The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 23, 1931, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5778, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CE —_— SHORT TERM CREDITS ARE APPROVED FOR GERMANY ASSASSINATION IS PLOT ATTEMPT MADE T0 KILL SOONE, CHINA' OFFIGER Volley of Shots Are Fired at Minister of Finance Today BOMBS ARE HURLED; FAIL TO EXPLODE Four Bysta—ngf:rs Wound- ed by Bullets—One Man Dies Later SH AN G HAIL July 23— I ALASKA NEEDS ROAD TO SOUTH, SAYS D'GANAHL Impeded Circulation Stops Growth, Chamber Told by Visitor from East Alaska is suifering from strangu- lated circulation and its greater| need is the creation of arterial | ways to open it to a greater free- | dom of movement to and from the | United States, declared Charles F. DeGanahl, wealthy retired oil man of White Plains, N. Y., in a brief and forceful talk before the Cham- ber of Commerce today. He, Thomas Askren, Grand Mas- ter of the Grand Lodge of Wash- Flood, Eight Take to Air High Water on Richardson Highway Threatens to Take Out Bridge FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 23.— Eight travelers bound north over the Richardson Highway, were| blocked by a flood which threat- ened to take out the bridge yester- day. They resorted to flying over the section and a plane, piloted by Joe Barrows, was chartered by the Richardson Highway Transporta- TROLLERS SUITISSUE WARRANT, ON NONRESIDENT TAX S ARGUED Territorial License Tax lof 1929 Is Upheld and Assailedby Counsel | | The validity of the non-resident trollers’ tax act of 1920 again Wwas| upheld and attacked before Judge Justin W. Harding, in the United | States district court here this week in the case of Wood Freeman, a Seattle troller, against Walstein G. tion Company. | Smith, Treasurer of Alaska. Attor- The plane made two trips and 'ney General John Rustgard, ap- ferried the travelers over the pearing for the Territory, argued blocked point. |that the Legislature had the un- The flood was on Jarvis Creek 'doubted right to impose such tax Four bystanders were wound- ington and Alaska F. & A. M., and | ed when a volley of shots Charles F. Lanwermeyer, Chicago were fired at T. V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Finance,' as he entered a motor car at the North Statien. Two bombs also hurled fail-; ed to explode. | Soong was not injured by | the volley of shots. Soong was accompanied by Ma- moru Shige Mitsu, Charge d’ Af- fairs of the Japanese Legation at! Nanking, who was not attacked. The Japanes> was entering an au- tomobile some distance from Soong’s automobile. Stang-Los, Soong'’s secretary, one of those wounded during the flr~| ing, died later in the hospital. 1 Soong is only 87 years of age.. He is Vice-Chairman of the Na- tionalist Government as well as Finance Minister. ! Soong’s mother died as a result | of the shock on the erroneous re- port he had been killed. Soong is a bfuiter-in-law of Chiank Kai Shek, head of the Government. He is a graduate of Harvard and some time was em- ployed in New York banks. His secretary graduated from Yale. MARTIAL LAW DECLARED FOR SPANISH TOWN Seville Under Rule of Mili- tary — Strikers and Troops in Clashes SEVILLE, Spain, July 23.—Mar- tial law was proclaimed here this morning to deal with the strike situation which Up to last night had resulted in 17 known fatali- ties as the result of clashes be- tween strikers and Government forces. Two cavalry squadrons and one infantry company marched into the streets today announcing the martial law proclamation. Although order was generally re- stored there are some reports of sniping from. house tops. CAPT, HAWKS CUTS RECORD HAVANA, Cuba, July 23.—Re- gaining the speed record from New ! York, Capt. Frank Hawks flew here in eight hours and eight minutes, knocking 27 minutes off the time established last Saturday by James Goodwin Hall, New York broker. Capt. Hawks was in the air only swven hours and thirty-six min- utes, refueling at Wilmington and Miami, Hall flew a nonstop. — Marshall county, Tenn. farmers this year harvested 4150 acres of | alfalfa. Five years ago the crop covered less' than 100 acres. chemist, were guests of the local business organization at its noon lunch today. Pioneering Breeds Men Ploneer lands, life and conditions breed a race of men, declared Mr. DeGanahl. This has besn proved true by the record of American de- velopment. ‘The original settlers were picked men in the sense that they were individuals whose spirits were undaunted by the perils of an unknown and dangerous ocean voy- age, the menace of hostile Indians. The fittest of them only survived the trials they underwent. This process went on unceasingly as the colonies aged and spread their population across mountains, valleys, plains and more mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The United States became a