The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5705. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1931, "~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS§ ROOSEVELT QUASHES ALL CHARGES AGAINST WALKER SYNDICALISM LAW 1S HELD T0 BE WRONG Ohio State Measure De- clared to Be Unconsti- tutional by Judge INDICTMENT AGAINST KASSAY IS DISMISSED Charges of —Alleged At- tempts to Damage Diri- gible Knocked Out AKRON, Ohio, April 28.—Holding the Ohio Criminal Syndicalism measure is unconstitutional, Com- mon Pleas Judge Walter Wana- maker has dismissed the indict- ment against Paul Kassay, aged 37, former Goodyear Zeppelin me- nic who was scheduled for trial today on charges of alleged attempts to damage the Navy diri- gible Akron. Kassay was arrested on March foll.v’ag the tment, said: justifies the faith I had dismissal wh in the American Constitution when I gave up my Hungarian residence and came to this country. The decision will do more good than all of the police clubs in the world among the people the Gov- ernment calls Reds It will restore their faith in the justice of courts.” .- FRED BURKE GIVEN LIFE FOR MURDER Slayer of Patrolman Was Intoxicated at Time of Killing ST. JOSEPH, Michigan, April 28.—Fred Burke has been sentenc- ed to life imprisonment in the Michigan Branch Prison at Mar- quette, for the slaying of Patrol- man Churles Skelly in December, 1929, when he pleaded guilty. There is no death penalty in Michigan for an offense of second degree murder. Judge Charles White said the evidence was that Burke was in- toxicated the night he shot the Patrolman and not in full posses- sion of his faculties. ANTON CERMAK IS ON JOB A CHICAGO MAYO Formally Tndkigted Into Of- fice — City Expenses to Be Reduced CHICAGO, Ill, April 28.—Anton Cermak, native son of Bohemia, who once mined in the coal pits at Braidwood, Illinois, occupied his desk today for the first time as Chicago’s formally inducted Mayor. Mayor Cermak dedicated his ad- ministration to reducing the citys | | Marchal Joseph Pilsudski, sfrcnl man of Pcland, is believed to be of $159,420. “STRONG MAN” HOUSE PASSES COLLEGE BILL. FOR $159,420 |Effort to Recommit Beaten and House Passes Meas- ure by Vote 15 to | | The Heu> thic afternoon by a wc ¢f 12 to 4 passed Zic3l 12-cent excise meas- urc 2ffo:t'ng fibreboard boxes ccocumed in packing food prod- uct. in the Tcrritory. (This iIs the bill to protect the lumber, indus'ry in Alaska). | By a vote of 15 to 1, Foster vot- ing in the negative, the House of | Rzprezentatives this morning pass- |ed the appropriations bill for the | Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines carrying a total It is the first big panning a new political coup, but his conferences on State matters m!appx'cpriatlon measure of the ses- never allowed to deprive him of the constant association of his ;w)iswn to pass either body. small daughters, shown here hanging over his desk as he studies impor- tant docurdents. POLAND SEES TILSON SEEKS NEW COUP IN TO BE SPEAKER RECENT MOVE_ NEXT CONGRESS Marshal Joseph Pilsudski Formal Announcement Is Quits Island Retreat —Back in Warsaw ‘WARSAW, April 28.—The vigor- ous and evidently refreshed Mar- shal Joseph Pilsudski, who came back recently from the Portuguese island of Maderia brought with him an air of electric uncertainty for Poland’s political circles. Persons who work with the mar- shal say that whenever he has to settle important questions, he al- ways seeks solitude. | So they couple his sojourn in a monastic-like jretreat off the Afri- can coast with the fact that his last press interviews, before his | i Made—Will Not Make Active Campaign WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28. —Representative John Q. Tilson, of Connecticut, Majority Floor Leader during the last Congress, has def- initely entered the race for the Speakership. Representative Tilson announced that “having served in the House for 20 years, I know the mem- bers will exercise fair and honest Jjudgment in regard to the Speak- ership. I have been elected Ma- Jjority Leader four times and the members of the House should nat- urally expect that I should be departure, dealt with constitutional | considered.” questions. They predict that chang- es in the foundation of the Polish