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

THE DAILY JUNEAU ALASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 23 DEMOCRATS ARE OUT TO GET §1,000,000 Unterrified Leaders Wish to Pay Debt and Have Fund for Campaign REACTIONS TO SHOUSE SPEECHESENCOURAGING Big Three Estimate that $5,000,000 Will Be Needed, Campaign NEW YORK, April 23. — Jouett Shouse, who has just completed a speaking tour of the West in the interest of the Democratic Party, conferred today with Alfred E. Smith, former Democratic Presi- dential nominee, and John J. Ras-| Jkob, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, on party fi- nances. * The conferees said that their immediate objective toward financ- ing party operations would be rais- ing $1,000,000. This amount, the party chieftains said, would fund the present debt of $650,000, and leave sufficient money on hand to carry on the work up to the 1932 National Convention, and leave a balance for the new National Com- mittee. It was estimated that approxi- mately $5,000,000 more will be need- ed for the next National cam- ») paign. ) \ It is said that Mr. Shouse took encouraging news to the East as a result of his tour of the West which was extended to the Pacific Coast where he spoke at Los An- geles, San Francisco, Portland and ' Seattle. e CAPTAIN HAWKS MAKES RECORDS FLYING ABROAD Two Speed—M—;rks Broken —YForced Down by Fuel Shortage HESTON, England, April 23— Capt. Frank Hawks, American av- iator, with two spesd records, climbed into his monoplane yes- terday afternoon when forced down because of lack of fuel, and 59 minutes after he left the Lebourge Airport, outside of Paris, landed here, covering the distance of 229 miles in 37 minutes faster time than any other aviator has ever flown it. Capt. Hawks also set a new record of 5 hours and 20 minutes for mnre than 100 tons of elecirical UNEMPLOYMENT Telephene S_er:ice Will Be Extended Seven Miles on Highway Possibility of an unemployment of an influx of workers from the States was the chief subject of discussion at today’s noon lunch- eon of the Chamber of Commerce. Reports of progress in the Clean- up campaign, remarks by legisla- tors and by a prominent cannery man, the introduction of a new member, statement of plans for establishment of an information bureau on Front Street and an- nouncement of gevernment inten- tions to extend telephone service along Glacier Highway completed the rest of the program. Atten- tion was called to the unemploy- ment possibility by Attorney Jack Hellenthal. “By reason of our gold mining resources,” he said, “the belief is likely to become general in the States that Juneau can absorb a large supply of labor. Our min- ing industry is doing well, but our other industries—fish for instance —do not enjoy pleasant prospects. Unemployment Now “There is considerable unemplo:,uj ment here. We should take what a flight from Rome to Heston. BRITISH AIR CHIEF KILLED . PLANECRASH Sussex, England, Apri 123.—Air Vice-Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, ‘Commander of the Air Defense of Great Britain, and his pilot, Henry Moody, were killed this afternoon in an airplane collision 100 feet in the air. The occupant of the other plane was not injured. ‘Vice-Marshal Holt was one of the pioneers of the Royal Air Force. —— precautions we can to prevent the coming of any considerable number of workers. “An injustice would be done them, if they are lured here by exaggerated reports of our pros- perity, and injury would result to residents, for destitute arrivals must be taken care of. We should cooperate with the Chamber in preventing an influx of labor.” G. H. Walmsley, secretary »of the Chamber, declared that Cham- bers of Commerce in the States, particularly in the Pacific Coast States, had been notified that no one should come here seeking work unless he had means to pay return passage. The secretary further said that the Chamber had adver- tised in newspapers in the States, setting forth that there was no demand for labor here. Citizens and Clean-up The secretary reported ccopera- tion on the part of all citizens in The prison industries of Indiana were operated at a loss of 18,350 during the fiscal year of 1930. connectidn with the clean-up cam- ' a ' (Continuea on Page Two) If Gould’s Casino Doesn’t . NICE, France, April 23. I Frank Jay Gould doesn't make money on his Casino de la Medi- terranean it certainly will not e the fault of his managers. At an “Oriental” gala night at- tended by 1320 diners and 3,150 others the charges ran as follows: Entrance fee, $2; dinner $10, av- eraging $30 a person, including wine and cocktails; coffee for the non-diners, $1.25. Added to this, every man was forced to buy a special flower for ' p*r*his buttonhole at the doorway at @ cost of 25 cents, Get Rich, Dining Room Will ' Alcoholic drinks were uniformly priced at $125 each throughout the evening. Though the cost Gould’s Casino is around $10,000 a day, of operating estimated as it doesn’t need an expert to figure that r»v made money that night. His famous baccarat room, which | seats 400, was packed. ‘Threp | chemin-de-fer tables with mini- mum bets of $40 were working! overtime. There was scarcely an opening stake less than $500. Bets of $2,000, were not at all rare, WARNING GIVEN BY CHAMBER problem in Juneau in consequence | rado river, is shown heré with the foundations in and walls going up. machinery engaged In construction. Sentenced To Die 9 Times, Nine Murders |Confesses to Nearly 100 Gruesome Slayings or i Attacks DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 23.