The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5697. (EY WITNESS | MURDER TRIAL Kenneth Govro Claims Bert Bert McDonald Tried to Establish Alibi DAMAGING EVIDENCE IN KETCHIKAN COURTi Alleged Sl;); Tired and’ Hungry on Day Fish = | Buyer Was Killed KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 18. —Kenneth Govro, key witness for| the Government, testified yester- day that Bert McDonald had at-| tempted® through him to establish an alibi in connection with the al-| leged slaying of George Marshall, fish buyer, killed near here last October. ) Govro came here from Rawlins,| Wyoming, to testify. He said he! was living with McDonald part of | the time last fall and was staying ! { | ) Tin Cans Thrown Over F ehcé; Gun Battle Results; 2 Dead VERSAILLES, Indiana, April 18.; wounded when she attempted to Orville Chamberlain, aged 35, and |8t as peacemaker. Jess' Rodgers, aged 170, shot and| The coroner said the shooting was the outgrowth of a quarrel k! da; .l”Ed sy B S B gt about tin cans thrown over a fence afternoon in a pistol battle. by Rodgers onto the property of Chamberlain's mother was|Chamberlain’s mcther. NEW KIND OF BOXER ARRIVES HOUSE SHOWN, = FROM SEATTLE; N. Y. DISPLAY SEWARD BOUND {Is Constructed Without.Oflice of Education Vessel Wood—Riveted and ! Screwed Together Has Supplies for West- ward Schools NEW YORK, April 18—A new| Bound from Seattle to Seward, American home is displayed at the | the Boxer, Capt. 8. T. L. Whitlam, Architectural and Allled Arts Ex- | of the Office of Education, called position here. | at Juneau today. She arrived this This house is made of aluminum, | forenoon and is scheduled to de- glass, steel and rubber. | part this evening. There is no wood used in con-| She brought to this port two struction. passengers, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. The house has a roof, but no| White. ~Mr. White is connected REPEAL OF DRY LAW IS PASSED WITHOUT DEBATE Fight Against It Cen- ters on Senate Without a word of debate or comment, the House of Represen- the Alaska Bone Dry Law by a to 4. Representatives Donnelly, John- ston of Fairbanks, McCuteheon, Nerland and Nylen voted against the repealer. On the memorial, Mr. McCutcheon switched tu the affirmative. Goes To Scnate The measure and memorial now go to the Senate for action. No indications have been given as to its course. It is not expected it will come to a head for several | days. Not a great deal of effort was made to block the measure in the House Passes Repealer and| tatives yesterday afternoon passed' the Allyn-Hellerich bill repegling’ vote of ten to five, and the sup-! porting memorial explaining the' reasons for its summary action 11| Monaréhy : Debts Are Recognized Makes Announcements —Exchange Affected MADRID, Spain, April 18.—The Provisional Government of Spain 'announced last night it would irecognize all debts of the Mon- archy. The immediate result was strengthening of stock and securi- ties on the Exchange today. Most of Spain’s obligations are domestic bond issues. | CATALONIANS WILL | NOW COOPERATE WITH i SPANISH REPUBLICANS | MADRID, April 17—The New Provisional Government has wrung from Catalonia President Col. Fran- | cisco Macia a pledge to submit !the Separatist demands and also demands for political autonomy to | the projected Constitutional Con- vention, meanwhile cooperating with the Madrid Government. The accord was reached at Bar- celona and removed one of the most pressing problems facing the Provisional Government| SENATE BEATS PRIMARY BILLS BY 5702 VOTE |Sundquist Measures for Changes in Primary El- | tion System Beaten Two measures to revise the di-! rect primary nomination laws were defeated in the Senate Friday aft- |ernoon and a third measure re- lating to the same subject was withdrawn by its author. The op- ponents of the bills did not debate them but voted them down with- out discussion. Senator Sundquist, who was the sponsor of all three measures, con- (fined his remarks to a mere e planation of their nature and the| purpose for which they were in- | troduced. | Twe Differcnt Systems | The measures provided for two different systemns of primaries. One, Senate Bill No. 43, would have put into effect a joint canvass of the votes but would have left the| | party primaries untouched. Each party would have voted for Iits | candidates but the candidates hav- | * MEMBER OF AS SOCIATED PRESS Most Poular Co-Ed 'INSURGENTS IN - ARMS;ATTACKS || ARE EXPECTED Nicaraguan National Guards May Be Completely Overpowered :AMERICANS ARE QUITTING HOMES (Closing Up Business and : Leaving—Stimson Gives Warning Associated Press Photo Marian Matthews, Tacoma, was selected as the most popular girl student at the University of Wash ington, PUERTO CABEZAS, Ni- caragua, April 18.