Republic are in the making. Before the coup of May, 1926, when Pilsudski seized power, he spent more than a year in his modest summer residence near Warsaw. So little was seen of him that politicians forgot to in- clude him in their calculations. Coup Like Clockwork He came out of that retreat with every detail of his coup worked out in advance. Not only the stroke itself but its administration afterwards moved as if on well- oiled ball bearings. | Last summer the marshal disap- peared again from public view, this time spending many weeks at his farm near Vilno. Rumors were cir- culated that his health was so bad that he had been forced to retire. But in August he jumped back into the political fray. He caused himself to be appointed premier, dissolved the diet and called new lelccnom. So his sojourn in Madeira has | had some nervous reactions on the body politic. “What was he plotting there? Is he going to give us a new ‘magna charta’ for Poland?” These and similar questions are heard on all sides. The present constitution is only ten years old and has already un- Representative Tilson made it plain, however, that he will not make an active campaign to suc- ceed deceased Speaker Longworth. acters and burst into his study at all hours. Sometimes they even break up the ‘games of solitaire with which the marshal rests his mental machinery when the cares of his position weigh heavily. When he came back from Ma- deira there was a big official gath- ering at the Warsaw rallway sta- tion. But in the midst of the speech of welcome the youngsters scrambled through the crowd and hurled. themselves on their father, clinging to his neck and effectually halting the formalities. e ——— CONFIDENT OF QUICK FLIGHT OVER PACIFC Japanese Flier Expects to Reach San Francisco May 13 via Juneau Mr. Foster tried to have it re- | committed for further amendment, |declaring in view of the refusal |of the House to boost the school |poll tax from $5, the present levy, |to $10 as proposed in an amend- ment by him, the college grant ought to be reduced. His motion to recommit was lost by a 14 to 2 vote. Ccntinue Poll Tax Bill Although Mr. Foster's amend- ment to the school poll tax meas- ure, for a $5 increase was voted down nine to seven, the House re- Jected a motion to indefinitely | postpone the measure and contin- |ued it in second reading to await the arrival of the taxation and revenue measure which probably will be introduced in a session to- night. Other Measures ‘The House passed five other measures this morning. One, by Mr. Foster, authorizes the leasing of public docks, wharves, ete., for a period of three years but sub- Jecting them to municipal control. Another, by Mr. Ziegler, appro- priates $1,500 for a survey of a road across Prince of Wales island. The third authorized the allotment of $15,000 from the Third Division road fund for construction of a road from Seward to Spruce Creek. Another related to the method of payment of bounties on wolves, and the fifth is a lump sum au- therization for $25,000 to the Com- mission of Education for school- house construction. Just before noon, it completed reading Dimond'’s general election measure. At that time, Mr. John- son, Ketchikan, had offered an amendment to the bill to strike out the rotative ballot provisions. It was seconded by~Ziegler. Before a vote could be taken, Mr. Boyle's motion to recess until 1 p.m. was carried. Three Senate bills—one relative to Alaska’s participation in the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, one creating the office of Superin- tendent of Public Works, and an- other providing for absentee vot- ing, were on the House calendar for final disposition this after- noon. Repealer Sent Governor The measure to repeal the Alas- ka Bone Dry Law is now in the (Continued on Page Three) - CHANGES ARE PROPOSED FOR : MAleD SCENE AS SPAIN OUSTED KING Associated Press Photo—Bartlane Transmission Over Wedern Uniow Cables to New York This picture, taken In Madrid the day before King Alfonso’s abdication, was flown to London and transmitted by cable to New York. It shows Spanish police with drawn swords chasing rioters into a tram car during demonstrations republic. SENATE PASSES WINN BILL FOR NEW JURY LAW Amends to Reduce Jury| List to 75 Per