The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1931, Page 1

) U THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXVIII‘, NO. 5728 JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY MAY 25 1931 PRESENT TAX SYSTEM URGED | FOR REVISION Secretary of Tr Treasury Mel-| lon Makes His Recom- | mendations \ REGULAR INCOME FLOW SUGGESTED | Steady Revenues Should Be Secured as Benefit to Government WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 25.— Revision of the tax system to pro- vide a regular flow of revenue was suggested Saturday night in a radlo broadcast by Secretary of Treas- ury Mellon. The Secretary said that under the present system, income fluctu—‘ ates with the upward or downward | swing of business. ‘This is due, the Secretary said, Lo, the fact that “we rely for two- | thirds of our tax revenue on the, income tax which is subjected to! sweeping variations.” | The Secretary said the prospec- ! tive deficit is estimated at $800,- 000,000 for the end of the fiscal, being met through borrowing which he termed only a temporary expe- dient. Secretary Mellon urged the taxa- tion system be scrutinized with the idea of evolving some method which could be relied upon to pro-', duce definite revenues. | LAUNGH ALASKA. | MISSION GRAFT SEATTLE YARDS Bishop Rowe Offers Prayer | Dedicating Boat to Be Used on Yukon | { SEATTLE, May 25.—The Rev.| Peier Trimble Rowe, Bishop of Al- | aska ,sald the prayer dedicating | the boat Pelican Fourth built for the Protestant Episcopal Missions and launched Saturday at the Blanchard Boat Company yards on ! Lake Union. The boat will serve as a tender | on the Yukon River from St. Mi-| chael. The Pelican Fourth is 54 . feet long, ten foot beam and of shallow draft with an 85 horsepower engine. The boat cost $10,000, and will be shipped to St. Michael on the deck of the steamer Victoria. Many Alaskans were present at the launching, including the Lo- mens of Nome, Mr. and Mrs. R.| Blix of Copper Center, and Mrs, J. F. A. Strong. AMERICAN HAS WON HONORS IN SCULPTOR WORK Heroic Bronze Figure to Be Permanent Exhibit in British Gallery LCNDON, May 25.—Andrew O'Connor, former stone cutter of Providence, Rhode Island, has won what many consider the highest honor in the world for sculptors. O’Connor’s “Mother .of Sorrow,” a hercic bronze figure of a kneeling woman, has been accepted for per- manent exhibition in the National Gallery at Milbank. O’Connor is the first American sculptor to be so honored. Some old rice fields along the|ye pojar's yacht Rio Bonita re- | AVIATRIX WILL Georgia coast are being turned into lemon groves. " OCEAN FLIER AND HER PLANE Atlanficoce?‘r} 9 - o 2 = p X Associated Press Photo Auth Nichols of Rye, N. Y., and the plane In which she will attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic over route shown In mnp ubovo. She hopes to be the first woman to make th, ght alone, | bachelor of science in geology and BENDER SEARCH IS ABANDONED; NO CLUE FOUND Last Scéit at SevenMile Post on Glacier High- way on May Oth. After three days of fruitless of- STOCK MARKET SINKS RAPIDLY; TRADING DULL Several Ra_il—s— Plunge to New Lows; Auto Sales Falling Off NEW YORK, May 25.—Share ford, the search for Charles Ben- | prices sank rapidly today in one of der, missing from his home at the | dullest markets of the year. Schombel was abandoned today, it was an- residence since May 9, | noynced by United States Com- | | missioner Charles Sey. Bender left town to walk out Glacier Highway. only with a shotgun. He was traced by Carl Johnson, who con- ducted the search, as far as Lhe‘ seven-mile post on Glacier High- | way. Johnsdon interviewed resi- | dents, autoists and road crews as | far out as Eagle River Valley, and | got in touch with island fox farm- ers in the immediate district, but none of them had seen Bender since he left town. It was said that it was hardlyyt proba.ble that he had taken a small boat at Fritz Cove, as had been thought to be the case last week. He had