The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, No. 5752. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, M ONDAY JUNE 22, 1931. HEAT WAVE BROKEN; VIC! N[] PAYMENT OF |Nancy Carroll Seeks Divorce WAR DEBTS FOR YEAR PROPOSED President Believes Mora- torium Will Create New Confidence CONGRESS MUST GIVE APPROVAL OF SCHEME Plan Hailed in Europe as Most Important Piece of Development WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22. —Uncertainty abroad concerning the United States contributing to the world’s economic relief has been put to rest by President Hoo- ver's proposal for a one-year mora- torium for all intergovernmental debts and reparations, both princi- pal and interest. The President’s preliminary an- nouncement that he had taken the| initiative, consulting Congression- al leaders regarding their attitude toward relief measures, was hailed in Europe as perhaps the most im- portant International development since the World War. Create New Confidence a moratorium is calculated to cre- ate mew confidence among debtor nations. The proposal implies Allied Eu-| ropean nations in turn will exbendx moratorium for one year to Ger-! many. President Hoover considered a moratorium would aid disarmament plans and he considered heavy armament expenditures, one of the| causes for world depression. Official Opinion Lacking Official opinion is lacking in Eu- rope on the but. the: press | has hailed developments eagerly. The plan is subject to approval of Congress. There are no more war debt payments due the United States until December. While that is before Congress convenes, many leaders have agreed there is no need for a special session. If favor- able action is taken on the mora- torium, the United States will forego collection next year of more than $245,000,000 in war debts. 1l AWAIT ON FRANCE WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23.— Upon France’s response, more than any other thing, rests the future| of America’s offer for a one-year holiday for war debts and repara- tions payments. Great Britain is sympathetic and Germany appreciates the proposal. Republican and Democratic Party leaders forecast the next American Congress will pass the necessary legislation. World wide reaction, following the proposal, is for the most part favorable so diplomatic circles in Washington believe. President Hoover has reason to think the French attitude will be favorable, Conferences held by American Becretary of Treasury, Mellon, now abroad, with Prench representatives and other nations, are reported to have brought encouraging comment. CONSIDERATION TOMORROW PARIS, June 23.—The ¥French Cabinet ~will consider President Hoover’s proposals tomorrow. The Government’s attitude is not expressed until the proposals are examincd in detail. BERLIN EXCITED BERLIN, June 23.—Not since stituted divorce proceedings Kirkland (inset) at Nogales, surprise to many friends of the c: made an ideal POPE CLAIMS SITUATION IN ITALY, GRAVE Declares Nearly Whole| World Is With Him in ‘Persecution, Church’ VATICAN CITY, Italy, June 22. —The Pope told 700 Ecclesiastical students Saturday that nearly the whole world was with him in the “persecution of the Church” con- troversy with Italy. He described the situation as grave. The Pontiff said accord was not in sight and negotiations were real- ly not even begun. He said the Bishops of Italy reported ‘“unrest was Intensified because of odious (surveillance, odious spying and odi- ous accusations and menaces.” ‘The Pope said the whole Gsmo- lic world and a good part of the remainder, were with him. He sald there is persecution of the Church not only in Mexico and Russia, in referring to the Italian situation. con tmuous DEADLOCK EXISTS ROME, June 23.—The strong wills ' of the Pope and Premier Mussolini ' are said to have produced a dead- lock in their controversy over con- trol of Italian youths and this is further increased following the Pope’s statement that accord is not even in sight. FIRE SWEEPS CITY IN N, B, Married on June 3, seven years ago, Nancy Carroll (above), beautiful President Hoover's proposal for| New York girl who achieved fame as a motion picture actress, has in- fl;-mst her newspaperman husband, Jack ex1co. | Eastman, .expected to cause disappointments. | The action comes as a complete ouple as it was thought that they ly hnppy pai STOCK PRIGES SOAR UPWARD, BIG ADVANCE Market Swamped by Buy ing Orders; Quarter Earnings Are Due NEW YORK, June 23.—President Hoover’s proposal for a holiday of one year for war debts and repara- tions payments was celebrated to- day with demonstrations. The securities markets upturn was checked by waves of profit taking . Trade slackened when the ad- vance faltered and the market was swamped with buying orders. At the opening today shares shot up from $2 to $15 and a million shares were traded in the first half hour and sold off, then rush- ed back around. After midday, several issues went up from 4 to 8 points, including U. S. Steel, American Telephone and Telegraph, American Can, In- ternational Harvester, Bethlehem Steel, American Smelting, Dupont, Union Pacific and Au- burn Motors, Industries are reported lapsing to midsummer sluggishness and sec- ond quarter earnings are about to make their appearances. Theseare Brokers expressed belief that any secondary reaction would leave the low levels early in June inviolate. B e — . TODAY’S STOCK \ QUOTATIGNS . i | |1 | L EEm— . NEW YORK, June 23.