The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, No. 5739:, JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931. STAR WITNESS PANTAGES CASE IS NOT MINOR Affidavit Shows Miss Lydia Nitto Was Born July Fourth, 1908 | STATUS OF TRIAL MAY BE CHANGED | Admits She Received $15/ from Alleged Girl Mar- ket to Attend Party | SAN DIEGO, Cal., June 6.——<M‘.ss“ Lydia Nitto, the State's star wit-: ness in the “girl market” case, un-. der cross examination late yester-| day afternoon, admitted that last/ year she signed an affidavit to the’ effect she was born in New York! on July 4, 1908. The admission | struck at the roots of the com- plaint on which Alexander Pan-| tages and three others are being | “AIR FLIVVER” TO BE CHEAPEST AUTO | ON MARKET, SPEEDY AND SKIDLESS, SAYS | GERMAN INVENTOR OF LATEST MACHINE tried for conspiracy to bring Miss | Nitto, a minor aged 17, to a hotel | party here last October at which | it is alleged moral offenses were! : Model of “air flivver,” designed committed against her,constituting be simplest and cheapest of automobiles. Sketch below shows two pro- violations of the Juvenile Courtpellers mounted on rear end motor, which generate airstream through Law. |two banks of movable vanes set h by German inventor, Emil Sohn, to orizontally above. propelling vehicle. If Miss Nitto was born in 1908, as Under hood ordinarily occupied by engine, space for luggage is provided. EUGENICS SEE VOTES LIMITED attested in the affidavit made when applying for work as a “taxi dancer” she was 22 years of age at the time of the party and would not come within the jurisdiction of the Ju-| venile Court Law, the defense at- torneys said. | Miss Nitto testified she received, $15 from the alleged “girl market” ! for attending the party. She said) Pantages gave her $10 and told| her she was “too young to be here.” Not Born Equal for MUSSOLINI'S | 4 ‘ Capacities Vary PR“POSAL Is NEW YORK, June 6.—A eugenic democracy with the ballot so limit- ;ed to real intelligence that evan {wealthy aristocrats might some- |times be disbarred from voting was lvlsuallze_d at the nineteenth an- Offer to Open Certain' Clubs Is Rejected | by Pope Harrison Hunt Says People nual meeting of the Eugenics Re- search Association here. Prof. Harrison Hunt, Michigan State College, drew a picture in his talk on “Biological Defects in De- ! mocracy.” He said biological dis- TO INTELLIGENT ROME, June 6.—Premier Musso- lini made a gesture of conciliation in the controversy between the Government and Catholic Church coveries reveal that instead of all people being equal at birth human | capacities vary enormously. This is a fact, he said, that must be fac- offering to permit reopening of ed, must be taken into account. Catholic clubs for women and girls.| “A rational attitude toward Dem- The Vatican refused, replying in ocratic government,” he said, “would effect that all or none of the Ca- 'be that such government would tholic clubs recently dissolved must be greatly improved if the right be restored to good standing. to vote and hold office were limit- The Premier’s answer to the Vau.ed to those, of good mental capa- ican's challenge he prove state- city, public spirited humanitarian- ments that the youth clubs are af-iism and enthusiastic interest in filiated with the Catholic Acflon:gnvernmental affairs. This would Society, engaged in political activi- mean for most of the members of ties, is awaited with interest. some families ability would earn The Pope, it is understood, has the privilege of voting and holding written an editorial in which heoffice in each generation, for abil- called upon Mussolini to produce |ity tends to run in families.” documents backing up accusations. —_—evee——— — U. S. Marines KING OF SIAM Withdrawing CAN—N[]W SEE b Nlcarag ua‘Remova.l of Cataract from Secretary Stimson_An- Left E{e R\e;tg)res nounces Program for | Complete Vision NEW YORK, June 6—The King 1931 Completed b T of Siam, recently successfully op- WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.