—Ameri- cans, harried by Insurgent {outlaws’ attacks during the | past week, are reported evacu- FOUR WHITES DIE AT NOME, [fin i home b or “remain at their own risk.” 5 | |retary of State Stimson’s U VIcTIMS‘ warning to leave the country Aalhe s irthnte g R | with the Bureau of Public Roads.|mouse, but opponents who are JuDta set up by Alcala Zamora,|yng the highest votes, irrespective RS with him on the day of the Mar- Provisional President. shall murder. { Govro said McDonald came to the place where they were living,| late that day saying he was tired, and hungry after walking from Ward Cove. During the conversation, Govro| testified, McDonald gave him an| explanation of his actions to tell| if questioned in connection with Marshall's death. | McDonald, who served a term in | the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, is charged with! the murder of Marshall and the[ robbery of the latter’s boat. The Government rested its case this forenoon. Indications are the/ case will go to the jury sometime | next Tuesday. 1§ PASSENGERS | ABOARDALASKA FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, April 18. — soeamer‘ Alaska sailed at 9 o'clock this, morning for Alaska with 307 pas- sengers, including 109 steerage. The following passengers aboard are booked for Juneau: Dr. Einer Nelson, N. B. Rustad, Mrs. M. M. Early, C. C. Beebe, R. W. Harding, | D. W. Branch, George E. Purser, Mrs. L. B. Adsit, F. H. Nighbert, T. H. Huddleston, John Sellvold, W. Gervells, G. B. Martin, E. F.| Miller, Jimmy Ballos, and four| steerage. REPRISAL FOR GANG SLAYING NEW YORK, April 18—The po- lice professed they see the first re- prisal for the killing of gangster “Joe, the Boss” in the slaying of Ernest “Hoppy” Rossi. He and two| other men drove up in front ol} the home of Police Captain Lewis| Valentine last night. The car had| hardly stopped when a volley of shots were fired from the back seat and Rossi slumped over his; wheel. Two men ran from the car; and disappeared. N.Y.CLUBIS The house is to come from the factories with large scale of pro- duction. The designers are confident that its efficiency will answer the hous- ing problem when things get going. Anyone will be able to purchase one of the new houses, equipped with everything modern, for $4,000. The house comes in parts and is riveted and screwed together. e MASKED MEN ROB 4 WOMEN Snatch Jewels from Fingers and Necks — Loot Valued at $50,000 BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 18. —Jewels worth $50,000 were taken from fingers and necks of four well known Baltimore society wom- en by two masked robbers who held them up when they were re- turning home from the opera last night. A necklace valued at $30,000 is included in the loot. The robbery occurred on the driveway at the home of Miss Peg- gy C. Stewart. MRS. METCALF IS NAMED TO GUAR. BOARD Gov. George A. Parks has ap- peinted Mrs. Ruth Metcalf as a member of the Board of Children’s Guardians, First Division of Alas- ka, for a three-year term, succeed- ing the late Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff. Other members comprising the Board are United States District Judge Justin W. Harding and Unit- ed States Marshal White, the lat- ter being senior member. 'SAN FRANCISCO IS CELEBRATING Twenty - fifth Anniversary of Quake, Fire Is Observed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 18 RAIDED, DRYS | —This city is observing the anni- NEW YORK, April 1.—Federal|versary of one of history’s greatest Agents raided the Delta Kappa|disasters, the earthquake of 1906 Epsilon Club on Bast Fifty First| which was followed by fire and Street during the night and pulled | reduced the city to heaps of ruins 69 bottles out of lockers. The|and ashes. A variety of events agents arrested three men, two ofl are being held. them mmebers of the club and; President Hoover sent a telegram charged them with illegal posses-|congratulating the city on its re- sion of liquor. Thnbm'.uuon within 25 years. Fast Passenger Hits iMother and Daughter Freight; Is Wreckedi Are Found Dead, Fire ALTOONA, Penn, April l&—;’ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 18. Roaring through the darkness of | —Mrs. Annie Silen, aged 39, and the night, the Pennsylvania's fast her daughter Edith, died myster- Panhandle Limited, plowed into a'iously in a fire which swept their freight train and was wrecked. The | flat early today. Firemen found engineer and fireman of the nst(the bodies sides by side, apparently train were killed and 25 passengers killed by the smoke. ~Nathan, '. were injured, one perhaps seriously.: son of Mrs. Silen, is missing. The Boxer's cargo consists of supplies and equipment for govern- | ment schools to the Westward. After unloading at Seward, she is scheduled to return to Seattle. S e Plumber Won't Fix Own Pipes, So Wife Sues CHICAGO, April 18—William | Metcalfe is a plumber. There are many thousands of other plumbers in Chicago and the fact that Metcalfe is en- gaged in that line of work wouldn’t have excited much in- terest if it hadn’t been for the supplemental bill for divorce his wife filed yesterday. She charged that when a pipe burst in their home last Sunday the place was flooded because he refused to fix it. “On Sunday?” she quoted him as asking. “It's against the union rules.” - ee— EARTH SHOCKS FELTIN N. W. SEATTLE, April 18.