The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5771 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1931, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTY FORMER COAL MINER CHOSEN MAYOR OF SEATTLE BOMBING CASE IS DENOUNGED T0 PRESIDENT Wickersham C o m mission Reports on Trial of Mooney-Billings INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE, CLAIMS REPORT Criminal Procedure Laws Condemned — No Recommendations WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.— The Wickersham Commission de- nounced as “shocking to one’s.sense of Justice” the laws under which the famous Mooney-Billings. case was condueted. Embedded deep in the formal re- port to President Hoover on the methods of criminal procedure, the Wickersham Commission cited the case, arising from the bombing in San Francisco, as one for which motions for new trials are “held inadequate to prevent injustice.” The report made no direct rec- ommendation, however, as to how that case could be reopened. The Commission concluded that blame should be laid to the door of “in- competent weak or politics ridden judges” for much of the general complaint against the country's criminal procedure. - eee - DIRECTORS OF FASCIST PARTY REPLY TO POPE Long Declaration Is Issued After Conference with Mussolini ROME, Italy, July 13.—Directors of the Fascist Party, following a meeting with Premier Mussolini, issued a long declaration branding as “lies” criticism of the Fascist Party by the Pope in his recent encylical. The Directors decided to show the strength of Fascism by mobili- zation in Northern Italy, on the Piava battlefields, with a date to be announced only 48 hours in advance. It is reported the Party has a membership of more than a million and a half, The declaration issued by the Di- rectors criticised the Pope for pub- lishing his encyclical abroad and denied the Masons have risen to prominence in Fascism. They also denied that the oath of the Black Shirts is taken “for bread, for career, for life.” The declaration said the Black Shirts know how to renounce “bread, career, even life for their country.” The Pope is accused of entering an “unheard of alliance of Masqp- ry against Fascism.” Silver Ore Strike Is Rich Find Experts Declare Assays Show Over $1,000 to the Ton EDMONTON, Alberta, July 15— University of Alberta experts said the ore discovered on Great Bear Lake by T. G. Donovan, Detroit geologist, assays $1,035 to the ton, Considerable prospecting will be necessary to discover the extent of the ore body. The University experts said the ore contains silver in unbelievable richness. — EXCURSIONISTS PLAN ON RETURNING NORTH Mrs. Rebecca Swain and Miss Lenora Roberts, of Vinita, Okla- homa, visited with Mrs. J. D. Van Atta while the Alaska was in port. They were delegates to the Con- gregational Church Convention in Seattle and remained to enjoy the Elks' Convention. They enjoyed the Alaska trip, purchased furs and gathered flowers and declare they will surely return and make a long- er visit in Juneauy, “Love'Me, Love My Dog” Princess Ileana of Rumania and her fiance, Archduke Anton, an Austrian Hapsburg, are alike in their love for outdoor pastimes, typi- fied by the racing lines of this hound. Their wedding is set for July 25. butd;)(;r Prifiéess io Wedi Professional Flier; May bq Europe’s Lindberghs BUCHAREST, July 15—When Lleana becomes a bride on July 25, she will be a shining figure in gold and silver and her bobbed ] hair will be decked with a flowery | veil embroidered with gold thread. \ |Her train will be resplendent with silver facing. The honeymoon will be spent in a castle in the hills of Bristol Bay and Alaska; Peninsula Packs to Date Southern Germany near Munich, one of the most beautiful in the Are Unusually Heavy land. It is a dedding’ gift. By CHARLES S. SMITH (Chief of Foreign Service of The Associated Press) One of the greatest packs of red ' Princess Ilena's approaching salmon in the history of that in- wedding is awaited with interest by dustry in Alhska seemed indicated an admiring world. And the in- by pack reports received this week terest is not because she has the from every district. Led by Bristol blood of the Hohenzollerns and the Bay and Alaska Peninsula areas, Romanoffs and the Windsors in every district