— |erated upon for a cataract on the ‘The completion of the 1931 program of withdrawing Marines from Nic- aragua is announced by Secretary of State Stimson. A skeleton force or less than 800 men is left. They will remain until after the elec- tions. —e———— Charles Goldstein and wife are returning home on the Yukon after attending the wedding in San Fran- | cisco of their daughter Miss Marie Goldstein. {eve, has’ purchased and tried new | spectacles. He was overjoyed when | |it ‘was discovered he could read even fine print, his father-in-law Prince Svasti said. Dr. Wheeler, who removed the cataract from the King's left eye, said sight has been found to have been completely restored. Prisoners in the Minnesota state peniteniary include 26 bank rob- bers and 24 former bankers. | Claim W age Cuts, Part Time Employment, Has Cost Labor Over Two Billion Dollars WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—| An estimate that a combination of | wage cuts and part time employ-i Both President William Green, of |the American Federation of Labor, and Secretary of Labor Doak said ment and unemployment cost theiaewafely, however, that the losses workers more than $2,500,000000 in | were due to wage cuts affecting wages during the first months of | 125,000 workers in factories alone, 1931, was announced yesterday by |and had not been caused by large the American Federation of Labor. | employers of labor, BERLIN, June 6.—A breezy fliv- ver which its inventor claims can | “go like the wind” on its own wind- power, climb mountain grades and speed skidless on the slipperiest | streets is the offei’ng of Emil Sohn, | Berlin aviation engineer. The wheels of the car have no function but to support the chassis and roll along the highway. The “drive” is furnished by an air- | stream generated by two propellers, | mounted with their motor where |the rumble seat of an ordinary | roadster ‘is. mounted; that is, the normal course of the windstream is straight up- ward, tending to hold the back wheels of the car pressed to the |road. Mounted horizontally above them, however, are two banks of | moveable vanes shaped something | like the blades of a steam turbine. The airstream tends to push the whole car forward, if the vanesare set for ‘forward,” and backward if they are set for “reverse.” When they are set in a neutral position: |the airstream merely exerts a down- ward pressure on the back axel | Moving forward, the method of | propulsion holds the car s‘eady, preventing skidding. The yard-long wheel which Sohn, in collaboration with his enzineer- ing associate, Herbert Kohuert, has built, is driven by a small el2ctric motor.” The first full-sized car, he says, will be powered with a cheap three-cylinder motor. Because of its extreme simplicity the air flivver will cost far less than the cheapest automobile of today, says its inventor. There are no transmission or differential gears to install; not even a universal joint. Sohn says that even with the smallest, cheapest motor the air- stream will be powerful enough to push the car over any grade in Germany. He and Kohnert expect to dem- onstrate their first full size air flivver some time in July. e, PHYSICIANS TO EXAMINE FALL Effort to Be Made to As- certain if He Can Start Prison Sentence WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.— Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, will be examined soon by two physicians appointed by the District of Columbia Supreme Court to determine whether he will be able to come to Washington and begin his term in prison. Fall was convicted of accepting a bribe in connection with the leasing of Naval Oil Reserves, sen- tenced to one year in prison and to pay a fine of $100,000. The Supreme Court of the United States refused to review the case. Fall, in El Paso, against the ad- vice of four physicians, said he would attempt to come to Wash- ington and begin his sentence. | — - A bill providing a fund of not 'more than $2,000,000 to help farm- 'ers install electrical devices on their farms has been passed by the Ontario legislature, The propell‘ers are horizontally| TREASURY ASKS CITY TO STAND SHARE OF COST Progress Indicated in Pro- posal to Purchase Block Near Capitol That the Federal Treasury 1is giving serious consideration to the petition of the Chamber of Coms= merce that it purchase the block just south of the Capitol, was made known last night when rep- peared before the City Council seek= ing municipal co-operation in the deal. 3 Messrs. H. L. Faulkner and J. J. Connors told the Council the Treas~ ury desired to know if the City would stand its proportionate cost of the transaction to cover the 10~ foot strip it desires for road and street purposes. Governor Is A:ked Just before his departure early this week for the north, Gov. Parks received a telegram from Asst. Secretary Heath of the Treas-. ury Department, in which this in- quiry was made. The Governor turned the matter over to the Chamber for conference