—Earth tre- mors of short duration were felt in Bellingham, Victoria and Van- couver and several other towns during the early morning hours. No damage is reported. Dishes rat- tled and buildings were shaken. - e———— RESIGNATION IS DEMANDED MUNICH, Bavaria, April 18.— Adolph Hitler’s official newspaper, the Volkischer Beobachter, today demanded the resignation of Presi- dent Von Hindenburg. This is the first time opposition has openly at- tacked the venerable President and resulted from his emergency de- cree curtailing freedom of speech, publication and assembly. GENEVIEVE SALOUM AND K. HILL MARRY Miss Genevieve Saloum and Ken- neth Hill were married yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Harry R. Allen, pastor of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Coate. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Saloum, is a popular member of the city's younger set The bridegroom is engaged in the bakery business. Mr. and Mrs, Hill will make their home in this city. — e FIRE LOSSES REDUCED The accumulations of waste and rubbish are removed, thereby elim- inating the causes of many de- structive fires, in a clean-up cam- paign. Fire traps are razed, and often replaced by modern build- ings. D o o rennd THINGS TO DO NOW Fix up. Plant up. Repair. Re- model, Refurnish. Re-decorate. Pre- vent fire. Promote health, Promote safety. Beautify. The clean-up campaign is in progress, L S o e o R S S sl SR ST T S RNPORRLIN JEONE IOV SRS - N P RS, o Vs ... . 503 seeking to make a straight out Wet and Dry issue, and appeaung‘ to law enforcement sentiment, ou’ of the measure, are concentrating | their forces on the Senate. Proponents of the bill sought to avert a Wet and Dry fight by de- claring in the supporting memor- fal that repeal was not to be com- strued as either for or against Prohibition; that the measure was dictated by Interest in humanity; that existing conditions and pro- visions of the Bone Dry Law ren- dered it impossible to obtain legal- ly liguor for medicinal purposes; and that even druggists could pat legally obtain grain alcohol esse. tial for the manufacture of import ——,———— ONE EIGHT HOUR ‘BILL REPORTED - FORENACTMENT Labor Bill Affecting Dredges Is Put Over i Until Next Tuesday lor party, would have been privi-| ‘lcged to enter the general election | Thus if two candidates: for D@la-! igate on the Republican ticke: re- | ceived more votes than the Demo- | cratic candidate, or candida‘es, their names would have been the only ones to appzar on the official ballot in the general election. This was lost two to five, Senators Ben- jamin and Sundquist voting for passage. The second measure, modeled after the California system provid- ed for one general primary in which the names of all candidates ‘reglrdleu of party would have ap- i peared op, A sinple heliot, Then! the general election would have Refugees from outside of First White Woman to Land | this seaport say the Insur- in Gold Rush Days igents are mostly interested . {in killing Americans and Ja- Passes Away | maicans and destroying Am- NCME, Alaska, April 1a——Mrs.‘"icm.' pro.perty. Anita “Mother” Tiffany, first white| It i quiet here now but it weman to land at Nome in the|is feared that as soon as gold rush days is dead at the age | of 83 years. Other whites doad | Naval protection is with- 1 trom the flu are Hugh OTarrell, | drawm, the Insurgents will Jr., Frank Brunncl and Leo Wheel- |attempt to overwhelm the lo- er. Four natives arc also flu vic- : thms, The deaths are mostly |l Nlca.rnguan Nationss Guards, kill Americans and from relapses. Half of the population of Nome destroy all ‘American props. erty. is still afrected but recovermg and fant medicines, but that Fed-| With a majority report recom- eral judges are forced to conmve'mending passage, the Johnston- at an infraction of the law in or- Nerland House bill to establish an der to permit the importation of eight hour day in the placer min- |alcohol into the Territory. !ing industry reached the floor of 1 Pass Other Bills |the House today in second read- The House passed three other |ing. At the request of Mr. Hel- House bills and two Senate meas- lerich, Nome, who said he desired ures