strong nation be- cause in the overcoming of natural difficulties and building up a civili- zation out of the wilderness, strong men and real leaders were pro- duced. The samé sori of men came to the north in the great gold rush- es. Alaska, saild Mr. DeGanahl, is a breeding place and place of ac- cumulation of real men, because it is the only remaining American frontier. “There is something in the call of difficult things that brings fellows of spirit together, and this frontier country is doing a most valuable service to the United States,” he asserted. Lacks Circulation Only “I have been about your coast about two months, I am delight- ed, of course, with what I have seen. But to me Alaska sticks up like a sore hand. It is suffer- ing from strangulated circulation. Its only circulation is through a few steamers that touch here and there along the coast. The rest of it is dead from lack of circulation.” In the projected International Highway, he visioned the artery through which life would be pour- ed into parts of the Territory now dormant. “The International High- ‘way means much more than is now ‘conceived,” he asserted. It means more than a new field for the automobile manufacturers to market their wares, and for tourists to spend their money and time. True, (Continued on Page Twn) Showgirl Quits Husband W ho Wanted W hoopee ICHICAGO, Ill, July 23.—Deser- tion was the charge on which the lovely Marion Dodge, former Fol- lies beauty, has obtained a divorce decree from Maj. John Horace Humbert of Park Avenue, New York, but back of this, she told Judge Rudolph F. Desort, was the fact that she apparently had been married “for display purposes only.’ “Mr. Humbert thought, because I am a show girl, that I must be continually on display,” she testi- fied. “All he wanted to do was to pa- rade me on Park Avenue for the |5 oclock tea crowd to see. Why, I couldn't even get up that early, be- cause he wanted to keep me up all inight for the whoopee hounds to ogle.” Bhe had wanted a “vine-covered cottage,” she sald, and a quiet home life. Lindberghs Start Flight to " Orient Sometime Next Week NEW YORK, July 23.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh becoming & “two-gun” announced to the Associated Press last night that he and :::‘ % or ou 4 his wife will begin their flight to the Orient next The exact date has not been set. ¥ week. i 100 miles south of here. The trav-| elers were flown Lake to Paxsons. HALIBUT LIVER OIL THREATENS COD'S PRODUCT Extract from Flat Fish Is 15 Times Stronger than Old Remedy from Harding properties than cod liver oil. Charles F. Lanwermeyer of the Abbott Laboratories of North Chi- cago, Ill, has been in the North two months conducting research studies into the chemical content of halibut Uver and arranging for supplies of the fish product to be used in further investigation. He came to Juneau this week from Ketchikan, Previously, he had been at Prince Rupert, B. C. | Long Lived Fish “In a long-lived fish like the halibut, according to the theory of scientists, there is stored up food |content,” explained Mr. Lanwer- myer. “The belief obtains that the place for this storage is the liver. A hal- ibut adds a pound to its weight every year of its life. A male halibut will attain a maximum weight of 75 pounds; a female, as much as 400. Supposedly a fe- male may live as long as four hundred years. “The liver of a 75-pound halibut weighs about 1 pound as a rule. “About 15 per cent of the hali- if it were not ‘“prohibitive,” and asserted that with average earn- ings of the trollers about $3,000 par year, a $250 levy could not be said {to be prohibitive. H. L. Faulkner, representing Free- man, asserted that the Legislature no longer has any power to enact tax measures which discriminate between residents and nonsresi- dents, and has not had since the passage of the so-cdlled White | Pisherles Act of 1924, In support |of this position, he cited the opin- jon of the Circuit Court of Ap- !peals when the Freeman case' was !before it on demurrer several moenths ago. No Answer Possible Mr. Faulkner contended that the! Oircuit Court's decision in this ac-| tion is in effect a holding that the | Halibut lver ofl! Will babies cry statute under attack is vold ud,'Tm Sheriff here issusd the war- for it? Maybe, some day. Experi- in the argument before the Dis-|rgnt for the arrest of Guy “What a ments now in progress may prove trict Court, it was contended that pr,,. Hudson in Los Angeles on it to be much richer in medicinal no answer could be filed which 4 charge of bigamy because of | jwould constitute a defense to the plaintiff's complaint. | He referred to the language of | the Applellate Court's decision as| follows: “Does the Territarial Act of 1929 deny to - citizens of' the]| BIGAMY CHARGE, FOR REV. HUDSON “Ma" Kennedy's “What a Man™ Is Wanted by Washington State TELEGRAPHIC REQUEST (IS SENT LOS ANGELES Too Many-/_\‘l—leged Mar- riages, Without Divorce, Causes Trouble LOS ANGELES, Cal., July‘l 23.