The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1931, Page 1

«.”" Wickersham Commission| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NU. 5704. JUNEAU, ALASKA, AY, APRIL 27, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS NOT | ALWAYS TRUE Finds “‘Serious Abuse” Used in Statistics FAVORABLE ITEMS ARE BROUGHT OUT| Bureaus Seeking Govern- 3 ment Appropriations Do | Not Act on Square WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27. —The Wickersham Commission has | found that some of the Govern- | ment Bureaus use as a basis for criminality statistics the things that help to make the “most fav- orable showing possible when they ask Congress for money.” This assertion is included in the | Commission’s third report to Presi-| dent Hoover since it began work two years ago. The report says the present methods of compiling statistics on criminaity should be condemned as inadequate and sometimes involves “serious abuse.” The Commission’s report suggest- ed that such statistics be commit- ted to a Department of Justice BABY DAUGHTER OF GOLF KING ociated Pres: Here Is Mary Ellen Jones, seven weeks old, smiling at her mother, Mrs. Robert Tyre Jones, jr. Mary Ellen is the third child of the inter- national golf champion and it was her first appearance before the <amera. Picture was taken in their Atlanta, Ga., home. Photo - CLAIMS FRAUD USED IN “ CRIMINALITY FISH MONOPOLY BELIEVED NOW NEARING BREAK One Canadian Boat Sells Catch at Prince Rupert to Outsiders . UNITED FISHERIES IS SWAMPED AT SEATTLE Unable to Finance Unusual- ly Large Catch of Co- operative Boats PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Aprtil 27.—A break in the so-called co- operative organization or fish me- nopoly was seen here on Saturday by the first sale of the season when the Canadian boat Portlock sold her catch of 36,000 pounds of halibut to the Canadian Fish and Cold Storage and Booth fisherfes. | Prices were 10 and 7 cents, which is above the United Pacific Fish- | eries prices. MODIFICATION BUTLER IS HIT 1S LOOKED FOR ' BY CENSORSHIP, ' Mount Bureau and later to the Census Bureau. . ———— SANCTUARY FOR ALASKAN BROWN BEAR 1S MADE :-o=iet e President Signs Proclama-! The committee's report is vased s 2 on a Congressional survey and as- tion DOUbllng Area serts only 17 “die hards” Prohibi- to Westward tionists are in the Senate and 43 1in the House. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27. ‘The report says “victory is in —Secretary of Interior Wilbur to- Sight if those who are enlisted in day announced the creation of a this cause make their wishes known sanctuary for Alaskan brown bear ito Senators and Congressmen of which will probably save them from ' teir States. extinction. —— .- President Hoover has signed a proclamation which more than H ANsnM P Aln doubles the area in the Katmai National Monument by bringing the ; BUT c A P T Iv E confines to the coast line along the Shelikof Straits. ; The monument now totals 2,697,- Chinese Reds Démand Gas- oline Supplies as Well as Money Possibility that Light Wines and Beer Manufacture, Sale, Coming —Modification of .the Prohibition Law to permit manufacture and sale of light wines and beer is seen as a possibility at the next Con- gress by the National Committee 590 acres, as large as many Na- tional Parks. | Nation-wide agitation for the sal-, vation of the Alaskan®brown bear was inspired by Stewart Edward ‘White, writer, and led to the crea-| tion of the sanctuary. ' .- — HANKOW, China, April 27.—The American Lutheran Mission has paid the Reds about $2,000 ransom for Bert Nelson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, held captive since last | MAYOR WALKER | October, but the Communists have 5 RS ' refused to release him, basing their Communists Activities Are | refusal on the-ground the Mis- Blame d fDl’ Removal sion has not sent gasoline supplies \ 'as also demanded. Proceedings IRequest of Governor to Dismiss Official Is Given Turn Down NEW YORK, April 27. — Mayor James J. Walker, facing removal proceedings, ascribed his difficul- ties to Communist activities. He mede this plea when speaking be- fore the Communion breakfast of, SAN RAFAEL, Cal, April 27— the Fire Department members. The State Board of Control has “I am the temporary target for refused to entertain the request the attack and this will be wid- of Gov. Meier that Henry Meyers, ened to include other public men. Superintendent of the State Pris- Its object is to tear down Ameri- on, be dismissed. Gov. Meier ac- can institutions,” declared Mayor | cused Meyers of inefficiency and Walker. ! incompetency. Hundreds of Mountain Sheep Found Killed in Mt. McKinley Park Area Four other patrols have not yet reported and when they do they may run the total higher. Hardly any of the carcasses were : mutilated indicating the sheep were killed as a result of savage lust and not for food. SEWARD, Alaska, April 27.