is showing a splen-.her veins, did output of red fish, attended by; It is not because she is a beauti- excellent escapements. i ful princéss who will have a royal Out of an approximate total pack wedding attended by so many fig- of all varieties last Saturday night!yres who have been prominent in of 1,800,000 cases, almost 1,400,000 the melodramatic snarl in which cases were red salmon.. Bristol'King Carol has involved the Ru- Bay alone, which had a dismal fail- 'manian royal family of recent ure in 1930, reported more than'years, 850,000 cases packed to Saturday| The world admires Ileana for her and 95 per cent of them were reds. wholesome personality, for her love May Total 1,250,000 {of outdoor activities and the un- This points to an unusually large selfish and democratic manner in pack in that dismctr. Edrsobagly which she has sought to brighten about 1,250,000 cases of reds, de- the lives of girls in Rumania re- spite the fact that the Department ' gardless of class. of Commerce today began to tight- — Automobiling, skating, skiing, en regulations and add to the week- swimming, horseback riding, yacht- ly closed areas. |ing, golfing, tennis and flying have ‘Advices received here by C:D'v'-FIerz Ileana little time for pink M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent of teas and balls. the 'United States Bureau of mh-i Is Anti-Flapper Type eries from Agent Dennis Winn said! ywhen the charming 17 year prin- the run continues to be fair along ! cess visited the United States with the east shore of Bristol Bay, but iner mother in 1926, her healthful has slacked off to poor at Nusha-|complexion, free from make-up, gak. fand her simple girlish wardrobe The escapement is indicated by were generally ¢ommented on by weir counts at Naknek wk;itzh shi;W-“,he press, In the age of fljn;;tpers ed more than three-quarters of a and make-up Ileana was just a million” fish had passed up that|peautiful, simple girl with lips stream to the spawning beds. At |which needed no rouge and lovely Ugashik 120,000 fish had been natural skin. And five years have counted through. 4 worked little change in her ap- Chignik Comes Bacl pearance. The Chignik fishery came ba,ckg 5 comice o6 Th Rirarise Ahat Prini’ with a bang this seasonvoo'go dflte;cess Ileana should have a court- it has packed about 285,000 cases, ship in the air and choose a pro- over 280,000 cases of which are|fessional flier, Archduke Anton of reds, as compared to some 1,750 &t | Austria, as her fiance. Her pros- the same time last season. pective husband is an aeronautic Kodiak reported almost 150,000 cases Saturday night, about thirty per cent of which were red fish. Prince William Sound has put up about 80,000 cases, more than 20,000 ahead of the same date in 1930. The South S8ide of the Alaska Peninsula is having a great sea- son, reporting to date practically 200,000 cases and is ahead of last year. The North Side of the peninsula is practically 400 per- cent ahead of last year, some 47,000 cases as against a total of 12,000 odd cases in 1930. engineer as well as a practical fly- er, and is associated with builders of airships in Barcelona, where his family fled after the Hapsburgs | were overthrown. Princess Tleana has not qualified yet as an air pilot, but that will | probably come very shortly after {her marriage and it would not be |surprising if she and her husband j were to mcome the European Lind- | berghs. She has already qualified as a navigator and commands her own |yacht when she and her mother |sail on the Black sea, but mastery (Continyea op Page TW0) 4 _(_qpnflr_meo on Page Two) GERMAN BANKS T0 BE OPENED ON TOMORROW President von Hindenburg Returns to Berlin to’ Take Charge CABINET KEPT BUSY IN DEBATING PLANS Scheme to Put ‘‘Renten- mark” Back Into Cir- culation Discarded BERLIN, July 15.—President von Hindenburg came back today to take a hand in lifting Germany out of the financial crisis. He has been at his country place at Neu- beck for the past two weeks. It is learned on good authority that the banks temporarily closed will be reopened tomorrow to meet | the mid-month payroll. Meanwhile the Cabinet is de- bating ways and means of meeting the situation without inflating cur- rency. The Cabinet has definitely dis- carded the plan to put the do- mestic “rentenmark” back in eir- culation. It was a unit of currency based on agriculture and industry instead of gold and was issued after the mark was stabilized in 1923. MORATORIUM TO RESCUE WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15.