The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1931, Page 1

P THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXVIIIA, NO. 5775 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO MEET LATE TODAY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY jULV 20 193| MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE SS WILL EXAMINE “MA" KENNEDY MENTAL CHARGE Two Psychiatrists Are Ap- pointed by Lunacy Commission AFFIDAVIT IS FILED ‘ BY TEMPLE OFFICER Claim Made Evangelist's Mother Has Several *“Delusions” LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 20— “Ma” Kennedy, Mrs. Minnie Ken- nedy-Hudson, paid compliments to psychiatrists who sought to exam- ine her as to her mental condition in a test at her Hermosa Beach cottage and which resulted in a formal statement from Dr. Victor Parkin, of Los Angeles, one of the examiners that “Mrs. Kennedy's condition at present does not war- rant her being taken to a psycho- pathic ward.” | Mrs. Kenedy who has gone to the heights of honeymoon joy to the depths of amnulment proceed- | ings, was ordered examined by two psychiatrists by H. J. Gormelly, | County Lunacy Commission Secre- tary. The affidavit was filed with | the Commissioh by B. F. Clear- water, Special Angelus Temple of-\ ficer, who charged Mrs. Kennedy | was “senile afflicted with chudlsh delusions.” Gormelly appointed Dactors E. H.' Steel and Victor Parkin to make the examination at her Hermosa Beach cottage where she had sought quictude since the annulment pro- ceedings against the Rev. Hudson. Clearwater said Mrs. Kennedy- Hudson “had lapsed memory and sometimes does not recognize her oldest friends. She also has de- lusions of persecutions and walks in the vicinity of her home ac- costing men on the street and | telling them fo move on.” WARRANT ISSUED LONGVIEW, Wash, July 20.— Prosecutor Cecil C. Hallin expects to issus a warrant today for Guy Edward Hudson on a charge of bigamy because of his marriage here to Mrs. Minnie “Ma” Ken-| nedy three weeks ago. Hallin wir- ed Los Angeles asking Mrs. Mar- garet Hudson, one of two women | who claim she is married to Hud- son, asking her to come here to make the complaint. SOURCE OF ANXIETY SEATTLE, July 20—Mrs. Effie Hudson, of Spokane, who is here, said her son Guy, who “Ma” Ken- nedy introduced as the “Reverend” “has been a constant source of i anxiety for 20 years and caused, more trouble than the rest of her family combined. The other three boys are settled and industrious.| We helped Guy repeatedly and there is nothing more we can do.” | Hinshaw at M’Grath in | Record Time{ la crowd of men described by the Flies from Washington, D. C., to Interior of Al- aska in Five Days MCGRATH, Alaska, July 20.—H. Hinshaw, of Washington, D. C., Vice-President of the American Air- ways of which the Alaska Airway Division is a part, arrived here last Friday evening by plane. He left ‘Washington, D. C., last Sunday evening, travelling by and over the regular airlines the entire distance and making the trip from the Capital City via Juneau in five MARTIAL LAW ‘\evldent intention of moving against | disaffected Generals in Hohan. | United Mine Workers at a base- |wing and opponent, the National | days, sai dto be a record. YANKEE STAR Ben Chapman, New York Yankee's fleet-footed outfielder who leads TAKES A BRIDE Assuciated Press 1hioto the league in stolen bases, is shown with his bride, the former Mary Elizabeth Payne, 19, of Birmingnam, Ala. They were married in New York City. DEGLARED,TWO | CHINA REGIONS Manchurian A uthorities Commandeering Mili- tary Supplies PIEPING, July 20.