owned a boat there, but sold it sometime ago and no other boat is unaccounted for along the highway district. For the present, at least, his disap- pearance will remain an unsolved mystery. — et — FISH VESSEL The list declined from support rather than selling. Several rails plunged to new lows. Stocks dropping three points or lack of He was armed |more to the new lows for the bear | market included Steel, American | Telegraph and Telephone Company, Santa Fe, Eastman Corporation, Corn Products, Coco Cola, and ‘Western Union. Reports that automobile sales are beginning to fall off appeared on Wall Street. Improvement of the major trade this spring was one of the straws optimists have | been clinging to. The sag In prices continued for he third week. The market is getting well sold out and must be making at least a temporary bot- tom. . TODAY’S STOCK \ . | | QUOTATIONS i . . NEW YORK, May 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can %, Anaconda Copper 23%, Beth- lehem Steel 40%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 35%, Granby Con- TORCH PUT TO PRISON BUILDINGS BY 600 INMATES ALASKA CLASS OF GRADUATES HEAR RUSTGARD { Attorney General M akes } Commencement Address at Institution DEGREES CONFERRED ON NINE STUDENTS . . | Diplomas are for Engineer-' ing, Home Economics, Other Subjects FATRBANKS, Alaska, May 25.— Graduation exercises were held to- day at the Alaska College of Agri- culture and School of Mines. Da- grees were conferred on nine grad- uates. The Commencement address was delivered by John Rustgard, Attorney General of lAaska. The graduates were Grant Au- gustine, Jr., bachelor of sclence in geology and mining; Fred A. Bee- ler, bachelor of science in mining engineering; Anne Elizabeth Hop- kins, bachelor of science in home _conomics; Walter James Kubon, bachelor of science in civil engi- neering; Robert James McCombe, bachelor of science in geology and mining; Robert Jefferson Mige, bachelor of science in geology and mining; Kenneth Sylvester Sheg- geby, bachelor of science in general | science; Carl Harold Strandberg, mining; Wilson Willlam Walton, | bachelor of science in general m.l-l ence. Distribution of Wealth Attorney General Rustgard’s ad- dress dealt with the unequal dis- tribution of wealth. He said in part: “I want to avail myself of this opporunity to call your atter<ion ! to at least one problem with which you will be called upon to deal,! whether you like to deal with it or| itself upon you. | “We, your elders, have tried to solve this problem and have failed. | “I refer to the segregation of hu- manity into classes according to wealth or worldly possessions. Tt ' presents the most vexatious of all questions and has been at the bot- tom of all social upheavals. Inthe struggle to abolish poverty, social institutions have frequently been overturned or revamped, but to no avail, | One-Half Saves “It is evident that if the savings from labor were evenly distributed among the laborers, there would be no need of bread lines even if work were discontinued for months or even years. But the fact is that about one-half of the wage work- ers has a fair amount laid by, while the other half lives from hand to mouth. “Nor can you judge a man’s bank account by his earning capacity. | The fact is that some are so con- | stituted they can save something no matter how little they earn, while others can never save any- thing no matter how large their in- comes | Spenders Make Trouble “It is the very numerous class of reckless spenders that constitutes the problem before us. “That many have become reduced to want without any known {nult of their own is not to be denied. | but their numerical proportion is so small, that for convenience sake they may be left out of considera- tion in this discussion. - “The pivotal fact to be taluui into consideration is, that, apart' from some unfortunate few, almom;[ all men have, or have had, oppor- MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS i A Hubert