with Mayor Judson and the Council. Later this week, Mr. Faulkfier received a telegram from Delegate Wickersham saying: “Officials here take the view that $85,000 is ‘too much to recommend, and if street to be widened for fire and other traffic, the City should be willing to pay part of the cost. They do not seem satisfied to pay full sum.” Couricil Makes Offer By a unanimous vote the Coun- cil adopted a resolution to co-oper- ate with the Federal authorities in making the purchase. It agreed to pay five per cent of the total of $85,000, the price asked. Mr. Faulkner immediately wired the Delegate of the action- taken, adding that it seemed impossible to 'obtain any reduction in the orig- inal estimates as submitted by him to the Treasury Department. The Chamber, it was said, is en- couraged over the interest that the Federal authorities are exhibitihg and it is believed that the tren- saction will soon come to a satis- factory conclusion. FOUR BURNED T0 DEATH IN CRASH, AUTOS Sedan Door_s——_]ammed by Heavy Freight Truck; Fire Breaks Out Mrs. Rose Johnson, driver, wife of Walter Johnson of Astoria, court reporter; Mrs. A. G. Johnson, mo- ther of Walter Johnson; Walter G. Johnson, jr., aged 3 years; Earl Johnson, aged 15 year, son of Mrs. A. G. Johnson, were burned to death near here when their auto- mobile was struck head-on by & heavy freight truck and destroyed by fire. i Coroner Holman said the bodies were almost cremated. The sedan ,in which the party was traveling, was crushed and the doors jammed. The truck was driven by Howard Magnussen. Joy Norton, riding on the truck, suffered back and head injuries as the result of being thrown to the ‘highway. MAKE FLIGHT IN AUTOGIRO Secretary of Navy and As- sistant Fly to Presi- dent’s Camp ORANGE, Virginia, June 6—The Navy's new autogiro plane brought Secretary of Navy Adams and As- sistant S8ecretary Ingalls from Washington, D. C. today. The trip of 80 miles was made in one hour and seventeen minutes with Ingalls at the controls. The plane circled over the Presi- dent’s camp and made a perfect landing at Griglersville between two mountain ranges. A White House car met the LwO men and brought them here, resentatives of the Chamber ap- | OREGON OITY, Ore., June 6—|tor: GOLD INDUSTRY AGAIN THRIVING AVERS STEWART Placer and Lode Mining on Increase and Prospec- tors Multiply Alaska's gold mining indusiry, both placer and lode, is in a thriv- | ing condition, and looks fo be in better shape than for a number of years past, according to Federal Mining Supervisor and Acting Ter- ritorial Mining Engineer B. D, Stewart, who recently visited some | of the larger flelds. This year's opeartions bid fair to be the most productive in the decade as early activity is unusual exceeding that of last year which was above any recent average. Sma'l Ledes Prosper In the Fairbanks district, said Mr. Stewart, where the big dredg- ing project of the Fairbanks Ex- ploration Company is the back-| bone of placer mining production, the small lode mines had a pros- perous season in 1930. Operators are making plans for a continua- tion of activity of those worked last year and some new properties will be opened up. Among them is the old Newsboy mine, which is expected to be again in the pro- ducing ranks this season. At Ferry, in the Bonnefield dis- trict, some extensive development work has been done by a group of lessees and is reported to have shown very gratifying results. This property was formerly held by Spo- kane interests which undertook to open it up in 1927. It is now at- tracting considerable attention. ‘Willow Creek Expansion Mines in the Willow Creek re- gion, adjacent to the Alaska Rail- road, are being operated on a larg- er scale then in many years. The Lucky Shot and War Baby groups have a force of 70 men at work under the management of W. E. Dunkle and it is reliably reported this force will be very largely aug- mented in the near future. Mr. Dunkle plans to keep this prop- erty in operation throughout the year. Preparaticns are being made for | summer operations on several other well known properties in the same region. Supplies, materials and men are being moved into the field for this purpose. The prospects are good for con- tinued activity probably in an in- creasing scale in the Cache Creek district, Other regions report revived in- terest and activities, notably Nuka Bay, west of Seward, Moose Pass, Hope and Crow Creek. Prospecting On Increase Another encouraging feature characterizing the mining industry