—Closing iquotation of Alaska Juneau mine | from | beach as the trucks had been fresh- LIQUOR FOR CONVENTION IS HELD UP Five Hundred Cases for: Se- attle Seized by Sheriff, Dry Squad ADERDEEN, Wash.,, June 22— Five hundred cases of choice bond- ed liquor, worth $40,000, believed consigned to Seattle for convention purposes, have been seized by the | sheriff and his dry squad. This is the largest haul here in years and was made on a ranclhf on the Olymple Highway, east of here where two oil spattered trucks pulled in shortly after midnight, It is indicated the trucks came south of a Grays Harbor ly oiled. Drivers of the trucks van= ished. ANOTHER SEIZURE VANCOUVER, B. C., June 22.-- Five hundred cases of sacked ils quor lLave been seized on an island near Alert Bay by Customs offi- cers. No arrests were made. COURT ORDER RESISTED AT STRIKE SCENE Depulies:d Miners, Clash; One Man Killed, Several Injured PITTSBURGH, Penn, June 28.— One man was killed and seven ln-} jured in a pitched battle between striking coal miners and deputics seeking to enforce a court order prohibiting picketing at the Wild- | wood Mine near here. About 100 shots were exchanged between ten deputies and men and women who marched on the mine in defiance of the court order ob- tained a week ago. The dead man was a striker: Among the \n}ured is a mine guard. HONORS EVEN FIRST FIGHTS IN CHINA LAND Reds Victorious in Am- bush; Government Wins One Battle HONGKONG.June 23—The Gov- ernment has been victorious in one engagement with the Com- munists today but lost heavily in another battle. Presldent Chiang Kai-Shek's tro-, ops were ambushed by Reds and lost 10,000 rifles, 100 trench mortars and 30 machine guns to the bandits. Another Government Army under Gen. Chew Ming Shu administered a severe defeat to the Communists. ' Casualities are not mentioned inl the report of the Red victory but they are said to be heavy. LINDBERGHS NOT CALLING AT SEATTLE Proposed Route for Orient- al Flight Not By Way of Puget Sound SEATTLE, June 22.—The Seattle Chamber of Commerce officials said a letter received from Col Charles A. Lindbergh revealed that he and his wife will not cross the United States on the projected flight to the Orient this summer. It was indicated that he probably has decided on the eastward route via Greenland and Siberia, Col. Lindbergh wrote: “I regret very much the route we plan to follow will not take us through Seattle.” As Seattle is the nearest large ,city in the United States to Japan. :the Chamber officials interpreted the letter as indicating the Lind- berghs plan to fly eastward or pos- slbly across Canada and Alaska. Col. Lindbergh recently mention- ed he was considering the Green- land-Spitzbergen-Siberia route. [ SON CELEBRATES | PRINCETON, N. J., June 23— {Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., celebrated his first birthday with both feet jon the ground. Yesterday his grand parents, United States Senator 1 Wwight W. Morrow and Mrs. Mor- row spent the day with the young- +gter who was born on his mother's twenty-fourth birthday. Baby Lindbergh has not yet been ina plcmc for a ride. OVER 9000 CANDIDATES FILE, SPAIN Large Number Ceorified for Election in Spain Next Sunday MADRID, Spain, June 22.—More ;than 9,000 certified themselves as |deputy candidates in Spain yester- |day as the country entered the fi- \nal week of the campalgn to elect 410 members of a Constitutional |Assembly. The election will be theld next Sunday. Many observers predict a victory for the Republican-Socialist coali- tion, representing the present ad- ministration. Campaign activities in the main have been devoid of disturbances. TWO VICTIMS IN GANG WAR NEW YORK, June 23—Two died world. John Soricelll, aged 31, known to the authorities as Driver Dutch |Schultz, Bronx beer baron, and Charlie Leibman, former aide, were shot down early Sunday morning. Detectives said rival gangsters were responsible for both shoot- ings. by Hanold Rell Cquqht MAKES ASGENT OF ANIAKCHAK T0 WESTWARD Alaska Volcano Scaled byI Rev. Hubbard and College Students CHIGNIK, Alaska, June 23.—The Rev. Bernard Hubbard and his- party of college boys have returned here after a safe ascent of Anla- chak volcano. After the ascent, then began the transferring of the equipment from the base of the mountain by plane. | I TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING INWIDE AREA Rain Falls and Cooling Breezes Drive Sultry Heat Away '"TORNADOES DO HEAVY DAMAGE, FOUR STATES Sunday Oumg_; Take Toll of Six Lives in Califor- nia Sections CHICAGO, Ill, June 23.