The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL., NO. 5806. JUNEAU ALASKA TU[;SDAY AUGUST 25 1931. MhMBER OF ASSOCIA’ l'LD PRtSS PRICE TEN CENTS NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT CAMPAIGN IS OUTLINED M'DONALD 1 FACING GREAT CRISIS AGAIN British Pri;Minisler Takes Up Reins of New Government MAY BE A GLADSTONE OR ANOTHER DISRAELI Conservative and Lib eral Leaders Are Now Aid- ing Labonite LONDON, Aug. 25—Ramsay Mac- Donald, twice Laborite Prime Min- ister of Great Britain, today took up the reins of a Non-Partisan Government with ' the realization that either he is committed to po- litical suicide or history would number him among the Empire’s great statesmen by going into the wilderness with a handful of fol- lowers in an effort to set the Na- tion’s financial house in order. Incurs Animosity Premier MacDonald has incurred thc bitter animosity jof the im- mensely powerful Trades Union Congress, it is said. The Premier probably won the hostility of a considerable section of the Labor Party as an Executive. It is freely commented that what- cver else happens, Ramsay Mac- Donald will never again be the head of a Labor Government or even an outstanding figure among Labor politicians, This was caused by advocating a slash in the dole. Man of Hour Others held that by sacrificing pelitical ambitions, for what he believed to be for the ultimate good of the Nation, he has estab- lished himself in the hearts of the people as the man of the hour &nd posterity will rank him as a Gladstone or Disraeli. Serving in the new Government er Prime Minister MacDonald be Oonservative Leader Stan- ley Baldwin, former Prime Minis- ter, and Liberal Leader Lloyd George, also former Prime Min- ister. LABOR OPPOSITION LONDON, Aug. 25.— Organized Labor stiffened opposition to the Non-Partisan National Government as Premier MacDonald completed his Cabinet roster. The Independent Labor Party, the Left Wing of the Labor move- ment, officially declared relentless opposition to the new Government policies and urged the Trades Un- ion Congress and Labor Party to organize an immediate campaign for general resistance. MacDonald is expected to resign his posmon as Labor Parzy leader, DEMOCRATS T0 MEET TONIGHT AT CITY HALL Party Men Called Together to Formulate Plans for Live Organization To formulate plans for strength- ening the party organization and talk over the politiedl situation generally, Juneau Democrats to- night will gather in conclave at Council Chambers at City Hall, at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting was called by S. Hellenthal, Divisional Chairman, and he and J. J. Con- 10rs, National Committeeman, will attend to talk over with their fellow party men ways and means of bringing Alaska safely into the Democratic fold next year. It is the purpose of the meeting 10 name delegates to a Divisional Convention to be held later this year, probably in November. It will glso state its preference for a con- vention meeting place. Ketchikan Democrats, who have already se- lected delegates, voted to hold it at Petersburg. Every local Democrat, and any who may be visiting in the city,| are urged to attend the meeting to- night. “We want every member of the party to be present and take purt in the discussion. The best interests of the party call for a livewire, responsive organization, one that will insure it victory in the Territory next year—the Demo- cratic Year—when the party is certain to sweep the nation,” Mr. Hellenthal sald today . - Mrs. Brice Howard and son left on the Queen for a trip to Skag- Way. CHARGES MADE AGRINSTU.S. BANKING MEN Amencan Flnam:lers Caus-| ed Fall of MacDon- | ald Government DIRECT ISSUE AROSE OVER CREDIT POLICY| Federal Res;'; Board De- manded Strict Econ- omies Be Enforced LONDON, Aug. 25—The Daily Herald, a Labor paper, charged the MacDonald CGovernment fell and the new Administration is dictated by United States bankers. | The article in the Daily Herald said the $250,000,000 loan to the Bank of England is nearly ex- hausted and that in seeking new money from the United States the Bank of England was informed by the Federal Reserve Board that fresh credit would only be ex- tended if drastic economies were | made in the dole. | “The late Government was in- formed by the Federal Reserve| Board that eredits would only be granted provided specific and con- iderable economies were mad: at once in the administration or in {actual benefits paid under the un- :mployment scheme. This was vir-| cually the ultimatum from New | York bankers who played a vital part in dividing the late Cabinet on the issue of a 10 per cent re- duction in unemployment benefits,” the Daily Herald said. N. Y. MARKETS- ARE DULL IN TRADE TODAY DevelopmerI. in England Are Being Watched— Rails Continue Low | NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Finan- cial markets retained a sluggisl condition today and a few experi- | mental bullish efforts in stocks were: soon abandoned. Wall Street’s attention is focused on developments in England which on the whole are regarded as dis- tinctly reassuring. Several issues pushed up for a point or two this morning. These advances were however, largely can- celled as tobacco issues and radio met considerable selling. American | Tobacco, Liggett and Myers, com- mon and class “A”, lost two to| three points during the morning | trading . Uhion Pacific Case and American Telegraph and Telephone converted into losses of like extent. Bankers are disinclined to take the article in the London Herald, charging American pressure for & cut in the dole, as serious enough to make any formal comment but it is no secret that the mounting of dole payments at the time of a widening deficit hurts British credit. Rails continued today to hover eround low levels. e, TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YO=RDS, Aug. 20.