—Maintaining the same stoical calm which characterized his be- | havior throughout the“tflal, Peter Kuerten heard himself convicted of murder today and sentenced to death nine times, once for each one of his crimes. Kuerten terrorized ity several winters series of gruesome criminal attacks on women. He confessed to nearly 100 murders but was tried for only nine. the commun- ago with a slayings and SCREEN ACTRESS CAUSES ARREST Weekly l\i;v;paper Pub- lisher in California Held in Jail LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 23— Charged with sending obscene art- icles about the “Love Life” of Clara Bow, screen actress, through the mails, Fred Girnau, publisher of a weekly newspaper, is held in the County Jail in default of $10,- 000 bail. The articles ran in four issues of the Coast Reporter, Girnau's newspaper, and were preceded by a purported affidavit bearing the signature of Daisy DeBoe, saying she agreed to give Girnau a “true and honest story” in connection with her services as Miss Bow's secretary. R. E. Bell, told the officers that two men, known only as Jordan and Rock- well, presented a plan whereby the publication of the articles could be stopped by Bell chase Girnau’s paper. Miss DeBoe denied making an affidavit but admitted giving per- mission to publication of a story of her life with Miss Bow. STRIP TWO OF JEWELRY Society Women Are Rob-' bed in Front of Home in Chicago CHICAGO, I, April 23—Two robbers last night stripped Mrs. |Claire E. More and Mrs. Horace L. Hayward, society women, in front of Mrs. More’s Gold Coast apartment, of their jewelry valued at $13,200. They were returning home from a theatre. The chauffeur was held power- less until the jewels were torn ‘.rom the women. Associated Press Phote Active work on the pewer substation, five minutes walk from the “top” of Hoover dam on the Cole- It will supply the power to run Seventy-five men are employed. “INEW REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED BY UNITED STATES. American Ambassador and British Representative Give Notice EARLY SEASON | SPEEDS WORK, DROUGHT ZONE Weather H‘el; Hard Hit| Area to Stage Real | Come-Back ‘ PLOWING PLANTING; GOOD CROPS EXPECTED Southern Sectlon Making Amazing Progress— Fruits Doing Well By FRANK I. WELLER (Asscciated Press Farm Editor) | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23. —Benign winter smiled where a truculent summer had frownad and most of the drought area has! its farms well ahead of the sea-| I “Dr. C. W. Warburton, Federal| ‘Drmmr of Agricultural Extensicn | Wi says that with few excep-| ‘t,ion» farmers were in position to| | take advantage of the pre-seasonal \oppu—tunlty to plow and plant,| ‘and with good growing and har-; | vesting conditions they are ex-| Pected to have good crops where | 4 year ago they so signally fail-| ed. | Moisture, the devastating ab- {gence of which seared tne coun-' the Red Cross. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME'" Associated I'ress Photo Opening the convention of the American Red Cross in Washington President Hoover praised the organization for its drought aid and lauded its stand against federal donations for drought relief. shown on the platform with John Barton Payne (left), chairman of He is try fmm the Rocky mountains to otomac river last year, is sumclent for present needs. Except for Montana and the |Dakotas there is both surface and | | Sub-soil moisture west of the Mis- sissippi river. The spring wheat | country complains of slight sub- | soil moisture. . ! East of the Mississippi and south jof Kentucky the surface moisture |is insufficient. Over the Ohio| ONE CHANGE IN INSURANGE ACT MADE YEST'DY “LOVE LIFE” OF Miss Bow's friend,' advancing $10,- | 000. They put pp $15,000 to pur-, WASHINGTOR, D. C., April 23.|valley and on east there is hardly —The United States has extandediany sub-soil moisture for current recognition to the new Republic needs. of Spain. i South Plants for Food - The south, which of all sections CALLS ON MINISTRY \was worst hit by the drought, has MADRID, April 23. — United! made amazing progress, Warbur- | States Ambassador Irving Laugh- ton says, in the planting of home \lm called on the Spanish Ministry | gardens. | and notified the new gavemmem; Farmers who had nothing toeat lof America’s recognition. His call when their cash income was cut was followed closely by that of off are planting sufficient truck bassador, who accorded recogni- of them for the first time. tion of the British Commonwealth.