—Cool- ing breezes and rain tumbled tem- peratures back to the eighties Sun- day and broke the heat wave which caused more than 30 deaths from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mid- dle West. Temperatures hal lecaped ¢ [from 90 to cver 100 degrees. Assoclated Press Photo The wedding of Princess lleana of Rumania and Archduke Anton of Austria will take place July 25 at the Rumanian summer resort at Sinala. Here are recent pictures of the couple. FILM AGTRESS NOW FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE Evelyn Knapp Sustains| Fractured Spinal Col- umn, 2 Ribs Broken HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 23.— Her spinal column fractured and two ribs broken-in a fall over a 15-foot embankment, Evelyn Knapp, aged 23, featured screen actress, is fighting for her life in a hos- pital here today. Miss * Knapp came here in April as a gang war flared in the under- | ST. JOHNS, New Brumwick June | Stock today is 13, American Can 23.—A disastrous fire has swept the | 109, Anaconda Copper 26%, Beth- western section of the harbor front|lehem Steel 48%, Fox' Films 20%, Wall Street’s Black Friday has there been such excitement in the Berlin markets as today. Buyers are stampeding for shares instead of throwing them away. STOCKS SOAR NEW YORK, June 23—Security and commodity prices soared at the (Centinued on Page Three) and parts of the lower town caus- General Motors 39%, International ing damages which may mount into Harvester 45, Kennecott 20, Pack- millions. ard Motors 7%, Checker Cab 10%, One unofficial estimate is mn‘lfl"x 10, Standard Brands 18%, Cur- the loss is $10,000,000. |tis-Wright 3%, Standard Oil of The fire late this afternoon is California 37%, Standard Ol of believed to have gpent its force. |New Jersey 38%, Trans-America —ee—— 7%, United Aireraft 28%, U. 8. Capt. Harry Wooding, 89, has Steel 98%, Hudson Bay 4%. completed his 38 consecutive year as mayor of Danville, Va. PARIS MARKETS PARIS, June 23.—Stock prices Welfare Associations Are to Combine Efforts, Aiding Unemployment Next Winter WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22— Acting Chairman Croxton, of the President’s Emergency Employment Committee, sald a national move- ment is underway to coordinate local relief movements to bringad- ditional resources necessary to care for unemployment during the com- ing winter. Croxton said the American Asso- |in some instances are up today 10 per cent and were firm at closing. IN BERLIN EXTT “POOR OLD TONY” (Many times I have seen the news- HE people of paper clippings, yellow with age Orchard Hill, lund worn by much handling, which small country|the old actor treasures with such town in Ohio,|pride. call him “Poor| But Antonio Latour's career was Old Tony" laugh. 1 have {man. He is now old, with silver- of ten wondered | white hair, faded blue eyes, and why they laugh. thin trembling limbs; but his fine Antonio, him- !old actor’s face is lighted with rare self, when he!intelligence and feeling; he carries notices by in-!himself with that proud erectness dignation, always|which distinguishes gentlemen of and|ended when he was still a young and the Welfare Association of Am- erica have agreed to assist in chests and councils in preparation tor‘, next winter's relief. Croxton said the amount to bej raised could not be known until fall. ‘Then community chests |shares went up as high as 30 points. says in his gentle way, “Never mind; in laughter fools betray their ignorance; wise men their under- standing.” Among those who know his his- tory and appreclate his character, BERLIN, June 23.—Suspension of war debts reflected a strong upturn on the Berlin Bourse. Leading LONDON MARKET LONDON, June 23—Stocks went up from 4 to 9 points today. - e, LOTS OF TERRITORY Tytus Tybszewski has been ap- pointed consul general for Poland at Chicago, the Customs House here excite ridicule. His name once promised to endure with the names of Booth and Barrett and Irving their day and rank. You who are old enough to remember the thea- ter in years from "6 to '88 will re— Antonio Latour is not a person tof and Mansfield and other actors of the stage and he never appears without a flower in the lapel of his ancient coat. Antonio lives alone in the an- icient house in which his father was Eborn From it he can see the many acres that once belonged to his ancestors, His family was rich, the villagers will tell you, as they {wunder how the old actor manages now to keep soul and body to- igether. “Poor Old Tony,” they will say, “he set out to be a famous actor and now he has nothing.” But Old Tony laughs and says, On the second trip, because Of from appearances in George White's a sudden squall, the plane had to New York Scandals and was hiking alight on the open water. Great along Hollywood Heights yesterday difficulty was involved in saving with her brother Stanley when she the plane with Pilot Blunt and this fe]l from a narrow highway circling was only possible because the land- Hollywood Lake. ing was made near the shore. The condition of Miss Knapp is Members of the party battled gescribed by her physicians as “ water up to their shoulders to pre- tremely serious.” vent the plane from being da-;hed too pieces. The Rev. Hubbard intends to (' atfle Pollceman ShOl camp within the crater for three ™ weeks on his next trip, to study, In Attempted Hold-up the volcano. He will be out of direct communication with the world | for that period. ‘ The party had to use improvised SEATTLE, June 23.