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 89%, Anaconda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 387, Checker Cab 8%, 8%, 8%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 35%, Interna- tional Harvester 37'%, Kennecott 16%, Packard Motors 6%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 40'4, Standard Oil of New Jersey 40%, United Aircraft 27%, U. 8. Steel 87%. e BEHRENDS SOUTH WITH GRANDSON| Ben Mullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mullen, left for Seattle last night on the Canadian National steamer Prince Henry in company with his grandfather, B. M. Behr- ends, enroute to San Jose, Califor- nia, where he will enter the junior class at Santa Clara University preparatory school. Mr. Behrends expects to spend some time in San Francisco and Seattle in the interests of his bank and’ store, before returning fo Ju- neau. He will be away two or three |Dr. and Mrs. Henry Greist, The Lindber ohs Are Gwon a Dogteam Ride at Point Barrow 4 | Straining at the leash, a team of 21 dogs were eager to give Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh rival at Point Barrow August 8 on their way to Tckyo. North American scttlement. |.he flat tundra near Point Barrow, the farthest Top—The fam ous flying couple are Several Eskimo drivers a typic shown seated in the guided the Associated Press Photo. sthern ride on their ar- ready for a dash over The Lindberghs, sied, huskies. who did not carry particularly warm clothing, were outfitted by the eight residents with northern clothing. Lower—The Colonel and Anne Lindbergh are evidently pleased at the prospect of the dogteam ride. who were the Lindberghs' hos | broadly over the honor cof gllldlng BRADLEY WINDS UP WORK HERE; RETURNS SOUTH {Alaska Ju i Develop- ment Program Satisfact- ory to Date, He Says »After haying spent most of the summer here watching develop- ments in the Alaska Juneau's big rew development program, P. R. Bradley, Consulting Engineer for that company, left on the steamer Prince Henry last night for San Francisco where he makes his home. He will not proceed directly there, going via Victoria and from there to Boise, Idahe. The Alaska Juneau's tory operations on the Dora and Hallum groups on Mt. Juneau and the deep level explorations on its own ground continue to progress satisfactorily, Mr. Bradley said las night. ‘This work will proceeed aicng the lines already announced | by him, first in his annual report | w President F. W. Bradley last winter, and given more in detail several weeks ago in an interview in The Empire. “There isn't anything new regard- ing the program and its progress to disclose. . The work is merely moving ahead on schedule,”+ he seid. Airship Akron to Crowd Blimps to New Quarters LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug, 25.—A fleet of small non-rigid airships will have to “move over” when the giant dlrigible Akron comes to Lakehurst The néw airship will share the main hangar with the Los Angeles and crowd the non-rigids to an- other portion of the field. A hangar dismantled at Hamp- ton the |feet Ifeet high. blimps. It - will explora- | the team. Other natives surround s at Point Barrow. At the extre ed the sled. » right is At the left is the young son of one of the native drivers, grinning Lindy and Anne Arrive at Nome After a night spent rocking on the waters of a lagoon at ! were forced down by fog on the hop from Point Barrow to Nome, Lindbergh reached the famous gol away, and were taken in automobiles to Nome. walrus skin canoe races. Anne is smiling as she tal s visitors. U. S. Seekmg Formula WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 25.— The glue for postage stamps and envelopes may be “grown” in the United States if it can be obtained Roads, Va., will be erected for|from sweet potatoes. measure 250 | The Department of Agriculture obtain a tasteless dextrin to maks camp August 11. They Lindy is moored flanked by o Shismaref, omeiles who welcomed -Associated Press Photo. 100 miles north, where they Alaska, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. their plane at Safety Bay, 21 miles two Eskimos who took part in the the distinguished © 2022 Arctic Silence Shrouds Cassava plants raised and Java now supply the ¢ for .postal giue. Oscar Hart, man, teamer Yukon. Whereabouts of Fliers| OTTAWA, Aug. 20.—Edwin Pres- ton and Robert Collingnon, Detroit |to Denmark fllers, are believed to be at Port Arrison, on the eastern well Known (rrxwhngfslde of Hudson Bay, but engulfed | is in Juncau having arrfved by the Arctic silence as no radio long, 142 féet wiue and BZjb experimenting in an effort toffrom the Westward aboard the|reports have been received from them. 