yesterday afternoon. Among to communicate with Nome labor, these were: for the return of taxes, the measure was carried over un- illegally collected and paid under il next Tuesday. protest; appropriating $330 for the The majority report was signed relief of Juneau for transportation by Chairman Nerland and all the of school students; appropflu,‘jm;membefs of the Labor Committee $300 to reimburse Lawrence Kerr | except Mr. Allyn who did not for services performed for the 1929 concur. No public hearing was an- been & runoff between the high the same conditions prevall in out- primary candidates. This was d2- [lying towns. (feated by the same vote. The third bill was contingent upon the passage of the second. It provided the method of election of | national committeemen and dele- |gates to national conventions. Whe the general primary bill was lost, | Mr. Sundquist withdrew this meas- ure, LORD IRWIN QUITS INDIA BOMBAY, India, April 18.—Vice- | Toy Lord Irwin today relinquished this high post in India to the Earl of Willingdon. All creeds and races participated in the farewell to Two Others Killed The Senate was in a killing| | mood yesterday. It used the axe jon Shattuck's measure to em- { power the Territorial Road Com- Captain of Liner Given HighHonors Belongs to Erger of White Elephants—Siamese Royalty Go East Legislature; a deficiency appro- priation carrying about $12,000; and a Senate resolution authorizing the Judiciary Committees of both branches to expend not to exceed $300 for extra clerical assistance. Business Good for Last Y ear Corporalion:\dade Over Six Per Cent Profit, Capital Investment CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 18— Despite last year's unemployment depression and failures, the coun- try’s leading industrial corporations made better than 6 per cent profit on the capital investment. This was revealed today by Ernst and Ernst, accountants. As compared to depression in previous decades some of the 1930 performances were astonishingly successful. HOOVER OFF TO GET FISH WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18. —On his first trip to the Rapidan since last Novembep, President Hoover turned to his vacation camp and left for there this morning for | trout hungering for flies. PRIZE OFFERED, PACIFIC FLIGHT TOKYO, Japan, April 18. — A prize of $25,000 is offered by the #sahi, leading newspaper of Osaka and Tokyo, for the first foreigners making a nonstop Pacific flight be- tween Japan and the United States. The prize will be increased to $50,- 000 if the first flier to make such a flight is a Japanese, | nounced by the Committee on the ! bill. | Substitute Bill Reported The same committee submitted {a substitute bill for Mr. Nerland® |measure to amend the Workmen’s Compensation Act. As coples of the substitutes were unavailable for the members, Speaker Winn ordered the bill carried over to jnext Tuesday. The substitute makes several dependent provisions of the pres- minor changes, but does not pro- pose any alteration of the foreign ent act, as contemplated in Mr. Nerland’s original measure. The House this morning con- sidered 15 measures in second read- ing, passed one memorial and one House bill, and recessed at noon until 1:30 p.m. at which time it took up a number of Senate bills in second reading. L Table Pension Resolution By a vote of eight to seven, the House this morning laid on the table Johnston's resolution direct- {ing the Ways and Means Com- mittee to include the sum of $315,- 1000 in the general appropriations measures for Pioneers’ Mr. Foster, Chairman and other members of the Ways and Means Committee denounced the resolu- tion as “improper.” Under suspend- ed rules Mr. Nerland’s resolution protesting against the sale of the Signal Corps communications sys- tem in Alaska to private interests was adopted. Since the memor- fal was Introduced Senator Hess Pensions. | © mission to expend road funds on| airplane landing fields, dykes, flood | control, maintenance and repair | of telephone lines. This bill was lost by a vote of four to t))x'ee.l Bragaw, Benjamin and Sundquist | opposing. A measure, by Mr. Dimond, to! appropriate $12,000 for building a | new schoolhouse at Afognak, was' beaten two to five, only Dimond | and Bragaw supporting it Two House memorials were passed—one asking the Bureau of | Fisheries to make a survey of the food fish resources of Bering Sea and Arctic waters, the other for a fish survey of all Alaskan waters. A joint resolution expressing of- ficially Alaska’s appreciation Lo the Lieut. Governor and Premier of British Columbia for their in- terest and activities in promoting | the Pacific Yukon Highway was passed yesterday by the Senate. I The upper branch of the Legis-| lature was not in session this morning. It resumed its work at 2 pm. today with a lengthy cal- endar for consideration. .- TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS i ° NEW YORK, April 18.—<losing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15, American Can 118%, Anaconda Copper 32%, Beth- lehem Steel 49%, General Motors 43%, Granby Consolidated 16%, In- ternational Harvester 49'%, Kenne- jmanner as merchandise. and au- Lord IrWin as he stepped down from his five years' power and sail- ed for England. Gandhi, perhaps Lord Irwin's greatest political enemy, was deep- ly moved when he said goodbye and gave him a hearty hand clasp. VANCOUVER, B. C. April 18— The King and Queen of Siam left at midnight last night' on a spe- cial train bound for the east where he will be treated by an eye specialist. In simple ceremonies, Prince Svastl, father of the Queen, repre- sented the King before Mayor Louis Taylor last night. The King visited the crew and officers of the liner Empress of Japan and conferred the Order of the White Elephant mander Robinson. Chain Hospitals Plan in Chicago CHICAGO, April 16.—Cp:rations and treatment on the installment plan through application of chain store principles to a group of ten Baker's Position small-unit hospitals in the Chi- 'f i I : cago area has been proposed. O" l\romm«twn b Sponsors of the pian declare |Is Explaimed 2 that dt is the first instance of ap- plication of chain management and buying to hospitals. Owners of the hospitals plan to form a holding corporation which would manage and operate the in- stitutions. Through centralized {fi- nancing patients would be treat- ed and pay for thelr, care In small monthly installments in the same CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 18. —Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker will not seek the Democratic Presidential nomination but neither will he refuse it should it come his way. This is the statement made by W. B. Gongwer, Chair- man of the Democratic County Committee following a talk with Baker. To Si)ot Sulls from Air; _ : New War on Liquor Traffie | tomobiles are sold. . on Com- | cott 23, Packard Motors 8%, Sim- WASHINGTON, D. C, April 18. has received a telegram from Del- egate Wickersham saying a strong memorial on the subject would ald materiall ynext winter in op- posing legislation that would be put before the next session of Congress. Mr. Boyle's bill to amend sections 958 of the Compiled Laws, by per- mitting corporate sureties on bonds, passed the House by a unanimous vote. —_———————— HAD MOONSHINE Albert Borallo arrested last night for possession of one gallon of moonshine, by Deputy Marshals Sul- livan and Newcomb, plead guilty before United States Commissioner Charles Sey today and was sen- tenced to six months in the Juneau jail. Mary Nelson arrested with Borallo, was fined $50. mons Beds 15%, Standard Brands: —Flying dry agents are to be the 18, Standard Oil of California u‘a.zgcwmment‘a recruits in the war e Alorats 9%, U, 8, Shasi| "y 0 (rafrle n craft . . 3 132%, Curtiss Wright 4, Hudson| A Tearly mew three-place air- Bay 5%, Armour of Illinols Class|Plane, captured in Texas from rum A 2%, 2%, 2%; Checker Cab 12%, runners and a pair of pilot-prohi- 117%, 12%; United Cigar 6%, 6%, | bition officers - will form the nu- cleus of an aviation department 6%. 4 e St for the bureau of prohibition. &4 Liquor stills operating in the 'l'lnrty keletons . iopen are to be spotted from the Are Found in Ruins|Plane and locations reported to ground crews who will do the raid- ing, according to plans formed by ! ROME, April 18.—Workmen en- ¥ s gaged in restoring the ancient mb::'in Director. Abxe . W. Pantheon, today discovered 30 Stk “The use of an airplane, as I see it,” Woodcock said, “will be just an ordinary use of an obviously | practicable method. skeletons beneath the ruins. e e e—— A Woodville, C. 8, bank which closed its doors in January has| " . , 2 7% We expect to get the plane free jbeen liquidated and depositors re-! _o¢ we got all the automobiles we ceived 100 per cent, have usod up to lhis year—il the court in Texas will forfeit it Yo us; otherwise we will buy one. “On our staff there are a nume ber of qualified pilots. Two of | these will be selected for perm@= . | nent aviation duty. “We expect the areas which now require several months of working. in searches by ground parties n ¢ be covered in a few days. ; still in the open are usually ed from lateral view whereas are not hidden to aviators.” The aviation section is expe to be complete within two m Areas particularly to be patro Woodeock said, will be islands the Mississippi river, m North Carolina and Florida, wooded regions of southern M land. 8k Spotting stills from the air been employed by the bureaw viously with airplanes the hour. > o