—Martial law has been declared in Pieping and ‘i"" Tientsin and rigid censorship | has been imposed by the Man-| !churian authorities who are com- mandeering military supplies with Clashes between Manchurians and | |General Shih Yu San, controlling North Hohan, are reported. Rolling stock of railroads has |been commandeered and general matters in those places. traffic is interrupted. Gen. Chen Ming Shu, leader of the 19th Nationalist Army, is re- ported to have pledged allegiance to the New Canton Government and as a result this may prove fatal to the Nationalist Govern-| ment. ! — - | ONE HUNDRED- | HURT, CLASH CANNONSBURGH, Penn,, Jul," 20—More than 100 persons were! injured, five so seriously that they ! required hospital treatment, when ' police as members and sympatmzprs' of the National Miners Union, a Communist organization, invaded and broke up a meeung of the ball field late Sunday’ afternoon. The clash climaxed ‘a week's bit- ter .rivalry between the TUnited Mine Workers- and - its union left Miners Union. R AT S SHOW STYLES OF 1660 i STUTTGART—The fashions in| women’s clothing from 1660 to the | begining of the present century| are shown in an exhibition in the | Palace Museum here. The exhibi- tion includes -alsa a -collection of | | Spain’s Jewish Elees _ Decline Bid to ' Return ISTANBUL, July 20.—Spokesmen for the Spanish Jews of Turkey say they are not tempted by the Spanish republic's invitation to re- turn to Spain. Thousands of Jews found refuge In Turkey luring the reign of Queen Isabella. ©Of all the minorities in Tur- key, the Jewish is the most satis- fied; they Have suffered no per- secution from their Moslem hosts | hats and pnrmls of earlier days. and have had a free field for eco- | nomic development. Business stagnation in Istan- bul since the world war led many Jews to migrate to Europe, but approximately 60,000 are still here. A movement is on foot among them to abandon the use of the Spanish language. To this end! they have formed an association| which will work for the learning ‘of ‘Turkish by all Jews-in Turkey. | port of Skagway. M'BRIDE T0 60 T0 WESTWARD AND INTERIOR Collector of—z{xstoms Will Make Official Visits to Subports For the first time since assum- ing the office of Collector of Cus- toms for the District of Alaska, John C. McBride will make an of- ficial visit to Westward ports and to Interior towns of ‘Alaska. He will leave Juneau tomorrow morn- 1ing on the steamship Yukon. The collector will call at the subports of Cordova and Seward, and then will go to Anchorage and Fairbanks to investigate official From | Fairbanks he will voyage down the Tanana River and up the Yukon River to the port of Eagle. He 'will continue up the Yukon to Dawson. From the Klondike camp he will proceed to Whitehorse. At Whitehorse, he will entrain on the White Pass Railroad for the Thence, he will |return to Juneau. The' collector expects to be back home about September 1. He will be accompanied by Mrs. McBride. Official visits to Westward and Interior ports and towns hereto- fore have usually been made by M. 8. Whittier, assistant collector of cum,om& FILM LOVER LOSES WIFE {Ina Claire Seeks Divorce from John Gilbert in ‘Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, July 20.—Ina | Claire, stage and screen actress, has filed ‘a suit for divorcé from John Gilbert, film lover. He is charged with ' causing her mental cruelty. ‘The complaint said Gilbert called her a ‘woman of too-much intel- lect; unsuited to his temperament and on certain occasions has be- come angry without apparent rea- son.” Colonel Olmstead Passenger Aboard Victoria for South NOME, Alaska, July 20.—Col. Olmstead, Officer in. Charge of the Telegraph and Cable System in Alaska, left Sunday on the steam- ship Victoria for Seattle after in- specting radio stations in Northern Alaska. ———.—.———— “Farming for profit in 1931,” is the slogan adopted by Alabama Polytechnic Insitute for the state's farm program. - STOCK MARKETS IN FINE TONE AT WEEK START ‘ Trading LighT However— Professibnal Bulls Ral- ly—Issues Go Up NEW YORK, July 20. — Wall Street, encouraged by the general amicable spirit at the start of the international conference at London, allowed the markets to maintain a good tone. Trading with light and profes- sional bulls made a few gestures and shares were pushed up a point or two and then slipped back. They perked up again after the midday. Lorillard, Sears-Roebuck and Chrysler recelved professional at- tention and registered gains. U. S. Steel, Westinghouse, Standard Oil of New Jersey, American Can rose a point or two. SRR | TODAY'S OCK \ ! QUOTATIGNS OB L LA o N NEW YORK, July 20.