'FOREIGNERS IN UNITED STATES NOT CRIMINALS Wickersham Com mission, | | in Report, Attacks | Public Impressions EXPERTS INVESTIGATE ‘ GENERAL CONDITIONS | Police Brutalmes in Amer- ica Are Again Sub- ject of Comment ASHINGTON, D. C, Aug The Wickersham Commission has | attacked as false the public im-| pression that foreigners ars the‘ | motivating force beneath the Na- tion's swelling volume of crime. The report was the fourteenth | |and the last the Commission will | make The Commission, in the report said it found through its experts ha! while the foreign born them- | had a favorable status as to |crime, eriminal propensities ran | nigher among the children of such | parentage | One of the investigators reported |ne found an’ “amazing number of complaints of police brutality” 498 forelgn born criminals in Illi- 10is prisons. | Investigators elsewhere, the re- t said, found similar conditions police treatment of foreign riminals or suspects. ATTACK UPON CRIME SHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Presi- Hoover hs ore him more ty toncrote suggestions for |2 taneous attack from all |sides dpon the Nation's crime prokiems, each ‘beéaring the 'seal lof e Wickersham Commission | representing the $300,000 two | |effort of that body bul. H |legal machinery to compete mod.rn criminality At least twelve of the ’5.-‘ pi | I | to up | with | amony |” recom- | FUNDS ARE TO BE RAISED TO AlD SITUATION Director Gi%:(lv of Presi- dent Hoover's Organi- zation, Makes Plans |DRIVE CONTEMPLATED TO SECURE FINANCES Variows Siates Taking In- iative — Gov. Roose- velt Gives Views WAHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 25— A national campaign for local funds is announced as the immediate ob~ Jective of President Hoover's newly / ofganized unemployment relief ‘or= .‘ ganization Walter 8. Gifford, director of | the organization, said no plans for | ralsing money at present have been. made but a drive for funds will be discussed at a conference today with welfare and charitable organiza- tions. y Meanwhile, plans for winter re- lief are progressing in other sec- tions, notably in New York and Mississippi. Gov. Murray Calls Session At Memphis, a meeting called by Gov. Willlam H. Murray, of Okla- wma, formed a permanent organi- zation and elected. Representative | Frank R. Reid, of Tllinois, a Re- publican, as Chairman. Jov. Murray suggested that Fed- eral and State employees be re- quired to give 5 to 15 per cent of { their salaries to relief purposes. It ¢ was stated at the meeting that in order not to embarrass Ppesident Hoover no demand was e & special session of Congress. Issue in New York Franklin D.. Roosevelt,, of York, has decided that un= ment is the paramdunt issue the special sessioh of the ature which starts/ today " at Gov. New | mendations require legislative ac- | tion and one possible constitutional | amendment. | The President is already evolving | n for strengthening the Fed- eral Law Enforcement activity. LAURENGE'ART | 1S SOLD HERE FOR $10,000 {New Yorker Buys Alaskan Painter’s Canvas of Mt. McKinley “Mt. McKinley—King of the Arc- | tie,” Sydney Laurence's celebrated painting which has been on exhi- bition at the Nugget Shop for the (pflsl three years, was yesterday | old to Bernard E. Smith, promi- |nent member of the New York ;SLu(k Exchange, for $10,000. | The canvas will be boxed and shipped east tomorrow, according tc Robert Simpson, proprietor of the Nugget Shop. Those who wish to see the famous picture before it 1: packed for shipment may have | ithat privilege this afternoon and tonight. | The painting, which measures six | ‘eet by twelve feet, was finished in | Ios Angeles some three years ago, | after a study made the previous | summer and it represents some of Laurence's finest work. News. of | the sale of his picture was welcome news to the painter, for he had| recently suffered a paralytic stroke | a* his home in Los Angeles, and it is doubtful whether he will be able | to do much more painting. Mr. Smith, during his stay here, | |exhibited a real interest in the | |Alaska Indian art of carving and |purchased a number of specimens which are being shipped to New | York to be installed in his country home in Westchester County. Two cedar o poles of small |size and one of t arved by John Wallace | purchased throu worth, Acting C Branch of the Of Affairs. He also o the same source two and a Haida canoe of four specially made pa |Wallace. He also mad jof other purchases of s ture from local curio dex | e o were Hawkes- { | CHARLESTON — The German X |seaplane DO-X arrived here this afternoon from Miami, Florida. as rel | r 1t Ibany. The Governor and House leaders have agreed that the Leg- |islature should not vote: for a dole | but uuulu’ attempt to provide, work r'f sald representatives of v State will be named to the Unemployment Advisory Committee and when completed there will be three ‘oups, representatives of welfare and industrial organizations |and representatives in each State nd memb at large composed |of experts and rr nlnenl citizens, TESTIMONY IN LIEUT, ERENCH CASES BIVEN Alaska Beer and Offi- cer’s Condition | S SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—Conflicting | testimony as to the quality and po-~ tency of the beer in Alaska came before the Caast Guard court mar- tial which is trying Lieut. Reginald |French, of the cutter Tallapoosa, who is accused of being intoxicat= |ea at Cordova. Lieut. Beverly Moody told the court martfal that Lieut. French had “four br five glasses” of beer at Kodiak] but he denied the de= fendant was intoxicated. Seaman; D. E. Taylor said the beer was /“so bad” he could drink louly ond glass. He said Lieut. | French peared to be intoxicated a. Kodigk and at Cordova and |“stumbled aboard the ship, very red in fhe face.” Owehn Grenade, quartermaster, said Ljeut. French “scrambled up the gangplank on all fours at Cor- dova, fell against a door and open= ed a gash over his right eve. He |smelled of liquor.” MEAT SUPPLY |Conflicting E\Eence About | IS EXHAUSTED HANKOW meat ot there w, Aug. 25.—The is no additional supply uns dealers are able to raft cattle @ b ws failed and n the Yangtse River from above or by