Wilkins' expedition time. Sir Hubert Wilkins (left) le in command ot the Nautilus and Dr of the Grat Zeopelin. The Nautilus will continue to Alaska while the Graf will return. BEAR SHORTAGE IS UNKNOWN IN KARLUK REGION {Hale, RichaEn and Stern Kill Six, Capture Three and See Thirty Brown bear may be in danger of extermination somewhere but not in the Karluk Lake region, if | jthe bag obtained and the bear | not, because it is going to force seen and not killed by United | States Senator Maine, Asst, Frederick Hale, United States Attor- Sam Stern, State Senator of North Dakota, mean anything. Their bag consisted of six dead | Kodiak brownies and three live cubs of the same species. The lat- ter, which were captured by the party, are being taken to Wash- ington by Senator Hale for pres- entation to the National Zoo. In addition to the animals killed, [the hunters saw more than 30 big They were delighted with/ bear. their hunt and Mr. Richardson is so enthusiastic that he plans to! return . to Alaska, probably next year, for a hunt on Admiralty Is- land. Each of the hunters Kkilled two bears. Two of them stretched more than ten feet, two were nine- footers and two others over eight feet. The pelts were in good con- dition. The sportsmen visited Gov. Parks at his home early this morning while the steamer Alaska was in port. They were anxious to visit the Alaska Juneau mine and mill but owing to lack of time were not able to do so. They continued on !the steamer to Ketchikan where they will board a Bureau of Fish- eries vessel and go to Prince Ru- pert to take a Canadian National (.raln tor the ead. SLAYER GIVEN LIFE IN CELL! TACOMA, Wwash, May 25—, Religious Situation Unsettled ‘Ruplure ldicated becwest | Vatican and Republic of Spain MADRID, Spain, May 25.—The Spanish religious situation has be- | come more unsettled when it was | repétted in authoritative circles that Papal Nuncio Tedeschini might leave Madrid within a few days. | | During the past week Monsignor | Pius's note in_protest against the Irecent anti-Church riots and de- struction of church property. | In the 'past, departures of the as the first steps in the rupture | of diplomatic relations. CONFESSION IN VIVIAN GORDON MURDER IN N. Y. Two Men F;;ally Charg- ed With Crime; Taxi Driver Tells Story | NEW YORK, May 25—Samuel Stein, ex-convict, and Harry Green- | berg have formally been charged | with the murder of Vivian Gordon, Broadway “Butterfly”. Harry Schiltten, Newark, New Jercey taxi driver and Izzy “Eng- ' lish" Lewis are held as material | witnesses. The charges were made after jan alleged eonfession by Schiltten at Police headquarters. The police said Schiltten the police he drove the car | which Miss Gordon was strangled ! to death last February 26 and from | {which her body was thrown in & | thicket on the upper Bronx. | | told Assoclated Press Phota The German airship, Grat Zeppelin, expects to start from Friedrichshafen, Germany, In July and pro- jeed to Spitzbergen where it will moor until the submarine Nautilus nears tre north pole with Sir The Zeppelin and the submarine are expected to reach the pole at the same Hugo Eckener (right) is master JOHN P. MILLS SUBPOENAED IN 'PANTAGES GASE Will Be Lind: a5 Withoss for Prosecution “Girl Market” Trial BULLETIN—SDH Dh‘v, Cal,, May 25 —Superior ‘Judge L. N. Turren- tine this afterncon denied the mo- tions of Alexander Pantages Jesse H. Shreve. | the Juvenile Court law. SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 25.