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 104%, Anaconda Copper 27%, Beth- lehem Steel 45%, Fox Films 17%, { | General Motors 38, International Harvester 42%, Kennecott 19%, Checker Cub 10, 10, 10, Curtiss- Wright 3%, Packard Motors 7%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California 37%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 38%, Trans-America 7%, United Alrcraft 27%, U. S. Steel 95%. FOUR FISTIC BATTLES ARE IN SPOTLIGHT Sharkey anfi/alker Meet Wednesday — Three Other Bouts' Slated NEW YORK, July 20.—While the fifteen-round heavyweight duel be- tween Jack Sharkey and Mickey Walker scheduled to take place in Brooklyn Wednesday night, is in th2 spotlight, three champions sally forth in fights during the week. Christopher Battalino risks the feather title to Freddy Miller in Cincinnati Thursday in a ten rounder. In the other fights the titles are not at stake. Jack Thompson, welter champion, fights Lou Broul- lard in Botson Thursday night and Max Rosenbloom, light heavyweight champlon, faces George Manley in Denver Wednesday night. GHASTLY FINISH T0 CELEBRATION MT. PLEASANT, Michigan, July 20—An oil fire which wrote a ghastly finish to a celebration over the shooting of a gusher Saturday, has taken a toll of eight lives. Seven others are terribly burned and are fighting death in a hos- pital. The 2,000-barrel well attracted the victims among 200 other spec- tators at the scege of the well which came in just before the storage tank exploded. The cause for the explosion has not been determined. * Buck Hewett, tool dresser, risked his life in capping the well and preventing more deaths. Many men dashed into the flames to rescue the dead who include Mrs. Mary McClanahan, Mrs. Lola Guy, Ruby Melvin, Marion Fugate, Mrs. Anna Lamb, Mrs. H. E. Whit- tekind and A. E. Gorman. —————— Black Shoes Rank First, National Survey Shows NEW YORK, July 20—Half the shoes worn by American women are kid, to judge by a recent na- tion-wide fashion check. Calf comes next—with 12 out of 100. Black leads the color more than half the total brown next. Some navy matched navy costumes. The one-strap leads in popularity, and a thira of the women counted wore pumps, e —— Almost 300,000 acres of land are included in North Carolina game refuges. Y rade— with shoes PLANS MADE TO TAKE VISITORS TOMENDENHALL Congressionfi el e gation Will Visit Here for Few Hours Tuesday Arrangements today were virtu- ally completed for Juneau's greet- Ing to the Congressional delega- tion now enroute here on th steamer Yukon and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tahoe The vessels are expected to ar- rive about 4 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. The visitors will be accompanied here by Gov, George A. Parks. Hc flaw to Ketehlkan Sunday and greeted them there today. There are 23 or more in the par- ¥, including nine members of Con- gress, most of whom are accom- panied by their wives and other members of their families. Government officials here and members of the Chamber of Com- merce will meet the delegation. Au- tomobiles have been arranged for by the Governor's Office and all of the party who desire to make the trip will be taken over Glacier Highway to Mendenhall Glacier. No formal functions have been planned owing to the fact that no information was available as to the length of stay in port of the ves- sels. The Yukon is making her regular schedule and the Tahoe is traveling with it. Both probably will remain in port about four or five hours. A letter received here from Con- gressman Addison T. Smith, Idaho, by United States Marshal Albert White intimated he might not go west from here. Owing to the state of Mrs. Smith's health, he sald, it was possible they would visit at Sitka and join the delega- tion on its return from the west- ward and interior. BIRL. SLAYER CHARGE MADE; TRIAL IS ON SAN DIEGO, Cali, July 20— Moss Edward Garrison, aged 37, goes to trial today for the alleged murder of pretty Hazel Bradshaw, his 22-year-old fiancee, whose body, with 17 knife wounds, was found in Balboa Park on May 3. Garrison 1msists he took the girl home on the night she was slain. Her parents say they did not hear the girl come home. Miss Bradshaw's murder was the fourth similar slaying of girls dur- ing last spring, all unsolved. STAGE HITS AUTO; 2 DIE LA GRANDE, Oregon, July 20.