Cent of | Voting List | The Winn Jury Bill, object of | debate and oppositon from church organizations, passed the Senate yesterday, afternoon by a vote of 7 to nothing, after amendment which reduced the names to be deposited in the jury boxes by 25 per cent. It is not believed the| House will concur in the amend- ment. | The major cnange ine meas- | ure, as made by the Senate, is to require only 75 per cent of the names of voters to be placed in the jury boxes In each Division instead of 100 per cent as required in the bill as it passed the House. Passes Eight Bills The Senate passed eight meas- ures Monday afternoon, carrying] over one bill on its files to be! acted upon tomorrow. It is keep-} ing well abreast of the House and is in position to deal measures sent up to it. ‘The two radio subsidy bills, re- cently passed by the House, were with any| passed by the Senate yesterday. One ‘of these authorizes Territorial subsidy to a broadcasting station north of the Gulf of Alaska and the other one south of the Gulf,; each carrying an appropriation of ; $5,000. Ketchikan and Anchorage are the stations designed to be benefitted. 3 ‘The House memorial explanatory of the Alaska Bone Dry Law repeal | was also passed, Mr. Hess voting, in the negative although he voted for the repealer. Other House| bills' passed included: to amend | mander Donald MacMillan hopes HOUSE TABLES GENERAL EIGHT HOUR MEASURE |Effort to Get Referendum Fails and Measure Put on Table T() » Séarch For Trace Of Fliers Fate of Nungesser and Coli May Be Determined by MacMillan NEW YORK, April 28—Com- to solve the disappearance in 1927 = After an effort to make the of Nunsinger and Coli, flying from |eight-hour bill an issue in the Paris to New York City, when he 1932 Legislature had failed for attempts a round trip from Bos- want of a second to a motion to ton to London, starting June 21 that effect, the House yesterday via Labrador. afternoon by a vote of 10 to 6 The veteran Arctic explorer said |tabled that measure, and from all he plans to make an aerial survey | indications it will remain in that of the Northern part of Labra- | cold storage until the tenth session dor. He belleves the two French lof the Alaska Legislature becomes fliers might have been forced down | history. or crashed in Labrador. Another moot measure, that to MacMillan is to pioneer the pro- | protect the Territory from indigent posed northern air mail and pas- labor brought north under con- senger route at the request of the tract and liable to become public Northern Atlantic Airways. charges, was indefinitely postponed S e Iby a vote of 12 to 4, on the motion of Mr. Boyle, its author who said | frankly it probably would create worse evils than those it was de- signed_to cure, | " Pass Wage Measure | Mr. Lomen’s measure to require i SPAIN, JAILED senting vote. It now goes to the i o Governor for approval. It is de- Gen. Berenguer in Military signed to protect local labor from L |an influx of cheap labor from the P “50",‘1‘0 Face Ex- (o0 o o imer o provision that ecution Charges | was arrested today and placed in| Ziegler's bill authorizing the a military prison by order of me}transrer of title to Territorial Supreme Council of War and Mar- | fish hatchery property at Ketchi- ine. |kan and Cordova was passed, and Berenguer was Minister of Wax’ja similar bill by Mr. Foster was maintenance of the existing stand- ard of wage scales, where work fs | extends its provisions to sub- | contractors whose bids are subject in the Cabinet of Prime Minister | Withdrawn by him. Johnston's Aznar. That ministry resigned , measure to stock lakes on the Alas- performed on public projects, was passed by the House without a dis- MADRID, Spain, April 28—Gen. |t0 being reduced to a day-wage Damaso Berenguer, former Premier, | basis. ka Railroad, Steese and Richard- N.Y.GOVERNOR . TAKES ACTION - MAYOR'S CASE ‘Charges of Inefficiency Is ‘ Described as Not Specific CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS ANSWERED ALL POINTS Tammany Hall Wins in Present Fight Against Administration BULLETIN — ALBANY, N. Y., April 28.—Gov. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt has dismiss- ed all charges against Mayor James J. Walker of New York - City. l WAS PREDICTED NEW YORK, April 28.