— The moratorium plan is believed by officials to have avoided a pos- sible disastrous international crisis by postponing the German war debts due today. Officlals continued to study de- velopments of the German finan- clal situation. Assistant Secretary of the State Departiment . Castle said had ot the moratorium been adopted se- rious default by Germany might have resulted. Under the Young Plan Germany would have had to pay millions of dollars into the world banks for settlement today. STOCKS BREAK TODAY ;ISSUES TAKE SLUMPS Foreign Exchange Markets Come in for De- cided Drops NEW YORK, July 15.—The acute financial situation in Central Eur- ope still dominated Wall Street today. Nervousness stock market. Stocks broke sharply after drift- ing uncertainly but more unsettled were the foreign exchange markets where an abrupt decline of the pound sterling brought it to a low level, thus disturbing the French franc. Most other currencies weak- ened also. There were declines of from one to more than six points in many prominent issues but the list stiff- ened a little in afternoon trading and recoveries were made of & point or two from the lowest. Numerous rails were conspicu=- ously weak. Issues off three to' about six points were U. 8. Steel, American Telephone, American Can, Chrysler, Air Reduction, Allied Chemicals, Westinghouse, Eastman, Consoli- dated Gas, Case, New York Cen- tral, Southern Pacific, Union Pa- cific and Roek Island. increased on the ——e—e—— ®- —® | TODAY'S STOCK \ | QUOTATIONS | . o NEW YORK, July 15—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine.: stock today is 14, American Can 101%, Anaconda Copper 23%, Beth- lehem Steel 43%, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 36%, International Harvester 41%, Kennecott 16% Checker Cab 10%, 9%, 10, Curtiss- Wright 3, Packard Motors 7, Stand- ard Brands 17, Standard Oil of California 35%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%, Trans-America 7%, United Aircraft 26%, U. 8. Stezl 92, —_—————— GLADYS LAMB FINED Mrs. Gladys Lamb, charged with violation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, pleaded guilty before United States Commissioner Charles Sey yesterday and was fined $50. She was arrested by Federal officers on Glacier Highway. Fort Worth, at Seattle. with their refueller, Governor Bone ONTARIO FIRM OPTIONS TAKU - MINING GROUP | Timmons Has Working Op- tion of Clearwater Group on Tulsequah River With the entry of the Timmons interests of Ontario into the Taku mining district recently, revived in- terest in that area was reported here. The Ontario capitalist has obtdined a working option on what is known as the Clearwater group of claims from Capt. William, Art Hedman and associates. A crew of 12 men was put to work recently, it was made known here this week by Capt. Strong who left port Monday for his trading post at the mouth of the Tulsequah River. He received instructions while here to increase the force. J. P. Woodworth, an engineer representing Timmons, made an in- vestigation of the group within the past two weeks. here for Vancouver on July 7, tak- The tests were said to have been highly satisfactory. And as a result ot the showing made, the force was increased. The Clearwater’ group of claims is located on the Tulsequah River between the mouth and the Tulse- mah Chief property on which con- siderable development was done two years ago by the United Eastern The former group is said to carry good values in gold and indications are favorable for a large body of ploratory. ' JULY WHEAT GOES LOWER CHICAGO, 1, July 15—July wheat sold for the lowest price today in the history of the Chi- cago Board of Trade, driven down by hedging sales pressure and the European economic distress. July wheat touched 51% ocents a bushel, one-eighth of a cent lower than the previous low of 1849. The market recovered, however, before closing, gaining five-eighths day. ————— Two Kiddies Slip Down Bank, Drowned in Bay OLYMPIA, Wash., July 15.