—The Seward Gateway's correspondent at McKinley Park reports a ranger found carcasses of 250 meuntain sheep belleved killed by wolves or other predatory dnimals. NEXTGUNGHESSi PHILADELPHIA, Penn., April 27. ON BROADCAST Used Word—fi;ll While on i Air—Is Immediate- ly Cut Off PHILADELPHIA, Penn., April 25.—The Philadelphla Record says Major General Smedley D. Butler “ran into Radlo censorship” last Saturday night while his story of the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, in 1915, was being broadcast over Station WELK. Gen. Butler spoke to the mem- bers of the 312th Field Artillery Association at the Elks' Club. The Record sald he was “ram- bling along in a jocular fashion, picturing the scene in detail, when he used the word Hell as part of a quotation. Butler was promptly cut off the air by Howard Miller, owner of the station, for about | five minutes. | “Guests were indignant when | they learned from the announcer, {who in explaining the silence to the radio audience, said: “We are | sorTy if you have been offended {by Gen. Butler'’s use of profane language. It s a strict rule of this station that no profanity | shall be broadcast’.” \Death, Not Operation, Ends Case OAKLAND, Cal, April 27— Death brought- a tragic denoue- ment to the efforts to operate on a four-year-old girl to relieve her. ,Physicians attributed the child’s |death to a recent head injury more than to the operation. Only two such operations have been per- formed in the past. | Two surgeons, Warren Allen, of | Oakland, and George Swift, of Se- Iatue. operated on the skull of the | four year-old child in the belief they would save her from blind- | ness, delinquency and feeble-mind- edness and pave the way for such | correction on & large scale. The operation is one of the rarest known to surgery and was witness- ed by delegates to the American |Ool)ege of Surgeons’ convention. —————— Wi e gl T TODAY' STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORX, April 27—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 113%, Anaconda Copper 28%, Beth- tehem Steel 46%, General Motars 39%, International Harvester 49%, | Kennecott 21%, Standard Brands 117, Standard Oil of California 36%, i@tandard Oil of New Jersey 35, United Aircraft 26, U. S. Steel 124%, Ourtiss-Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 4%, Armour of Illinois Class (A 2%, 2, 2%, Checker Cab 9% 9%, )9%, United Oigar 8%. J Seventeen other boats were here Saturday but did not sell. Buyers however, said the boats would probably follow the lead of the Portlock. SEATTLE MARKET SEATTLE, April 27.—Swamped by an unusually large catch of halibut totalling 240,000 pounds, the newly organized United Pacific Fisheries, composed of vessel own- ers, was unable to finance the purchase of the fish. » Independent buyers, who up to the time of the formation of the cooperative company handled all purchases of halibut and cod, re- fused to bid when the fishermen listed their catches at the Halibut Exchange. Settlement of the question went over until today when it was ex- pecte dthe United Pacific Fisheries will have made arrangements to handle the deal If this plan fails, it is considered probable the halibut will be put up to competi- tive bidding as in the past. GANGSTER IS SHOT, STEPPED INTO AMBUSH *“Legs” Diamond Seriously Wounded at Mountain Roadhouse CATSKILL, N. Y, April 27— “Legs” Diamond, gangster, was seriously wounded by unknown as- sailants when buskshot was sent into his back and shoulders as he stepped from a mountain road- house west of here three days after his release on $25,000 bail pending a trial on charges of as- sault. Diamond has not given out any information as to the shooting. He was snatched to shelter in the road house by a companion who said the gunfire was from 20 paces. Nine shots were fired and one shell load hit the gangster. FIND SLAYER T0 BE INSANE Complaint Filed Charging Assassin of Banker with. Being Off SAN RAFAEL, Cal, April 27— Frank D. Keaton, Los Angeles real- tor, sentenced to hang for the murder of Motley H, Flint, Los Angeles banker, has been found to be insane by a Board of Physicians. A formal complaint charging Keal with insanity has been filed here. If found to be legally insane, he will be sent to the State Asy- lum. Keaton accused Flint of dissi- pation of Keaton's savings in the Julian Petroleum frauds. —aa—— Receipts from the football games at Amarillo, Texas, have paid $15,000 of the- $20,000 cost of the high school athletic field. o PRICE TEN CENTY GOV'T. REPORTS - OVERTURNED MOTOR BOAT REVEALS SUNDAY TRAGEDY PROPOSED FOR | 7 NATION'S RICH Senator Couzens Advocates Plan to Meet Govern- ment’s Expenses SMALL TAXPAYERS TO BE LEFT ALONE Surtaxes