— ‘Two persons were killed in a col- lision Saturday night between a stage and an automobile, Louise Farris, of LaGrande, and Gerald ‘Turner, of Medical Springs, were riding in the auto driven by Miss Ferris, and were killed. One per- son in the stage was injured. Republican Turkey Finds Some Good in Old Sultanate ISTANBUL, July 20. — For the first time, praise of the sultans is creeping into the press of republi- can Turkey—praise not for their politics or their persons, but for their prolific families. Modern underpopulated Turkey is urged to remember Sultan Mourad III, whose children numbered 102. Young Turkey is showing a ten- dency not to marry even once, but that mighty monarch had 40 wives and 500 odalisques. Another Ottoman personage, Adaeddine Molla, had 99 sons. To each he gave as name one of the 99 attributes of Allah. Then, in his old age, a hundredth son was born to him. He named this last son for the devil. — .- ADS SAVE LIFE SAVERS DETROIT — Harbormaster Fred Clarke enlisted the aid of news- papéers to agnounce to small boys that the life preserves placed at intervals along the waterfront here will float. Clark claims that the curiosity of doubting youths leads to the loss of from 40 to 50 life preservers a year, FALL ON WAY TO N EW MEXICO PRISON ] night and Sunday at his ranch. The ambulance physician said Fall was “feeble and tired.” \ Fall will begin serving his sentence of one year and a day when he reaches Santa Fe following conviction of accepting a bribz relative to oil land leases while a member of President Hardmus Cabinet. | FORMER SECRETARY OF INTERIOR |free from an economic catas- THREE RIVERS, New Mexico, July 20—Albert B. Fall, former trophe and lessen the finan- Secretary of Interior, began his journcy Saturday from El Paso, Texas, (-ml stress throughout the to the New Mexico Penitentiary at Santa Fe wurld He reached here Saturday night, in an ambulance and spent the ! I MAYOR HARLIN TAKING TIME T0 FILL JOBS Has Not Segc—t—ed Superin- tendent of Utilities— Reason Why | SEATTLE, July 2.0—Robert H.! Harlin, new Labor Mayor, is taking his time to select a successor to | George B. Avery, Superintendent of Utilities, and in selecting a new Chief of Police. While public ownership advocates interpreted Mayor Frank Edwards’. recall as a demand for more vig- orous protection of municipal en- terprises, other circles say Mayor Harlin is obliged to consult with the Puget Sound Power and Light Company in selecting Avery's suc- cessor. The Puget Sound Com- | pany is the principal creditor of the Municipal Street Railways. Mayor Harlin has named five other members to the Board of Public Works, resignation of Mayor Edwards’ appointees having been demanded as the result of the re- call. J. D. Ross, whom Harlin re- instated as Light Superintendent, has been made Chairman of the Board. ‘Two other nationally known la-) bor leaders have taken pmminem[ positions in the City Government.| Mayor Harlin has appointed Harru Dail as Superintendent of Streets and Sewers. The other is David Levine, who succeeded Harlin as councilman. e QUEEN HELEN NOT IN EXILE Statement Is Made in Lon- don After Her Ar- | rival Last Night LONDON, July 20.—Queen Helen, of Rumania, arrived in London Sunday night, tired and wan after, a long journey from Bucharest. | In a statement given out after her arrival, through the principal Lady-in-Waiting, the Queen sald her journey abroad had been made through an agreement with King Carol and she would return to Rumania in October. The statement was made to quiet rumors that she was actually in exile, e CLEVELAND — A divorce was granted to Mrs. Elizabeth K. Can- field, by Judge Samuel H. Silbert here because her husband literally flew away. Mrs. Canfield said that her husband had taken an airplane to Detrolt with another woman. [ i Btates. |Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Upper, new- BERT ACOSTA FIFTEEN DIE IN'WATERS IN THREE STATES All