR WL o N e | ) g li p al A The lefters are considered | CHICAGO, Il, April 13.—Fificen Toge s 4 that medicinal liquors could, not- epe Ct valuable, not because of their quR cENS“RE Federals raided a large hf"""”'v-:REn cRuss ls Irish Poetess Will !I{llt’l Ni(fh()ls withstanding the provisions of the contents, but becauss Harding supposedly Al Capone's, and seized | | % Sas s 3 e law, be supplied under the general Vetoed;Gov. wrote few letters in longhand. | | | Be Admitted to U.S.; “Carrie” and were signed manufactured beer estimated val-| | Fvid Submi d ]‘1 h R l statutes of the Unite: SLates.Tm The letters were addressed to 1t 1 ini d at $100,000. The Federals ar-| Loidence Submaitte i y ) the courts held otherwise. Against It e British Prime Minister; ue e Federals & G|VEN PR AISE | ence te aKes IRecord ‘the s hed e T “Dear Jim.” - rested five men. P2l Should Know His Fate The raiders battered down the bt et e S eec i vhit ious situation, for the reason that IS “CARRIE” front door with an automobile | SHINGTON, , April 13. A I ed CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 13. by Next Thursday truck and crashed six side doors! BY PRESIDENT —Miss Ella Young, Irish poetess, é | there were in the Territory many small private stocks from which Search and Selzure Measw —The Cleveland News says LONDON, April 13—Prime Min- simultaneously. )lm;, been granted a visa permitting e St medicipal liquors could be sup= inoi Mrs. Carrie Phillips, wife of |. : < | The two story structure was s o her to enter the United States " A e . plied; and later when these be- e .Of lllmms YS | J. E. Phillips, prominent Mar- “s‘wrmd uydmcgon:lgfl:a:lv::io;s_' made to resemble a warehouse Declares “Great ]deal Is | trom victoria, B. C. COC”'OV“ Three K'l“mele‘ came exhausted the situation was S(IH on BOO](S ion, Ohio, merchant, admitted ‘ar i “yh""{{e é " Myt Every door was wired so electric U. f‘ ld b Refusin | ~The American Consul at Victoria (ourg(; Fasler (han met by supplying the hospitals b she is the “Carrie” mentioned Sed_m A8 AEEE ROSLer. soeeo) H bells rang all over the place when phe iy g | reported to the State Department 2]0 Ml and physicians with liquors taken in the supposedly Harding let- Parliament beginning tomotrow. He | o 0g gpeyy G ment Doles | Miss Young presented satisfactory 1es from the liquors which were seized e gy { found the situation unchanged over overnme ‘ , . SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 13.| (ors She laughed and said |found the situatiol g | Among those arrested was Steve | documentary and other evidence e by Prohibition officers. This was, —Gov. Louis L. Emmerson has vetoed| g, veillance of Government the week-end with the prospecu's"omdfl‘ who was arrested iWo| WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.|APril 10 to prove she was eligible UE’{‘RO!'I‘ Mich., April 13.—Ruth of course, illegal, but under the the bill for repeal of the IIlinois| agents was the outgrowth of |Of & close vote on a motion 0 geeks ago in a ald on another | _president Hoover today told the | to be admitted. Until then he said | Ni¢hols, of Rye, New York, aviatrix, circumstances no one could at= search and seizure 1aws, the meas-| {ne spy hysteria and Harding’s |Censure his government on the un- . oyery aiss reported to have been delegates o the Red Cross annual| DO specific documents had been |S¢¢ @ new speed record Sunday over tach any blame to the action taken ure which would have placed the| anyiety, though well intention- |employment situation. The vote iS oyneq”pby Capone. B R hat the " orpdatiath resented to prove she would not|® three kilometer course with a by the officials; it Was necessary i . ! e 8 J ganization | P! 0 prove she would no! 3 e ¥ State sixth in the column of re-! ¢q was unnecessary and ab- ifixf:}:fi;flx;fi:&fi l:“l;e;l;:, ———- helped to preserve the “great ideal” | become a public charge here. "}r:::d“-:»r »1o‘u‘ayd x:vm‘wm‘lu‘\" l\rj;xf. in m_'d" g & llfmman gre atfi P Pmmbmmmmfnmuemem‘ - | Will assist the Government in this | TODAY'S STOCK 9 {of voluntary aid by avoiding “to| > o Gy AL WAs WLET Tllen thartiogy BENbi SR Acts. The measure enacted by Mre. Phillips did not know Ivot,e pemp il o del it QUOTATIONS I |step on the pathway of Govern- 4 ‘f’u'num y tarhart m"fé"og uagr:ememma o . ur the xSem;u: by only a two-vote unmnldw whom the letters s " « | ment doles.” ,F[appe" Don’t Rate ik ntinued on 21 i ' were addressel. NEW YORK, April 13—Closing| The President said “its far sight- | e { e 3 Lumber Yard’ }"any quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ed action solved the problem or; on Jflmn A" Lmer’ Gr izzled N evada P ioneers Buildinge Suirned; ;%:.MA:L;:;: %b:?e;ic?n sk, ::Tezlem:r:mf:iz P2l moxy0, Aprl 13, — Giris have| Rem(lrkflble Sl)e,e(l Clalmed For German’s Rocket Motor Suspect Fire Bugs getnicnem Steel 525, General Mo- | finite suffering. | displaced male stewards on air- R S' h b 0 L tors 44%, Granby Consolidated 18,| The President’s address was en- | blanes plying between Japan's prin- eCOUer '/g t y Peratlons MENOMINEE, Michigan, April‘lm.emanoml Harvester 51%. Ker- [tirely on drought relief work for |cipal citles. pis N5 13—Fire of an undetermined ori-!necott, 25%, Packard Motors 9,!which he congratulated the Red| More than 200 of them &n-| BERIIN, April 11—Paul Hey- nt ad of the Japan Besmmg i ol cannon. It weighs only 15 pounds, although the motor will be mount= PHOENIX, Arizona, Apri] 13— |ham Hamilton Porter, aged 90,/8in. believed however to be incen-gimmons Beds 15%, Standard|Cross on its “momentous decision.” | sWered the w landt’s latest rocket Three grizzled Arizona pioneers, |blind for 25 yeers; George Harper,|diary, destroyed a lumber yard, Brands 18% Standard Oil of Cali- Air Transpor o ¥ : g e AT IS e y [iome were of S"l ed by the inventor to be .cap-|ed on an automobile chasis for the here from the Pioneers' |almost as old, blind 20 years, and |three dwellings and two large fornia 43%, Standard Oil of New out 1450 men s 5€ | flepper tye, with western model ghle of hurling itself in projectile {public trial next month. 5 ;‘:"flgh;t roucott. submitted 10 op. | Steve A Tuler, aged 79, blind for |buildings here today. The loss is|Jersey 43', United Alrcraft 34%,|8utomobiles o get to classes at thd | suits, silk stockings and high heels, form from Berlin to any point in| Engineers are principally inters passey to relieve total blindness | five years. i estimated at more than $1,000,000.|U, 8. Steel 138%, Curtiss-Wright |University of California at Los An- but the ones who got the jobs were | Burope in 12 minutss. w~s shown' ested in developing the motor for The operations were successful. Cataracts were removed at state|The fire was finally brought under 4%, Hudson Bay 5%, Checker Cab |Beles, 444 ride busses daily, and the | those clinging to the rainbow-hued to newspaper men Saturday. airplane ute. The motor opers The three pioneers were Abra-|expense, control 13% jfesy live within walking distance. |costumes of old Japan. The mcier logis i g 1) ates cn liquid oxygen and