The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1931, Page 1

\l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXVIIL, NO. 5?51 . JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY MAY |6 I93I WEALTHY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN GIRL CASE John P. Mills A Admits Con- tributing to Delinquen- cy, Technically SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 16.—John P. Mills, wealthy realtor of San Dicgo and Los Angeles, unexpected- ly pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge of contributing to the de- linquency of two 17-year-old girls. Mills was involved jointly with Alexander Pantages and others on the charges. The remaining defendants will be tried May 25. Mills said, in a prepared state- ment, he was advised that he was technically guilty because he was present in a hotel room when the girls were served liquor. Therefore, he said, he admitted his guilt. Sen- tence will be passed later. e POPE MAKES ADDRESS T0 WORKINGMEN Addresses Teu Thosand — World’s Economic System Must Be Changed VATICAN CITY, Italy, May 16—\ — Speaking in Italian, French and| German, the Pope yesterday ad- dressed 10,000 workmen in the, court yard at San Damasko exhort- ing them to industrial concord and | union. The address was broadcast. The Pope made reference that he will soon issue an encyclical on | i labor, It is said the pope will say in thej encyclical it is necessary to recon- struct the world’s economic sys- tem to insure justice to the work- er. He will condemn Socialism, Communism and concentration of too great wealth in a few hands.| 31 PASSENGERS ABOARDALASKA FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, May 16. — Steamer Alaska sailed at 9 o'clock this) morning for Alaska ports with 112 first class passengers and 109 steerage. ‘The following passengers are booked for Juneau: C. Johnson, Mrs. H. Johnson,} James J. Connors, Paul Abbott, E.' R. Jaeger and wife, E. Ryan, Miss Bess O'Neill, Charles H. Flory, Miss | Fresno, Cal, {ered to Sir Hubert Wilkins in sealed | shipped to Bergen, Norway, where !leg of the journey. MODESTO MlSS RU Aileen Higgins of Modesto, Cal, Raisin Festival May 7- Honor are (standing, leftto right) Marian Copeland, Enid Ringle, (seat- ed) Barbara Binkerd, Miss Hi;xhs and Roberta Bergman. LES RAlSlN F ETE —Associated Press Photo. occupied the throne during the 9. The Queen and her Maids of SUPPLIES ARE DELIVERED TO SUB NAUTILUS Ten Tons o”"—ood in Sealed Containers for Under- sea Trip NEW LCNDON, Conn., May 16.— Ten tons of food have been deliv- containers for the submarine trip under the Arctic ice during the coming summer. The supplies included such stap- les as butter, milk, coffee, sugar, flour, nut meats, raisins, fish, vege- tables, meat, cheese and bnked‘ beans, and such luxuries as jams, pickles, relishes, and peanut but- ter. Seven tons of supplies will be the Nautilus will pick them up. The remainder of the supplies will be ,loaded here for the first Boston Man Is Named L. Erickson, Claude Erickson, George | Mrs. Tom Shearer and two| Mrs. | ! President Dahl, children, Geoffrey O’Connell, A. R. McConnell, Mrs. Mary Mec- Gee and child, Samuel Howey, Mrs. Ralph O'Brien, J. H. Salvey, Mrs. J. E. Vander Linden, Mrs. W. H.' Dickinson, C. L. Zimmerman, Mrs. Alice O’'Brien, Miss Mildren Arnold, +‘Mrs. A. Smith, Nels Lonseth, and two steerage. — MARTHA POHNERT TO BE AT BETHEL M!SSIONI Miss Martha Pohnert will give an address Sunday evening at the Bethel Mission on Main Street. The services will begin at 7:30 oclock and the public is lnvned Moorish Fighter Ends Four Years’ Exile on Far Island | ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, May 16.—Abd-el-Krim, the last Moor to attempt re-establishment of a native empire in Morocco, is nearing the end of his fourth year of exile in the faraway island of Reunion, 500 miles east of Mada- gascar. The Indian ocean “sits and smiles” at the ex-chieftain of the Riff, who put up a successful fight for many months against the Frénch and Spanish armies until he surrendered May 26, 1926. He was promptly hurried off the scene, mafily and all, to be forgot- ten and to forget. Everything possible has been done to make him feel like a Prench colonist. He goes where he likes and does what he likes—on Re- union. But there is a gendarme of- }been promoted to Under Secretary As Asst. Sec. of State ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.— Hoover has appointed | Harvey H. Bunday, of Boston, As- sistant Secretary of State, succeed- 'ing Willlam Castle, jr., who has of State, succeeding the late Joseph Cotton. —— - CADETS PREFER BRUNETTES COLLEGE STATION, Tex.