—Pat Whalen, skiis on the mountain side which aged 42, a policeman, who was shot >-so | the Seattle Times wholesale dis- | tribution office in the new build- |ing, is reported recovering. | The poice are seeking the as- . * sailant who ordered James Wil- To Gme Regulauons harger, cashier, to “stick 'em up.” g | Wilharger ducked beneath the ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23.— counter. ‘Seeing Whalen, the rob- Delegate James Wickersham has ber fired, and hit the officer in asked to have set aside the new the groin and thigh. prohibitive regulalions of the Al-| Whalen fired and is believed to aska Game Commission limiting have hit the robber. the trapping of mink and land — near the summit. BRI TN, Wickersham Protests At Seattle Daily Timesl was covered with ashes especially twice in an atlempted hold-up of | Only the Pacific Coast escaped deaths from heat. Scores of heat prostrations, drown- ings and heart failures are attribu- table to the intense heat of several days last week. Tornadoes in Minnesota, Towa, Nebraska and South Dakota did great property damage. SIX LIVES LOST SANTA ROSA, Cal, June 23.— Drownings terminated four North- ern California Sunday outings and cost six lives of men, two of whom were picnickers, and who could not swim, but plunged into Salmon Creek in an effort to save a 9- year-old boy who waded beyond his depth. A boat capsized in the Petaluma River and two fishermen were drowned. The others who lost their lives were drowned in separate ac- cidents in the Russian River. 3 OF 4 BANK OFFICERS ARE FOUND GUILTY Convicted of Mlsapplylng Funds Amounting to $8,000,000 NEW YORK, June 22—Three of four officials of the closed Bank |of the United States, on trial for the past twelve weeks on charges of misapplying funds, have been convicted by a county jury but it disagreed on Henry Pollock, head of the bank’s legal department. Bernard Marcus, President; Saul Singer, Vice/President, and nis son, Herbert Singer, a clerk have | been convicted. They will be sen- tenced Tuesday. The maximum sentence is seven years and $1,000 fine. They were specifically charged with misapplying $8,000,000. Two Alaska Radio Stations Are in Bad .. WASHINGTON, D, C., June 23. —More than a dozen broadcasting stations have been called on by ,the Federal Radio Commission ta explmn violation of the regulations lof the 12-hour rule. Two Alaska stations, KFIU at Juneau and KFQD at Anchorage are among the stations called upon for ex- planations. B More than 26,000 oil wells were drilled in the United States in 1929, with 15,500 producing oil, 2,900 gas, and 7,600 being dry holes. otter to 60 days. He was aske d the old regulations of 105 days restored, claiming the new restric-| tions will drive the trappers Imm‘ the field. The Fur Farmers' Association’s protest has the endorsement of the Anchorage American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War posts. MRS. GEORGE LEAVES Ralph Horr TACOMA, Wash., June 22.—Two Prohibition agents, sus- | | | | | Federal FOR SOUTHERN HOME pended after protests of owners of four farm buildings and 300 acres of orchards which were destroyed on the Aleutian for her California When agents set fire to a still on home accompanied by Ester and Rocky Bay, Puget Sound, were qui- Mrs. M. George leaves todny' daughter and etly reinstated twelve days later. Thomas George,jr., Reinstatement of the two offi- son of Thomas George, who will] remain with her indefinetly. jclals was revealed in the trial hera Mrs. George regrets that she 'of willlam Stock, charged with | cannot remain here longer and operating a.still. Agents T. C. Tay- visit her many friends but press lor and B. V. Cunningham were of business demands that she re- witnesses at the trial which ended throughout the country will be Wwas notified today by the Depart- raised according to the amounts ment of State at Washington, D. C. call the great artists with whom‘ he was assoclated. He had only|“I have enough. When one has small parts, it is true, but the crit-|nothing ene has freedom from a turn south. She will probably come in the jury failing to agree. to Juneau again next year for al Questioning by defense attorneys » Careless Prohibition Agents Are Reinstated; Congressman to Make Protest agents were suspended May 8 by Col. Woodcock, National Director of Prohibition, and were reinstated 12 days later and have been working in Southwest Washington since that time. Carl Jackson, Northwest Admin= istrator, admitted the two men were reinstated. He said Col. Wood- | cock left the matter to his -judg- ment. Congressman Ralph Horr said he would send a new protest to Wood- cock. He declared the two agents were “careless beyond all reason™ when they set the still afire and needed. That a heavy demand will His jurisdiction extends over Al- aska. be made is predicted. ciation of Public Welfare officials ics spokeé' very kindly of his work. (Continued on Page 8ix) longer visit. 'bmu",h' out the fact that the twowhich spread to ad'loinins unq;,