is the noticeable increasp in the number of prospectors taking the field in almost every part of the Territory, Mr. Stewart said. This is probably due to two major fac- S One of the main reasons, of | [course, is the deep interest shown in gold mining ventures which is worldwide. This sentiment has had | a wide and strong reaction in the Territory, inciting men to go into mineralized areas for extensive prospecting. Unemployment has likewise had | a stimulating effect upon the search for mineral deposits. Oldtimers, accustomed to seeking employment during the summer season, have in many instances been unable to obtain work this year. Alded by the Territory, through its fund for payment of transportation to pros- pectors, they have turned back to the hills again. This is not only true of the in- terior country, but holds good for the coastal regions from Cook In- let to and throughout Southeast Alaska, Mr. ‘Stewart said. AN SR KING GEORGE GIVEN SALUTE Delayed Observance of Birthday Anniversary Takes Place LONDON, June 6—The King, for ‘he first time since his serious ill- ness in 1928, took a salute of troop- ‘ng colors today at the Horse Guards’ Parade in observance of ‘2is 66th birthday anniversarv. The salute was postponed last Wednes- day so he could attend the Derby it Epsom Downs. ‘The King was resplendent in a scarlet gold uniform of a Colonel- In-Chief of the Goldstream Guards, Envoy’s Son, | | i J, , | 1 ‘ \ | | Secretly married while students in eastern colleges, Mr. and Mrs. Dana M. Dawes, he the adopted son of Ambassador and Mrs. Charles G. ‘Dawes, and the bride the daughter of Mr. and :Irs. Frank Dillingham, of Honoluly, are shown above as they were welcomed to Honolulu for a visit to the latter’s parents. The newlyweds are both 20 years old and their romance an SHORT SELLING STARTS STOCKS SLIDING DOWN Profit Taki;l?Also Assists in Decline; Market Opens Dull NEW YORK, June 6—Profit tak- Ing was renewed and short selling today ate & Hole in the stock mar- ket advances. Sales were 700,000. Prices were off at the opéning and dullness in trading was follow- ed by a steadier tone. Offerings came steadily but the market worked slowly and low-r for the remainder of the short session. The sharpest decline was in rail stocks. Pivotal issues showing declines were American Telephone wnd Tele- graph, North American, Borden, Dupont, Electric Power and Light,, Chemical, Consolidated Gas, Amer- | ican Tobacco B, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Illinois Central and American Can. . . | TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIGNS | . RE 0| NEW YORK, June 8-—Closing 1 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 18%, American Can 98%, Anaconda Copper 20%, Beth- lehem Steel 43%, Fox Films 16%, General Motors 33%, International Harvester 40%, Kennecott 16%, Checker Cab 9%, 9, 9, Curtiss Wright 2%, Hudson Bay no sale, Packard Motors 6%, Standard Brands 16, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 33%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 2%, Trans-America 7%, Uni ed Aircraft 237%, U. S. Steel 89%. 0. DI Highway Meeting in July First Session of Interna- tional Commission Is Soon to Be Held VICTORIA, B. C, Junes 6.—Ap- pointed by Canada and the United States to investigate the feasibility of constructing the British Colum- bia-Yukon-Alaska Highway, a com- mittee of six members of the Inter- national Group hold the first ses- sion here in July. Premier 8. F. Tolmie said today he had learned of the proposed meeting but the exact date was not kno as it depends on the prorogation of the Dominion Gov- ernment. pRER L DRI, PHILLIPS-ORME Mrs. Alta Orme yesterday be- came the bride of George R. Phil- lips, the ceremony being performed by United States Commissioner Charles Sey in the Commyissioner’s Office. th are residents of this city and will continue to make their home here. Mr. Phillips has been Assistant Fire Truck Driver for the City for the past two year:. quietly consummated marriage has won the ap- proval of our Ambassador to Great Britain and Mrs. Dawes, 3 COL. LINDBERGH MAY FLY ALONG EASTERN ROUTE sz Studying Bl G | Tour for Proposed Ori- ! ental Flight | | | NEW YORK, June 6.—Col Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife are considéring flying to China and !Japan over the Eastern Route | which brings them closer to the North Pole on a 6,500-mile journey to the Orient. | | Col. Lindbergh is studying the possibilities of the Great Circle course across Greenland and Spitz- bergen instead of taking the Ber- ing Straits route from the Pacific Coast. | The whole plan is, ,only in a formative stage. 