—John P. Mills, millionaire real estate man Papal Nuncios have bzen regarded who recently pleaded guilty to two counts of constributing to the de- | linquency of minors, has been sub- | poenaed as a prosecution witness | at the trial of Alexander Pantages, | wealthy | charged with conspiracy and viola- I'tion of the Juvenile Court law. showman, and Mills was originally accused with Pantages, Jesse H. Shreve, San Di- and William Jobelman and Olive Day Clark, the Holly- ego business man, alleged operators of wood “Girl Market” as the result of a hotel party on October 30. SEPARATE HEARINGS SAN DIEGO, CAL. May 25— Sepnra,c hearings in the Holly- |wood “Girl Market” case Is sought by Alexander Pantages and Jesse |H. Shreve as a prelude to the opening of their trials in the Su- perior Court. District Attorney Tom Whelan said that in event the motions are granted, trials will be held simulta- nmus]y in separate courts to re- duce the cost of the hearings. The motions for separate trials are expected to take most of to- day. - e LOSES VESSEL RESCUE WORK and He ruled. the | Tedeschini had been holding fre- |two will be tried with William Jo- | quent and secret conferences with belman and Olive Clark Day on Iney General Seth Richardson, Bnd’?residem Zamora concerning Pope | | charges of conspiracy to violate othars solidated 11%, International Har- vester 44%, Kennecott 19, Packard RUNS AGROUND tunities to become capitalists to the George Weyrauch, aged 33, Army extent of raising themselves from'deserter, convicted a week ago of abject impecuniosity to a fair de- first degree murder for the slay-' CORDOVA, Alaska, May 25.—At- PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.,, May 25. —The American fishing boat Co- lumbia, with 35000 pounds of hal- ibut aboard, went aground Satur- day on Digby Island, practically in the same place as where Mel- cently stranded. Attack on meoln Callod “Insult” by Psychmtrist NEW YORK, May 25—A pape classifying Abraham Lineoln 4s ¢ sufferer of definite attacks of men- tal disorder to be given by Dr A. A. Brill, former Columbia Uni- versity Psychiatry Clinic head, be- fore the American Psychiatric As- sociation, has evoked a bitter pro- test from Dr. Edward Hicvks, a Brooklyn psychiatrist. - Dr. Hicks com2 upon the no‘.l"q f the paper in the program of .he ssociation’s meeting to be held in | Motars 6%, Standard Brands 167%, Standard Oil of California 35, Standard Oil of New Jersey 34%, United Aircraft 27%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 3, Hudson Bay, no sale; Checker Cab 10, 9%, 9%, California Packing 24, Trans-America, T%. FLY WITH ASH Ruth Barron to Join Am- erican Aviator in Pa- cific Flight TOKYO, May 25—Ruth Barron, |aviatrix, has joined Capt. Thomas Ash, American preparing for a Toronto, June 5. Dr. Hicks became indignan® and lescribes the allusions as “insult- ‘ng” to the memory of “one of e ;\hl:w:;o ofxfismstwég ;: The aviatrix will fly with Capt. tered a formal protest against thy r Ash to Samushiro Beach where nze speech. itake-oll is planned. Pacific flight within the next few gree of economic independence. Many Different Bemedies | “A great many different remedies have been suggested for the elim- | ination of poverty. “The 18th Amendment to the (Continned on Page Three) | Deputies Search ing of E. D. Hennessy, highway randwich shop operator, and rob- bery, has been sentenced by Judge E. D. Hodge to life imprisonment | dn the State Penitentiary. There was no other choice as the Jury ports to the coroner’s office said |the heavy combers did not recommend death. for Liquor; Leave Their Money on Table; Search for Anonymous Writer SEATTLE, May 25.—Four Deputy Sheriffs raided the apartment 0 Clifford Naydon in search of M- quor and left after placing all the cash they had in their pockcts on a living room table. The deputies are now searching for the writer of an anonymous letter who said the Naydons were carrying packages contairing whis- *lkey from their apariment. ‘The deputies learned Naydcn was out of work; his wife Mahel had lost her position as elevator opera- | tor and was in bed; and because of weakness and lack of nourish-! ment, their baby had died. The packages the ~aydons were carrying out of their apartment contained clothing and o‘her per-, they 0 were r.mfl sonal property which taking to a pawnshop . AFTER FIGHT SPOKANE, Wash., May 25—Ra- /Clinton J. Roberts, a maniac, died at the State Insane Asylum at Medical Lake after a fight with |other inmates. The Superintendent