—A telegraphic warrant for the arrest of Guy E. Hud- son, charging he committed bigamy when he married Mrs. Minnie “Ma” Kennedy, moth- er of Mrs. Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson, the evangelist, was received last night at the sheriff’s of fice from the authorities of Cowlitz Coun- iy, Washington, where the couple married June 28. The whereabouts of Hudson last night was not known. One wife of Hudson is now suing for diverce and alimony. ADMITS WARRANT LONGVIEW, Wash, July 23.—| his marriage to “Ma” Kennedy | here, ANNULMENT ORDERED LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 23.— rPii)é-Loving Business Man By REID MONFORT WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23. cross the sombre stage of Gei | many's groaning theatre of finance | |strides a quiet, successful businc:'.! man, noted for the long hours he gives a serious role when the casion demands. In his lighter moments, however, Frederic Moseley Sackett, Ameri- | ca’s ambassador to Germany, often debates with himself whether a | | cigar or briar pipe is the bet- | ter smoke. He likes both. He | {also delights in golfing, boating | and bowling. | | This former Senator from Ken- tucky, a transplanted native son of Rhode Island, rather jauntily wears his 62 years. His compact ph; sique of medium height carrics much of youth's elasticity. His studious grey eyes are clear, and Sounds America’s Voice in his brown hair is almost frost free. Reserved, he always dresses con- servatively, seldom varying from sober suits. In fact, he is so wed- ded to dark clothes that his occa- sional summer garb of pongee draws comment from his co-work- ers, Life at Home He is fond of a cozy chair at home with meaty books within easy reach. Although a member of many clubs, he prefers life at home where he and his wife. the former Olive Speed of Kentucky, frequently entertain. { There is zest for him in driving an automobile. But of late his American-made limousine with the Prussian license plate No. 14 has been parked most of each day be- fore the official residence in Ber- lin of Chancellor Bruening or of Foreign Minister Curtus. Ger- | many’'s financial situation has elict- ed his full attention, in the struggle to preserve the Under less exacting duty he rel- Reichs’ financial structure. ishes thecrash of toppling maple — T NEARLY FADES, * TRADING TODAY FREDER M. SACKETT Rccent weeks have been busy ones for Frederic M. Sackett, American Ambassador to Berlin, as he has taken a leading part Wherever he is, he usually can haul forth a briar pipe or formid- able cigar. He sees to it that all places where he loiters long have an ample supply of both. H Traveled Extensively MARKET United States righits guaranteed toyThe annulment of the marriage of them by the laws of the United “Ma” Kennedy and Guy Edward States? We are constrained to hold' Hudson, on the grounds he had that it does.” And he then pointed not be:n divorced from W:s. L. to the following language in the Margaret Newton Hudson, was ord- last paragraph of the same decis- eréd in the Superior Court. fon: “We are of the opinion, there.} The court room was jammed with fore, that there is a plain and ir- 'spectators and they saw only 15 reconcilable confliet between the minutes of the show. ‘The Sacketts, who are without children, have traveled extensively,’ making trips abroad practically every year for many years before Mr. Sackett resigned from the Senate about 18 months ago to ac-! cept his present post. | Son of a wealthy Rhode Island woolen manufacturer, he was edu-' London Conference, Also England's Discount Rate Hits Exchange NEW YORK, July 23—What ever act of Congress and the act of' Both women principals testified. cated at Brown university and cheer wall Street might have ex- the Territorial legislature, and in' Mrs. Kennedy sobbed hysterically Power Is Taken Away Mr. Faulkner argued that the Territory’'s contention that a de- not a word passed from the lips of fense might be interposed to the complaint regardless of the Ap- pellate Court's declsion, probably* based on the court’s declaration that the “naked power to impose) taxes and licenses, or to make rea- sonable discrimination between res- idents and non-residents, is not in- volved,” was not well based. He (Continued on Page Five) 3, (Continued on Page Five) One of those incidents that have made romantic novels but that rarely occur in real life was con- summated at Skagway Tuesday when the Dorothy Alexander was in that port. A memorial donat- ed by a man, recently dead, to a sweetheart of his youth was dedi- cated. A bust of Mollie Walsh, who lived for a while in Skagway and then successfully conducted a roadhouse at Log Cabin on the Skagway