1 Mechanics have been ordered to put a water rudder on his airplane, - e KILLS TWO: WOUNDS 2 however, is TOKYO, Japan, Jufic 6.—A Fili- pino passenger, traveling steerage, ran amuck, stabbed two persons to death and wounded 29 others on the liner Empress of Japan. The liner was bound from Vancouver, B. C, to Yokohama Secretary Mellon to | Take Vacation Abroad WASHINGTON, D. C, June 6.— Secretary of Treasury Mellon sails next week to spend six weeks on a summer vacation in England and France. Cooperative Farm Program | . Necessary to " PRICE TEN CENTY LONG TERM IN PRISON, FINES Indictment Returned for Violation of Income Tax Law SURRENDERS, POSTS BIG BOND, RELEASED Government Has Been Making Investigation for Past 2 Years CHICAGO, Ill, Jun: 6.—Al Ca- pone, gangster, has been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for violation of the income tax laws. Capone faces the possibility of a 32-year prison sentence and fines totalling $20,000 for alleged evasion of his income tax. This is the maximum sentence possible, if con- victed. Following the return of the in- dictment, Capone surrendered and posted $50,000 bonds and was re- leased. There are two indictments, one yesterday and another returned on March 16. The latter indictment was suppressed. Tt contained six felony and two misdemeanor counts and alleged a government tax claim of $250,004. The fight marked the culmina- tion of two years of investigation and thousands of persons were in- terviewed. Capone’s total incoime, as charged by the Government, was $1,038.654 during the years of 1024 to 1929, inclusive. e - STILLMANS ARE DIVORCED; SHE QUICKLY WEDS Surprise Is Sprung in New York; Fowler McCor- mick Is New Mate NEW YORK, June 6—The Brooklyn Eagle says Mrs. Anne U. Stillman obtained a divorce from James A. Stillman on Wednesday and then married Fowler McCor= mick, of Chicago, grandson of John D. Rockefeller. The divorce was a big surprise to the friends of all concerned. They thought a reconciliation between the Stillmans had been made. McCormack is 30 and his wife is 51 years old, the mother of four children. Admits Marriage PCUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 6, —June E. Mack, attorney for Mrs. Anne Uurquhart Stillman, confirm= ed reports that Mrs. Stillman was married Thursday at Pocantino Hills to Fowler McCormick. Mack claimed, however, the divorce was granted March 4. The newlyweds have taken a cot- tage at East Hampton, Long Is- land, for their honeymoon. Keep Tariff in Operation, Says O’Neal By FRANK 1. WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, D. , June 6. | Edward O'Neal, president of American Farm Bureau feder | says the new campaign to i | cooperative membership will m: the salvation of agriculture as wel | | as augur popularfty of the admin- | istration’s farm relief program. | ‘At a conference in Chicago of | grain, cotton, livestock, wool, dairy "and other coope e leaders, | O'Neal called for a militant cam- | paign to arouse farmerS to the | necessity of organization | “True,” he says, “the success -of , the administration’s program de- pends on the su of coopera- tive marketing which, in turn, de- pends on farmer support. ' Heretofore, O'Neal says, coopera- tive marketing has been on ‘the Wih the federal gov- the | on s i | defensive. ernment as a powerful ally, the | must be and will be solvad by elim= time is ripe for the farmer to band | with_his neighbors for the markst | control of his products, H i Saying that 80 per cent of American farm commodities is sold during the harvest period of three | to four months, usually on a forced aind unwilling market, O'Neal in- s that the cooperative plan of orderly distribution is essential to keeping tariff protection operative on agricultural goods. “Give the farmer,” he says, “a chance to sell behind the tariff wall and he will not have to worry about acreage adjustment or de- pressed word markets. “There is a sufficient domestic out for most farm products if they are markeied with an eye to demand, and what is left over may be sold abroad without the price at home. “Acreage adjustment and the ar- tificial stimulation of prices will not solve present difficulties. The breaking |law of supply and demand cannot’ be circumvented. The problem ination—the individual wnose costs of production are to high eventu- ally dropping out of competition,” &7 T