said Roberts was violent and clashed with the| \ocher inmates many times. He was | sent to the Hospital in March 1930 | from the State Penitentiary. He! | had been convicted in Tacoma of fl> |statutory charge. i AL AL e HEINTZLEMAN LEAVES FOR | WEEKS TRIP, KETCHIKAN, | B. F. Heintzleman, Asst. Regional Forester, left this morning on the steamer Alaska for Ketchikan where he will make an examination for the Federal Power Commission of a minor water power project near ‘there He will return here urlxy ‘nex', week. MAN'AG nlEs ‘tem;mng to save a fellow fisher- man’s boat, Paul Pappis lost his own. Pappis ventured too far into the |breakers of the Copper River Flats jand his boat was crushed under None was in- Jured. AL The Fedeml farm board has {loaned $1901,000 to Michigan co- vperauves PRICE TEN CENTY PRISONERS AT VANDALIA PUT - UP HARD FIBAT Become Enraged when Guards Shoot Down Four Trying Escape | FOUR DORMITORIES i REDUCED TO ASHES Break Tlpped Off to Sup~ erintendent; Guards | Ready for Action i‘ VANDALIA, Ill., May 25—Seven prisoners were wounded Sunday 1t in an attempted break for freedom and subsequent rict among 600 inmates of the Vandalia State Penal Farm. Enraged at the guards as they shot down four of their comrades making a desperate attempt to scale the barbed wire farm stock- ade, the prisoners put the torch to four buildings. The fires were finally brought under control and the prisoners brought under subjection. | Dormitories Burned | Four wooden dormitories were re~ duced to ashes and windows in the Administration building and din- ing hall were shattered. Guards are patrolling the en= closures. The prisoners have been sulun for several days. Superintendent Metzger was flp— ped off Sunday morning that an escape was planned. He stationed guards in the corn field at the Penal Farm adjoining the outer fence. The guards fired on the prisoners attempting the break when they did not heed the coms= mand to halt, Fires Are Set Immediately the other inmates ran to the dormitories, tore straw mattresses and set the fires. Others threw stones at the Administration building. The riot ended when the Super= intendent arrived and ordered the priscner's into a corner of the stosk= ade. They complied meekly. ¥ ‘The four prisoners who tried to escape will be turned over to the County officials for trial. CAPT, PEASLEY COMING NORTH WHALE HUNTING Peter B. K)Tes Hero Will i Use Cameras Intead of Harpoons SEATTLE, May 25.—Capt. Ralph Matt Peasley, hero of Peter B. Kyne's stories, will head a whaling expedition to Alaska waters leaving here July 1 to hunt whales with cameras, not harpoons, in the hope of bringing back reels of mo= tion pictures and stills of the fine backs in their native haunts be= tween Glacier Bay and Cape Fairweather. ¥ | The 45-foot auxiliary sloop Linda, is being outfitted for a crew and young scientists whq are going. The party includes F. W. Schmoe, naturalist of the Puget Sound Academy of Sciences, organizer of the trip, and Samuel Harby, of Columbia University, New York. P.0.DEPT.TO OUT EXPENSES ORANGE, Virginia, May 25— President Hoover and officials of the Post Office Department formed preliminary plans Sunday for econ= omies. A saving of $38,000,000 is calculated for the next fiscal year. Removal Order Is Granted in Alcohol Diversion Conspiracy NEW YORK, May 25.—United States Commissioner Cotter has granted the removal or- der by Special Assistant Attorney General James C. Leaton, of Chi- cago, against seven New York Cor- porations alleged to have partici- pated in the “biggest alcohol di- version conspiracy on record.” The order providing the removal | ‘rolluwcd hearings extending more | 1930. &0 Garrett A.| than two months in Chicago. In= dictments were returned on Febru= ary 10, 1930 on charges of m spiracy and violation of the m ‘hnbmon laws and names 155 q | fendants. | Speclal Assistant Attorney Gflh eral Leaton said the corporations | diverted 6,000,000 gallons of alco= hol between 1923 and February B s