— Newspapers today predicted immediate dismissal by Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of the inefficiency charges filed against Mayor James J. Walk- er. The Governor is described as feeling the charges are not specific. Mayor Walker has answer- ed all points at issue satis- factorily, it is said. ON FIRING LINE NEW YORK, April 28—With a characteristic flourish of showman- ship, Mayor James J. Walker re- cently returned from a vacation to the' defense of Tammany Hall, which was involved in the charges filed against the City Executive, Republicans attacked on one flank and a protesting civic com- mittee on the other, the Democratic autocracy in New York City found itself “on the spot,” politically speaking. Tammany Gets Busy Tammany, wise in the ways of fighting fire with fire, started a counter-offensive by beginning a general house-cleaning within its own ranks. Within a week after the New York State Legislature ordered an inquiry into the Walker adminis- tration, two of Tammany’s most prominent office-holders resigned. The expose of irregularities in * the workings of magistrates’ courts and police vice squads unleashed & tornado of charges against the Walker-Tammany rule of city gov- ernment. Governor Petitioned First Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered an investigation of District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain's of- fice, Then a civic committee, head=- ed by Dr. John Haynes Holmes and (Continued on Page Two) Kidnapped Doctor : 8 Is Released; No ? Ransom Is Paid ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 28.— The Post-Dispatch, in a copy- righted story today says Dr. L D. Kelley, wealthy specialist, kidnapped a week ago, has been released by his captors, un- harmed. As far as known, no Bectfon 878 of the Compiled Laws|Just Previous to the fall of the son Highway with game fish, ap- Wl oot b R B R b e SR I T el i LRI ST ransom was paid. dgreone some changes at the be-| TOKYO, April 28—Confident of expenditures, restoring law and relative to service of summons;‘M""arChy Dr. Kelley was turned over oA order and preparing the city for hest of Pilsudski. He has always, success on his projected Pacific THO CHURCHES empowering City Councils to regu- Berenguer will be tried on charg- | propriating $500, was also passed. to a reporter, after a myster- | however, preached the need for|flight, Seiji Yoshihara, Japanese| . A late motor traffic including fixing 5 BFOWINg out of the executions of | TWO memorials—one asking a tram fous. idipkine - oall i & E, th; :ee‘;\;:;yorp:mle::d E’,‘,‘;,f”:,?g:{am'g’“"' presidential powers. aviator, told the America-Japan Dlvorce, Remarralge and of taxi-cab rates and licensing 0% Csp;nlns{ fi}nl: and Gln‘rclxatH;;- mzfl:m;z)—- i Pl lonely = 1 | h San » 4 nandez following a revelt las - iAo at his inauguration last night and| “Manipulation” Called For ififi&;eb;’fii‘y"dlfoiufiay 0 Birth Control May auto drivers; a House memorial) ;70 08 FTCT U6 | promised to reduce taxes by reduc-| The government party holds 247| Go to Court urging relaxation of regulations g b He expects to follow the route of ing governmental expenditures and out of 444 seats in the Sejm or the American Army World = fliers place the police department on its lower house, and 74 out of 111 in own feet in law enforcement. & R J. P. HAWKINS WANTED Information is wanted at the Governor's office about James P. Hawkins, last seen in the Klon- dike. It is reported that he is married and has two children, over the Kuriles and Aleutian Islands, making 19 intermediate stops, including Juneau, Alaska. |the upper chamber. Constitutional | changes require a two-thirds vote |in each body, and while the Sejm is “in the bag” the upper house will require some manipulating. l If they could understand what it is all about, his two young daugh- ters might be able to answer the Suggests Butler Clean-up on Gen. Sandino which might aid in identification. queries. They are privileged char- French Gates Open; Red CHICAGO, April 28.—Repre- sentative Fish, of New York, suggested in a luncheon address today, that Major General Smedley D. Butler be sent to Tape Cut for Visitors Nicaragua with orders to clean- | up Gew Sandino who he 4 harged is “financed by New PARIS, April 28—Visas, the bug- ,in the park of Vincennes is the ¢l - bear of tourists, have been abol- | motive for the decree. | York Communists.’ ished in Trance for the period| Foreigners will be permitted to — - from May to November when the International Colonial Exposition will be open. A desire to attract as many visi- enter *the country on presenting| Population of Illinois charitable cards ‘of identity stamped by the and penal Instutitions increased French consulatg and the latter more than 50 per cent in 10 years, will charge nothing for the stamp: -| while the State’s population in- ing. 4 creased 17.65 per cent. tors as possible to the big show NEW YORK, April 28—Changes in the codes are proposed accord- ing to the reports published by official groups within the Protes- tant Episcopal and Presbyterian churches in the United States. The Episcopalians have recom- mended adoption of 3 revised Can- on creating Ecclesiastical Courts to pass on problems of marriage and permit ministers to remarry com- municants and divorced persons under certain circumstances. The elimination of all mention of grounds for divorce and remar- riage is also proposed. The court would also define nine causes for annulment. The Presbyterians also deplore the increasing divorce rate and it is understood will give approval or birth control. The Presbyterians also suggested establishment o courses and instructions on ‘mar- riage. on the taking of fish for fur farms.' A Senate bill to reimburse the TODAY’ STOCK Alaska Airways $1,415 for expendi- QUOTATIONS tures’ incurred in the search for ———— ¢ | Pat Reid, one of the aviators en-| NEW YORK. April 28—Closing gaged In the Eielson-Borland res- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine cue, was passed. |stock today is 12, American Can Bills Defeated |111%, Anaconda Copper 28%, The Senate defeated Dimond's Bethlehem Steel 45%, General bill to appropriate $1,000 to clear MOtors 38%, International Har- the Egegik River at the outlet of| VeSter 48%, Kennecott 20%, Stand- (daily movements i greater secret than ever. e 11 Duce Fears Bombs; ‘ Keeps His Plans Secret }E ROME, April 28. — Mussolini’s have become a Italian newspapers are learning that they must refrain from giving On the contrary, scheduled to speak at the recent meeting of the Association of Stock-Companies at 3:30 o'clock, he arrived at 4:05. No advance information of any . Becharof Lake; a House bAll appro- priating $6200 for the Kodiak Shipping Subsidy; and MecCutch- eon’s bill to provide for Territorial assistance for fur farms. It laid on the table a House bill to add the Territorial Mine In- ard Brands 167%, Standard Oil ol;fld"mce notice of the Duce’s California 35%, Standard Oil of | Whereabouts. New Jersey 35%, United Alrcraft! A few days ago the Lavoro Fas- : 25%, U. 8. Steel 124%, Curtiss- | cista, an ultra-fascist newspaper, His Plans Secret “a Wright 3%, Hudson Bay 4%, Ar-|was sequestrated because it gave | EvVen on occasions like the re- kind is given as to whether Mus- solini will be present at various functions. mour of Illinois Class A 2%, 2, 2, Checker Cab 9%, 9%, 9%; United the exact time when the Duce | Cent celebration of the twelfth an. was expected to attend the world |Diversary of the Fasci, the begin: 2% | ning of the Fascist party, when spector to the Territorial Board of sz BY, ey Al | could be taken for mym.e'd '-ha‘t Road Commissioners, The joint leg-! oopRESPONDS IN 5 TONGUES' Changes Schedules |the Duce would attend the Rome Islative inquiry committee has cer- tain recommendations to make re- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, April 28.| In order to forestall possible | observances, the information " —Five languages are needed by garding this end other boards and jomes Maxwell Whitaker of Fay- 'clock bembs Mussolini never ar- rives exactly on time. At the grain commissions and the Senate Putl citeville graduate student at the|conference, scheduled to be there the measure on the table to awall ypjversity of Arkansas to carry on 4t 11 am., he came a half-hour | withheld. %3 Inquiry at the Ministry of the Interior, aver which Mussolini pre- |sldes. developed the answer, “Wa the committee's report. ) don’t know.” 3 his correspondence, 1«orly. and began to talk at 10:35.