Wo:ld Also Be Raised—Sliding Scale for Gift Tax WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27. —Higher taxes’ on the rich are advocated by United States S2na- tor James Couzens to help meet the Government's expences. The Michigan Sznator, a publican, is wealthy hims2lf. Senator Couzens also proposed a revival of the levy on transfers of property and mon2y before death, known as the gift tax, and also rellef from community prop- erty laws in several states under which husbands and wives are permitted to flle separate income tax returns. Under the Couzens plan, the small taxpayers will be left alone. Senator Cougens favored raising surtaxes to at least the 1824 level and provide a sliding scale for the gift tax. Renewed interest in taxation methods was called forth by the estimate the Government would face a deficit: of $700,000,000 by the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Others have proposed plans largely based on economy in Gov- ernment expenditures. The antici- pated deficit is sald to be due to the falling off of income tax and customs recelpts because of depression. Senator Couzens insist- ed increased revenues are neces- sary because of appropriations al- ready made by Congress at the re- quest of Industry. Faces Death, But Science Being Used Missionary Resigned to Fate as Result of Distomiastis CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 27.— The Rev. Ralph Thurber, mission- ary to Korea, who is resigned to death as the result of a tropical disease rarely found outside the Orient, has not been entirely giv- en up by science. Dr. Thurber diagnosed his ill- ness as distomiasis contracted by eating improperly cooked fish in Korea. He predicted his own death within a month. However, Dr.- Ernest Carroll Fault, Acting head of the Tropical Disease De- partment of Tulane University, said there is hope for Dr. Thurber’s Re- recovery if the liver has not been stroyed by parasites. He said he saw many such cases in China. ———————— COMMUNISTS INVOLVED IN PLOT, CLAIN Destruction of Pipe Lines on Oil Tank Farms in Texas Planned AUSTIN, Texas, April 27— Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger Cap- tain sent letters to 38 oil compan&.| ies warning them of a suspected Communist plot to destroy pipe lines on tank farms. Captain Hamer is incensed be- cause the warnings were made nublic. He said the warning was ‘ntended as confidential. He did not reveal the source of his infor- mation but sald there had been Swo explosions In Kansas since the warnings were given. Large amounts of nitroglycerine have been stolen from sections in Texas recently. | - Beauty everywhere—even in church. This has been proven by the selection of Joan Jerome (right) who has been selected as the most beautiful church girl, and Francis Hill (left) chosen as the best dressed | girl regularly attending church. The selections mark the first beauty| contest held under the auspices of a religious organization, which was conducted at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City, BONE DRY BILL BACK INHOUSE ON AMENDMENTS Concurrence Is Expected and Measure Then Goes to Governor Parks The Hellerich-Allyn measure re- pealing the Alaska Bone Dry Law was before ‘the House again this afternoon, one step from the hands of Gov. George A. Parks, whose approval it must have before it becomes as much a law as Alaska can make it without Congression- al sanction. The bill was passed by the Sen- ate Saturday by a unanimous vote after it had been amended as re- commended by the Educational Committee. ~The House, it was unofficially reported, was certain to concur in the Senate's changes and pass it along to the Govarnor. Within Three Day Limit The measure Af it reachgs the Governor today, 1is within the three-day limit. That is, no pock- et veto is possible. There are still three full days of the session left and if the measure is not signed or returned before the end of the session it becomes a law without. his signature. It is generally belleved the Gov- ernor wili approve the bill, al- though he has given no indica- tion as to his position. He vetoed a bill in 1929 calling for a refer- endum on the subject, but friends of his said then had it been a straight cut repeal act he would have acted differently. The unani- mous vote in the Senate and the big vote by which it passed the House, it is generally felt, will be taken into consideration by the Governor in dealing with it College Measure Reported The appropriation bill' for Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines was before the House for consideration this aft- ernoon. 