trall to the Klondike, was unveiled. The bust was made by James A. Wehn, now famous Se- attle sculptor, and was paid for by Jack Newman, who loved Mol- lie in the days of '97 and '98. Mollie Walsh was a beautiful American-Trish girl from the West who came North to accumulate money for herself and relatives. Jack Newman, an American-Irish boy who grew up in the streets of New York, became acquainted with Buffalo Bill when the latter was presenting his Wild West show to the people of New York City. He, a romantic youth, who lived in his dreams, blacked the shoes of the famous Westerner, day after day ,at the entrance of his tented vil- lage of Westerners and Indians. Jack concelved the idea of going At fifteen Jack was In Colorado, spending the money he earned as a packer on the mining either women but they fell into' Harvard Law School. He entered cement industry. Aside from being a member of each others’ arms weeping. the Kentucky state board of chari- “Ma” said later she would nct tles for four years and a federal remarry Hudson, administrator for two years, hel T UL AP SO inever had held public office until |elected to the United States Sen- The Braves this year already ate nearly six years ago. have drawn more than 400,000 pay-' Although no orator in the pop- ing customers to their Boston ular sense, he has the reputation ot! games. This is far ahead of any being armed with facts when he tracted from results of the London 'such cases the latter must yield. at the end of her testimony and ‘the coal business in Loulsville di-'gonference over the German situa- |was assisted through the crowd. rectly after his colleglate days and yion was counter balanced by the She met Mrs. Newton Hudson and later extended his interests to the prompt increase in England’s dis- count rate from 2% to 3% per cent to check the outflow of gold. The stock market again all but faded out. Pronounced heaviness was shown Jfor a time in sympathy with the lower closings in London and Paris. Losses partly recovered in the afternoon and gains of about one point appeared for Szars-Roebuck, record of recent years. Epic of North, Real Romance of Klondike Trail Days, Is Written with Dedication of Memorial, | Donated by “Packet Jack,” to Mollie Walsh Montgomery-Ward, Safeway Stores |and First National, Issues selling off more than one point then recovering were U. S. Steel, American Telephone and | Telegraph and American Can. ascends a rostrum. | the market today. TODAY'S STOCK trails for ammunition and guns. He became an expert packer and one of the best revolver shots of the Nation. When the Klondike trek attracted the adventuresome of all the world, among those who went North was Jack Newman. At Skag- way he became foreman of one of the dozen pack trains operated by Joseph H. Brooks, “the Old Reli- able Packer.” Desperately in Love Mollle Walsh, smiling, singing and ~ambitiously« industrious, was [running her road house near Log Cabin. The romantic. New York youth, with years of Colorado train- ing, mét Mollie and fell desper- ately In love. He wanted Mollie to marry him, bu} Mollie had ideas more practical. than marrying a handsome and care-free youth who had nothing but his youth and dreams. She wanted to provide for a widowed mother and young sisters and brothers. She went on to Dawson in the early spring of 1899. There she became book- keeper for Bartlett Brothers, pack- ers and freighters. Later she married one of her employers and in the course of time went to Se- attle, where her husband, in-a madly, but unwarrantedly jealous rage, shot her to death. He was acquitted of the crime on bhel ground of insanity. Shortly a{’- er being discharged from an in- sane asylum he killed himself. He had never forgiven his own crime. married a widow. and accumulated a fortune. Whie he loved his wife, he never forgot Mollie, cently, he provided funds for the memorial early sweetheart, which was dedi- cated at Skagway, Tuesday, 21 pressive. In the presence of about presiding, a young Skagway school The memorial is on a lot 100 fee’ Jack Newman later in Seattle ‘They prospered and before his death re- for Mollie Walsh, the July Dedication Impressive The dedieation exercises were im- 150 persons, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock; Mayor W. J. Mulvihill girl pulled the strings that un- veiled the memorial bust. It was mounted on a granite pedestal about six feet in height, which had been erected on a concrete base. square, donated by the City of Skagway. - It is parked and plant- ed to shrubbery. On each side of the memorlal, right and left is a concrete = seat. The bust faces southward toward Lynn Canal from its little park at the corner of Sixth and State Streets. Charles D. Garfield, Assistant Secretary of the Seattle Chamber of ,Commerce, "in charge of the Alaska Department, was designatac i . \ QUOTATIGNS | before his death by Jack Newman AR . to carry out the terms of his wili! which provided for the memorial.