—Rob- ert, aged 3 years, and Justus, aged 2 years, small sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dunkelberger, slipped down a bank into the bay yesterday and were drowned. H. 8. Jones (left) navigator, and Reg L. Robbins, to Tokyo having been forced down at Solomon, Alas He sailed from | ing with him ore samples for assay. | ore. The present program of the Timmons interests is entirely ex-| Seattil;zwt(; Tokyo Fliers antrl”The»i;‘ nilot, Discusses Plans of Calvin Coolidge, Admits They Are U nknown! By SCOTY U. BC ‘ Insistent efforts are under way | to bring Calvin Coolidge into the Prosidential race. Persuasivencss | thus far has been vain. As in 1927, he does not “choose to run."‘ | On the subject of returning to the | | White House, he is as slient as a| | clam. Always a man of few words, he now says nothing. A usually cen- | servative correspondent, in New | York, whao weént 6 Northampton |recently and tried to “draw out” the ex-president, found himself on a fool's errand. He came back | o base barren of the slightest hint as to his possible ambition. He appeared wholly unreceptive. This correspondent avers that 80 per cent of the Republicans prefer | Coolidge to Herbert Hoover. They feel that he could be elected, while Hoover's chances, with hard times still felt, will be problematical, at the very best. That depression will seriously affect Republican pros- |pects, is generally admitted. But the thought that Herbert Hoover will be side-tracked for Calvin | Coolidge or any one else, is too inconceivable for rational enter- |tainment. ” | .. Third-termism in the opinion of some party men, would handicap the New Englander hopelessly. This | fear is fanciful rather than real.| |He has only once been elected | President. Under like status, Theo- |dore Roosevelt did not hesitate to accept independent nomination in 1912, and he had served longer continuously than did Coolidge. The | third term bug-a-boo is not of en- |during importance. If a success-| |ful President, why not keep him (at the helm indefinitely? Oppor- | tunity, is constitutionally ~afford- led every four years, to dispense | with his services, if tried and found (wanting. He cannot, as forefath-! {ers feared, hoist himself upon the | people and turn the Republic into a kingdom. Their apprehension, la century ago, may not have been | groundless, but it is imaginary at !this modern - date. Probably the ielectorate is the least concerned about it now. Third-termism has not been an acute issue in politics since the defeat of Ulysses 8. Grant in 1880, and it cannot easily be re- vived. « e | { A humorist in print the other day, accepted Coolidge's suspen- |sion of his syndicate for the sum- 'mer as a sure sign that he was preparing to run. Facetiousness only. It has no such significance. He craves a vacation, as do men| in all walks of life. That is all. His daily philosophy has not set! the country on fire or appealed | largely to the masses; but busi- of a cent to one cent for the ness men and bankers have daily| | devoured it with zest and inspira-| July wheat closed at 51% cents,|tion, and given it their adamant|,renaration for taking an outing |ka, and Maude B. Colvin, of Boise, approval. It has lacked the hu- ! man touch to delight popular read- ing, but, invariably contained sound | reasoning. An ex-President, in the very nature of thigs, must |weigh his words and watch his step as every move he makes is subjected to wrong interpretation. Epigrams or humor or criticism or comment on the policies of a suc- ceeding administration do not be- (q;;nunuvn wn Pnge sho are shown They are now preparing for their second attempt to make a nonstop flight a, by bad weather, | was Plane__ pOBT, H, HARLIN 1S ELECTED AS - NEW EXECUTIVE |City Councilmen Elevate ! President to Suc- ceed Edwards 'J. D. ROSS REINSTATED AS SUPT. LIGHT DEPT. |All of Former Mayor’s Ap- pointees Are to Have - Heads Lopped | SEATTLE, July 15. — Robert H. Harlin, the “Little Coal Miner,” has been elected Mayor of Seattle by the City Council to succeed Frank Edwards, recalled in the | special election held Monday. The new Mayor is labor’s repre- | sentative on the Council. He was born in England, was a miner in | British Columbia, and moved to Seattle in 1907. He was former President of the United Mine Work- ers of