Are W:k—end Vaca-| tionists Seeking Relief from Hot Weather SEATTLE, July 20 —Fifteen per- sons were drowned and one s missing, believed to have lost hls’ mv in the waters of Washington, | | California and Oregon on Sunday as wezk-end vacationists sdught re- lief from the intense heat. There were seven drownings in ‘Washington, three in Oregon and five in California. The most tragic drownings was | when a speedboat on Lake What- | com, near Bellingham, overturned throwing five persons into the water. Only one survived. Three persons were drowned while swimming in the Columbia River near Portland. One party is missing and he is believed to have drowned. Other Washington and California drownings occurred in widely scat- tered places in the respective Those drowned in Lake Whatcom, hurled from the speedboat included lyweds; Gernot Heinemen, former University of Washingtson student pilot and Ernest Stevens, a mill worker. \ | GATHER TODAY 'WORLD FINANCIAL ‘many, Italy, Belgium and Jap- |tional conference since the g\'emailles meeting. | {with the task of reconciling | the conflicting | the program to pull Germany . Commonce. {would do everything to create |nancial guarantees and poli PRICE TEN CENTY -~ —— STATESMEN OF SEVEN NATIONS Task Is Reconciling Con- flicting Interests in Aiding Germany STRESS ALSO ISSUE \French and Getian Rep- resentatives Make Par- tial Agreement LONDON, July 20.—States- men of the United States, Great Britain, France, Ger- an assembled here today for the most important interna- The statesmen are charged interests in The first meeting is to- night in the Premier Mae- Donald room in the House of France and Germany are understood to have reached an agreement in Paris that conditions “ favorable to ef- fective collaboration. Premier Laval, Foreign Minister Briand, Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Min- ister Curtius, in Paris, failed to agree, however, on the fi cal appeasement France asks. Hugh Gibson, American Ambassador, American Sec- retary of Treasury Mellon and American Secretary of State Stimson are here for the con- ference. BANK PAYMENTS RESUMED BERLIN, July 20.—Resumption of bank payments in limited amounis borught hundreds to the teller's windows in the banks but no where near so large as stormed the Darm= staedter and National Bank a wesk ago, which caused closings. Gas Is on Northland for Lindy U. 8, Catter Ca Carrying Sup+ plies to Point Bar- row for Fliers NOME, Alaska, July 20.—The Cutter Northland sailed from here PLANS FLIGHT ; NEW YORK, July 20—Bert Acosta, one of the pilots on Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd's flight in France in 1927, is planning a non stop flight from Brussels to Toky for prizes aggregating $100,000. | Acosta sald he would sall for Belgmm on September 15, Govemmont of New South Wales Opposes °Fascisti’ SYDNEY, Australia, July 20— “The New Guard,” an organization composed mainly of war veterans and modeled somewhat on the Ital- ian fascisti, has been publicly and bitterly denounced by the govern- ment of the state of New South Wales. When John T. Lang, premier of the state, allied himself with the extreme elements of the labor par- ties, many wartime officers thought it was time to preserve the consti- tution. “The New Guard” was created to phys 27 different instruments. last Saturday to cruise as far | north as Point Barrow. She carried quantity of gasoline for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to be delive ered at Point Barrow. She also ::amed gasoline for Point Hope and Point Barrow for the Alaska Air- ways. — e . JUST A GOOD MUSICIAN NEW YORK — Ross Gorman, versatile radio orchestra conductor, maintain law and order should ore ganized violence threaten society. Lang's repudiation of overseas debts, which has affected the cred- it of Australia, and his introdue= tion of revolutionary Ilegislation, were also cited as factors which made necessary the formation of some sort of powerful orgal ; to protect the constitution of “' state. Consequently ex-service men lied to “The New Guard.” organization is secret but it known that its membership is merous and influential.