—The| “ideal girl” of Texas A. & M. | cadets, a questionnaire revealed, is slender and brown-eyed, with dark bobbed hair. She is a graceful dancer and of carefree disposition, with “a brain that didn‘t stop: growing when she was a little girl.” ficer to see to it that he boards no boats, As he remains a great personal-| ity in the Arab world he occasion- ally has visitors who come from Africa to do him honor. It being| the policy of the French govern-| ment to keep on good terms with all elements in the Arab world, these visitors are treated with con- sideration and given the freedom of the isle. As Reunion is almost entirely wild mountain country, there is| plenty of room for the diversion of | kings, so Abd-el-Krim and his gen- | darme companion, keep in trim by hunting. | Reunion is on the whole a hap- pler island than was St. Helena, Abd-el-Krim is a. Mussulman and a What is must, be. ~ Succeeds Aswell Assoctated Press Phote John H, Overton, Alexandria, La. will succeed the R v district. He was victorious in ocratie 'primary which Is equivalent to election. (OLASH OVER NEW ACCORD German and French Rep- resentatives Disagree on Issues OEN'!.'VA, May 18—7ulius Curtis, German Foreign Minister ,and Aristide Briand, of France, today clashed over. the. proposed ‘Austro- German customs accord as the Commission of the Pan-European Federation resumed sessions. The German representative, in the general discussion of the econ- omic situation in Europe, praised the bilateral regional customs agreements as the best remedy for economic distress. Briand declared such a union as. Germany and Austria propose means “trouble for the peoples and should be avoided.” Farmer Tossed {On Cowcatcher ; Life Is Saved CLARKSBURG, May 16— Hanging by his clothing to a locomotive cowcatcher as it roared across a high trestle, Elias McWhorter, aged 65 years, a farmer, was rescued by train- men. The passenger train had crashed into McWhorter’s farm wagon and killed two horses. He is in a serious condition with broken legs and internal haurts. He was tossed into the air and landed on the cowcatcher. 4 STOCK MARKEI ON DOWN GRADE, SHORT SESSION Week-end Klly Failed to Materialize—Alaska Juneau Up NEW YORK, May 16.—A merci- less persistent selling pressure kept the stock market on the down grade at the short session today and for the seventh successive ses- sion. Prices indicate the general level was broken to around the level of the spring. Traders were inclined to look for a weck-end rally but the wave o' covering completed the week-end and final prices were close to the lowest. Various issues declined from one to three points. Prominent issues held steady. The turn-over was under a mil- lion shares. Foreign exchanges were a liftl: firmer. The bears selected food shares today after rotating from group to group lately. TODAY’ STOCK QUOTATIONS . NEW YORK May 16.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 100%, Anaconda Copper 26%, Beth- lehem Steel 433, Fox Films 16%, General Motors 40%, Granby Con- solidated 13%, International Mar- vester 46%, Kennecott 19%, Pack- ard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 18, Standard Oil of California 35%, Standard Oil of New Jersey .86%, United Afrcraft 28%, U, 101%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Bay 4%, Checker Cab, no sale; California Packing, no sale. LARGE PLANE COMES DOWN, FIRE ABOARD Aircraft E;e_r-ts Seeking Cause—No Passengers Are Injured ABERDEEN, Maryland, May 16. —Aircraft experts sought the cause of fire aboard a transport plane that made a forced landing at the Edgewood Arsenal with smoke pour- ing from the cabin containing 18 passengers. None of the passengers were injured as the craft touched the ground. The flames had burned a hole in the lower left wing. Boldiers assisted the passengers, including one woman, to alight. The plane was enroute from Richmond to New York. HOOVER, WILBUR IN CONFERENCE . ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 16— President Hoover left for the Rap+ idan Camp today for recreation but it promised to be mostly work with Secretary of Interior Wilbur and other chiefs of the Interior De- partment’s- bureaus. -The object is to find where the depa.rtmem can save money. The President’s son, Herbert, Jr., and the latter's wife, also accom- panied the party to the camp. FAREWELL SERMON SUNDAY BY ALLEN Rev. Harry R. Allen, pastor of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, will preach his farewell sermon at the 11 o'clock sermon .tomorrow. The morning service will be the last one until June 14 when Rev. Elling K, Olafsen will assume the pastorate of the Resurrection Lutheran church. The Sunday School, how- ever, will continue to meet regularly at 9:45 a.m. The Rev. Allen, Mrs. Allen and son John, will leave on the stcam- er Yukon Monday for Seattle where e has accepted a recent call. ——eeo-—— ERICSON JUNEAU BOUND Claude Ericson, former owner of the Gastineau hotel property, is 8 passenger Juneau bound aboard the' ‘Alaska. He is accompanied by his sfim— GRACE, W YORK Ocean NEW YORK, May 16. — That globe-cireling record is still troubl- ing John Henry Mears, enthusiast and theatrical producer. 