| NEW YORK, July 23.—Closing He was introduced by Mayor Mul- quotation of Alaska Juneau minz2 vihill and delivered the dedicatory stock today is 15%, American Can address. ‘The members of the 100%, Anaconda Copper 25%, Beth- Skagway Women's Club then sang lehem Steel 45, Fox Films 16%, a song dedicated to the heroine of General Motors 37%, Internation- the occasion, “Mollle, Girl of the al Harvester 43'%, Kennecott 19%, Yukon Trail,” by Ray Walker of Checker Cab 10, 9%, 10, Curtiss- Seattle, music by Bernard Barnes ‘Wright 3%, Packard Motors 7%, Mr. Garfleld’s address was as Standard Brands 18, Standard Oil folloWws: lof california 38%, Standard O1l of “Good friends of Skagway and New Jersey 38%, Trans-America from the South, we have gathered 7%, United Aircraft 28, U. S. Steel today for the dedication of a me- 93%, morial commemorating an event in| the annals of the Northland. | “Your interest in the episodes of | humanity is manifest in the par-| SEATTLE, July ticipation in which you are now | Admiral HEvans sailed engaged, reflecting the warmth of 'ports at 10 o'clock y heart and sympathetic understand- ing with 27 first c passengers ing enjoyed by those who have and three stee sengers encountered many phases of life.|booked for Juneau are F. V. Wind- Visualize Early Days |sor and wife. “May your attention be diverted! — g 2 1 L RS EVANS NORTHBOUND 23. Steamer for Alaska ay morn- Rails stiffened at the. close of SEVEN POWERS END WORK AT LONDON MEET Adopt Proposals to Estab« Ish Confidence in Teu- tonic Nation \COUNTRY TIDED OVER IMMEDIATE FUTURE World Bank_Suggested to Take Further Steps— | Hoover Satisfied LONDON, July z3. — Re- |newal of one hundred million dollars in short term credits lmaluring August 16 and |measures to establish confi- dence in Germany so long as ‘the terms are possible, have been approved by the Seven |Power Conference which has’ concluded its work. The meeting adjourned today (with a round of speeches by heads lof the delegations who expressed appreciation for the spirit of friend- liness which prevaded but there |was no disguising the gravity of | the situation of the Germans. As the Germans left the confer= ence, Chancellor Bruening declined to make a statement. Is Hopeful | Forelgn Minister Curtius, | 1ally, is hopeful. The other delegates said Ger many is only tided over for the immediate future. The conference recommended that | the World Bank at Basel be invited |to establish g comniittee of Central Banks to inquire as to further (needs and study the possibility of converting short term credits to long term credits. Guarantees Commended The conference commended the guarantee recently placed at the disposal of the German Gold Dis= count Bank by the leaders of Ger- man industry. American Secretary of State Stimson, American Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Foreign Minister Henderson and Premier Ramsay MacDonald are preparing to go to Berlin, offic= HOOVER'S COMMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.— President Hoover said the London Conference “laid sound foundations for the establishment and stability of Europe. Major problems can best be solved by voluntary co- operation of bankers of the world, rather than by Governments and with conflicting interests, such a basis has been assured.” The President sent telegrams of congratulations to Stimson and Mellon. CHELAN SPEEDS ON 1,000- MILE TRIP OF MERCY ‘Coast Guard Cutter Chelan Takes Sick Man from Squaw Harbor Fulfilling a mission of mercy that took it away from its Bering Sea patrol almost 1,000 miles to transport a desperately sick and indigent settler, the United States Coast Guard cutter Chelan was due to have reached Seward at 5 am. today, said an announce- ment today by Gov. George A, Parks. The sick man is Einer Iverson. He was picked up by the Chelan early this week at Squaw Harbor suffering from an intestinal ob= struction. Last Monday, Gov. Parks received a telegram from Unga saying Iver= son was alone in a cabin at Squaw Harbor and that the cannery doc- tor there, unable to give an exact diagnosis of his case, said he must have an operation and suggested (Continued on Page Seven) from the magnificent scenes sur- rounding us to those taking place in this valley many years ago. We| would have you visualize the ln-‘ tense activity, the ardent passion®| and the inordinate excesses induced | by the remarkable drama Lhen} oeing enacted. “Picture, if you please, the ar- (Continuea wo Page Six) SEATTLE, July 'Robbins and Jones Postpone Take-off; Weather Reports y 23.—Reg L. Robbins and H. S. Jones have pestponed their take-off on a nonstop flight, Seattle ito Tokyo, on account of adverse weather reports. Fog .over the Canadian route is indicated.