| Except for Virginia, which ap-| now public. acknowledged the new Re- acreage 1,000 acres under that har- | | vested last year, all the south is | expanding the crop. All show in- AVORABLY IMPRESSED ‘creases in corn, sweet potatoes and MADRID April 23 —Following ' peanuts. As a whole, the south| official recognition of the United will increase its acreage on soy- States of the Spanish Republic,| (Connnued on Pag( Four) | generally favorable impression was‘ heard in Government circles and among the people. | Foreign Minister Alejandro Ler-| jroux said: “The United States' in male whites since 1920, with a cor- responding increase in the per- centage of married in the same class; while among the male In- dians there has been an increase in the percentage single since 1920, with a corresponding decrease in the percentage married. female population the percentage single is very small in all classes, particularly among the PARIS, April 23—Infanta Isa-{p,vn white population. There has bella, aged 80, aunt of exlled King 'peen 5 ggnt increase, however, Alfonso died here this afternoon. i, ¢ne percentage single among A non; the ive /hites and Indians. COLLAR BONE IS HEALED native wh withheld recognition nazurally, enough until after the Spanish| ANALYZED FU“ and European nations, closest to Spain, also England, had extended | recognition. The United States| DE has recognized it because of good< reports on the Republic sent Y\ Ambassador Laughlin.” ! s e {Single, Mamed, Widowed! ANGHDRAGE IS and Divorced Persons Enumerated { WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23. —The Director of the Census has iannounced the results of the tabu- WILBUR!S PLAN‘!atlon of returns for Alaska by | marital condition. The total num- I ber of males 15 years of age and es 5 over in Alaska on October 1, 1929, & was 26,350. Of this number, 13,001 AgalHSt Proposal for Al- or 49.3 per cent, were single; 11,- | aska Railroad to 1089, or 421 per cent, were mar- | |ried; 6.0 per cent were widowed; Construct School and 2.4 per cent were divorced. Of the 14,818 females 15 years of age| | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23.|and over, 2,867, or 193 per cent,| ,The Anchorage Chamber of Com-|were single; 10419, or merce is protesting to the plan|cent, were married; 88 per cent of Seccretary of the Interior Wil-|were widowed; bur to have the Alaska Railroad|were divorced. ,lerect a new Indian Office Indus-| There has been a decrease v(fl&l school building at Eklutna. | The Chamber claims that this is !an encroachment on the business of the local contractors. Protests have been cabled to Secretary Wil- jbur and Delegate Wickershars. — et {Aunt of Exiled King t Passes Away in Pms| Lloyd Owens, logger, who entered St. Ann's Hospital April 11 with a broken collar bone, was discharg- ed today. His fracture is almost _completely healed. the large percentage married the percentage divorced has in- creased since 1920, while the per- centage widowed has decreased. 703 per| and 16 per cent| the percentage of single among the | In the| foreign- | This low percentage single in the! | female pupulation is balanced by | For the population as a whole, Nerland- Johnston Measure Amended by Increasing i \ i Foreign Awards | Proponents of a change in the | Workmen’s Compensation Act to | compensation paid resident | foreign beneficiaries won a par- | tial victory yesterday when succeeded in amending the Ner-! ythflv statute. The amendment adopted raised |the amount paid to non-citizen, | foreign dependents other than mi- | nor children or spouses, and to the latter classes 85 per cent. The | present rates are 50 and 60 Dper |cent respectively. the victory may The vote 1 However, {only temporary. be by ed was 8 to 7. It followed an| ‘efloxt to wipe out the section en- Mr. Johnston, Fairbanks, mnde both motions. | "1t the same situation prevails ’Fflday when the measure prob- ably will come up for final di position, the bill will fail of pas age by one vote, are requ)rrrl ror enactment. THREE KIDDIES | Fox Farm in Vicin- ity of Anchorage Three children, between ages of four and six, were on the Kasilof Fox Farm of Perry | | | pposed Birthplace | of Wm. Shakespeare April by the celebra- STRAFFORD-ON-AVON 23 —Visitors flocked here lhundreds today for the 'pllgnm: came with the motive of | offering the Poet's supposed birth- place to the Parish church. Floral ’lrib\xtr' were placed on the tomb - INFLUENZA IS CONQUERED Clarence Geddes, who has been in St. Ann’s Hospital with influ- enza several days, has weturned to )his home, entirely recovered i lwhlch the amendment was RL[OI)'." ALASKA CENSUS | since nine votes DROWN; SKATING Tragedy Re_p;rted. from| they and defeated one. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23.' the | i drowned | for | Cole while skating on thin ice 1ast| and maintenance; SIXTEEN BILLS ARE PASSED BY BOTHBRANCHES Each Pass Elght Bills on ednesday — Senate Clears Up Calendar The House yesterday anernoon passed six of its own bills, two The Senate passed eight bills Its calendar is of Senate completely cleared Sir George Graham, British Am- crops for a winter's SUpPIy—mANnY janq_johnston measure relating to measures and except for two or | three in abeyance to appearance of House await the bills of like All the principal nations have|pears to have reduced the potato|y, g0 percent of the full sums | nature it has nothing left of its own making to consider. Pass Compilation Bill The House voted 11 to 4 to pass the Senate bill to compile and annotate the Session Laws and Compiled Laws cof Alaska appro- | priating $12,000 for the legal end of the work which it is contem- plated to do by 1933. It amend- ed the bill to put the matter of arranging for the work to be done in the hands of the Attorney Gen- eral instead of the Governor as the Senate proposed The House also passad a = '=or code amendment of the Senate tive to the competency of evi- dence in civil cases. It indefini- | tely postponed a Senate measure | making a slight change in the Teachers’ Pension Law and an-| relative to redemption of tax sale property stablish New Subsidy A Dbill creating a mnew shipping subsidy, one between Kodiak and Afognak and covering that distric was passed by the House yostor- day. It carried an appropriation of $6,200. Other measures passed included the following: To amend section 878 of the Compiled Laws relative to how summons are served and, upon whom; adding to game stock- projects:. appropriatinz $4,000 the rellef of the town of Douglas, to ald it in school repair adding the Ter- PRICE TEN CENT§ NOT GUILTY VERDICT FOR 13 IN CASE Three Others Are Convict- ed for Violation of Prohibition Act EIGHT PLEAD GUILTY BEFCRE TRIAL STARTED Sentences Wlll Be Passed Today in Portland— Text of Charges PCRTLAND, Oregon, April 23.— Walter L. Tooze, Jr, Portland ats torney, and twelve other codefend- ants, were last night acquitted by a ju of charges of conspiracy to v the National Prohibis tion Act Three I ining defendants, Jos= eph Brown, Elsie Hodgson and Rudolph Boutherllier were convict- ed of the same charges. Eight other defendants were con- victed of other Prohibition law vio- lations. The jury deliberated more than 11 hours. Judge Charles C. Cavanah will pass sentence sometime today on those convicted and nine others 'who pleaded guilty prior to the trial. The Government alleged the de- fendants were members of a gang organized for the purpose of manu- facturing and distributing liquor in Oregon and Washington. ———— KETCHIKAN CASE EXPECTED TO 6O T0 JURY TODAY |wipe out the difference batween | Senate measures and defeated two Final Arguments Being and |others originating in the Senate. Made—Death Sentence Demanded by Govt. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Anri' 23, —United States District Attorney Howard D. Stabler yesterday asked the death penalty for Bert Mec- Donald, accused of murdering George Marshall, Ketchikan fish buyer, near here last October. The Government's attorney made his argument before the jury. Harry McCain pleaded for the accused man's life. George B. Grigsby, second coun- sel for McDonald, was to address the jury this forenoon and the case is expected to go to the jury late today. LANDS PLANE “ON LAWN OF ~ WHITE HOUSE | WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23. —While President Hoover and Government aviation officials watched, an autogyro was landed on the south lawn of the White House by James Ray. The landing was part of a cere mony for the presentation of the Collier Trophy to Harold Pitcairn and associates for the outstanding development of American aviation in 1931, by the President, The windmill plane was the second craft to ever land on the White House grounds. Clarom e Darrow Movie on Sunday. Two were the only child-{ritorial Mining Engineer to the |{ren of John Sandvick, formerly ul, (Continued on Pagn Four) Seattle, where they will be buried.| ¥ 3 The other child was the son of Cole. The boy will be huried at Kasilof. Vil Flow: 38 ‘M L Wisitors Flock to 1 ystery ife’ Ready Soon NEW YORK, April 23.—Clarence Darrow, vigorous foe of fundamen- talism, has nearly completed film- ing of “The Mystery of Life,” up- holding the theory of evolution for which he fought in Dayton, Tenn., ition of Shakespeare’s birthday. The | several years ago. | Completion of the film by Uni- versal Motion Pictures, Inc., is a dream he has ches ed for years, % today. It is an picture in which he| tion and in which he hopes to troy the theory of the funda- mentalists. The | film remiere of the may s the role of proponent of ev- | be held in Dayton, officials admit- ‘rod. It was there Darrow battled with William Jennings Bryan in defense of an obscure school teacher named John Scopes, who violated the Tennessee law by teaching evolution. Scopes was convicted and fundamentalism won a technical victory. Darrow has collaborated wlt‘: Dr. H. M. Parshley, professor of zoology at Smith College, in mak- ing the film. Darrow said the film traced the [r‘xse of man from the amoeba of "'he primeval days to the present. | He and Farshley are the principal actors,