80 he has bought a new plane in preparation for another attempt in June to better the 2l-day rec- ord of the Graf Zeppelin. He hopas to circle the globe this time in 15 days. Last year he tried, and the at- tempt cost him $25,000 when his plane crashed at Harbor Grace. He was unhurt but disappointed, and immediately announced that he would try again this year to regain the record he has twice held. His route includes a hazardous trans- Atlantic hop. 15 days, beating the Graf Zeppelin’s aviation | Mears Mapping *Round-World D(;Sh 7 to Lop Six Days Off Graf’s Mark Pacitfic Ocean STRANGE CULT NOW REVEALED, MURDER TRIAL ’Members BaFTogether to Suicide if Feebleness Not Cured RITUAL IS EXPLAINED; OFFICERS ARE ACTING Faint-hearted Are Slain if Edict of Organization Not Executed 's mark by six days. John Henry Mears (left) is preparing a plane lik: this for an attempt in June to circle the world in Map shows the route he plans to take. Back In 1913 Mears dashed around the world by train and boat |and set a record of 35 days. Then along came Linton O. Wells and | Edward 8. Evans, New York news- | papermen, and bettered his mark | by seven days. | Two years later, in 1928, Mecars set out with Charles B. D. Collyer for a new record. They took off | from New York in a seaplane, landing beside the liner Olympie, well out to sea and clambered aboard. | Continuing their dash by boat, | plane and rail they ecircled the| globe and were back in New York in 23 days. For his fourth attempt Mears will use a new Lockheed-Vega | plane capable of a cruising speed of 190 miles an hour. His pilot will be Vance Reece, Paclfic coast flier, who helped design the plane. With them will be “Tailwind,” Mears’ pet Sealyham terrier. The cocky little dog was unhurt in the | last smashup in Newfoundland, but so scared that he dashed away into the darkness. It was not until three days later that a fisherman founa him. Mears' route will take him from New York to Harbor Grace, thence on a trans-Atlantic flight to Dub- lin, From there, the route includes Berlin, Moscow, across Siberia, Chignik, Alaska, Seattle and New York. Last year Mears made a trip-to Europe to familiarize him- self with the route FAIR WEATHER, FAST TRACK 1S DERBY OUTLOOK Thirfeen of Fifteen Entries Ready for Big Rac- ing Classic BULLETIN—Churchill Downs, May 16—~Twenty Grand won the Kentucky Derby this after- noon, Sweep All was second and Mate third. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16.—Fair weather, a fast track and a horse race that may turn out to be a record breaker, furnished the sal- ient prospects for the Fifty-seventh running of the $50,000 added Ken- tucky Derby to be run at Churchill Downs this afternoon, the place for thoroughbred duels since Aristide won the first Blue Grass classic from Volcano in 1875. ‘Thirteen of the fifteen entries are slated to go to the post at 5 o'clock this afternoon, the smallest field and fastest track in years. Twenty Grand is a 2 to 1 favor- Mate is a 5 to 2 favorite and Ladder is figured good as a “long shot.” Sixty thousand spectators are ex- pected to witness the Derby. EQUIPOISE IS SCRATCHED 'CHURCHILL DOWNS, May 16.— Equipolse; one-time favorite and champion 2-year-old money winner, has been scratched from the Ken- tucky Derby by the trainer Freddie Hopkins upon the arrival of the colt’s owner, Cornelius Vanderbilt ‘Whitney. Hopkins said he discovered a “quartercrack.” ————————— LOSES VALUABLE PEARL NECKLAGE NEW YORK, May 16.—Mrs. Con- verse Strong, of Santa Barbara, California, told the police she lost a pearl necklace valued at $90,000 on the liner Roma where she went to see off her sister-in-law Mrs. E. C. Converse, who sailed for Eur- ope. She discovered her loss when she returned to her apartment. The necklace was insured. — e JAEGERS COMING NORTH E. R. Jaeger, property owher of Juneau, accompanied by Mrs. Jae- ger, are passengers aboard .he Al- aska for this city from their home in California. Two Bishops | Being Sued for Slander Alleged Libel Cases Are Brought by Metho- dist Minister ATLANTA, Georgia, May 16— Bishops Edwin Mouzon and John Moore of the Methodist Episcopal | Church of the South are charged' with libel and slander by the Rev.! | Rembert Smith in suits filed in the Federal Court asking for $50,- 000 from each. The alleged damages are the out- | growth of Smith's opposition to the activities of various Bishops against ' former Gov. A. E. Smith in thel Presidential campaign. PHEEERY 1 S GER | i TOSCANINI - | BEATEN UP Orchestra Conductor Pum- meled — Refused to Play Fascist Song BOLOGNA, Italy, May 16—Ar- thur Toscanini, conductor of the| New York Philharmonic Symphony | Orchestra, and one of the highest paid conductors in this country, was struck in the face and pum- meled badly by several spectators who rushed him when he refused to play the Pascist anthem “Giv- ezza” and the Royal March before a concert he was scheduled to play tonight on the ground they were not good music. Toscanini extricated himself, { walked off the stage and cancelled the concert and also one for to- morrow afternoon. He was enraute to Milan. He has been ordered to leave Bologna by the Fascist offi- cials. Three Thousand Are | Homeless, Japan Fire TOKYO, May 16.