1t was reported out by the Ways and,Means Committee Saturday afternoon with a cut of slightly more than $30,000 below the figure fixed in the Education ‘Committee which brought the orig- inal bill in carrying a total of $189,980. The Ways and Means Committee recommended amend- ments reducing this to $159,420. Twenty thousand dollars was lop- ped off the permanent building fund, $760 off the scholarship fund and $9800 off the general opera- tions and maintenance fund. Beats Compensation Bill Nerland's bill carrying proposed changes in certain sections of the Workmen's Compensation Act WA the A <conumic'& on Puge .I:J.'hn Channing Pollock, noted author, and one of the judges (center), SENATECLEARS FILES OF ALL BUT TWO BILLS ! L ‘ Keeps Abreast of Work— Pa§ses Eleven Measures in Session Saturday In its session Saturday after- noon, the Senate continued to dis- pose of every measure on its files and when it adjourned, there were | but two bills remaining that had been on the files when it convened for the day, It passed 11 measures, including ' the Alaska Bone Dry Law repeal | bill. Only one was a Senate bill, | the rest originating in the House. | One is Reconsidersd A House bill, repealing the abate- | ment section of the Territorial| statute for the suppression of| gambling, defeated in the msrmng‘ session, was promised a new lease| on life just before adjournment | was taken. Mr. Sundquist, who! had voted against it, gave notice that today he would move for a reconsideration of the vote. As it lost by only one vote, if he switch- | es to the affirmative, it should pass. Mr. Dimond's bill to authorize ‘he payment in advance of Terri- torial refund to schools in incor- porated towns passed the Senate by a unanimous vote. Foster’s bill, with amendments by | the Senate, to re-enact the old law covering the Board of Children's Guardians, was passed without op- position. A memorial relative to| the Interior Department’s Alaska | Indian policy, by the same author, also passed. Two measures authorizing the - PERSONS MEET - DEATH, WATER ‘Three Wealthy Men and ! Two Women Drown in ! San Francisco Bay 'AIR, WATER CRAFT HUNT FOR BODIES |Searching Parties Patrol | Shore—Boat Found Bottom Side Up OAKLAND, Cal, April 27.—Aix and water craft are searching San Francisco Bay and land parties are covering the shore seeking the bodies of five prominent and wealthy Piedmont residents believ- ed to have been drown when their motor boat capsized Sunday after= noon or night. The motor boat was found off Goat Island, floating bottom up. The propellor is missing. Rescue alive of the five occu- pants has been abandoned. The missing are: GILBERT LOKEN, stock broker and yachtsman, MRS. LOKEN. CARL JEFFERSON, official. MRS. JEFFERSON. SHERIDAN HUBBARD, Building Loan Company Manager. —————— insurance RITES ARE HELD FOR MORRISSEY IN KETCHIKAN Widow Will Accompany Body to Seattle for Burial There KETOCHIKAN, Alaska, April 27— Requiem mass whs sald at 9 o'clock this morning in the Church for the late E. G. Mor- | rissey, Editor and Publisher of the Dally and Sunday Chronicle of this city, who died last Friday fore- noon. Mrs. Morrissey will accompany the body south on the Northland tomorrow and burial will take place {in Seattle. Dozens of telegrams, expressing sympathy, have been received by the Chronicle and the widow. DO-X READY, TEST FLIGHT LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, April 27—The DO-X, German sea- plane, laid up for the past several months for repairs necessary fol= lowing damage at the outset of the been refloated and several test tlights are planned. The flights Will determine if the giant sea= plane is ready to continue the flight to New York. ———-—-— Ralph McRight, big bplock and "tackle man of the Alabama foote ball team of 1930, played all sea- (Continued on Page Eight) Poiar Bears Killed Three son without carrying the ball. Members of Andree Party Declares Retired Ex plorer WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27. ~A sudden attack by Polar bears is advanced by Capt. Evelyn Bald- win, retired explorer, as the prob- able cause of the death of two members of the Andree Arctic bal- loon expedition of 33 years ago. Baldwin was a member of ear- lier expeditions but missed joining the balloon party by 48 hours, ar- ~ar 5 Catholic | projected trans-Atlantic flight, has 7 riving at Danes Island and find- © ing Andree had left, taking advan. tage of favorable winds. “The position of the bodies con- Drawing from his own experi- vinces me that death was at least ences, Capt. Baldwin takes issue with the theories Andree and his | sudden. “Several years before, when I and two others were in a hut two companions were killed by cold, | Franz-Josef Land, a polar bear ' starvation or fumes from an oil |and two half-grown cubs tried to The three bodies were found last summer on Whis Isiaad Fridtjof-Nansen land. get through the roof. Only the sub= * stantial structure of the buildin }pr‘cvcn:cd‘ I flx}Ally shot thfl;: \said Capt. Baldwin,