Washington. Harlin has {been President of the City Council. ... | Among the first official acts of Mayor Harlin was the reinstate- { ment of J. D. Ross as Superintend- ent of the City Light Department. FAST FLlGHT | Ross was deposed by recalled Mayor IS EXPECTED "~ | Mayor Harlin said he would dis- ;chrm:e all of idwards's appointees |including Chief of Police Louis BY AVIATORS == Charges that a “slush fund” to 3 b AP ES v insure being chosen Mayor were Robbins and Jones Believe made against Harin in a heated T()kyo 40 Hours meeting preceding the naming of {Harlin as Mayor. from Seattle | The charges were brought by BSOS |Councilman Ralph Nichols who SEATTLE, July 15—Tokyo will Said: be only 40 hours from Seattle, said| "I have been informed that at a Reg L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, Meeting at police headquarters two when they install their new 425/ Weeks ago, $15,000 were pledged to horsepower motor. ~The two fliers influence the Mayoralty election sald a bigger motor will incrense #nd that Harlin was to be the the speed and a margin of safety|beneficiary.” A policeman neighbor after their last refuelling over Of mine told me the levy was Nome, Alaska ‘bemg made on the Police Depart- Robbins and ‘Jones will not take ment for Harlin’s election.” off for at least a week. They are “Infamous Lie” here negotiating for a new Wasp| Harlin was absent at the time motor. \of the charges but later declared OO U RS them as an “infamous le.” Councilman James Scavotto de- uFF UN TR'P manded a stenographer enter the room and have Nichols repeat the charges, then call for a Grand [Jury investigation of the accusa- Exchange of ander Magyar Are Wives to Be Crossing Atlantic | — . Celebrated with their giant airplane and failure to make a contact lush Fund” Charge (Continuea or Page Three) George Endres and Alex- | tions. Following Harlin's elevation to HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, { July 15.—George Endres and Alex- ander Maygar, Reserve Officers in the Hungarian Army, took off in their plane “Justice to Hungary” at 9:18 o'clock this morning, Pa- cific Coast Time, on their project- ed nonstop flight to Budapest. The flight is planned as a means of calling attention to the wrong they contend has been inflicted on their country. The fliers planned to traverse the Great Circle Route over which the Weather Bureau said was dan- gerous with-low clouds but favor- able winds. (California Couples Settle Tenseness of Love for New Mates POMONA, Cal, July 15—George Spotswood and F. L. Stevens have announced a dinner for their fam- ilies next Saturday to celebrate the exchange of wives. The new romances began at & bridge table. Each family consisted of two children and there will be a new | division of children. Emil Sal aged 58, retired Flint, | Michigan, $ausage manufacturer, | lSl“ma.wood said he and Mrs. who invested $30,000 in the flight, Stevens fiecxded to make the cour- awaits the arrival of the fliersat ::;f’tulv":’g?l;;‘:f the couples had Budapest. He bought the plane, | ™% 8% 5 underwrote the flight and financed| F'ally the tenseness developed prepartions for the trip. The flight 304 confessions were made as to concelved on the tenth an- love for new mates. Spotswood and niversary of the Treaty of Trianon Mrs. Stevens obtained divorces and to emphasize what the Hungarians I‘_ltV‘:‘ married. "rho oL'her couple assert was an unfair division of N"t. » Nevads, and Wfl"‘9d~ the Hungarian territory after the| Svevens said: “We had the cours World War. Salay was accom-| 5% to straighten out our affairs. panied to Budapest by Mrs. Andres ‘SPUIS.\‘Nood said: “Yes, everything and her son William. is Hye. Prepare for Outing Man Is to Trip, Drink Alcohol; Marry Boise Girl Five Men Now Dead| SEATTLE, July 15—A marriage TAMAQUA, Penn., July 15—Five |license has been issued here to men died after drinking alcohol in | Fred H. Ramsey, of Juneau, Alas- >eo |Juneau |in the nearby mountains. Idaho. {LEAVE SEATTLE THIS MORNING:; EXPECT { TO FRY TROUT AT HASSELBORG T( SEATTLE, July | Washington Airway | wives, expect to fry trout tonight beside Lake Hasselborg, near Juneau. ‘They took off this morning in a plane piloted by Anscel Eckmann, le-y expect to call at Juneau before proceeding to Lake Hassemorg. IGHT