—The fifth fire| in Japan in one week today de- stroyed 700 houses at Matsue City. No casualties are reported. The| loss is estimated at $1,000,000. Three thousand persons are home- less. —l Al e | 1 TO VISIT MOTHER Mrs. C. E. Hill, wife of one of the staff of the local U. 8. Signal Corps, left on the Admiral Rogcrs\ for Petersburg for a two weeks'| | visit with her mother. SEPARATION OF NEW YORK, May 16.—Acting on the story told by a spinster of & “suicide Club” with 26 living mem- bers, Long Tsland authorities moved today to avert the prospect of & series of suicides. The authorities are investigating the theory that three members of the cult of elderly and ailing per- sons have already suicided in ac= cordance with the ritual of the club. Miss Louise Schwartz, aged 59 years, described the supposed cuit in telling of the death of her brother, Edward, agsd 59, found shot in her home. She pleaded not gullty to the charge of second de= gree murder. Miss. Schwartz said: “Every Sun- day night we met and prayed that one of us would be cured of feeble- ness. The cult numbered 30 mem= bers. Four are dead. If the mem- ber prayed and no answers came to his or her prayers, suicide was the only way out. If he or she failed to suicide, they were slain by & chosen member.” !xnmlnera sald the location of Schwartz's head wounds mdlca.t.ed he could not have sui= clded ——— ' CHURCH, STATE STUP LEASING NOW PRUPUSED TIMBER LAND, New Spamsh Govemment to’ Submit Issue to | Convention MADRID, Spain, May 16. — A statement was issued today by the Minister of Justice of the Spanish Provincial Government that he in- tended to bring about the separa- NATL. FORESTS Alaska Is EEked in Ord- er Issued by Presi- dent Hoover WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.— President Hoover has ordered the tion of the Church and State. He Forestry Bureau of the Agricul= said the question will be presented at the coming Constitutional Con- vention for a decision. The Government has under con- sideration a vigorous Papal repre- sentation protesting against destruc- tion of church property by mobs during the past 10 days. At Atarfe last night, four per- |sons were killed and ten were in= jured when residents attempted to defend a Catholic Church against incendarists. tural Department to cease all leas- ing of National Forest timber, ex= cept in Alaska. ‘The action was taken, it is said, in order to aid the lumber industry which is suffering overproduction. Leases will continue in Alaska for the cutting of pulpwood. In the states only transaction under $500 are allowed in order to protect the small farmer. It is not expected the action will have much effect “but it will show |our good will,” department officials IV atck Reactions Of Dictum on Wage Scales WASHINGTON, D. C, May 1 16.—Reactions on the American | Federation of Labor's dictum that business and industry must preserve the existing wage lev- els or face strikes, are being closely watched by the Admin- istration. Official silence prevailed on the subject, however, as well as upon the proposal of the Am- erican Legion that President | Hoover call a new economic conference to foster employ- ment. | President Hoover, in the past, \ has urged industry to make no wage reductions. — e l} | [ i Farm operators’ earnings per mule in South Carolina were $405 as compared with $143 in 1014. | the Barber,” sald. SEEK BARBER, BIG SWINDLE High Pressure Salesman- ship Cause of Investors Being ‘Duped CHICAGO, Ill, May 16.—A for« mer tonsorial artist is sought for | the British Government in cone | nection with an alleged stock swindle in England which may in- | volve a total of $5,000,000. John Factor, known as “Jake when he conducted a cut-rate barber shop, and his com= | panion, Harry Green, are sought, accused of fleecing thousands of middle class investors in England through high pressure salesmanship of fraudulent stocks and shares. Onetime “Master Sl;raiegist” Is Out Fighting Prohibition CHICAGO, Ill, May 16.—Willilam Lorimer, aged 70 years, once known as the “Blond Boss” of Illinois Re- publicans, mounted the stump again last night. “I am fighting to save the Re- publican Party from disaster. There is one good campaign left in me yet I am giving it to rid the nation lof prohibition,” Lorimer said. Last night’s address was the first on a projected tour of Illinois Con= gressional districts for the purpose of promoting an anti-Prohibition delegation to the 1932 Republican National Convention. The United States Senate con= signed Lorimer to oblivion in 1812 by vacating his seat on ocharges that the onetime “master strategist™ was elected by fraud and bribery.